Strand Tandoori in City of London, Westminster

Really good food and wine. Great service

Delicious food really close to Covent Garden. Many options too chose from, including vegetarian. Fantastic service!

We had a great Sunday in London and after a few drinks really fancied a good Indian. Unfortunately this was just an average experience. London has lots of new modern Indian options, we opted for old school and although everything was okay… okay is not good. The lamb chops for a starter however were not ok, they were atrocious 2 for £7.50, one of them wasn’t even a chop, bone and gristle. I did tell them but it went straight over the head. Everything else, as mentioned, was just ok.

Good food and good service. Advisable.

Good food and good service!!! Nice chef

Came in afternoon on a Sunday. The restaurant was nice and quiet, and the food was exceptional!

Food is very testy and mood is very good

Very good service, very good food

I had a lovely night and the food was incredible!

Atmosphere electric! Service impeccable! Food delicious!

10/10 service and amazing food. Will be coming back

Nourriture excellente prix tout à fait raisonnable. Ne vous fiez pas à la devanture, osez y entrer...loin de l'agitation de Piccadilly

Great atmosphere. Small but never crowded so far. Way too easy to miss in a sea of restaurants, but if you’re in the area and want some great variety Indian food, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

Best indian restaurant in London

Very good Indian restaurant. The butter chicken and the teka masalla are a 100% recommendation. We loved it!! ❤️‍🩹

The best Indian restaurant in London. Without a doubt a mandatory stop in this city. There is no restaurant in the entire city at this level. Delicious food and friendly service.

Had a meal here tonight food was ok but the staff were ignorant with us. Wanted cash but not stated on the door said we want to pay card but was not happy. Don’t bother visiting they obviously don’t like us we come from the curry capital of the north and they are amazing this place was horrendous hospitality

Nice food decent atmosphere and staff

Very cozy restaurant. I had a lamb dish recommended. It was delicious. The service was extremely friendly and chatty. I really enjoyed the time.

Very nice food, owner showed us his recommendations ( they were perfect ). So, if ur hungry on a Sunday night, come here.

La comida estaba caliente y muy sabrosa, pero tengo que admitir que era la única parte agradable en realidad. No reservamos una mesa, pero nos dijeron que entrara, pero luego nos sentimos apresurados a comer y preguntando si habíamos terminado cuando claramente solo comimos a la mitad. Creo que quizás el personal no hablaba bien inglés y el espacio es pequeño, así que me dijeron que me moviera en un momento mientras intentaba comer. El servicio necesita mejorar. Cara amigable hace una gran diferencia. Realmente no puedo golpear la comida, realmente disfrutamos esa parte.

The lamb madras and the king prawn masala was delicious. The naan bread was freshly baked.

Really friendly service and very tasty Food!

Lovely place, great food and feels like a local curry in the heart of London

Mr. May or Uncle May was the best. He came over on a mission and knew exactly what we wanted and how we should order it. He even made us eat our veggies which were great and seasoned perfectly. Also he prevented us from over ordering and telling us the portions that were best for our party of four. He also made us laugh. Actually the BEST Indian food we’ve had in the UK and we’ve been here 3 years so we have had a lot! Perfect Spice!

Bon et rapide. L'accueil est très bien. Assez calme à midi, reposant par rapport à l'ambiance pub plus bruyant. A decouvrir.

fantastic, authentic food and great service from Mr May and his colleagues! Especially good value considering its central London location.

Lovely accommodating staff (we got served by Mr May, a very kind individual), happy to recommend dishes and are approachable. The food is so delicious!! Really good portion sizes, the flavours are perfect and the price is good value for money! My partner and I come to London a lot, so I feel we will definitely be back!

Tender lamb, naan and rice was delish, thank you Mr May

I go to London yearly and this is the best Indian restaurant I’ve tried. Also open late and good for after theatre.

