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I have two recommendations. As Jeremy said, mostly they are terrible tourist traps serving terrible food and making up for it with cheap drinks.


The first, and in my opinion the best place, is Le Taj. It's modern and comfortable with excellent food. They even have two menus; one is traditional Bangla food of the sort you'd find in your local curry house, the second is a more authentic experience and comes highly recommended.


The other recommendation is really two in one. If you love Tandoor food (i.e. grilled meats) then Tayyabs (which Jeremy also talked about) and a place called Maida are both excellent. They're both off-Brick Lane in a sort of off-Broadway sort of thing but so close you wouldn't mind. Their traditional curries aren't quite as good however.


NB - both of these are non-licensed premises. Nor do they allow you to bring alcohol into the restaurant. In my mind, this is a small price to pay for great food but some people cannot have a "ruby" without pints of lager. If that's your thing then wander down Brick Lane and see which hawker gives you the best deal - it'll be hit and miss though.

Thirded for Tayyabs. Also highly recommended is the 'Lahore Kebab House' on Commercial Street (easy to find, it's just opposite 'FLICK FASHIONS' whose signage has placed the 'L' & the 'I' too close together!). Same deal, BYO drinks.


That said, though the food is great, the area is not the kind of place you'd want to take visiting friends (just a bit of a faceless urban wasteland really)

Muley Wrote:

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> Thirded for Tayyabs. Also highly recommended is

> the 'Lahore Kebab House' on Commercial Street

> (easy to find, it's just opposite 'FLICK FASHIONS'

> whose signage has placed the 'L' & the 'I' too

> close together!). Same deal, BYO drinks.

>

> That said, though the food is great, the area is

> not the kind of place you'd want to take visiting

> friends (just a bit of a faceless urban wasteland

> really)


Make sure it says 'Original Lahore Kebab House' as there is a weaker version (or used to be at least) on other side of Commercial Road. Saw Jeffrey Archer eating in there once, the night before his court case started. Excellent food and cheap.


Never had a good curry on Brick Lane - better off sticking to Lordship Lane.

My brick lane experience is limited to university rugby club outings, and so i can bring you this exclusive, if unwanted, information: virtually everywhere is BYO, and City Spice have a basement room with lino, plastic table cloths and wipe-down-able walls and chairs, available for large groups that look a little rowdy... grim, I know, but dinner for 40 on a wednesday night was trade that places would put up with a lot for.


For an actual nice curry experience where you don't have to take your own carrier of bevvies, why not venture down the other other curry lane (lordship)?

Another vote for both Tayaabs and Lahore Kebab House. They are both regular lunchtime treats near work. Me and a couple of the other lads have been going for about 10 years now.


Both very similar fare, BYOB and similar price. I challenge you to spend more than ?15 per head and be able to move afterwards!


Tayabs (corner of Fieldgate St. and Myrdle St.) - Slightly nicer restaurant decor if that bothers you, best for lamb chop and mixed starters.


Lahore Kebab House (Umberston St. off Commercial Rd.) - Best for actual curry main courses, although the kebabs and chop starters are still excellent.


You can't go wrong with either to be honest. I used to live just off Brick Lane some years back and while the buzz of the place is great with some cool shops and bars, the curry houses are almost all shite.

DaveR ...


We cannot agree with you more some friends took us to the Mirch Masala last week and i can honestly say we were blown away by the food, i would recommend to anyone to jump in a cab to deepest Norbury, to try this food. Really plain inside and bring your own Wine, but it seemed full of local families felt like we were at someone else's celebration. It was completely different to anything on the Lane, and although there are some crackers in ED this place is really really worth a visit.

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