Punjab in Camden

Had a dreadful takeaway meal - chicken biriani rice stodgy and overcooked, veg sauce with it was basically tomato soup with some chilli and a tiny sprinkle of mixed frozen veg. £ 18.95 literally straight in the bin.

Excellent restaurant! Beaucoup de choix (aussi beaucoup de choix non-spicy) et qui permet de découvrir la gastronomie punjabi dans un cadre chaleureux et authentique.

Visited this restaurant today, all the way from birmingham, the food was absolutely amazing, reminded me of punjab!!!

We use to go to this restaurant each time we're in London since far more 10 years. We've never been disappointed either by food nor service or welcoming. Many thanks for all!

Visited for lunch with Dad and Sista, Sista is vegan and it was recommended to her. Everything was delicious, cannot fault it at all. Wait staff were really patient describing dishes to people. Definitely would recommend and will be returning for sure.

Great starters and wonderful customer service. Thank you Gurbani in specific. Should go and try the Amritsari kulcha and the chilli paneer.

Como siempre buena comida buen servicio. Han cenado aquí muchas veces en los últimos 35 años y nunca han sido decepcionados. Me encanta este lugar.

Great food and very accommodating staff

Lovely and cosy place with friendly staff and delicious food! Can highly recommend- the butter chicken was amazing 😍 We would come back any time :)

We didn't have a booking on a Saturday evening but decided to give it a try. We were seated immediately and served quickly, despite it being busy. The food was delicious—slightly pricier, but that's expected in Covent Garden. Definitely recommend and would return!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Had a lovely birthday dinner recently at Punjab Restaurant (Non Halal location! Which is a hard find). Food was on point, very authentic! Atmosphere was brilliant. Would definitely recommend and will surely be returning in the near future!

Butter Chicken, awesome, but the chicken portion is ridiculous. Only two pieces with bones. Must improve. No need to be so mediocre with the chicken portion. Everything else great. I am doing an edit after the owners or representative’s reply. I’m sorry, but the plate should be called butter bone chicken. Sorry, just not acceptable serving barely any chicken with just sauce. Lost one star. Lamb portion was fine. No reason for the chicken to be this way .

The food was good, but not a 5 star deserving one. The service and ambience were also good.

A lovely restaurant in the West End. We went as a family on a Sunday afternoon. The food was authentic punjabi and delicious. The service was also excellent. Would definitely go back, and highly recommend to others.

I visit London yearly and always go to this restaurant. Highly recommend the Special Chicken Tikka. Service is quick, efficient and friendly. Great staff always make you feel welcome. Perfect option before a West End Show.

Probably one of the worst Indian meals I've had in years. Bland starter and a chicken jalfrezi that was nothing like what it's supposed to be. It has become very expensive as well i.e a bottle of water for £6.50. The service was poor... couldn't wait to take your order and then took away my plate while I was still chewing. Wont be going back

Food is always good. Worth it to visit again. Staff were nice.

Very tasty Very good atmosphere All dishes had small positive surprises?

This is not an authentic Indian restaurant We went there and ask for chilli sauce and he said we don’t have chilli sauces what kind if Indian restaurant is this they don’t have a chilli sauce Going to food Lamb chops for burnt Chicken tandoori was colour in red And they have chicken cutlet which was disgusting Don’t waste ur money there southall pub food is better They need to see what other are selling like madhus tamarind in soho they selling food taste for those who eating Indian food first time

My favorite Indian restaurant in London so far. Everything was delicious. Service was quick and polite. There are heating lamps outside as you wait. We waited 5-10 mins to be seated on a Friday night. The chicken masala is more savory, which I loved! Try to save room for dessert, the honey ice cream is delightful. I highly recommend it.

It has become a ritual every year, everything is good!!!

Food good . I wasn't keen on poppadoms . Quite noisy.

Amazing food and exceptional service. As a bonus, a very varied menu including some very good Indian dishes you’ve probably never heard of, such as the excellent pumpkin curry starter. Satisfied even my hard-to-please father.

Taking away 2 stars because they want you to spend a minimum amount. Pretty stingy behaviour. Reply: We were asked to order more than 1 main curry and 1 side per person apart from breads which is easily much over the £20 amount they claim.