What can I see Stand Tandoori is the best curry I have had. The chicken tikka masala just melted in your mouth, the chicken chat again the chicken and taste just melted in your mouth, the mint sauce, Lime pickle and mango chutney again was the best I have had. Mr May our host was very kind and made us feel at home. I am so glad I took my gf away on her birthday for her birthday meal.

Amazing group experience! Mr May is the best! He looked after our whole group of 18 people and the food was amazing. The lamb rogan Josh was insane.

Mr May gave great service, great food and a banging curry, all in all a perfect experience!

5Jan25 Google asked "Has it changed?" Thank goodness NO, Still a good old curry house. Thank you. UPDATE since last post. The place is still brilliant. 5 of us tonight. Beer great and lovely food. Service charming. It's been 2 COVID years but it was like it was yesterday. Brill service, great food & the beer flowed. Lovely.

Lovely food and good service from Mr May.

Tables are crammed in to seat as many as possible so you can't really get passed diners without disturbing them. We had a reservation, however, when we arrived they weren't interested in that they just got us regardless so the reservation was irrelevant. So had there been no tables available i suspect we would've had to wait. There seemed to be a lot of arguments between the staff which felt uncomfortable and everything was all a bit rushed. We actually felt that we were a hindrance. We did receive the wrong order so then expected us to have our starters and mains at the same time( this was rectified in the end) The food itself was good to be fair, I had Chicken Jalfrezi and my partner had Chicken Balti. Overall I wouldn't recommend this place mainly because of the atmosphere and struggling to get passed other diners

Very nice , welcoming with a smile 😊, all the staff are really friendly, the service is really amazing. The chicken tikka masala is the dish that I would recommend for the visitors to enjoy this dish especially during lunch time yummy 😋

Really yummy food! Efficient service from a cheery Mr May!

Food was amazing!! Mr may and the team were very welcoming and extremely attentive too. Would absolutely recommend and will definitely be back soon!! :)

Mr May looked after us superbly on our quad-annual reunion with Canadian Mountain Bike Champ, Alain Moatey.

Mr May was lovely. Food came out sizzling hot. Was very much stuffed by the end. Really great place tucked away in London covent garden very much recommend.

Wonderful experience, the food is very tasty and authentic. Thanks to Mr May, a very kindful man

Thanks for a cracking curry Mr May. Always worth a cheeky visit to Strand Tandori.

Genuinely, my favourite Indian in London, the three nights I’ve come here have been brilliant - the food is amazing - I recommend the bhajis - Mr May is great

Good food, good service for a party of 10. Accompanied our allergy requirements.

Thanks Mr may. Food and servire were great

Great place to take client out for a curry. The host Mr May was an exceptional gentlemen. Very much recommend!

Had a brilliant experience at Strand Tandoori. The food was excellent, speedy and the service by Mr May was great. Would recommend!

Good food, very tasty and good portion sizes. Thanks to Mr. May for taking care of us.

Thanks to Mr May. Was great had the lamb tikka masala with special rice and plain naan. Was recommended by a friend.

Mr May was very good and the service and food was enjoyable

Very courteous staff with exceptional service. Food was excellent and we were given good advice about allergies.

They don’t speak good English so you KNOWWW it’s going to be good 🤩 right amount of spice, excellent service by Mr May, everyone was very kind and friendly. Ordered the paneer tikki masala and butter chicken, both were very good. Would recommend, would be back again.

Delicious food, my wife had the tandoori butter chicken, I had the lamb tikka masala, both highly recommended, exceptionally good with exceptional service. 1st class!

Been coming here for years and it never disappoints. Good selection of dishes and drinks - and great attention from Mr May and his colleagues. In the words of Arnie - I’ll be back!

Es un pequeño restaurante en el corazón de Londres. La comida es buena, a buen precio y el servicio es genial. El Sr. May es un muy buen hombre e hizo que nuestra visita fuera muy agradable, ayudándonos a elegir y haciéndonos sentir como en casa.

