Purbani Tandoori in City of London, Westminster

Heartfelt food and service. Our favorite Indian so far. Will be back.

We walked passed this place, And the amazing smells of the food that were coming out of the restaurant, Made us go in, what an amazing tiny cozy little place this is, The service was top, great friendly staff, great recommendations were given, the food was top packed full of flavours and spice, we had lamb shatkora, naga chilli chicken which was hot spicy like we love it, mutton ginger bhuna, and sizzling lamb jalfrazi, with the rest of the condiments and side dishes, everything was spectacular, won't be out last visit, so greatful that we stumbled across this place, it's been there 45 plus years, where have I been! Thank you purbani Wanstead.

We had a delicious meal and the waiting staff were fabulously attentive and polite. The portions weren't massive but a good size - and I prefer it as restaurants often over serve. The decor and lighting is quite stark though with bright white spotlights and white walls - I prefer more colour in the decor and lighting to be warmer and dimmer. With table candles added it would feel hugely more relaxed and cosy, particularly as it's only very small with only 30 covers. Really pleasurable otherwise, thanks!

The food is delicious, highly recommend the chefs cooking. Delicious meal. The Staff are so very caring and friendly . We have had a brilliant time . The most delicious food. Thank you so much.

The food here is spectacular. Spices blended beautifully. Service wonderful a really good place for a chat and a smashing delightful meal , would highly recommend

Delicious, authentic food for great prices. The hosts were really friendly and welcoming. A busy little restaurant, which goes to show how popular it is.

Very welcoming and friendly and service from the waiter and the food was amazing and authentic.

food was oily, curry was bland and an overall unpleasant experience, do better!!!!

Great value for money, food is excellent

Best curry house in the world?? I think so

Amazing food and service. Food is always cooked to perfection and standards always high! Thank you to all the staff and chefs! See you soonz

Had dinner here. Serves Indian food. It's a nice small place very close to Wanstead Underground station in east London.

Great food, friendly staff. Really recommend the mixed grill.

Fantastic tasting food and great portions and service.

Really great authentic food, lovely flavours and a good kick if you want one! The staff are all very friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend and will be returning!

Came here for a evening meeting with my media team, They were busy at the time, still accommodated 5 of us, Very small cosy atmosphere, Service 5/5 even though it was busy, Food was amazing, Starters hit the spot, we had a Purbani Platter, Somosa and onion bhajis, great litter setting, the main food the lamb shatkora was fantastic full of flavour spices, garlic chilli chicken, chicken was soft garlic was abit to much but still was delicious, and we bad slow cooked Mutton Ginger Bhuna, If you're a ginger fan go for this, they do offer chicken and sea food/fish alternative, In total very fair priced, food was full of flavour service was fast and steady, Being the first time here, I've been past those place so many times what a hidden Gem! Keep up the great work Purbani won't be our last time 👌🏽👌🏽

Credit where credit is due, tonight my take away meal was excellent thank you chef for making our meal great cheers Alan

Great spot. Good portions. Accommodating staff. Travelled 20mins from home area to eat here. Was well worth it.

Lovely Indian, had great veggie options with paneer and generous portions! Will be back!

Best place in Wanstead. You can get your own booze right next door and the food and services is reslly outstanding

Brilliant food, lovely relaxed atmosphere, and amazing service. Will definitely be back!

Restaurant was closed But still accepted order via website and took money Not been refunded yet Disgraceful customer service Still waiting for refund

Great experience lovely service and fantastic food.

Fantastic food and brilliant service

Had an early dinner at Purbani- really impressed by the variety of vegetarian options including interesting side dishes we would have liked to have tried but it was just the two of us! The papadams were flavourful and the chutney thick unlike some places where it's too runny. Also was impressed by the range of vegetables in the vegetable curries including okra, aubergine etc. Generous amount of mushroom in the mushroom rice too. Enjoyed the Paneer Naan- not something you see in a lot of restaurants. As we were early there weren't any other dine-in customers at the time but the service was friendly and the bathrooms clean.

