Indian Zilla in Richmond upon Thames

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Amazing flavors and excellent service! Everything that we ordered was excellent. Far exceeded our expectations and my only complaint it that the don't have a restaurant in the United States. Love love love!

Este es nuestro restaurante indio local en Barnes y somos muy afortunados de tener un delicioso sabor y comida india, justo en nuestra puerta. Buena comida, sabores y servicio (siempre educado y amable). Nos encanta todos los campos el hombre y el menú ofrece una gran selección de platos auténticos para probar. Hay algunos aperitivos que han sido 'modernised y deben dejarse en su forma tradicional, es decir, la cebolla bhajis, pero, aparte de eso, nunca hemos tenido una comida decepcionante aquí. Si vives en la zona o está de paso, India Zilla es sin duda vale la pena probarlo.

Bella atmosfera, luci soffuse e cameriere gentile (un po'asfissiante per i miei gusti, ma sarà che preferisco i ristoranti in cui lasciano molto tempo per scegliere e in cui non passano col raccogli-briciole dopo ogni portata).

"Sometimes the food is astounding. Other times competent Indian food, no longer at the leading edge. Nice local place to hangout in."

Ate here last Saturday, food and service were good. The starters were served quickly, hot and fresh. We will be back

Nice ambiance and good curry here. Service excellent. Does not deserve to be as empty as it was for dinner that day. Worth a small detour.

Vinimos aquí para una comida familiar y me marché decepcionado. Los aperitivos y bebidas llegaron relativamente rápido. Sin embargo, cuando su espera su plato principal que usted no debería tener que mantener en pedirlo. La comida era mediocre, quizás elegimos una mala noche.

Este es un restaurante indio donde la comida es servida con gran cuidado y platos explicó con las sugerencias formuladas en una útil y profesional.

We ordered an appetizer selection which was amazing. We then ordered a bunch of dishes to share, all of which were excellent. The restaurant atmosphere is modern and comfortable

Si lo pides para llevar de Indian preguntado nunca qué se podría hacer para mejorar unas cuantas veces y siempre me ha impresionado, así como ha decepcionado / indignado con otras "indias" opciones locales llamadas, ya era hora de dar este un gran aprobado. esto es lo que la India debe ser. Los sabores y la presentación son auténticas, excelente, y consistente. El chef ha sido creativo con los platos pero no ha arruinado en el proceso - testimonio de su habilidad. Las "casas de curry" en Londres afirmar que cocinar comida india pero al menos el 95% de ellos son terribles. Indian preguntado nunca qué se podría hacer para mejorar es uno de los muy pocos correctamente, auténticamente restaurantes indios en la ciudad, y yo se lo recomiendo a cualquiera que se preocupa por REAL comida india, para probar esta vez.

Having just moved to Barnes I was excited to try this restaurant with some friends. I had been pre-warned about the off hand service and it's true, only one of the waiters made an effort to serve nicely. The food, however, is gorgeous. I will probably return as the restaurant is cosy and the curries are top notch, but I would hesitate to recommend to anyone who thinks an expensive restaurant should employ staff who actually do their job and try and smile now and then.

I will keep this short.....service was awful....waited an hour for our main course to arrive...no one bothered asking if the food was ok/we needed anything else - maybe because they knew it wouldn't be. The rice was old and dry, the dhal, the worst I've ever had....the Kerala fish curry was ok but nothing to rave about. I'm pleased we tried it but definitely will never go back.

Theses guys still do a good line in contemporary British Indian. Just the place when nothing other than artichoke and paneer curry will do. The staff are friendly but it has got a lot quieter over the years.

Dinner for 5 Saturday night .we waited over an hour to get any more than a papadum.really dozy service.A great shame the food is good but when you have to leave your seat to get a waiters attention it ruins the event

I went to Indian Zilla for the first time with my wife and had a great evening. We were booked in quiet early - 7:30pm and at that time there were only a couple of other people in the restaurant.We very much enjoyed the menu as there were a lot of interesting options that we had not had before at an Indian restaurant and so we selected some starters to share and some curries for our main courses. The food we had was very good with some nice presentation styles.Towards the end of our meal the place really filled up and you could see the people serving were struggling a bit to get everything done which is what you note in other reviews. Hopefully the team will put on some extra staff to cover what seems to be a great food experience but could do with a bit more man power.We will certainly be going again and are excited to have such a great Indian close to where we live.

This used to be one of the best Indian restaurants in London it has now become distinctly average and this is proven by the fact you now sit in an empty restaurant.Its a shame but the service, food and ambiance it once had has all but disappeared.

