Rajasthan II in City of London, Westminster

Probably the best curry house in the city of London

Service was excellent from start to finish. We almost walked away at the start but the waiter/possible owner caught our attention and let us know there was room for 2. Happy he did as food was great and as we sat down they had some dips and papa dams ready as we looked at the menu. Staff were friendly, helpful and a table was made ready for us in under 2 minutes. Only negative thing was that it was very loud at the start due to a Christmas party (we think) but that could not be helped and is expected at this time of year. As we paid the bill the same gentleman who found us a table at the start of the evening gave me and my wife a complementary baileys on ice, what a fantastic way to finish the night. A great elastic minute decision after the Harry Potter tour. Thank you for topping our night 😁

Unfortunately the food has detiorated since we've been going here over the last 10 or 15 years. And toooooo expensive. Doubt we will go back.

Great place for Indian food. Had veg dinner and highly recommend

Nourriture excellente et raffinée , une profusion d’épices savamment assemblées - un des meilleurs indiens de ma vie. Un peu gras, comme souvent.

I’d highly recommend the Chicken Tikka Jaipuri; great portion size, plenty of chicken tikka and lovely a spice level. It certainly hit the spot. I dined at 18:15 and the restaurant was quiet but had packed out by the time I left. Consider a booking if you’re going at peak time.

Desde el momento en que entras sabes que te darán un capricho. Ambiente agradable, luces atenuadas, espacio espacioso y excelentes vibraciones. Los platos que pedimos eran impresionantes, audaces, picantes y bellamente presentados. No puedo fallar ninguno de los platos. El servicio fue impecable. Muy recomendable!

Had a wonderful evening food amazing people friendly v good experience

This place has become a regular dinner haunt of mine and somewhere I love to take friends and colleagues. You’re always assured of a friendly welcome and authentic dishes to suit any palate. There is a good reason it has been open so long. A real institution of eastern part of the City of London.

This was a private and business dinner at 0nce. The food was authentic and veru tasty we were very satisfied. We were server by Mo, who was very professional and friendly. All in all, an excellence dinig experimente. Highly recommended.

Incredible service and food. Best Indian food I've ever had. The Goan Lamb was incredible.

Pathetic place and staff.. manager pushes tasteless food and has no hospitality and manners whatsoever.. IGNORE THIS PLACE

The staff were very pushy and had a cult like feel. Mediocre food would not recommend.

Great staff. Amazing chicken. I ordered a chicken vindaloo and the white meat chicken was incredible. The garlic naan was fantastic. The entire staff was courteous and always serving with a smile. 10/10

El restaurante estaba casi vacío. La pantalla súper grande en el centro de la sala estaba mostrando fútbol, como en un pub de gama baja. Pedí una mesa sin vista en la pantalla, me ofrecieron una mesa cerca de la entrada de los baños. No es una buena bienvenida. El jefe me dijo que todas las mesas estaban reservadas, pero al final el restaurante se quedó vacío. La comida era grasa, el pollo de mantequilla estaba lleno de azúcar innecesaria - antítesis de la comida dietética. Evite el mal servicio y la comida de gama baja.

Amazing food, would highly recommend

The food and service was some of the best I’ve ever had! Mohib was an amazing waiter! I highly recommend coming here!!

Nice people, nice place but the food was subpar. The biriyani was extremely oily and served with only a side of very oily vegetable curry. This combination ive never seen before but had it as a means to try new things - not good. The chicken tikka masala was extremely sweet - granted our server did warn us it was going to be like that. They should list it in the dessert section! Cheese Naan was excellent though!!

El servicio era demasiado en tu cara apenas se sentó y el camarero estaba preguntando qué queríamos beber, fui por unas madras de pollo que tenían 3 trozos de pollo y alrededor de una pinta de salsa que ni siquiera era una buena salsa sabrosa demasiado vinagre

Good food, great service! I can just recommend to everyone!

Very nice food served by very friendly staff. Highly recommend for an easy, very tasty diner!