Good food but service was very slow, they did however many to accommodate a booking of 9 with very short notice

The service was really bad. We ordered chicken biryani but were served lamb biryani. The food was not good. We had a 25% discount from Tastecard but they refused to accept it.

Go as soon as it opens at 12 o'clock. It took almost 30 minutes for the food to come out. Quantity is the same as in the photo. Additional charge for 2 servings. Drinks are required to be purchased 2 servings, 2 drinks, 2 meals weighs about 42 pounds. But only cash payment Why did you give it 5 points anyway? The owner only accepts cash. They gave me 2 pounds off because I didn't have any change. The taste was honestly 5 points. It was delicious, but spicy.

It took a little while for the food to come out, but it was that delicious.

The food was amazing and Mr Miah couldn’t be more helpful. Would definitely recommend!!

Brilliant curry, Nr Miah is an expert in his field and suggests some excellence dishes. A must do on your visit to Bedford Road.

mr miah was an excellent host! had a very lovely meal and a new experience with duck curry! 🥳

Excelente ubicación, personal amable y el servicio es rápido, la comida es muy buena con porciones decentes. - menú típico Valor decente.

Mr May was a great host, great food and an enjoyable evening. Would come again.

Very welcoming nice atmosphere and lovely lamb shank and reasonable prices.

Wonderful atmosphere, food and service!

Very authentic. Excellent flavor.

Me and my partner was in London for new years Eve, on New Year’s Day while out exploring we came across this place, and oh my it was absolutely beautiful, I love a nice spicy madras and this was one of my best so far. Very helpful, Fanatic food, great portions and lovely staff. Especially the manager Mr may who even gave us a free can of coke each to walk back to our hotel with. I will definitely visit again on my next trip to London. Love Gemma and Glenn from Wolverhampton.

It took more than 40 minutes for the food to come out. Menus that were said to be coming soon but never came out... Because of the musical, I ordered food 2 hours in advance and tried to eat leisurely... I like Indian food, so I've eaten it in many countries and the taste is just average. Suddenly, the credit card machine broke down and told us, as travelers, to withdraw money from a nearby machine... I only choose places that accept card payments... embarrassment… In the end, I paid for this and that and went to see the musical just 10 minutes ago. I liked their laid-back attitude, but not for me.

This place does not accommodate large parties well. We were a party of seven and I felt squished. The food was good for the prices. Highly recommend the masala and naan. However, they tried telling us to pay in cash and that their credit card machine didn’t work. In the end, after a little insistence from a member of our party, they took out the credit card/tap machine and we were able to pay.

Possibly the best Indian restaurant in London’s West End. A very small establishment so it is advisable to make reservations and be prepared to dine near other tables. One change from our visit two years ago - the only method of payment is cash. Otherwise a delicious and pleasant dinner. And surprisingly, the proximity of fellow patrons (perhaps because it was Christmas) made the experience even more joyful.

It’s cheap (we had 3 ppl eat for 40£), but the food is very average and the place is cramped and small. The waiters are very friendly, kind and attentive.

On 25th evening most restaurants are closed. Strand Tandoori was one of the few open. They had 2 rooms, one on the Mai’s floor that was crowded and one upstairs with less people. They didn’t register well open table booking but they managed to give us the table. Service was good. The guys did their best to accommodate us and were very nice. The food was average.

Photos published by OpenTable are not real, the place is not that tidy and nice looking. Food is normal and in exchange of that, you get bad service and long wait. Price can be low considering the location but still expensive for the experience you get.