We dined on a Sunday night. This management of this place is clearly no longer interested. The food was tired and bland and clearly not cooked that day - i had the venison meatballs and the chicken jalfrezi. Service though was attentive. The non-alcoholic cobra beer was very good.

Wonderful food, friendliest staff around, not the cheapest Indian food for sure but worth every penny. Well worth a visit. Best place to eat after a movie at the Olympic!

We ordered simply a main course and a basket of papadoms. We waited well over an hour for our food to arrive, despite politely enquiring twice.The restaurant was busy, but not entirely full. Regardless, I do not feel that taking that long for one course of food is acceptable. On arrival, one of our dishes (duck-based) was good however the beef-based curry (I forget the name/exacts now) was incredibly chewy and tough, despite being described on the menu as 'tender'. Regardless of whether you are in an 'upscale' Indian or local 'curry house', meat should be (and often is) tender, as that is part of the curry 'DNA' - to have soft meat that has been slow cooked. To wait over an hour and to be finally served tough, chewy meat - not good!We will not be returning!

Horrendous service and average over priced food

We like this restaurant. We have been 3 or 4 times and have never been disappointed. It is an upmarket Indian yet reasonable priced. Nice decor and attentive waiters. They bring you a complimentary cup of seasonal soup as a starters and we also had poppadoms with sauces.Wine was good (£24 for a Pinot Grigio). Starters were Curry was tasty and not too greasy. Side of orca lovely. Chocolate covered raisins and mints with coffee is a nice touch. The karma sutra prints in the toilets was a bit to absorb!

Firstly they try and sit in window seat to make the place look busy. The service or lack of it was slow, when you could get their attention, so that puts you the back foot before you start.The menu was very interesting, and food was average with small portions.Having been to the sister restaurant Zing, we was excepting better. Back to the one around the corner The Monzil next time.

We occasionally go to Indian Zilla, it has all the "standard" Indian dishes that one expects from an Indian restaurant, however it also has some interesting and not so usual dishes under the chef's specials that are well worth a try!

Start with puppodums as a started. starters are a bit small but tasty. If you like fish, fish shirale is the best dish. if you fancy meat go for the lam curry. Try the indian wine if you like to try new things, you won't regret it. Staff friendly and indians family come often which is always a good sign. My husband went to Brick Lane as apparently you can find the best indians however not at the same level at Zilla. If you're South West London give it ago, mostly in Winter is the place to order a takeaway or it in.

The restaurant itself is light, classy and tasteful (if you don't mind the Kama Sutra images in the toilets), with reasonable but a bit slow service.However, as a bit of an amateur foodie, I'm all about the food taste. Maybe different people have different expectations for Indian food. From my limited experience here, it didn't have the distinctive and elusive 'British Indian Restaurant' flavours. But that's not the point...The starters set the tone for a delicious and innovative meal. The Vegetable Bhanavla with a tamarind sauce was like stacked onion bhaji patties. This was light, not dry like onion bhajis you might get elsewhere, and flavoursome. I couldn't wait for the mains!Unfortunately the first spoonful of each of the mains dashed my hopes, the second and third just confirmed the disappointment. They were rated as 'Spicy' - which they were. A little too spicy for me but I can handle it. The problem is that spiciness does not equal taste. There just wasn't much of it - it was all just a bit bland with any flavours being too subtle/weak. I wanted flavour. It wasn't here.Let me describe it like this: Imagine making a curry at home starting off with a tasty base gravy. You've got your onions, tomatoes, garlic and so on. Smells good, tastes good, it's definitely going to end up being good. Then to make a particular curry you start adding other spices, you add this and that, you're winging it a bit like some kind of curry magician - a currygician(TM)! After all that hard work you taste it... and it doesn't really taste of anything much. The flavours have got lost somehow. This it that.The lamb shank meat was slightly too tough for what it was - not the tender melt-off-the-bone meat I've had before. The duck breast was also a little bit too over-done. Minor forgiveable points in comparison though. I've grown up with curries and over-cooked meat but I'd expect a bit more finesse from such an establishment. The naans were 'OK'. The Peshwari naan was also a bit plain - barely a hint of sweetness, barely a hint of coconut or raisins. Forgettable.Due to the high disappointment quotient, we didn't bother trying any desserts, although they did look good on paper, i.e. from their descriptions. This seems to be the main theme of the restaurant. It looks good on paper, but it's just not quite 'there'. In my humble opinion it doesn't quite live up to it's image. Take away the nice environment, the prices and the fancy menu descriptions, then it's just another by-the-numbers London take-away to satisfy a curry craving. The taste of the food didn't match up to the delicious curry smell wafting across Barnes. Perhaps it was the smell of the base gravy. Perhaps it was coming from elsewhere.It's best to have no expectation but it's difficult not to based on glowing reviews and the price point. The first page of the menu proudly displays quotes from the likes of Michael Winner and other food critics. Maybe they had other expectations or tried dishes with more flavour. Even without my expectations it would've been an anti-climatic disappointment. Am I picky? Yes. But I want what I pay for.