We ate here after arriving at night at a local hotel; Friday night, we had booked but probably didn't need to. Service was very good: attentive & prompt. Licensed. Immaculately clean & bright. The food was very good: tasty & well presented. Typical London prices, though. Recommended.

Very good and very good service

Wonderful food & service (tandoori king prawns were super yum!!)

Very good service, great food, An absolute insider tip

Very good food and attentive service. We'd love to come back. It's a shame there wasn't any cider on the menu.

Service was not really friendly.

The food and service were excellent. Some of us had Indian beer which was much liked. The wines are OK. Everything we tried was good and we were unable to try all of the starters so we went back the following night and had starters only. I highly recommend it

I really liked The Rajasthan II. The vindaloo was just the right heat/spice and the mixed tandoori was perfectly cooked. The staff were attentive and respectful. (Not sure how other reviewers could complain?) I will return!!!

Lovely Indian food- I had something with Goan tastes- cocony and vinegar. Hot and tasty! Hubby tried the tandoori mixed grill and was superhappy. Amazing service- they pay attention to you at all times. I'm impressed.

This restaurant provides consistently great dishes. We had chicken jalfrezi and garlic chilli lamb together with saag paneer and mushroom bhaji. We also had a mixed grill. They were all good and I would highly recommend it. The owner has always been very friendly and accommodative with staff who are always very helpful.

Cannot say enough GREAT things about our first time at this resturant. Did research and between the service, food and atmosphere it well exceeded. 100% try their chutney’s and take their recommendations of choices, you won’t be disappointed.

The best curry I have had in a long time. Superb service - it was my Mums birthday and they made it a night we wouldn't want to forget! Beautiful food and restaurant. If I could I would rate this establishment higher than 5 stars.

I love this place. Went with business colleagues and everyone really enjoyed it. Great food and service means I will be back....soon

Located at the intersection of historic India and Vine Streets, Rajasthan II brought together the quaint dining destination coupled with an excellent meal and impeccable service and knowledgable and friendly owner. About the Meal The Mixed appetizer's platter were portioned individually and were recommended which allowed us to try a little bit of their wonderful pakora’s, ribs and other assortments coupled with an amazingly assortment of chutney’s. For the main course we dined on a succulent chicken masala and phenomenal lamb vindaloo dishes. Along with a these mains we had a recommended vegetable dish of Aloo Gobi. We were very pleased with the garlic nan which showed signs of a seasoned chef producing a quality fine experience. We took time for dessert and were not disappointed at all even sharing as it was the just the right amount for such a homemade flavors and shared experience. Special call out on the slow cooked lamb. This was the crown jewel of this meal. Many places cook the taste out of such a meat but the chef took the time to ensure the juices were not watered down by beef broth, so as to maintain the true flavors of the lamb. Then adding to the vindaloo spiciness threw that dish into a category by itself. Talking with the owner was a treat, hearing how the staff has been together for 10-15+ yrs working together to make this restaurant a destination for business gatherings, family meals only made this ‘one of a kind’ location even more rare find in the financial district. The restaurant also came highly recommended by the nearby hotel staff, even though they who have their own restaurants onsite. Tips for anyone coming to Rajasthan II First take the recommendations from the team at the restaurant, you won’t be disappointed with their thoughts and knowing what is best that day. Second ensure reservations at set so that they have the table prepared and ready for your arrival.

Whenever I meet up with ex colleagues, we always go to Rajasthan II. It is a nice restaurant which is reasonably priced and we are always welcomed with a smile from Salim (aka Sami!) and his friendly team. We had a lamb special last week which, alongside the other food, was delicious. The restaurant doesn't rush you which is a welcome change and the complimentary after dinner tipple is a nice touch. I'd highly recommend this restaurant.