Wonderful food and service. Defo recommended for all who love to do Indian. Such a posh restaurant and amazing Chicken Tikka Biryani! Many thanks to the owner, Mr Dulal to make our time so very special in all possible ways!!

It’s amazing, I go every week and it’s the best curry I’ve ever had!!!!

Lovely food, definitely recommend

Came with my family what a tremendous small cosy place this is, great customer service they were fully booked and still managed to fit us in, the food was delicious they catered to all our allergy needs, Their head waiter helped us with recommended dishes, which were so great will recommend, even took an extra takeaway, thank you Purbani, first time but not my last.

Food was fantastic as always and the customer service was top notch. Huge shout out to wasim for always treating us right.

Great food and service, very accommodating of food intolerances

Lovely food amazing service good price

This place is the best, I’ve ordered take-away from here before and I’ve ate in and they are just incredible, the food is amazing, the staff are lovely! All round amazing place that I highly recommend.

Nice food, great service and good atmosphere. We left full, happy and satisfied, but £62 for 2 people without drinks ??? 3 main dishes. Not complaining, but if it had been £42 not £62 would come back often ...

Had a lovely meal here with friends. Good service and excellent, tasty food. Also, BYOB, which you don't often see locally.

We had a lovely meal last night, service was great. They don't sell alcohol, but are more than happy for you to bring your own.

Delicious vegi thali and excellent service. A cosy gem of a restaurant.

I never used to like curry much untill i came to Purbani. 3 years on not once have i had the means to fault them for their service and quality of food, recommend it 110% 2023 UPDATE: I have been coming here ever since my last review 5 years ago. It annoys me to see some of these negative reviews which I believe are made to pull potential customers away, do not listen to them, the food and service is top notch and they are always accomadating to your needs and wants. They never disappointed me. Still a 5/5

Just had a meal with the family and the food is absolutely amazing and prompt service

So I first had food from here as a take away which was sooo good - so I thought lemme come here in person and see! The food did not disappoint. Starter: onion Baji tasted good was very shy on the salad that comes on the side a very very small amount Mains: lamb curry, chicken biryani ,lamb korma, chicken tika , mushroom rice All tasted great !! Well deffo be back ! Just needs some music to create a lil more atmosphere and u can bring ur own alcohol soft drinks are expensive though.

Great food Great service Value for money Me and my family always love this place

The restaurant is a very small one, very tight spacing, run as an Indian restaurant but completely demeans the taste and delicacy of authentic Indian food (being an Indian, I can guarantee you that Indian food is much better than what they serve). The menu mentions "no service charge", but the owners are crooked and charge 10% service charge which is hidden and is not even mentioned on the paper pen bill, it couldn't have been "corkage charges" coz we didn't have any drinks except Coca Cola for which we were charged in the bill. We asked them and they were adamant saying "we don't mention in the bill about the service charge". Additionally, they charged 0.50£ extra to what the menu mentions for an item. A restaurant which doesn't give you a proper bill and has such hidden charges, should be seen for tax evasion as well. This was my second visit in two days because there was no option for me for Indian food near my place of stay, during the first visit, there was no service charge levied. Not going to visit again. I would request my Indian friends who visit London to not ever visit this restaurant. Worst experience.

Food is too expensive for the quality. Absolutely horrible food don't come it's not authentic make better choices. I don't know how you can mess food up this badly this restaurant is a scam

excellent an very cheap lovely little restraunt

The lamb xacuti (I think that is how you spell it, was excellent)!

Poor veg balti, few vegetables that seemed in texture, taste appearance to be made mainly from frozen vegetables. Bland sauce with coriander leaf cooked in despite my request for no coriander leaf. Tasteless chappatti. Husband’s king prawn biriyani and madras sauce was also disappointingly bland. Fast service but one waiter lacked any friendliness. Small portions. In response to the owner’s comment, this was the Wanstead restaurant opposite Wanstead station and by Wetherspoons

Ordered a delivery of chicken balti with rice & garlic naan. Used Uber eats which had the restaurant rated at 4.7, but regretted not checking out the Google reviews first. Delivery done by restaurant not Uber eats. Food arrived late and lukewarm. Balti was bland, lacking spice and under seasoned. Source looked and tasted generic rather than specific to the dish. Will not order from here again. Hope I'm not on the toilet tomorrow...