Good Indian Food not pretentious, the service is basic and efficient, the prices are reasonable. Good experience.

Pleasant environment, welcoming staff, dishes didn't seem to taste quite as distinctive as their descriptions suggested, but still good

We eat at indian Zilla every few months. After our last experience we will not be backthey could not locate our reservation, warm drinking water, requests for a spoon and water without lemon were ignored, service overall was glacial, wrong dish served then we were told it was a complimentary chicken dish-actually it was fish! dishes served with the same tomatoey gloop-a real shambles

Food: Trying to be innovative, with occasional success. True to Indian roots/theme.Service: Too many varied waitstaff... some bordering on brain-dead.Decor: Perfectly fitting and appropriate for modern Indian food.Pricing: Fully priced. And, I kind of resent EVERYTHING being ala carte.Personally, I think I would prefer a more traditional, family owned/operated Indian resto.

A culinary delight south of the river. the food is fresh and high quality. Staff are a bit 'off' which detracts from a family visit

Special Indian restaurant. Food different, fresh ingredients well cooked and presented. They will adapt a dish to your preference. House red wine good. We eat our Indian cuisine here locally for choice. As usual ordered too much but enjoyed it next day too!

Four of us ate here last Saturday evening and we all agreed that it was one of the best Indian meals we have had. Everything we ordered was delicious, but the starters stand out, in particular the prawns. The spicing was subtle and the food tasted fresh, not the warmed up meat in sauce that is all too common. Excellent dhal and vegetables, and several fish dishes for non meat eaters. Also an unusually tempting dessert menu. We will be back.

Four of us walked past packed restaurants in Barnes to get to IZ. There was maybe 15 people in there and part of the restaurant was closed off. We still experienced poor service, continually having to request additional items. Food is superb though.

Upscale Indian restaurant with great service and a great choice of well prepared and tasty food. Reasonable not over-sized portions and with good recommendations from the staff. Not cheap but this is not your regular Indian.

9pm Saturday evening. 'We're too busy we won't take any more delivery orders.' What a mess. What dreadful service. Pity because the food is lovely.

I go to Zilla quite often, and the food never disappoints. They are stronger on the meat dishes than some of the vegetarian ones, and the seasonal veg dish on the night was pretty uninteresting, but the rest of the dishes were really excellent - fresh, you can taste the different spices, and varied in flavour. The service is friendly, polite and attentive without being intrusive.

The starter to share was exquisite , succulent and perfectly spiced. Mains were too good to chose from however the jumbo prawns and chicken jalfrezi were spectacular, and sides were excellent although sides such as black dal could be available every day rather than just twice a week! Ice cream nothing to write home about but maybe a poor choice on my part. Overall , excellent. Price for two people with two bottles of wine and a g&t each..around £130.

We had a wonderful meal and the service staff was delightful. We will return.

The curry itself was really very good, very fresh flavours, not too spicy (I had a lamb dish which was rated with one chilly) and the meat was reasonable too in quality and quantity. We would definitely eat here or order from here again for these reasons. The downside was that they forgot one of the dishes we ordered and all of the poppadoms were smashed into small pieces. When I called to point this out I was told that I would get a complimentary dish on my next order. Fortunately the food was good enough to for me to order again.....

Putney station in South west London jumps, thronged with flat dwelling yuppies and boomers who got in early buying Edwardian family houses now worth a fortune. 4 minutes down the line out of town is Barnes station in the middle of the common, quiet, dark but with the same stock of Edwardian family houses and more green wellies. Indian Zilla is in Barnes and that may be its downfall. In younger, urban Putney Ma Goa prospers offering a similar new take on Indian food. At Zilla the food is pretty good too, though priced 20% higher. So we are talking about an expensive Indian and I judge it that way. Chicken in the starter and my curry was tough, sad to say, but otherwise flavours were interesting and fresh. It was good to eat brown basmati rather than the usual white and indeed not to be fishing for food in ghee. I wish Zilla well, but I wonder if Barnes has the population to support it because I doubt those youngsters from Putney will pass Ma Goa to visit.