Tasty food (the tenderest lamb ever), brilliant service (personal attention) and great value for money. Thank you Salim

My colleagues and I go here regularly as its close to our office and the service is quick and top standard. The food is fantastic! The different dishes on the menu mean we don't get board of going and the different flavours always please. The service is great too and the beers and wine ALWAYS really cold. Add to that the warm welcome and great service. Really cannot recommend the place any higher.

Truly lovely and welcoming staff. Food is exceptional. Green chicken was such an amazing and lovely surprise. Thoroughly recommend.

If you think you can handle lots of oily/Greasy food and not worried about next morning then you may like their food. We went there as a family and ordered 4 main dishes , the food was so oily that we had to put a napkin to soak the oil, upon showing to the manager / owner his words were “this how we cook our food” even shocked me further !! Seeing his don’t care attitude we left food without finishing. Now I have upset Tommy. Thank you Rajasthan ! On the poisitive side the breads and staff were nice.

Really enjoyed the chicken vindaloo. 😋

Been going to the Raj 2 for over 20 years now. Lovely place; really nice food and always a very warm welcome.

The tandori chicken was the best I have ever tried! Excellent service...and amazing food! 5 stars doesn't make this place justice

This is the officially the whitest man’s curry I have ever had in my life. It was amazing my curry was orange. I will never miss that taste of paprika more in my life. Thank you so much for making me feel both so right and so white. Although the korma was a bit spicy and should have come with a warning. 🌶️ 🥵

Hesitant about recommending this one, afraid booking gets difficult! Best indian I've ever been to. Atmosphere, clean, tidy, proper, without being formal. Service, amazing, attentive, friendly. The food, yum yum. Great menu.

One of the worst ever food you can have. The starters were pathetic and dont even ask me about the mains, and its an insult to the term 'Indian cuisine', these people are Bangladeshi and dont even know what Indian cuisine is like. These guys should be dragged to court for using 'Indian' term and insult the great Indian cuisine. Pathetic food. disgusting taste. Naan bread was like sofa cushion, why dont they take some training and improve upon. Oh my god, what a waste of money. Never ever again I will visit this place and will strongly advise all my Indian friends not even look at this. This is purely for those people who dont know what is the difference between Indian and Bangladeshi. I wish i had spend my money wisely elsewhere, even subway would have been better choice over this. Shame!

Amazing food, best Indian restaurant I have ever been to. Cannot fault this place at all. Service was great. All the staff were smiling and friendly. Very attentive.

Exceptional food and service, always use this restaurant when visiting London superb food really great old favourites wonderful taste

Really lovely. The prawn pura in particular was a stand out, but honestly it's all good

Food quality was not good. Service was subpar. Food portions are small. Food was served cold. Really bad experience. I would never recommend this place again.

Nice lunch yesterday. Very friendly staff. Compared to other Indian restaurants close by the food did seam to be quite oily though.

Not a great experience, there is a service charge here.

Nice ambience and hidden gem of a location. Overall nice dining experience. They had ample options, and overall food quality was good. However, there is room for improvement in some areas like taste and service quality.

List themselves on online delivery platforms and don’t accept orders, cancel them. What kind of people are running this company ? Shut this place down please

This is one of the best Indian restaurants I have eaten at. Their food is very authentic and fantastic. The flavors were delicious, and the service outstanding. This is not, however, a place to go on a first date as it can be quite noisy. Located close to the tower of London, a walk along tower Bridge is a great way to burn off the calories.

In our London tour, visited this restaurant for dinner. Service was good and restaurant was neat and clean. Visited on weekday after 9 pm , and it was not crowded. The food was ok but with less spices. Garlic Naan was good and very soft. Price was on bit higher side and quantity of food was less.

Tbf, the food is very good. It's the service that's off. The ordering/bill paying is all done through one guy. Waiting 20 minutes to even order and another 20 to pay when it's not that busy and you've got your eye on a train timetable just doesn't cut it. There again, they do good food.

