Hatfield, Indian Restaurant Guide

This Wembley fixture (with spinoffs in Hatch End and Kingsbury) is best known for its all-you-can-eat Indian vegetarian buffet with a choice of 45 items, including an Indo-Chinese selection with dishes such as chilli paneer. The family-owned business started out 40 years ago as a market stall.

This “enjoyable and good-value” family-run operation in an East Finchley shopping parade specialises in the regional cuisine of Hyderabad, and is one of the best bets for a decent cuzza in this part of north London.

“If you like dosas, idlis and uttapams”, these “cheap and cheerful” but “spotless and well-run” canteens in the West End (plus Hammersmith and Harrow) are “an excellent choice for very good South Indian vegetarian food” – they’re also “a top option to take a crowd because they’re not fazed by large tables”, and “even carnivores don’t complain” when they try the “tasty food”.

“The food tastes fresh and is not heavy” at this “consistently great” Childs Hill operation, specialising in “Indian tapas-style street food”. That TripAdvisor have ranked it #1 out of 15,000+ London restaurants may be over-egging it a bit, but they must be doing something right as a Muswell Hill spin-off is on the cards.

“We keep going back for more!” – this “lovely local Indian” has pleased the Hampstead crowd for more than 50 years with its “food to suit all tastes”, “good value” and “charismatic owner (the son of the founder) who carries the service”. No wonder it’s “often packed”.

This “excellent high-end Indian restaurant” in Whetstone has earned a more-than-local reputation for its “imaginative cooking and great service” in recent years, having started out as a takeaway.