RestaurantsLondonForest HillSE23

survey result

Summary

£57
   ££
5
Exceptional
5
Exceptional
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“The deft flavours of fine Indian dining” at this “Honor Oak stalwart” have induced discerning diners to “make the awkward trip” to SE23 for almost 40 years now. “The place maintains its standards” and has a credible claim on being “the best Indian in southeast London” thanks to its “exciting” dishes, “excellent” service and “elegant” interior.

Summary

£54
   ££
5
Exceptional
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

With its “extraordinary modern take on Indian cuisine with a British slant”, this unsung food hero of the south London suburbs is “worth the trek” to Forest Hill – “it’s not easy to find but don’t miss it”. A local hit for 36 years now, it’s “a major cut above your standard Indian”, and boasts “surprising, inventive and unfailingly delicious food, impeccably charming staff, and a Dal Makhni I travel 150 miles twice a year to eat”. “The chefs are artists with a rabbit” – evidence of their “particular talent with game that surprises and delights in equal measure”.

Summary

£57
   ££
5
Exceptional
5
Exceptional
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“In Forest Hill… who knew?”; this “off-the-beaten-track” culinary mecca has, in fact, been “brilliant for years” (it opened in 1985) and “these guys just keep on delivering the goods”. It’s not just the “magnificent cooking”, often featuring game, or “seriously divine cocktails” (some of them “super spicy”) – the ambience too “is strikingly elegant given the mundane locale” of the distant south London ’burbs. Top Tip – “best experienced when they do their special seasonal menus and events”.

Summary

£57
   ££
5
Exceptional
5
Exceptional
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“In Forest Hill… who knew?”; this “off-the-beaten-track” culinary mecca has, in fact, been “brilliant for years” (it opened in 1985) and “these guys just keep on delivering the goods”. It’s not just the “magnificent cooking”, often featuring game, or “seriously divine cocktails” (some of them “super spicy”) – the ambience too “is strikingly elegant given the mundane locale” of the distant south London ’burbs. Top Tip – “best experienced when they do their special seasonal menus and events”.

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Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Lunch £22.95  
SundayLunch £21.95  
  Cost Availability Courses
Menu1 39.95 Dinner only 4
Menu2 44.95 Dinner only 5

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£7.80 £16.90 £5.95 £5.25
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £27.95
Filter Coffee £3.25
Extras  
Service 10.00%
119 Brockley Rise, London, SE23 1JP
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Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑11 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑11 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑11 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑11 pm
Friday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑11 pm
Saturday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑11 pm
Sunday12 pm‑4 pm, 5:30 pm‑10:30 pm

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