Wonderful service, very attentive and polite staff! Upon any questions they were able to give detailed answers and explanations and the food was very nice too. I chose the butter chicken which was quite sweet to my pleasant surprise and very tender, same for the Naam bread! Another pleasant surprise was the small snack served before the main course, which, at other Indian restaurants we've been to, costs a lot (Papadam, if you're curious ;)). All in all I do recommend this restaurant but it has to be said, the mild dishes (like the butter chicken and the korma chicken) are fairly sweet!

Very bad experience. Charging more serving very less please not go. I will definitely think about to complain in consumer court.

I wish there was a zero star rating. Butter chicken was like sweet moong dal with chicken pieces. Butter paneer was like paneer pieces were dipped in ketchup. Owner forced us to order 4 dishes even though we were 2 kids & 2 adults. What a waste of money.

Excellent & Super friendly staff, A great evening celebrating good news about one of our friends who has been very ill. The food was excellent. A great ambience and extremely friendly and attentive staff... especially the manager. We Highly recommended this restaurant. Date of visit: August 4th 2023. Peter / Mark

Overall ok experience, The restaurant is Clean and the waiters are really nice. However the food is nothing like Indian restaurant we have been to (and we have been to a lot), way too sweet and not tasty at all, I make a better tikka massala with pre-made paste...

Amazing buttet chicken and good service

Foos Taste is alright Quantity is Low Service is horrible. Spoiling name of India. Never coming back here for Dine in. May still order for Delivery.

Absolutely recommend. Very moist chicken and king prawn cuisine. Very nice service.

We had a wonderful meal here. Everything from the sampler platter to the main courses were terrific. Friendly and attentive service as well.

Worst food ever had in London Nothing was Indian except the Name — “Rajasthan” — which is the state in India. They didn’t had the best and famous food of Rajasthan in Menu i.e. Daal Baati All staff is Bangladeshi including chef Don’t visit if you expects Indian food

Not visiting this restaurant again, they force to have compulsory 3 main course for individual even if we didn't wanted to order. The taste of the food was not authentic Indian, the chefs were Bangladeshi and don't know about Indian flavours. Think twice before going there.

Not sure they wanted to take any sort of revenge to India, they named it after Indian State Rajasthan, serving Indian food which is worst Indian food I have ever tried in London or entire Europe. Finally I asked if chef is Indian and they said No, he's from Bangladesh. Wow, why do you it Indian restaurant then,. See the photo, Paneer has red colored, hope my stomach is not upset tomorrow. We ordered Jeera Rice, they served us some kind of Biryani, with Jeera over it. May be Jeera Biryani 🤔 For Indian cuisine sake, Jeera Rice is Plain Rice saute with a bit of Jeera. It has to be just plain. The only thing which was eatable was Naan and Daal fry. Keep your expectations low, or expect Bangladeshi Indian cuisine. Now most interesting part, we were three and staff forced us that we need to order three main course minimum (so we added Chana Masala) .. What a joke. Never coming again here.

Very friendly staff. Food was fast. Good food recommendations. Food was delicious. Really good with the kids restaurant very clean.

I went to Rajasthan II with my parents who were visiting me from out of town a few weeks ago, and Ali was our waiter. He did an exceptional job! I would highly recommend the restaurant - everything was delicious - and specifically requesting Ali. He went above and beyond, which meant a lot to me and left my parents with a great impression of London.

Sehr freundliches Personal, sehr leckeres Essen. Das Ambiente weniger indisch.

Glad to visit the Rajasthan II on a Friday evening. The restaurant is pretty much immaculate and the service was excellent. No problem being given a table without a prior bookings, and the restaurant was about 2/3rds full. This was our first return since that first, brief, lockdown when the place was empty. We both chose the same starter & main course - they just coincided rather than for review reasons! The King Prawn Puree was top notch. For mains we had the Lamb Korma, and both agreed it was one of the finest we'd ever had the pleasure of eating. A side team of Mushroom Bhaji, a dish that almost invariably disappoints me in most places I visit (so why keep ordering it?) but this was really outstanding. The Rice and Naan were good & decent accompaniments. Finished off with two small ice cream desserts that were average fare. The cost, including 12.5% service fee, was just over £100. Given we didn't have much to drink between us (2 beers & 2 soft drinks) this may appear excessive, but in line generally with London dining prices. It was good to go back and see that it appears to be thriving.