Food was outstanding and service even better. One of the best Indians, even tops our local that we've been going to for years.

Amazing food and service. Quite simply the best Indian in Wanstead! Big shout out to Dulal who goes above and beyond to make your stay a memorable one.

Tasty and delicious foods provided with good value of money. Excellent service.. Enjoy the best with family 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Quality food but decor and furnishings are quite ropey. Overall if you only care about the food then you can’t go wrong. Service was faultless. Note they only take cash.

The food was very nice, its a small restaurant but a great atmosphere

Delivery time was an hour wait. Food arrived lukewarm. Curry madras had only 5 pieces of chicken. The curry sauce was watery. Not a good experience.

First time in Purbani! Absolutely loved the food. Cant name a better restaurant other then Purbani. Food was spot on and presentation was amazing. Coming back again!

Food was amazing! The customer service is always great and the staff are so welcoming! We order all the time and are loyal customers! Thank you!

Ordered a lamb tikka wrap was gross. Too salty and I literally threw it in the bin after one bite so annoyed what a waste of money. Also ordered their veg pakora. What in the benvali pakora was that. Was literally half a potato fried. Never oredering from here again!!!

Great little place loved it food was great and service excellent thank you will definitely return

Delicious food, cosy atmosphere, friendly staff

Our first visit. Very small cosy restaurant. Best for couples and groups of four. Bring your own drinks. (We just popped into M&S next door). Staff were friendly. We were charged a service charge, but it wasn't itemised or shown on the bill, luckily I'm good at maths... but there was no apology when this was pointed out. Toilets clean and bright. Individual dishes were okay...a bit English. But better than some other places. Why most (Wanstead based - I think I have tried them all) Indian restaurants don't actually use enough Indian herbs and spices in their food is beyond me.

We went there for thali. Food is average. Lamb n chicken had smell that I don't like totally. They said it comes with naan but it's not naan. It's tandoori roti. Taste like shop brought. I think they didn't make it at the restaurant.

Eat in, the curry was good but the nan was a stale round corner shop one

We ordered takeout a few days back during our stay in London and were absolutely appalled by the quality of the food. I am not exaggerating when I say this was the absolute worst indian food that the four of us have ever tasted. We ordered three different curry dishes: Chicken Tikka Masala, Fish Curry and Chicken Vindaloo. All of the curry dishes tasted as if they were completely saturated in sugar. No hint of spice or proper curry taste whatsoever. The sugary residue literally sat on our taste buds for hours afterwards. The fish curry was cooked with salmon (which we found to be odd) and had the texture of microwaved leftovers. Two of us had gastrointestinal issues the next day. We tried following up with the boss on multiple occasions to express our frustration and to see if they would credit us back our 46£. It took numerous calls before we were offered any compensation at all. The boss continued to evade us for some time. Finally another staff member came back with an offer for a future credit of 25£. Unfortunately that will do us no good as we were just visiting friends in London on holiday and would never go back anyways. The kicker is we had intended to order from Purbani Tandoori near Highams Park but since we called this Purbani by accident and felt bad, we picked it up. Lesson learned!

Never Ordered From Here But Amazing Food Great Prices Ordered Bhyriani And Butter Chicken Both Amazing 🤩

I visited this restaurant few nights ago Aug 22 Food was very salty and dry After complaining they took the food into the kitchen refurbished it and return telling me it was a new dish Not good wouldn’t return bad attitude

Ate inside with family and it was BYOB. Vegan dishes were excellent and very tasty! Will be going back!

Usually really nice food from Purbani. However, order received on Saturday, 30th April was very poor quality. Chicken madras was like water. Garlic chili chicken was clearly pieces of already prepared chicken tikka chucked into a sauce. Chicken was dry. Samosa full of oil. As I say, really not usual experience from this restaurant so I called them to share my disappointment. I was offered a 20% discount on my next order which was frankly ridiculous given I currently had poor quality food in front of me at the time. I suggested 20% off current order which was agreed to but told would need to be processed next day as no manager on site. Unfortunately the refund has still not been received. I generally accept there may be problems from time to time but when a restaurant is given the opportunity to put it right and fails to do so, I think that is unacceptable. Either a full refund or replacement food would have been suitable in this instance.

