Lambeth
The Indian Dining Club

The Indian Dining Club

244 Gipsy Road, SE27 9RB, Lambeth, United Kingdom

Meat • Asian • Indian • Chicken


"WORST Indian food Ive had in South London for 20 years. I had American family visiting and I ordered from Indian Dining Club because the food looked great in the pics and the dishes had really interesting sounding names. But it was awful and I was so embarrassed and kept having to apologise to guests and say this doesn 't represent Indian food in London! We ordered about 7 dishes plus naan, sides etc. Everything was lacking in flavour and spice. Himachali Roasted Aubergine and Potato Masala was a few bits of vegetable in a generic red sauce that tasted of Heinz tomato soup with a few random spices mixed in. The South Indian vegetablecurry was frozen diced veges in something that was white and tasted of sweet cream no flavour at all. The only flavour in the Amritsari Chole, Chickpea Curry came from some raw diced onions. The vegetable biryani again was chopped veges in a red sauce mixed with rice. The Pomegranate Raita was just some thin yoghurt with Pomegranate seeds thrown in. Whats so unpleasant is that these guys know what they are doing. I 've never submitted a negative review before to a restaurant, but customers need to know. The food maybebetter in house but I will never know. Here 's the list of our order and order number: Your order has been sent successfully under number 2135/82: 1 x Poppadum Chutney Assortment 2.95 1 x Poppadum (Poppadum: Plain) 0.75 1 x Pomegranate Raita 2.95 1 x Himachali Roasted Aubergine and Potato Masala 7.95 1 x Amritsari Chole, Chickpea Curry 6.95 1 x Vegetable Biryani 11.95 1 x Punjabi Samosa Chaat 5.95 1 x Plain Nan 2.75 1 x South Indian Mixed Vegetable Stew 8.95 1 x Old Delhi Chicken Tikka Masala 9.95"

Okan

Okan

39, Brixton Village MArket, SW9 8QH, Lambeth, United Kingdom

Cafés • Pizza • Seafood • European


"A cute and humble looking Spot, I was greeted by a lovely lady (dont know her name) with a warm smile. I was looking for a place to sort out my music on my laptop while I enjoy my meal. However when the food came I was shocked. the food smelt great but the portion size was very small. I bought the special don mix (rice with pork , squid, kimchi), flavours were amazing but the bowl was more vegetable than squid and pork. The pork pieces was little slithers (I mean less than wafer thin) of meat. There was barley any in my bowl, the bowl was literally a kids size meal. Im spending £13 on this ?? I thought to myself. I might as well of gone to KFC to fill my stomach. I was not happy while I was eating my meal to be honest. The last NO NO, was the service charge. Baring in mind that normally its optional to pay the service charge, but at Okan its not. Its part of the meal. When I asked if they could remove the service charge they looked confused. Not wanting to cause an issue over £3, i paid it. so my meal wasn 't £13, its now £16 (not including the drink) which does make a difference especially in these times were in now. I felt it to be dishonest. If I felt like I wanted to pay a tip or anything on top then i would 've. but this is bad behaviour. overall I would give them a 2/5 but I cant deny the good flavours and the initial warm greeting which i felt was a real positive. Normally I would take pictures of my meal but I just wanted to get out of there."