Excellent staff! Delicious food!!

Visited this place yesterday for lunch as it was closer to work. Went here with less expectations having bad experience with few Indian restaurants i have already visited in Central London. Their food made me think I’m wrong, I would definitely recommend their Briyanis for anyone visiting for first time. Taste was outstanding, best north Indian dishes I have had in central London. Friendly staffs and good Ambience. Rating 5 for their food and service.

We had dinner 2 times here during our stay in London and we really enjoyed the food. For the first dinner, we ordered chicken biryani, Manchurian chicken and shank tawa gosht - lamb dish. The biryani was great, the Manchurian chicken was really hot, but super tasty and the lamb was amazing. For the second dinner, we had lamb shashlik (searing hot from the oven) mildly spiced, but very tasty, chicken korma and sikandari lamb. Each dish was well prepared and very tasty. The staff was very polite, attentive and Ali was especially helpful and friendly.

Wow! Excellent food and very attentive service. Highly recommended!

I hate leaving bad reviews, but I feel like the public needs to know. I have probably eaten at 200 or more Indian restaurants. This one is by far the worst I’ve been to. The butter chicken was flavorless. It tasted like I was eating cereal. Just a sweet, creamy disaster. The saag paneer also lacked flavor. Their pickle was overly salty. Just terrible. When the waiter asked how the food was, I said it seemed “different” than what I’m used to. He blamed it on me being from the states - entirely not true. I visited a different Indian restaurant the next day, and the food was phenomenal. It’s not a “British” thing. The food was just terrible and NOT authentic. Go somewhere else.

This is a fabulous Indian restaurant in the heart of Tower Hill. We always visit (sometimes twice) when we are in London (travelling from Australia). We love it here - the food is excellent & the staff are fantastic! Ali & the team are so helpful & efficient - even when we are a big group of family and friends. Nothing is too much trouble.

I went for Dinner with a group of Colleagues. Food and Service was alright. Manager Ali was very kind and attentive.

Not in London alot and I was here a year ago with my girlfriend and this restaurant was a go to for us both! Amazing staff, amazing food we will be back again

Hard to fault this place. Small but bustling restaurant, with very quick service, delicious food and one of the best garlic naans I have eaten. Would definitely search out next time I am in London

Fantastic restaurant, great Staff. They were all so friendly and Ali in particular was brilliant. The food was so tasty and full of flavour.they couldn't do enough for us. Will definitely be back!

Awful food, how an Inidan Restaurant can't get nan bread right is beyond me. Group of 15 pre ordered, most of us with upset stomachs,vomiting & diarrhoea. I will never set foot in a Rajasthan Restaurant again.

Great city Indian restaurant. Loved by the city both for lunch and dinner.

They know their customers at this place – City of London office types who mostly work in financial services, i.e. probably not short of a penny or two and not particularly discerning about what they stick down their mouth and indeed this restaurant caters accordingly – an unadventurous standard menu consisting of bland over-priced dishes. In this day and age the notion of ‘the curry house’ is something of a joke – bloke-centric badly ventilated cramped restaurants that all have pretty much the same menu and are firmly stuck in an early 1990s time-warp. To be fair this place isn’t quite like that, at least not in terms of décor (although it is quite cramped) but the rest fits the aforementioned unfortunate description. Nothing on the menu that we had stands out, in fact everything was rubbish – the biryani featured little lamb meat or chicken, the vegetarian dishes featured few vegetables but lots of sauce, the sizzling prawns (whatever that dish was) were dry, the Dhal too watery…I could go on. The meat didn’t taste at all fresh and overall the food wasn’t nearly authentically spicy enough. This place probably works better for larger groups who are more interested in ordering beer rather than food. The service is quite abrupt…dishes plonked on your table, sometimes the wrong dishes. Downstairs the toilets are truly atrocious. To tell the truth I don’t expect any better from such an establishment but at £57 each (we didn’t even have desserts) this is an overpriced joke. There are plenty of better more authentic restaurants for this type of cuisine at more reasonable prices within walking distance in Whitechapel.