Usually really nice food from Purbani. However, order received on Saturday, 30th April was very poor quality. Chicken madras was like water. Garlic chili chicken was clearly pieces of already prepared chicken tikka chucked into a sauce. Chicken was dry. Samosa full of oil. As I say, really not usual experience from this restaurant so I called them to share my disappointment. I was offered a 20% discount on my next order which was frankly ridiculous given I currently had poor quality food in front of me at the time. I suggested 20% off current order which was agreed to but told would need to be processed next day as no manager on site. Unfortunately the refund has still not been received. I generally accept there may be problems from time to time but when a restaurant is given the opportunity to put it right and fails to do so, I think that is unacceptable. Either a full refund or replacement food would have been suitable in this instance.

Really nice food, so tasty & fresh. Also such lovely staff members. I live locally and they are always so kind to me. I very highly recommend!

Sadly I can only give a single star for the food arriving promptly. That is as good as it gets. The food had pools of oil on the surface, the meat was tough and dry. Taste was overall bland. Other reviews seem broadly ok so perhaps it was an off night but I won't be trying again.

Not ordered from Purbani for some time and noted how prices had gone up. Food arrived before allotted time but that’s a good as it gets. The curry was like water and tasteless, chicken so dry it was hard to cut. Every dish apart from rice in pools of oil. The rice was dry. Mango chutney also watery and tasteless. Worst Indian meal I have ever tasted!

Lovely food Fish Bahji was devine

Not as good as it use to be, they use to do the best Dhansak around but recently I found the quality has gone down

Not as good as it use to be, they use to do the best Dhansak around but recently I found the quality has gone down.

Ordered my usual Onion Bhaji Chicken vindaloo extra hot and spicy, coconut rice (their own speciality), Bombay potatoes, Keema nan. Excellent as ever, good price

We love this take away and it is our go to take away. Its always delicious. Good portions and great quality! Yummy!

Always excellent food and service, small restaurant, good atmosphere.

Food was delivered fast and tasted great 😊

I have been coming here since for a long time and have never had any issues.The food is wonderful and tasty and the staff are always friendly and helpful. Lamb saag, tandoori and chicken biryani is amazing!

Pretty good food although delivery service a bit miserable and cheeky charging 2 quid for delivery when their menu is already quite expensive relative to local competition Edit takeaway service via just eat is really poor

Home Order Review. ALMOST 5 STAR!! I was very pleasently impressed with Purbani. I ordered a chicken Byriani and Onion Baji. The parcel came with complimentary papadams (very well appreciated), mango, chutney, yoghurt sauce without me having to ask. The onion baji was fantastically tasty, chicken byriani tasted good (but I needed to add a bit of salt) - lots of chicken in the byriani too. Byrianis come with a side (ubereats did not say or allow me to specify, but I assumed purbani's byriani did so left a note saying I prefer vegetable over dal). The vegetable side could be improved in flavour. I thought it needed a little boost in flavour. It had a traditional Bangladeshi veg called Okra which some may like (not my favourite as it makes the curry slimey and did not work well with the byriani). Overall very pleased with Purbani restaurants home delivery service. And very close to 5 star for me.

Food great, it's dry now so take your own beer

Great spot, good value for money and BYOB which is a plus! Friendly staff too.

Cosy restaurant short distance from Wanstead Tube station and right next to the George pub. Friendly and helpful staff, pretty nice food too. It's not licensed so bring your own drink. Get one of the window seats and watch the world of Wanstead go by whilst you dine. 😊

Absolutely delicious. Lots of vegetarian options too.

Went here on a Friday night at 6pm for the first time. Very intimate place. Waiters very friendly and service was excellent. Onion Bhajis weren't covered in grease- something I've encountered in numerous Indian restaurants- meat samosas were fresh, and the Chicken Tikka Bhuna was great. All very reasonably priced too. Will definitely be making a second visit.

