Kolam South Indian - Carta

excellent restaurant. great service. great eating. I love the lamb frit and the okra. try the pistachios and mandeleis was amazing family run restaurant that is the perfect location.

excellent restaurant. great service. great eating. I love the lamb frit and the okra. try the pistachios and mandeleis was amazing. family-run restaurant that is the perfect location.

amazing authentic South Indian food. really nice owner and consistently very good! we really come here often and it is one of the best Indians in tooting and I am always surprised why it is no longer crowded. the fried lamb is particularly delicious. really recommend! Ver carta

Great if quiet. In Tooting there are no end of curryhouses. We visit the Kolam regularly as the food is usually excellent, the service exceptionally friendly and the price really reasonable. What I cannot understand is why it is so quiet given the above whilst other far inferior emporia are much busier. Might look a bit tired but it is really worth a visit.

A family feel. Went there last night with a group of 30 for a monthly Tooting Curryclub- we'd booked in advance so they closed the restaurant just for us! Right from the outset we felt very looked after and the fact it is a family run business brought a nice feel to the evening- there was a warmth and interest which was lovely. And the meals were reasonably priced- and tasted great. I had possibly the best Chicken Biryani ive had. The food was fairly spicy which was a plus for me. Those who joined me last night were all impressed and KOLAM is definately worth recommending if you like a relaxed family run restaurant with good tasty reasonably priced dishes.

After 19 days of eating my way around South London I’ve finally made it to the last stop. To celebrate the final eve of 20days20dinners a group curry in Tooting was on the menu. My second visit to Tooting as part of this challenge having previously been to Meza, as discussed then Tooting is increasingly being seen as a foody haven. However long before the foody accolade has been knocking around Tooting has first and foremost been famed for its curry’s, and rightly so. There’s a plethora of good Indian restaurants, many being bring your own, in fact Tooting could be home to the best curry in London, but that’s a whole different challenge! The venue of the evening was chosen...read more Ver carta

Rarely in the 4 years in Balham have I felt the need to review a place of dining, this place however, Kolham, just down from Tooting Bec station, attended by a lovely couple who served THE most amazing indian food, brought back memories of those trips to the far east. Be warned, your usual chicken masala is not what you would expect, SO much deeper (spicier) and tastier than the standard Engdian fare naans and pooris (fried roti bread) that absorb the flavours and a chicken biryani with rice I dont even like rice and I finished my partners...go for the Dosai for starters, get a couple and you will never look back And to top it all off the value for money, the bill came, left us...read more

Our venue is Kolam. One of those that certainly fits into the often-overlooked category on Tooting High street. It's close to Tooting Bec and proudly advertises itself as South Indian. We kick things off relatively promptly and take our seats in a comfortable setting, with cushioned seats and tablecloths! We're also greeted by perhaps the smiliest waiter/Maitre D so far Venue Score 6.2/10 The starters commence. Finally an onion bhaji on offer and not just that, there are two other bhaji varieties available! We sample an onion and an aubergine as well as a good stack of poppadoms. Unfortunately the variety isn't quite matched by quality as we are presented with two plates of brown...read more

21 April 2015 Kolam: Drawing out the curry Running low on new options still available we finally chose to visit Kolam, a venue previously dismissed on account of it never seeming busy and not being BYO A kolam is apparently a geometrical line drawing widely practised by female Hindu family members in front of their houses to bring prosperity. We were hoping a visit would bring us good fortune, but instead we were joined again by the unflappable Louise Hitchen who waddled her way from Balham to join us. On this rare occasion Tom was the first to arrive and cut a very lonesome figure sat inside on his own with only the proprietor as company. Eventually, Louise and I arrived to begin...read mor... Ver carta