Depa Tandoori in Camden

Very kind and courteous waiter and very good and unique food

Warm welcome Good Indian food Original salmon dish Attentive service

Not an Indian restaurant, Food tastes….. forget it there’s no taste. Somehow bill prices wont match Menu prices and also bill doesn’t sum up correctly each time. I suggest you to visit if you’re a math enthusiast looking for opportunities to teach math.

One of the best Indian food I’ve ever tried ! The service is impeccable ; the hosts are very nice and helpful, they explained the dishes and proposed food according to our taste and spice appreciation. The food is amazing, tasteful and well proportioned. We ate there twice and we felt very welcomed. Try it, you won’t regret it !

Popped in for a tea and received the best service!

Have being eating here for years. Very traditional curry house, great value taste and kind, courteous service. Off the main roads, so lovely and quiet! Quite a small place, so always a friendly atmosphere.

Very fresh food and authentic Indian taste. Simply amazing. Must visit. Naga chicken tikka and chilli naan were very tasty. Will definitely visit again.

Decent Indian near King’s Cross. Food was good but a little too much ghee in some dishes. Very tasty though and nice atmosphere. Bring your own alcohol.

We had a great time. Very pleasant waiters and delicious meals

Really attentive and lovely service. Was highly recommended by a friend so we had to visit the restaurant last night and we were blown away! Absolutely delicious and rich. Felt like “home-cooking” and was a comforting meal for a Friday night. We also had a toddler with us and the staff were so great to ensure the little one enjoyed his meal too. Very sweet. We loved it so much we are already planning our next visit!

Everything drenched in oil (mushroom rice and Korai chicken) possibly the most oily Indian meal I've had in my life. Spoke to owner afterwards who said he'd never had anyone say this before, which is odd because I can see that many reviews left recently make the same comment. So the owner would be aware this issue but does nothing to change it? Won't be coming back unless there are reassurances things have changed.

Everything drenched in oil (mushroom rice and Korai chicken) possibly the most oily Indian meal I've had in my life. Spoke to owner afterwards who said he'd never had anyone say this before, which is odd because I can see that many reviews left recently make the same comment. So the owner would be aware this issue but does nothing to change it? Won't be coming back unless there are reassurances things have changed.

We went there last night, really hungry and looking for something cheap. What we got really exceeded our expectations: great food, a lovely and reassuring service and a quick introduction to the indian culture. If you'd like to try new food with this assets, this is your place!

The chicken korma was too sweet , cant even eat it. Disgusting.The paratta was just fine thats it.

If you're a fan of Indian cuisine, this restaurant is an absolute must-visit. The standout dish is undeniably the Prawn Madras. It's a masterful blend of perfectly spiced curry with tender, succulent prawns that will leave your taste buds dancing with joy. The depth of flavor in the Madras is unparalleled, striking a perfect balance between heat and richness. Equally impressive is the service. The staff is exceptionally attentive and friendly, making every visit feel like a special occasion. They’re knowledgeable about the menu and they’re genuinely passionate about ensuring you have a memorable dining experience. From the moment you step in until the last bite, the combination of extraordinary food and stellar service makes this restaurant a true gem in the culinary scene.

Different owners from last time we went in, cannot understand reviews on here 2 chicken madras meals, rice, nan breads were all spot on good decent atmosphere, always liked this place

Main dish swimming in oil. Very little meat & just loaded with onions. Very disappointing.

The food was really sweet and basically drenched in oil. You couldn't really taste anything else. The Naan was good. We probably won't come back.

The Butter chicken just tasted like sugar. It was inedible. The server offered to spice it up, which helped a little bit, but it still didn't taste good.

Perfectly good, if unspectacular food. Enjoyed it!

I'm not sure why the bad reviews on this place, I can only imagine it's toffs expecting a Michelin star, this place was great service and the food was absolutely spot on, very nice atmosphere and would happily come back again if we was in the area

The staff were very nice and smiley. The food I had was good standard Indian, but theree were no fireworks or suprises. I thought it was on the pricey side.

wanted bit more spicy and hot but it's lot mild and bland curries for Rogan veggie!

They messed up my order. Gave me a butter chicken instead of a butter Naan. The dishes could have been cooked better, felt like they get the ready made sauces from Aldi and add chicken.

Fantastic food as always I’ve been a happy customer of this restaurant for almost 20 years

Returned to our favourite Indian restaurant to find that it was better than ever - excellent food, very friendly service, a pretty restaurant and amazingly good value. We had the almond and sultana nan for the first time - wonderful! - as was the sag rice. A treasure that deserves to be better known!