It was really quite difficult to get the attention of waiters / waitresses at some points and drinks took a long time to arrive. However go food was great so overvall it is still one of my favourite Indians

Ordered and collected the jumbo prawn curry and the veg curry and I have to say we were very dissapointed for the following reasons : sauce was very very small for both curries and also cold which is not acceptable considering the price and the fact that I went to collect the order at the exact time when I was asked and I live two minutes away from the restaurant , also there were no peppers at all in both curries despite the fact that they are in both recipes according to the menu , very disappointed , had to have something else for dinner now !

This restaurant suffers a bit from its location, where parking not always that easy. It is brave of them to persist with it view a few other failures, some quite notable chefs, before them. The food is excellent with wonderfully fresh, tasty and varied dishes. It tends towards the spicy side, but there are plenty of milder dishes as well. Strongly recommend the scallops starter and the chicken Miravna, and finish off with a settling Rasmalai. Service as one or two others have remarked is a little chaotic and disorganised, but polite and well-meaning.

We went to Indian zilla as it has had excellent write ups. We arrived at 8 pm on afriday evening. We were shown to anice table hidden away in the quiet half of the restaurant. From then on we were neglected. We had to ask a waiter to order some drinks after about 15 mins. Then no one came near us for half an hour. Eventually my husband went and told someone. However no one had appeared to take our order for another 15 mins. He had to go and get someone to take our order. The food took ages to arrive and we weren't eating till about 9.30.The food was hot and good. They gave us a free bottle of wine but no real apology. They said when I asked that they were short staffed. It was a great shame. Not expected for a local restaurant.

Service was slow. We had an hour and a half for two courses and barely managed one. Three requests for drinks and starters no main course after four requests. Then told delay due to number of takeaways. Even when we left after an hour and forty minutes for the cinema they expected us to wait as 'we are about your start your food'. This is not acceptable when starts are 10 stg and mains 20 stg plus. The one decent thing was the food was quite good but with the terrible service in our case the best I can rate it is poor

We arrived at 7.30 thinking an hour and a half would be enough time to eat before a 9.00 movie. We waited a long time for our starters. The starters were spicy - and we asked for water. Then we asked again, then on the third time we got lucky. We then sat and stared at our empty starter plates for ages whilst we watched take away after take away get handed out. As diners in the restaurant we were ignored and had to prompt for our main courses several times. After nearly an hour we gave up and asked for the bill. We left hungry, irritated and annoyed at how the restaurant (on the night we were there) so completely prioritised the take away service, even with our persistent requests for service.

We absolutely loved our evening at Indian Zilla. Delicious food, great ambiance, and fabulous wine.

Great food, always fresh. Excellent service. Very reasonable prices given the quality. Been there several times, and will keep going back!

The only indian restaurant I have been to in a long time that has excellent authentic indian deserts. Loved the tiger beer. A bit pricy but worth it.

One of the best Indian meals I've ever had. The food was delicious and excellently presented. Make sure you leave room for the fig desert, although I'm sure the others are equally fantastic

It's amazing how ignorant some people are. The minority who have criticised Zilla are clearly in the wrong place and should go to Monzil around the corner which is not actually Indian at all. Rather it is Bangladeshi owned and operated as are most 'curry houses' in London. India Zilla on the other hand is Indian. From the owner/chef Manoj (of Chutney Mary, Tamarind fame etc) to the staff serving you. Authentic Indian food and hospitality.This is a very high end Indian restaurant where you can be assured of delicious food freshly prepared for you. The menu is short and caters for all. There are a few of the 'traditional' dishes you may expect to see but they are far from the same look or style. The chicken tikka for example is melt in the mouth tender but devoid of the food colouring you would associate with this normally. I recommend the aubergine and king prawn starter and the lobster dishes. Everything here is cooked to perfection and the management are very eager to ensure you are a satisfied diner.More from me on Twitter @busy_dan

Their menu is a bit limited but the food is EXCELLENT, service is EXCELLENT.Try the Chicken Jalfrezi or the Bananaflower and Colocasia leaves kofta or the Ghatti LambVery nice place. Classy.

I was guided to this restaurant by a local and its reputation in these parts is well deserved. Modern Indian Cuisine not at all the usual 'curry house' menu. I had a fabulous Keralan Fish dish, even the Dall was silky and gorgeous.The decor's lovely too - it's a winner!

