Review of: The Cinnamon Club, London

5/5 (minimum 1)

by Dnyanesh on 04 Dec 2006

This Indian restaurant can easily be voted as one of the premium place for "Indian food". The Cinnamon Club is stone's throw away from Westminster Abbey, on the Great Smith Street, and it is located in the Old Westminster Library. However, those who have a typical image of Indian restaurants at least here in the UK should be aware of this place because the "Chicken Tikka Masala", "Chicken Vindaloo", "Chicken Jalfrezi" is definitely not the top selling cuisine here. The restaurant has got a nice selection of starters, such as Bombay Mixed Vegetables, King Prawn, etc. And then equally mouth watering selection of main courses. One very noticeable aspect of this restaurant is that all the dishes are delicately spiced which truly give flavour to the food precisely the way I expected it from India (again depending on the part of India these dishes originated).

The best thing to do is to get there early and check out the bar downstairs where they have Bollywood films projected on a screen behind the bar and where you can be served some pretty serious cocktails. All good, and it certainly gets you in the mood for a real Indian experience, even though none of the staff you actually see are Indian!

I ordered Saffron King Prawns for my main course. This dish came with King Prawn's prepared in a delicate saffron sauce and then other portion of Prawns were little bit spicier. This dish also came with rice and then I also ordered selection of Indian breads. Finally for the deserts I had Mango Kulfi and surprisingly this one also represented very authentic taste.

Having said all this if you really decide to visit this nice place please consider the following points:

1) The portions of the food are not particularly generous. And after eating such a wonderful food one expects that bit more generous portion of food would have done all goods in the world.

2) It is a very expensive place. I visited there with my sestet, brother-in-law and my niece (which is 5 yrs. old). And we paid about £210.

3) It is also a good idea to book a table beforehand so that when you go there you don’t have to wait, as his place tends to be quite busy.

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The Cinnamon Club, London

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