Although I have only dined in at Purbani once, we regularly order food for home delivery, and they have been consistently (over the past several years) very good quality and tasty dishes. Have been sampling many things from the extensive menu and have yet to be disappointed. Will be ordering again soon!

Possibly the worst Indian I’ve had. I don’t know if they’re having an off day or what but I know for sure that I will never be ordering again. Meat in biryani is overcooked, the onions are raw in it when biryani should have browned, crispy onions. The mint and yoghurt raita is oddly sweet, almost like lassi which is so so so confusing. Haven’t even bothered to try the prawn puri, just beyond disappointed Also the masala for the biryani doesn’t seem one with the rice? Seems like a waxy coating - please management try it and see if you agree. Don’t know what’s going on

Always great food! Really tasty and lovely flavours 😊😊

I ordered for the first time in this shop from app by Uber, I really enjoyed the food The order was supposed to arrive late at 9.40 but arrived earlier.. 20 minutes before Arrived hot, tasty and good packed I ordered samosa, bread and lamb badam pasanda 😍😍 I loved that The lamb was so soft.. Was melting in my mouth and the sauce was so nice and tasty I will order again, definitely.

Consistently good food at this tiny Indian restaurant...have been coming over 25 years and yet to have a bad meal

Service spot on, as is the food, propa people here 👍

If you want to wait more than one hour, call two times the restaurant to check if the driver is on the road to speak with an overwhelmed useless person and then don't receive the order after more than one hour and a half; Yes, you can definitely order at this restaurant to spoil your evening.

used to be so good, last time i went the staff just seemed to want to rush you out. Not cheap either so service was below the standard of days gone by. I used to love it here as a young man 20 years ago. maybe just an off day for the waiter.

Rubbish delivery service don’t order anything From here .they took money online and food never reach to me first time I ordered

Superb! Can’t believe this place is 3.8 We eat here regularly. The vindaloo is incredible. 👌🏻

Not impressed to be honest... Ordered on ubereats, and the time indicator said 5-25 mins, but once ordered this jumped up to 45 mins. Rung up, and was told that it would take no longer than 40 mins. An hour later the food arrived. The keema naan was bland, poppadoms stale, and the rest of the food just generally didn't taste great. Wasn't cheap either. There are far better places in the area, don't waste your hard earned cash!

Took my order online an hour before they were due to close and then failed to deliver my food.....quick enough to charge and then wouldn’t answer the phone. Cowboys

Great atmosphere, the food is absolutely amazing. Lovely place to dine with friends and family, would strongly recommend

I went there the first time and the food was delicious 10/10. The hospitality and everything was amazing. The staff there were really polite and they looked after me really well. Would definitely recommend to go there.

Oh my gosh, this food is delicious. I just ordered for the first time at this Indian and had a home delivery. I called up the restaurant directly to make my order and the customer service was unbelievable. Clearly it's a busy takeaway evening for them on a Saturday night but the gentleman who answered the phone took time to explain dishes to me and was super polite and helpful. Over the phone he even said he would put in an extra mint dip and poppodum. I called at about 18.30 and he was very open and honest and explained that due to the fact they make everything from scratch and with the Covid 19 epidemic it will take over 1 hour to be delivered to my house which I was more than happy with. He was honest and I would rather wait for fresh food than a terrible place which takes 30 minutes to cook and deliver. The order arrived just over an hour later like he had promised. The delivery drivers customer service again was absolutely amazing. I honestly don't think I have ever had such good service from a takeaway. I ordered chicken tikka starter, chicken tikka jalfrezi, rice, peshwari naan. Let me tell you the chicken was so fresh and the sauce for the jalfrezi was delicious, not greasy, fresh, the peppers were juicy and amazing. There mint dip is clearly home made, well I thought so. The peshwari naan delicious and with delivery was a really great price. Honestly I loved the service, the food, the price. I can't wait until lockdown is over and I can go and eat in the restaurant. What a lovely business. Thank you so much for a brilliant experience from start to finish. Keta P.S sorry I didn't add photos, I couldn't wait to eat it, too delicious!