We have been dining in this restaurant since 2 years back and food is always delicious and service is excellent. They do very different food as compare to other Indian restaurants and i really love their karwari fish.

Very good and unusual food. Unfortunately, despite the restaurant being very quiet the service was extremely slow. We will, however, be back

We are fairly regular visitors to Zilla and Zing. Always commendably good. Maybe on this occasion they were a little 'pushed'. We didn't get the usual 'amuse bouche' and there seemed less popadoms in the basket. But ....... very good as always.

This restaurant was recommended to us and I can see why. Tasty well presented good quality food. The decor is quite nice also, not the usual weird colours or cheapness a lot of Indian restaurants offer. We will be back. I read some of the negative reviews and can only think they are a bit unfair or must have been unlucky with the chef on the day?

Turned up with good expectations however we were disappointed. We were sat down within minutes of arriving but had waited 20 minutes for any service - drinks order, food order...anything. In the end we had to get up and look for a waiter. The food arrived, nothing special or outstanding. We wanted to get a second drinks order in but again that took ages - gave up and went to the Red Lion to carry on.

I'd say much better than Chutney Mary's , a lovely menu, offering a really diverse selection, we often take our children and the staff are very accommodating helping with what they could try. It's also quite smart for an Indian restaurant too, so you feel as though they've made an effort and people seem to go for special occasions. The service is excellent, so much so we hadn't been in a while and they kept some of our childrens toys at the till, that we'd left on our last visit for us !!!!

We were anticipating an Indian meal with a contemporary and exciting flair. Unfortunately we were rather disappointed. The food was luke warm, tasted bland and was slightly uninteresting despite quite creative presentation. The poppadums were the best bit. Maybe we had expected too much but give me a sizzling shashlik anytime.

Great value and excellent, fresh ingredients. The atmosphere is quiet and lovely and the food very good. The service is excellent.

Great food again but the restaurant was a little cold,even after we asked them to turn up the heating.

This is just our favourite Indian restaurant, along with its sister in Hammersmith which we came across first. Excellent original dishes at prices only slightly higher than an average Indian - I'm not sure how "authentic" it is, having just returned from three weeks in India where I suffered a lot from repetitive menus of under-spiced curries (not, I think what the locals eat!) - but i do know it's good!

Seriously good food and very friendly service. Although more expensive than your average curry house it is well worth just to experience authentic Indian food. Will visit again.

Always had very good food with attentive staff except for this last time when it seemed too difficult to refill the beer order even after asking for 3 times.

Very high quality food and place

This is a very strange site for a restaurant and having been there a few times I'm delighted it has done well. On the most recent occasion the place was packed and understandably they were making the most of it so squeezing tables very close to each other. The atmosphere was understanbably buzzy. As for the food; this isn't anything you are likely to recognize from your student curry days but the dishes are delicately spiced and well flavoured. I hadd Gitta Lamb which was very spicy and went well with the plain naan.Overall, this is a good place to come to get your spice craving catered to in a more sophisticated environment. A couple of other people have mentioned the service and I would agree that it needs some work.

Recently had a special occasion family lunch at Indian Zilla...the food is absolutely delicious and the quality of the ingredients excellent! This is not your average Indian meal and definitely worth a visit. The staff are lovely and the restaurant beautifully designed :)

The food here is actually pretty good. Trouble is at these prices you are forgiven for expecting a whole lot more on taste and quantity. and SERVICE which was shaky at best. I liked the decor a lot, light and airy, miles away from a normal dingy curry house. We had the mixed starters which were all very edible but nothing blew my mind. Vegetable Bhanavla, Green Peppercorn Malai Tikka, Lamb Salli and Prawn Kharphatla served with fresh salad and relish.The Vege mains of Chickpea and Aubergine were pretty standard but the Karwari fish was excellent, as good as any I have had in India. The surprise item for the night was the tandoori apricot served with vanilla ice cream which was 5/5. Excellent. Worth a try, but this is not going to turn into a regular.

Myself and my wife have looked forward to eating at this restaraunt for some time as we love Indian food.however we were very disappointed,the food is very overrated and ponsy with no flavour. If you want a curry got to a proper curry house that also has atmosphere which was sadly lacking here

A great neighbourhood restaurant, good service, reasonable prices for high quality food in a relaxed atmosphere.

I ordered take away at this restaurant. The food was delicious and full of flavour. The dishes have quality ingredients and the portion sizes are generous. The service is very average. I ordered take away and they forgot to put the order in so I had to wait 40 minutes rather than the 20 minutes they quoted on the phone.