The oldest and the best Indian restaurant in London!

I wouldn't call this place an Indian restaurant. The butter chicken is flavourless and too sweet. The lamb breyani is bland. We had way better food from other Indian restaurants / takeaway places. What a waste of money.

My family and I had a wonderful experience at Punjab Indian Restaurant. The food was delicious and the staff were all very friendly. I look forward to our next visit.

A piece of history! Really recommended

Food here is as good as it gets w top Indian restaurants I’ve had around the world. Supposedly the oldest Punjab Indian restaurant in London. Bottom line, good food, good service, good price, and warm atmosphere.

Food was so good. Very subtle spicing and there was a great choice for vegetarians as well. Onion nan was very special. The only down side was that the gents toilets were tired and not the cleanest. If they were better then it would be 5 stars

Was excited to visit a genuine Punjabi restaurant on a recent trip to London. Oddly, the queue outside on a cold dark Saturday night looked promising. We took our place in the queue and were told it’d be a 10 minute wait….as there were about 10 people ahead of us, we were sceptical but true to their word, we were seated in under 10 minutes. Unfortunately that is where the positives end. The tables are so tightly packed in, you may as well be at the same table as those around you. There was barely room for me to comfortably take my coat off. Next up, the menu - there was hardly anything on it to distinguish it from a standard ‘Indian’ (if you know, you know). We felt rushed to order (everything felt rushed - we were in and out in 40 minutes so not the leisurely dinner we were hoping for) and I didn’t really like being forced to order a main, rather than a side and having to waste the food I’m unable to eat (have a small appetite). Popadoms were fine. Naan was ok but my main dish tasted sweet and I had to have it with the pickle in order for it to taste edible. Service was functional, decor dated, disposable napkins are pretty rubbish - nothing here was worth the excessive menu prices and certainly not worth the automatically added service charge. Would love to support a Punjabi business but unfortunately I can’t recommend this restaurant.

Short que. Great food and quick service.

Having walked passed this place many times, it was about time to try the famed oldest Punjabi Restaurant in the UK. Nicely situated at the north end of Neal Street, this is a restaurant that can be easily missed or overlooked, especially if coming from Covent Garden. The place was busy, (back in early November) but there was spare for two us. There was a good constant flow of customers, but service wasn’t exactly the fastest having to stop a waiter to order some drinks. There’s a good traditional menu offering all the classics among some specials and the food is good, just not exceptional which one might expect coming to the oldest Punjabi restaurant. It did feel like they were resting on their reputation and could probably do more, but that’s not to say the place was bad or isn’t a good choice. It’s good and the price is what you expect to pay in London. I would certainly come again.

Ordered dall, peener curry, and prawn curry, also nann and aloo parata. Was delicious, highly recommended. Also got Karak chai which not on the menu.

I found that the prices were generally quite high and the dishes were not particularly tasty. The room is very large and extremely noisy. There are better Indian restaurants in London.

Best Indian restaurant of my life!!!

Amazing ! Stunning ! A must do in Covent Garden !

A rare combination of quality authentic food and fast service. However there is a bit of tight space inside.

One of the better Indian restaurants I've been to. Really liked the chicken in the chicken Tikka masala; it still has decent juice to it. Also, the masala has a really strong tomato taste to it, which I liked. The only drawback was that this place seemed super expensive. The chicken Tikka masala, naan, and Kadu Puri all combined to be closer to 30 gbp. I initially thought the price was typical of the other Indian restaurants I've been to, until I realized I was working with gbp, and not USD. But still, I liked this place.

Our host Mandeep was outstanding. We recommend having the Acharia ghosht, dal tadka, butter chicken and bullet naan. Don’t miss this fabulous Indian restaurant if you’re in London.

Best mango lassi I’ve ever had.

Usually crowded. Shami & butter chicken were amazing.

To begin with, the place is really cramped up, with no space to move around - get to the table and sit with kids and shopping bags. Secondly, the service was terrible, we had to wait long for our order nobody bothered to cater to us, once the matter was raised, it was very casually put across as a delay! With kids waiting for more than 20 mins it could have been addressed with much more seriousness. Definitely a big no for me next around London.

