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Indian Restaurants in Mayfair

1. Jamavar Indian restaurant in Mayfair 8 Mount Street - W1

Leela Palace’s “stunning” newcomer in Mayfair’s most fashionable restaurant row has immediately established itself as “the best Indian restaurant in town, indeed it’s amongst the best restaurants of any cuisine”. Ex Gymkhana chef, Rohit Ghai’s “expert” and “exquisite” dishes are “genuinely top class” (while “still remaining properly authentic to the flavours you might find in New Delhi or Mumbai”) and the interior (modelled, apparently, on the Viceroy’s House of New Delhi) is a picture of “elegance and sophistication”. STOP PRESS: In December 2017 a sequel, Dabbawala is to open at 29 Maddox Street (formerly Hibiscus, RIP).

Price £88

Food Exceptional

Service Very Good

Ambience Very Good

2. Veeraswamy Indian restaurant in Mayfair Victory Hs, 99-101 Regent St - W1

You would never guess from its “beautiful and relaxed” interior that this first-floor Indian veteran, near Piccadilly Circus, is London’s oldest (est 1926). Service is “professional” and the “delicate and expertly prepared” cuisine has fully moved with the times – “it shows just how the amazing flavours of subcontinental cooking can be elevated!”

Price £78

Food Very Good

Service Very Good

Ambience Good

3. Benares Indian restaurant in Mayfair 12a Berkeley Square House, - W1

Opinions again divide on Atul Kochar’s acclaimed contemporary Indian, which occupies a sprawling and first-floor site on Berkeley Square. Critics – who accuse it of “going through the motions” – drag down its overall ratings, but the majority lavish praise on his “innovative” cuisine’s “delicate spicing”, and say a meal is a “wow, how-did-they-make-it-taste-so-good experience”.

Price £108

Food Average

Service Average

Ambience Average

4. Tamarind Indian restaurant in Mayfair 20 Queen St - W1

The “subtle and fully-flavoured” modern cuisine of this “flamboyantly decorated” Mayfair basement has returned to “exceptional” form – “it hits a perfect balance between being authentically Indian, with Western modernisations” and “even standard dishes are a revelation”. “Caring staff” (“it’s like they arrive by magic carpet”) further add to the experience.

Price £69

Food Exceptional

Service Very Good

Ambience Good

5. Gymkhana Indian restaurant in Mayfair 42 Albemarle St - W1

“Absolutely the bee’s knees” – the Sethi family’s “classy” Mayfair five-year-old near the Ritz remains London’s best-known nouvelle Indian by dint of mixing “terrifically-spiced” cuisine (“whose refinement doesn’t detract from powerful punchy flavours”) and “heroic wine pairings”, with a good pinch of “old-colonial glamour” (“very in keeping with the India I grew up in”). There’s also a superb cocktail bar in the basement. Top Tip – “goat brains are a must try!”

Price £61

Food Very Good

Service Very Good

Ambience Very Good

6. Indian Accent Indian restaurant in Mayfair 16 Albemarle Street - W1S

On the former site of Chor Bizarre (RIP, but from the same owner, Old World Hospitality) – another nouvelle Indian restaurant with sibling venues in New York and New Delhi. The New Delhi original is on the World’s 50 Best List.

7. Bombay Bustle Indian restaurant in Mayfair 29 Maddox Street - W1S

Mumbai is a city built on traditions, filled by an endless influx of dreamers, working professionals, and those seeking their fame and fortune; A true melting pot. In one moment you can be in old world Bombay and the turn of a street corner will thrust you into an urban amalga...