Vegetable Thalis was delicious! Very welcoming atmosphere, delicious food and yummy wines. Rather empty restaurant when first arrived (on a Friday), but filled up quickly and was buzzing by the time we left.

Good decor and ambience, nice menu, dreadful service, drinks order wrong, main course arrived before starters, taken back and re delivered to table warmed up, , lack of co ordination between kitchen and front of house seems to be main issue. Refused to pay for 12% service, the next able weren't happy either. Maybe an off night for the restaurant given past reviews. Won't be rushing back anytime soon.

This restaurant should be highly recommended for decor, excellent service and above all real good Indian food. Dishes were authentic to ethnic Indian cuisine and served with a smile and an explanation - overall would give it a 5 star cos they deserve it!!!!

Not the usual dishes you get on the menu of an Indian restaurant, a variety of regional and authentic food. The thali option is a good way to try multiple dishes. A few complimentary nibbles also make it a nice service experience.

went after hearing very good things it is good but at a price ihave had better very good service nice pickles but having eaten at most of londons indian restaurants over the years this was not the best may be i expect to much

Visited with friends on a whim and were very happy with all aspects of the visit. A lovely well presented restaurant, which was quieter than the food would suggest it should be. We skipped starters for a choice of sides with the mains, one of our party was a vegetarian and they advised what would suit her very well, opting for some delicious banana flower croquettes in a creamy sauce. During the meal the waiter bought over and additional side of roasted aubergine and corn which he thought we would like to try on the house and he was right as I will be ordering it next time. The only negative was the lamb on my lamb shank was not as tender as I'd have liked but still ery flavourful. If you drink red I thoroughly recommend the organic malbec. Overall a superb experience.

had a superb meal last Friday ~ I was amazed the place wasn't full, but that was to our advantage as the service was 2nd to none!the whole place is beautifully decorated and set up and feel very luxurious!the food was extremely tasty and a very interesting menu with the staff only too pleased to explain or recommend ~ and to cap it all off, I thought it was very good value indeed!

At the northern-most end of Rocks Lane, Barnes is a light bright space - gleaming cutlery and crockery and crispy white napery. The friendly uniformed staff are knowledgeable and helpful. We were slightly pushed for time so opted for the daily special menu at £12 for two courses. We started with a fish patty and a lamb patty (which sound better in Indian but taste just as good with my translation). Followed by a spicy Malai Chicken Tikka and a spicier Lamb Rogan Josh, Cauliflower Baji and the most delicious Peshwari Nan we have ever tasted. All this aided and abetted by a Chardonnay/Gewurtztraminer blend from the Chilean Tamarind Garden. Bliss all round, clearly freshly cooked, with so many flavours enhancing each other. Will return soon

Cannot fault Indian Zilla. Beautiful interior, lovely staff, and flavours you've never tasted before. An amazing experience with beyond amazing food!

Our 1st visit but we shall return.We braved the prevailing snowy conditions but thoroughly enjoyed the meal even though the starter portions were perhaps a little meagre.The spicy tastes were subtle & not too hot & this was definitely a curry with a difference. The service was good & we are pleased to have discovered this gem which has been going for 2 years now.

We had the two veg starters and the two veg mains with a couple of side dishes. Extremely good food and service but would probably choose to skip the starters and go with more sides next time.Somewhat disconcerting on Christmas Eve for some at the next table to be given presents by the restaurant; we're not regulars and perhaps that's why we received nothing but it did feel like a bit of a snub after an otherwise excellent meal.

Along with its sister restaurant in Hammersmith, produces a good range of Indian food. Not the sort you expect from Indian restaurants that cater for Brits. really imaginative food. Try the gymkhana lamb chops.

Good meal at indian zila although we thought the service was very poor.

I'm sorry I can't really remember the specifics of what I had at the restaurant - what I do remember is the food was great. All the dishes I had were very well presented and tasted lovely. The restaurant was a tad on the expensive side, but I guess you've got to pay above average for food that tastes far above average. The decor was nice and inside was light and airy. All in all, good experience here, I would recommend the restaurant and go back again in future.

I enjoyed my second visit to this restaurant. If you enjoy Indian food Irecommend Indian Zilla.From the decor to the service and range of dishes it takes Indian food to another level.A little more expensive than some traditional curry restaurants but still good value taking into account thequality and taste of the dishes.

Indian Zilla in Barnes was great as always.I would highly recommend the starter platter for 2.