Everything was very delicious, the service was excellent, the waiter made a mistake and we received extra rice, when we clarified that we had not ordered it but something else, they brought us the correct thing and gave us the extra rice as a courtesy

Not the best example of an Indian restaurant, but reasonably priced for a central London place to eat.

When you visit London, you don't have to stop at the "Indian" for food. But you should, and here at the Punjab Indian Restaurant. And even though we haven't been to India yet, I would venture to say that the dishes in this restaurant are extremely authentic. It wasn't that easy to get a spot in the evening, but I promise: it's worth a short wait. And in addition to the obligatory lassi, you should enjoy one of the delicious original Indian beers. Oh, and if you know Mary Poppins, you definitely have to order the “Spicy supercalifragilisticexpialidoucious bottle ground dumplings”. Really delicious and vegan too!

Really good indian food ! Friendly staff. A lit bit of wait to get inside but less than 5 minutes. Worth it ! Paneer massala was amazing.

Really limited service which crowds you into a room at the back of the restaurant / chicken butter with the chicken bones / when paying they try to give you 20% tips…

Excellent food as always and service

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Punjab Restaurant in Covent Garden is an absolute gem! The food was nothing short of amazing—bursting with authentic flavors and cooked to perfection. But what truly sets this place apart is the incredible service. The staff was so friendly and attentive, making us feel completely at home. We had an unforgettable experience when we accidentally left a pouch containing money and passports behind. The staff not only kept it safe but returned it to us with everything intact. Their honesty and kindness are unmatched!! If you’re looking for delicious food and exceptional service, this is the place to go. Highly recommend Punjab Restaurant to everyone!

Went with a group to this place a couple of weeks ago .Supposed to be an authentic Punjabi restaurant .I spoke to the son and grand daughter and they seemed pleasant enough .I explained that we weren’t tourists so we wanted ‘desi’ spicy food but sadly it came out bland .Very disappointing as I made a point of telling them we wanted spicy food .Unfortunately this place is geared for tourists and folk who don’t know the difference between authentic traditional Indian food and anything else.My advice to anybody wanting genuine Indian fare would be to look someplace else rather than this restaurant .

Absolutely the best Indian food I've had. Great service too! A local gem!!!!

Great food Will definitely return

Rude staff, over priced and portions are so small. They will not let you decide on main meal after you have eaten your starter. You are forced to decide on the main meal when you order starter. Otherwise they tell you to get out. I hope the restaurant owner reads this and contacts me, I am happy to explain in full.

Way too expensive and slow service. Food average.

Rude staff member. Firstly is you fancy ordering just starts and them main meal once you know how hungry you are, you can't. They tell you, you can't order just starters, and then later decide on your main meal. We don't accept just order on out starters first. You are forced to decide on all your food in one go at the beginning. The waiter tells you to leave, if you want, as the refuse to listen when you ask, can you please let me decide main meal later. Then if you ask the can you delay the main meal, watier says no, kitchen staff make it and it will arrive soon as your starters finishes. Very small portions and expensive with rude watier. Limited veg starters. Very over priced. Food taste was good.

Very impressed. Great food and very good service. Would love to return when am next in the area.

I have been going to this place for years. Food is amazing and people are amazing too but I want to share my experience today. I took my friend who was in need of some emotional support to meet me there, the manager ANDREW didn’t let her in and asked her to wait till everyone arrive. I arrived and then I was asked to wait out till my other friend arrive. I even asked him I’m going to order food and drinks now but he didnt bother to listen or understand. ANDREW was so rude, unhelpful and an embarrassment to be servicing in that establishment that I adore going to. I will go to the restaurant again for food just as long that human is not around on the shift.

Our first experience with Indian food. Couldn’t be better! A bit pricey

Delicious authentic punjabi food in the Covent Garden area. Great menu and amazing hospitality by Niraj and his team. Highly recommend this restaurant!

My 6th time here, we always use this restaurant when staying over in the city. Great Food and service

One of the best meals I’ve ever eaten. The server was great and told us his recommendations and they did not disappoint! We had the Punjabi curry and it was fantastic!

