Brick Lane Curry Recommendations

wesimmo · 5 Jan 2023 at 21:38

I'm taking my 12 year old daughter to London on Saturday, we're staying near Tower Bridge and she's just got into curry.

I'd like to take her to Brick Lane for the experience, is there a good value go to restaurant down there? I'm not up for spending hundreds because she just won't appreciate it, but also don't want a run of the mill curry for me.

sigma · 5 Jan 2023 at 21:59

Is it still even the place to go?

ik9000 · 5 Jan 2023 at 22:02

If you want your standard curry i.e. no superfluous drama or frills then I've had good experiences with Sheba. Not the most glam decor but good food, or it was for several years. Not been there since covid though as I'm not in town as much as I used to thanks to wfh

Sheba Brick Lane Indian Restaurant

www.shebabricklane.com

BUDFORCE · 5 Jan 2023 at 22:04

Wetherspoons.

Get a chicken jalfresi for £8.55 includes a drink. Get a bottle of Brewdog Elvis Juice with it, which is normally £4.19 per 660ml bottle, your are effectively getting your curry for about £4.

Plus the Elvis Juice is strong, 6.5% and a 660ml bottle is over 4 units of alcohol.

toshj · 5 Jan 2023 at 23:01

Walk down brick lane from north to south, and then at the bottom cross over the Whitechapel Road and walk east for about 5 mins and you'll be by Tayyabs. Go there instead!

the-evaluator · 6 Jan 2023 at 16:02

Personally I'd skip Brick Lane. I used to really like going to Brick Lane, The Monsoon was my favourite but the last few times I've been (to a few different restaurants) the quality of the food has been poor.

Tayyabs is a good call. I really like Khans which is near Bayswater tube.

manic111 · 6 Jan 2023 at 17:14

Tayyabs is good around that area. If you're willing to go a little further, hop on the Elizabeth line to Forest Gate (it's 3 stops) and go to Wanstead Kitchen. It's the best curry I've had in London by quite a distance.

wesimmo · 7 Jan 2023 at 20:43

Thanks all, didn't have notifications on for the thread so just checked back..

Off to try Tayyab's now.

sigma · 8 Jan 2023 at 09:32

wesimmo said:
Thanks all, didn't have notifications on for the thread so just checked back..

Off to try Tayyab's now.

How was it? What did you order?

wesimmo · 8 Jan 2023 at 09:47

Pretty good. Fairly limited selection in terms of different curry types, and being a Pakistani curry house it was BYOB which we didn't realise until too late.

The food was decent though and not bad value.