It’s the best curry house in central London, it’s cosy and small but beautiful also service is amazing and food is outstanding and delicious…It’s located near Kings Cross Station also Russell Square Station plus not too far from Euston so it’s convenient. I will be back again definitely….

I did receive a Tuesday discount and also a loyalty discount but boy was that reflected in the size of the portions. They were absolutely tiny. very disappointed t that you treat a loyal customer this way

We were two ladies after gym - decided to try what looked like a nice little restaurant, but food was So Bad - (cheap nasty tough meat and curries just full of oil and onion) Service even worse. The boss barks orders at his employees and makes them do ridiculous things - we felt sorry for the staff. Boss so pushy on “poppadoms poppadoms” and drinks - and although the restaurant was entirely empty, boss insisted on sitting a lone male diner right next us girls. Why? Super stingy too - ordered a ginger ale but no can arrived, just flat ginger ale from a bottle in a hiball glass. Asked for tap water, wouldn’t leave the jug on the table. Bill cane with a tug of war over a napkin - honestly just crazy service! AVOID at all costs. New management urgently required.

My favourite restaurant in Bloomsbury, I keep returning. It is excellent value in an otherwise touristy and expensive area. The food never disappoints. In fact we all chose different biryani dishes, which are really good here.

Very good food, the waiter was able to recommend more or less spicy dishes for children and adults.

Delicious meal with very good advice on the choice of menus, fair price and superb welcome. I highly recommend!

From the outside the place looks nice but...!! Dirty tablecloth Food not special We didn't feel comfortable

Total waste of money! I literally forgot what a briyani is after eating here. Completely avoid at all cost! Save yourself please

Please avoid this restaurant at all cost...the food was totally bland and the quantity is not at all sufficient and doesnt justify the price....u will b extremely disappointed by the quantity....service is also mediocre.....

The quantity wasn’t sufficient at all. We ordered full plate briyani and they laid it out like prasadam that temple gives out. Not satisfied at all and slow service..

Luv my local nice hot and fresh and quick, can sit alone in and out nice and full when you leave. Good service too always happy to help.

Great location friendly helpful staff good food selection 👍

Brilliant service, amazing food, could pay with card fine, gave us , loved it

My favourite restaurant in Bloomsbury, this restaurant has an excellent menu, with a great range of Indian dishes, as well as some Malaysian and British dishes too. I highly recommend their tikka dishes and particularly their biryani. Bring your own alcohol (they have alcohol free drinks only). It's very good value and you get a warm welcome. I used to live nearby years ago, but come back here whenever I am in London.

Amazing. BYOB. Proper curry, come happy leave happy. Over order the onion bhajis!!

The food was delicious as always I’ve been going to and ordering from here for almost 20 years and have never had a bad meal I highly recommend it to everyone

Great local curry house. Bring your own booze.

Never had a problem before with this restaurant, but on this occasion, both side dishes had stale vegetables. (Okra and aubergine).

Not gonna lie, probably the worst chicken tikka masala I’ve ever had, and I have tried soooo many places. I am from US and thought it might be a different style but after talking to others apparently not. I ordered highest spice level and it was not even spicy and it was so bland. It looked like hot Cheetos Mac and cheese, even that is better. The service was great, the guy was super nice, but so disappointed in the food. How do you duck up on chicken tikka masala. It had no spice, no flavor, and somehow was still sooo red and looked like it would be amazing. Had me thinking it was literally red food coloring because of how it tasted and looked. It was not creamy, tasted unusually sweet. I couldn’t even bring myself to get halfway through the dish. Come on man, it literally didn’t taste anything like normal chicken tikka masala. The chicken was good but the sauce was so strange. Definitely not going back and very unfortunate

nice Indian food at a very affordable price.

Really sorry to stick the knife in but the food was not good. Nothing wrong with it but nothing right with it. Nice people.

- Not as good food as it used to be years ago… very little meat in dishes - dirty tablecloth - Also does not say at outset that does not take payment by cards (even though it has visa ads in the windows!) - and adds Service charge without telling!! I used to love that local neighbourhood place : too sad how it changed

Goodness me! I have been coming to London to work for the last 20 years and I can say with my hand in my heart this is the worst Indian restaurant I have ever come across! The food is terrible, very bland and small portions. Not only that they seem to be running a scam saying you must pay in cash despite showing Mastercard etc. on the door. We refused point blank to go to the cash machine down the road and magically the card machine appears! Take my advice and try elsewhere!!