As an Indian I’d deem this place criminal for slaughtering Indian cuisine and serving a disgustingly cheap imitation of it. Only a monkey with an appalling palate, and no taste for authentic Indian food would pay the prices put on their menu a second time. I would reject their food even if they offered me a large sum of money to eat it. I saw a lot of white people here and I truly pity them for eating these dishes which a two year old with a jar of chilies can cook up. I am not the one to criticise businesses from my own country, but this restaurant disgraces what Indian food stands for. Please try other Indian restaurants in the White Chapel area.

Otroligt otrevlig personal! Stod och stirrade på oss! Smaklös dyr mat! En bortkastad middagsupplevelse! Sämsta någonsin! Gå inte dit om ni är i London!!

Best Balti in a while. Cheers bois! X

I visited London for 20 days. During this period we visited this restaurant twice for dinner. The place is too crowded before 9pm and less crowded after that. Staffs were friendly and polite. We ordered chicken biryani, King prawn puri, curries, naan and pulao rice. King prawn puri is must try in the starter and other tasted good.

Excellent evening with great food & top hospitality. My elderly parents were staying nearby and the staff were wonderful. Fantastic food and a full -house

Me and my partner booked a table for 7:30pm. When we arrived, no one welcomed us, I was just stared at by all of the staff members. A member of staff looked at me and just said ‘2’, then started shouting to his boss in his native tongue and took us to a table. believe they thought we were walk ins as they didn’t even ask us any questions. Not even a ‘how are you?’. As soon as we sat down a chutney tray was placed in front of us with two poppadoms and the staff member walked away. Not saying a word. We did not order this and there was no explanation of whether we had to pay or if it was complimentary. Thankfully it was complimentary. When our food order was taken the staff member tried to upsell us side dishes and again was just very rude. The food was okay. Really nothing special. After we finished our food one of the servers came and started to pull the table cloth off our table and we had to lift things up for him to take it away. He didn’t even tell us he was going to do it or ask us to lift our glasses he just came and started to fold it up whilst me and my partner were talking. When asked if we wanted desert the server asked “desert - yes/no?” Again very impolite and rushed. It felt like they couldn’t get us out of there fast enough. Well in fact, in total we were there for 40 minutes. I would never go to this place again and would highly recommend people to avoid disappointment. It was insulting that they included a service charge on the bill AVOID!

Had this as a take out and it was plenty and delicious, staff were really nice. I would visit again for sure.

Food was Good, They can work on their staff though.

I’ve been coming to this place on and off for 20 years but this is my first time since covid. The restaurant was packed and we had no booking but the guys found us a table. Service was outstanding as was the food and no...

Comfortably the single worst curry I have ever had. Ordered a takeaway chicken korma with onion bhaji. Korma was actually white in colour and completely tasteless, best I can describe it is if someone had taken a korma and ran it under a hot tap...

Excellent service. Excellent food. The rezalla was absolutely amazing.

Yesterday had an awesome dining experience ar this place. The exquisite balance of good good, ambience and hospitality just floored us. We experienced one of the best Indian food in London since we had came here. The Manager Ali was a fantastic person who with his humble demeanor and articulate communication provided us with a par excellence service. Thanks to the entire stuff of Rajasthan II for the wonderful experience. Looking forward to our next visit. Regards Kaushick

Great food but staff a bit abrupt

Absolutely awesome food. We had chicken Biryani (asked for Indian style), butter chicken, garlic Naan and spinach/onion veggies. Everything was tasty and couldn’t stop eating until everything was cleaned off the plate! Service was very attentive and courteous.