Harden's survey result
Summary
“Standards remain high” at JKS Restaurants’ “Anglo-Indian sporting and military-themed eaterie” in the Bloomberg Arcade – “a go-to lunching spot (albeit that City lunching is significantly less prevalent than in days gone by)”. The “amazing and different dishes” are “full of flavour and spices”. Top Menu Tips – “the tandoori meats in particular are excellent” and “dum beef shin and bone marrow biryani is a must try!”
Summary
“One of the sheer tastiest places to eat in town” – JKS Restaurants’ highly popular outpost in Bloomberg Arcade continues to inspire raves for its “delicious and different” Indian cuisine (very much “not your traditional curry house”). The large interior, with its many bars and TV screens, is more divisive: it’s “awesome” for its core clientele, but “the ambience screams ‘City Boys’ (especially when there’s sport on)”. Top Menu Tip – “Indo-Chinese chilli paneer lettuce cups… so many tastes at the same time!”
Summary
“Magnificent” Indian scoff (and surprisingly good value considering the location) has quickly earned a stellar reputation for this “superb” venue in the City’s Bloomberg Arcade (from JKS, “the same group as Trishna, Gymkhana etc”). It’s a “noisy” venue with plentiful TV screens showing sport and is a haven for “meat-lovers” – all of which gives it a decidedly male feel. But it “oozes fun”, and even detractors who find it “slightly excessively ‘City’” – and “about as authentic as Kim Kardashian” – concede that “there’s no doubt the food and drink can’t be beaten”.
Summary
“Mindblowing!” – this “colonially-themed” yearling in the City’s Bloomberg Arcade is “another smash hit from JKS” and “probably the best place to eat in the Square Mile” right now. Occupying a “comfortable (slightly macho) sequence of little rooms”, staff are notably “patient and helpful”, while foodwise “the focus is on Indian sharing plates” with “insanely good” grilled meats (lamb chops in particular), plus “all your local curry favourites, dressed up with wonderful, perfumed aromatics and dazzling dips”. “They don’t pull any punches when it comes to heat in dishes either”, and “there’s a strong drinks menu too” – you can see “thought has gone into the beer selection”. With numerous TV screens, “it’s a great place to watch sports” (“they even have a pool table!”)
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Bloomberg Arcade, Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 8AR
Restaurant details
Brigadiers Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Simply off the scale in terms of culinary excellence. As good as anywhere (maybe Hoppers the only exception). Perhaps, like Dishoom, at times verging on the one dimensional under-flavour but always a joy nonetheless"
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £25.00 | £30.00 |  |
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| Starter | Main | Veggies | Pudding |
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| £6.00 | £18.50 | £7.50 | £10.00 |
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| Wine per bottle | £35.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.00 |
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| Service | 12.50% |
Bloomberg Arcade, Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 8AR
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑2:45 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑2:45 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2:45 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2:45 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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