Really bland food. Trying to scam everyone to pay cash despite Mastercard etc being on the door. Do yourself a favour and avoid!

Food was fantastic as always I’ve been ordering from here almost 20 years and have never had a bad meal. The restaurant has been operating since 1957 and has survived covid so they must be doing something right

The best Indian food I've ever had

The food was delicious as always I’ve been a happy customer for almost 20 years and have never had a bad meal.

The food was very tasty, nutritious and reasonably priced. The service was excellent and the staff were courteous and helpful.

Buon cibo indiano in ambiente intimo. Servizio puntuale e attento. Bravi

Food was not too bad but watch out for what seem to be, from reading other reviews, standard catches. I ate last night with my son and ordered four popadoms. When the bill came it was changed to 6. Then we were told it us cash only. Fortunately we had some cash but we were then told they had no change and so could only offer us half of what they should have done in change. Only when I challenged this did they offer a note to reduce the bill. If you go, the food is OK but watch out for the tricks with the bill!

Mostly lovely food. We did a large order. Ordered 3xpopadoms for £9. I thought it would be 3 groups of popadoms. But no just 3 popadoms.

The food was amazing. I am definitely going to order from this restaurant in the future

Perfect as it always is not had a bad meal from here in nearly 20 years

Great meal from depa we will definitely try them again.

Came to London and I was pleasantly surprised when I tried the food at this place. The food had so much flavor and wasn’t too spicy. The workers were super nice and made us comfortable!

Excellent Indian food! Absolutely recommended BUT When the handwritten invoice came, after 20‘ of waiting they told us, the card reader is down and they can just accept cash. An ATM is very close by - but that charges 15% surcharge… Very disappointing. They did not tell any guest that only cash works - just when it came to payments.

Delicious meal, very good price and excellent service, very hospitable! Recommend, thank you!

Butic Indian restaurant with a good wave Very delicious food and great hospitality Very much recommend Good prices

Absolutely delicious as usual I’ve been using this restaurant since 2005 and have never had a bad experience whether it was a take away or eat in.

Doesn’t take credit cards, apparently. I ordered butter chicken, and im not sure what they gave me but it wasn’t what I ordered. What I took home was bright yellow and tasted sweet. I have no idea how they got the order wrong, because the receipt I was given was correct, and I was the only person in the restaurant so they couldn’t have gotten me confused with someone else. London is full of Indian restaurants. Skip this one.

A perfect place to enjoy some fantastic Indian cuisine, and a really great atmosphere to accompany it.

Nous sommes entrés par hasard dans ce restaurant indien. Nous y avons très bien mangé. La cuisine y est très bonne et en bonne quantité. Attention !! Pour les personnes qui souhaitent boire de l'alcool, vous devez emmener votre bouteille. Le restaurant n'en vend pas.

Another excellent meal from Depa with special mention of the Mixed Tikka starter, where every item was tender, and the generously portioned Naga Lamb Tikka which was very tasty indeed … easily recommended!

Skanu, pateikimas galėtų būti šiek tiek gražesnis.

Terrible. What seemed like the manager/ owner try to overcharge us on the pappads. Most importantly, the owner was rude and very curt with us when we asked a question about the student discount (being uni students ourselves). Main veggie courses were bland and flavourless. Samosas were abominably tiny and all the sauces were sweet? Nothing savoury or spicy on offer.

Good food although I think portions are shrinking, a lot of sauce but only 4 pièces of chicken. Very friendly and polite service, you can bring your wine but they make great non alcoholic drinks. Reasonable prices, good location, not busy or noisy.

Worst indian restaurant in London - Terrible rude service and just as terrible food. Save yourself and stay away. Biryani was old, regarded with dry chicken. The server was terrible , took his time and had to ask for water three times. Did not check back on us at all . Rammed his backside in my daighyer and not even a sorry or excuse me. Asked for raita , did not care and never came back Probably the worst dining experience ever. Please please run from this place. We were starving so tried to eat this terrible food, but after I saw this server diving deep in his nose , it was over and we left on a hurry . The other server was embarrassed and was just broken as the head server was the king of rude

Probably the worst dining experience- Bad rude service, server had an attitude from the start, took him few to get to us , no issues. No greeting at all , no issues. Had to ask three times for water , got an issue. Rammed his back side into my daughter , huge issue as not even a sorry or excuse me. Rude to my wife , this guy can go to hell now . Food. Worst dry biryani with dry tandoori chicken . Asked for raita, never came back with any let alone to check on us . Told the other server how bad the food was , our server came back with an attitude and zero words but only a hell with us attitude. Probably the worst indian restaurant in London. Hard to believe how it is in business.