This was a nice place to have north Indian food. It was a very traditional vibe and the food was tasty. We came during a not very busy time, so we had a quiet time here. I think it is an over-hyped place for what you get , definitely prices are on the high side and didn't feel like the best value for money. Portions are small and they make you order a main dish per person , which is not good if the group wants to share different plates .

I had a lovely dinner with tasty Indian food after a long time here. The butter chicken, methi lamb was amazing. Also the roti and naan were perfect. Onion pakoras and amrisari fish was good as well. the place is very cosy and was very full on the night we went but service is quite quick.

The best North Indian restaurant in London. Excellent nourishing vegetarian food, superb friendly service, charming owner, Sital Singh.

Great place serving delicious curry and Indian cuisine. Nothing to complain about the service. I recommend keeping your eyes closed (be careful not to catch the door or open your eyes before entering). Special mention to their very refreshing comments on the menu.

An extremely friendly and welcoming place, with a very pleasant atmosphere close to the tourist center and the British Gallery and Trafalgar Square. Very good food: obviously spicy, so you can choose dishes with more or less spice. To balance the spice you can choose beer (as the uninformed do) or an incredible - and effective - mango lassi made with yogurt (as the smart ones do). Very balanced cost-benefit. You can trust the word of a thrifty person like me, but who likes to eat well.

The best Punjabi restaurant I’ve been too

Best Indian food in London! Visiting this restaurant every year!

Too friendly staff and service was great. They were busy and yet the found a table for me and my friends they told me I may need to leave within a hour but yet they let us stay longer until we finish which was great. We were there more than 2hrs. We spend more than £100 and it was worth it, as they made my day as before that I had bad experience with booking with other restaurant.

The food- Tandoori mixed grill, Kulcha, Butter naan looked appetizing but the meat was of very low quality and all the different meat variants in the Tandoori mixed grill tasted the same with very little seasoning and lots of food coloring, giving it a very bland taste. The naan was okay but the Kulcha was way too thin. Then comes the Main course: Baigan bharta and Veg kofta. It looked like they had given up the pretence completely as both looked quite similar, tomatoey red in color and though I expected the Baigan bharta to be a bit mushy in texture, it was surprisingly more or less a curry. And the Veg koftas tasted stale and not very good but it was the gravy in both that was exactly the same: made with an overwhelming amount of tomato or its puree and tasted just tomatoes and nothing else. Again no flavour whatsoever other than that of tomatoes. I couldn't taste much of the Baigan (aubergine) in the Baigan bharta. I couldn't be bothered about the dessert and just rushed out after paying the bill as soon as possible. It may have been a good restaurant back in the days but now it's just run of a mill, running on its legacy. Only good thing: service of the staff and the ambience was both good and nothing to complain about.

I normally go to Masala Zone in Covent Garden for Indian food but thought a change would be good. The food was nice, I had the Butter chicken for main which was advertised as medium heat. It was really nice but found it had no heat in it at all which was a bit disappointing. The service was good but I asked that we have 10 mins between starter and main but they bought the main out straight away. The most disappointing part was the masala chai. I can’t help but feel they just use masala tea bags. It was not comparable to the tea at Masala Zone at all. The part of the restaurant we went to was tight and you felt a bit squashed in.

Got takeaway, but worth eating in. Good quality food. Must try again. There's a bit of a queue but it's worth it.

Amazing service and amazing owner

One of the better Indian restaurants in central London. I thoroughly recommend it. Good location too.

Very tasty food and a very nice staff

The experience was amazing. Arjun help me during all the dinner. Very helpful, always willing to recommend, always smiling, kind and very closed to me. I hope that the owner review his salary soon and increase it because he deserve it. Thank you all!

Best meal of my trip by a mile. Unbelievable.

Went for the first time this Sunday. Had a lamb dish and it was nice with good amount of meat. Some restaurants only give you half of what they have so hopefully they will not change the amount in future. Also the atmosphere is nice and cosy in there.

Food was outstanding, staff were very attentive.

One of the oldest punjabi restaurants around. Excellent service, wonderful food and service.

An okay place, but nothing special. I ordered the tikka chicken masala and a regular naan. The masala was underwhelming and lacked flavor, and the chicken itself was on the dry side rather than juicy. The naan felt dry as well, almost like it had been reheated. Overall, the meal didn’t feel worth the price. If you’re in London and looking for good Indian food, I’d recommend looking elsewhere.

