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The downstairs dining room serves tandoor grills and regional specialities; open for dinner from Thursday to Saturday.

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Summary

£48
   ££
3
Good
2
Average
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“There’s a wide range of options to explore” on the extensive menu of this “Indian street-food” café, in a side-alley near Selfridges: “great simple food at reasonable prices” and cooked to a “consistently high level”. Upstairs makes a “perfect location for lunch”. There’s a more formal basement dining room, better suited to evening meals.

Summary

£44
    £
3
Good
3
Good
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“An interesting menu of Indian street-food” that is both “good value and delicious” has long been an attraction at this dependable spot near Selfridges. It’s probably “best suited for lunch” to punctuate a day’s shopping nearby (the evenings-only dining room is a little more formal, serving tandoor grills and regional specialities).

Summary

£47
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“A great place to relish the street food of India”, this two-storey operation near Selfridges was ahead of the curve in championing the cooking of the subcontinent’s street hawkers, roadside stalls and station canteens, when it first opened.

Summary

£46
   ££
4
Very Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Inspired by street and railway station snacks on the subcontinent, this “large modern Indian”, a short stroll from Selfridges, has built a big fanclub thanks to its “marvellous” and “authentic” bites that are “full of interesting flavours”. But while reporters agree on the high quality of the food, they are divided about where is best to sit – is it the “good-value” upstairs café, or “classy” basement restaurant?

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3 Portman Mews South, London, W1H 6AY

Restaurant details

Highchair,Portions
No dress code
160

Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Dinner   £35.00

Starter Main Pudding
£6.50 £12.80 £6.80
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £20.00
Filter Coffee £3.50
Extras  
Bread £2.80
Service 12.50%
3 Portman Mews South, London, W1H 6AY
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Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑10 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑10 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑10 pm
Thursday12 pm‑10 pm
Friday12 pm‑10 pm
Saturday12 pm‑10 pm
Sunday12:30 pm‑9 pm

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