Très bonne cuisine personnel discret mais efficace

Lovely food at a.very reasonable price

Fick fel mat men det rättade dom till efter en stund. Smutsigt glas som byttes ut...ändå ok mat. Vill ni ha ett glas vin el öl till maten...ta med eget!! Det är helt ok för restaurangen.

Très bon repas Cet établissement ne propose pas d'alcool mais vous pouvez venir avec

Wonderful restaurant, tiki masala and chicken madras were one of the best we ever had. We enjoyed the diner!!

将近十一点去 点了King prawn curry挺好吃的！态度很热情 有学生折扣10%

We enjoyed our visit to Depa. The food was delicious, chicken tikka, lamb with spinach and chicken madras with rice, bread and Bombay potatoes. Overall quality good and clean and nice owner and staff. No alcohol but can BYO and beware, if it’s very cold, wrap up just in case as there was little heating on our visit

Table cloths were stained from previous sitting which was off putting. The food was below average. Clumsy waiter no sense of customer service. When we spotted the food hygiene certificate was only 3 we should have walked away then. Top it off the food didn't sit right :( Wouldn't risk it again.

Vriendelijk ontvangen en bediening. Eten was lekker. Alleen de linzen vond ik minder. Maar we hebben er goed gegeten .

Come here last night, service was a little slow but was nice. The chutney tray was really nice and fresh, starters where nice and tasty. Main courses was a little let down, but was nice. Also they don’t serve alcohol and the shop across from here are really expensive so maybe pick up alcohol from somewhere else first

Good food generous size portions fantastic value for money

We had our regular customers . It’s was very lovely to see thim back after they finished me and my brother toke a picture with our customer. They enjoyed it.

Quality food as always been going here for 17 years and never had a bad meal

A local favourite, I was back again for as always, a delicious meal. The chicken tikka was tender and flavoursome. My sister introduced me to their biryani, which is served with a very good vegetable curry. And kofta dessert is irresistible.

Alloggio vicino a questo ristorante insieme a mia figlia. Ottimo, con piatti anche per vegani Mangiamo spesso cibo indiano ma sia i samosa che il pane (naan) sono risultati decisamente migliori rispetto a quelli che mangiamo in Italia

Le serveur est très attentionné, la cuisine est bonne à un prix très attractif. Je recommande!

Great tasting curry but £3.50 for a single popadom? No salad, no chutney felt like a bit of a rip off

Delicious as always never had a bad meal from them in 17 years

Good some food from here. Was disappointed with how it tasted. Did not enjoy it.

Cena ottima mangiato benissimo personale cordiale. Assolutamente da provare almeno una volta se si viene a Londra. Prezzi leggermente sotto la media.

When I lived nearby, I used to like eating here. During the past few months, I have come several times, bringing friends and family and enjoying the food here very much. The service is friendly and the atmosphere in this little restaurant, a stone's throw from King's Cross St Pancras, is relaxed and as the French say 'genial'. (I live in France and it's the one thing I miss there, as the French are not so keen on spicy food). Today I had the tandoori chicken biryani that is served with a very nice vegetable curry sauce. Last time I was here, my sister had this, so I was keen to order it this time. The kulfi ice-cream was delicious and reminds me that I should try to make this at home. As a fan of good Indian food, I can highly recommend this place. They have a good selection of tandoori dishes (starters and mains), and to accompany the wide choice of curry dishes, some very good vegetable side dishes. I can personally recommend the garlic naan bread. They don't have a license but you're welcome to bring your own bottle (there are several supermarkets nearby). The restaurant represents excellent value and I'll definitely be back the next time I'm in London.

Food was delicious and portions were very generous

I’ve been a customer of this restaurant for 17 years and have never had a bad meal.

This restaurant was/is small but good. There werent too many people caus not many could really fit but the waiter was really nice and apologized profusely when the wifi didn't work which was sweet. The food was good especially the popadoms. The Naan was a tiny bit burned but not in a bad way it depends on how you like it. I would recommend the veggie options. I had chicken and it wasn't quite cooked through. But the outside bit was delicious and the servings were definately enough without side things. I would recommend for anyone.

5/5 fun with bring your own alcohol policy Pulled out chairs and table and cleaned plates in front of us Served hot towels after the meal The food was nice af

Totally delicious in every way. Wonderful tasting food. We stopped by here on our last night in London and were very impressed. Big lovers of Indian and this is an excellent place to come. Restaurant filled up quickly and lots of takeaways happening. Has been around since the late 1950’s so tells you how good it is.