Great lunch for a party of 6. Been a while since I have been here but food was good as usual. Went on a Wednesday afternoon around 2.30pm but was still relatively busy. Lots of meat and veg dishes to choose from. Staff were friendly. Great decor in the restaurant showing photos of the family that own it and prominent Punjabis.

We stopped for lunch, it was 2pm.. place open.. tables available. Fast service, friendly and knowledgeable staff

Very nice experience!. Welcome and service by warm staff. The cuisine is excellent. Successful discovery of Indian cuisine. To test without problem.

Great food, fantastic people and lovely atmosphere.. If only I can reserve a table!

Very good, as always. I've been coming here on vacation for years.

The curry and naan are really delicious and the Cobra beer is also delicious. I'm not sure about rice. And since the service charge is not included, if you borrow it, 15% of the expected amount? Additional fees apply. If you do not want to pay, you will be informed. But even though I was eating it deliciously, I kept walking back and forth in front of it saying, ‘Finish?’ I almost pretended to ask three times. We didn't understand each other's English very well, so we ordered both naan and rice. We had leftover rice.

My relations who were visiting from Australia seen this advertised in Melbourne and as I have been to this Restaurant myself and live in Covent Garden obviously I knew exactly where to go the staff are very nice the food is excellent and very nice decor inside. So I can recommend it and promise you will not be disappointed.

Excellent restaurant Indien (du nord) à coté du Convent Garden Hôtel qui nous a réservé une table pour diner, nous évitant ainsi de faire une demi heure de queue à l'extérieur vu le nombre de personnes souhaitant y accéder

I love this place, been going here for years, taking all my friends, and it never disappoints. Sometimes a wait, but its worth it and the food is so well prepared. The team here is always friendly and great service. Fun fact they also help the homeless by cooking food for them on Saturday mornings. How could you not love these guys?!

What a lovely restaurant. Popped in on the off chance of a table in the evening and got a very warm welcome and shown to the last table available. Service was great and everyone was really friendly. Amazing food and large portions too. There is no service charge so it was nice to be able to give a decent tip without being forced. Would definitely recommend a visit here and will certainly come again next time I'm in London for a show.

Proclaimed as the UK's Oldest North Indian Restaurant Serving Punjab Cuisine. There was 2 places, one was super busy on the right room. On the left room there was much more space so we went there and was able to get a table for 2 without a reservation. Also it was around 7:15 pm. We ordered the Chicken Tikka Masala as well as the Garlic Naan. The Garlic Naan was amazing, it was nice how there was garlic slices and you could really taste the garlic. You could taste the tomato in the Chicken Tikka. Overall a solid meal.

I went to this place a little over a decade ago and it was one of my must come back to places. It was just as I remember it and the food is even better than I remember. Everyone was super nice and we got our food quick even though we had a bit of a wait on a busy Saturday night. I love the history and the pictures along the wall and in the menu. Every dish I have ever had here has been amazing so please try different things.

You don't change the team that wins! We've been going to this little Indian restaurant for years, never a flaw! Available, friendly, fast. Tasty, balanced, abundant dishes, with authentic flavours. We will return as always for every new holiday in London!

Oldest Indian Restaurant of London. Food was great. We enjoyed everything we ordered. Garlic naan was a hit for me also chicken tikka masala was really tasty.

delicious food, friendly staff and great atmosphere - definitely recommend

Delicious food in a very intimate and cool setting. Staff was nice, but didn't seem well trained when dealing with costumers not familiar with Indian food or how the restaurant operates (i.e. waiter could be more gentle and understanding when explaining how the food should be ordered and after noticing we weren't so familiar with the concept - for them it might be basic, but for us, not from India or the UK, it was a first time). Other than that, the food was superb and spicy in a good way.

Friendly service and super food with plenty of vegan options

Visitado aquí con un gran grupo y los gustos son BUENOS! Menú de muy buen gusto y legendario con recomendaciones claras de ellos mismos. Excelente naan, me encantó eso y buena cerveza también para la cocina india. Menú no muy caro. Si quieres deliciosa cocina de la India este es el lugar en Londres para eso!