Harden's survey result
Summary
“Delicious and quite unusual dishes” help win praise for Atul Kocchar’s Mayfair five-year-old, which is “handy to know about just off the West End’s main shopping streets”. Even fans, though, feel that the prices for some items are a bit “ridiculous”.
Summary
Atul Kochhar’s “inventive” Northeastern Indian cuisine (“light and not too rich”) continues to win a strong fanclub for this well regarded four-year-old in Mayfair. It would rate even higher, were it not for a few reporters for whom “it’s sound all around but just not that next-level I’d expect at the price point”.
Summary
“Love Atul Kochhar’s cooking” (focused on dishes from India's northeastern ‘Sister States’) say fans of his three-year-old, who award “five stars all the way” for “incredible meals, with levels of spice and heat like nothing else I’ve experienced”. The interior design is not everyone’s idea of a “posh Indian”, however, and – more significantly – ratings are undercut by those who feel culinary results are “below expectations for such a talented chef”, or alternatively feel that “it’s very nice, but my word, the prices…”.
Summary
“Off to a great start”, with “superb” cuisine, say fans of Atul Kochhar’s “upmarket” (and sizeable: 130 covers) new venture on a site that was previously the Mayfair branch of 28:50 (RIP), and which specialises in the “strongly flavoured”, relatively undiscovered cuisine of India’s north-eastern states (bordering Tibet and China). It’s “not cheap” however, and while “some star dishes” are reported “some of the rest are a little more forgettable”, while the interior design is “relaxing and warm” to some tastes, but – to others – can appear “cold” or “incoherent”.
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17-19 Maddox Street, London, W1S 2QH
Restaurant details
Kanishka Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Not bad - but not as good as I had hoped at the prices charged."
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £45.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £6.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £5.00 |
| Service | 15.00% |
17-19 Maddox Street, London, W1S 2QH
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Saturday | 11:30 am‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm |
| Sunday | 11:30 am‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm |
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