Been using the Strand Tandoori for many years, the food has always been very good but, the service can be questionable. We booked a table for three at 5 o'clock. Turned up about 15 mins early, told them we had booked but got put in the corner on an unmade up table as all the other tables were booked - the restaurant was at this time empty! Got our poppadoms but had to ask for plates. As we started our main course we were informed that the card machine was not working (had seen this on other reviews - have Visa)Mastercard cut them off?). We had no cash but they agreed we could do a bank transfer which I did and showed the waiter confirmation. As we left the waiter came outside to say the payment had not gone through. Had to go back inside and show the confirmation again! Mens toilets are downstairs, smelt of urine and the ceiling looks to be falling in - its been like this for years. So, despite the food being good, never again. Please note 10 % service charge is automatically added to the bill.

Nice biryanis and sag curry. Vegetables curry was tasty but veg seemed like it came out of a can. Decent though but only took cash.

A quirky Indian Restaurant just off the Strand, great value and excellent food - we will be back ! Thanks

Waited for 50 minutes for our mediocre food to arrive. The place was extremely congested and no ventilation in the restaurant. Definite miss

Great food. Very reasonable prices given the location. Friendly staff.

Had a lovely meal and enjoyed Mr May’s warm hospitality. The chicken tikka masala and sag paneer were excellent!

Brilliant place, yes not glamourous from the looks and very tiny. If you manage to get over this they serve brilliant authentic indian food at very good prices. Naan bread is a dream. I'm also a regular customer on london visits for over 25 years really happy they are still there keep going! Londons best kept secret!

I spoke to the restaurant who said the6 put the Daal Tarka in the bag but it was missing when it was delivered. Someone needs to speak to the driver for this delivery, not happy

Excellent meal in good environment. Thoroughly recommended.

Food was excellent, waiters are very polite and welcoming, prices are very cheap. Enjoyed my stay here very good 😄😄

terrible service, no hygiene, reservation did not work, only cash w. the worst experience ever, never again!!! room was way to small, hot and no air for breathing zero stars

Really bad service, they were really rude and told us to sit down when there was literally no space left and at the end they messed up the receipt

Worst experience ever! Booked a table for a big group 2 weeks beforehand, but when wer arrived they didn’t have enough seats. When we explained the situation, we were just yelled at and told to „sit down“. A part of our group had to leave and eat somewhere else.

We were a table of 10. The meal was as good as we have in our favourite tandoori restaurant. Outstanding for such a busy area, fab location. So easy for theatre land, Covent Garden etc

Excellent central London Tandoori. I've been coming here for 30 years or more and it's only got better. Great value for money, attentive service by May and wonderfully flavoured food. Cheers

The waiters were rude, they threw a tissue in my face instead of putting it politely on the table, kept talking to each other when I ordered. Very unprofessional. Food tastes bad.

We came here on a Friday night with a booking for 15. On entering people were being encouraged to leave to make room four our table which was unfair on them particularly as the whole of upstairs was empty as far as I could tell. The service was slow and strange we all had to order is sequence of the courses we had. The white wine was not cold. The toilets for men are down a perilous flight of stairs and there was no easy access toilets and they lacked cleanliness. When food was being served it felt like it was being thrown on the table. All that though was nearly saved by the quality, quantity and presentation of the food. I had the duck tikka to start with, which. Was excellent I was very jealous of one of my friends prawn puri which looked superb. The spicy dip with the poppadoms could have been a dish in its own right. For my main course I had a prawn rezala and I cannot recommend it enough, it had spice, sweetness and when accompanied by the sag aloo a real balance in the mouth. Finally the garlic naans are so fresh and fragrant. Go for the food if you can stomach all the other bits that go with it.

Sorry to disappoint everyone but it’s not Indian restaurant neither it serves Indian food. Was definitely very disappointed by the food. It’s a Bangladeshi restaurant but even for Bengali food it disappointed me on a different level. Would rather wait in the queue of Dhishoom for half n hour but will never try this for sure.

I have been coming to this quaint Indian restaurant for 25 years. I find the food to be tasty and well prepared, and I enjoy Mr May’s suggestions and willingness to serve. It is a little crowded inside, but that is a small inconvenience when you weigh that against the smiles and service over such a long time. Thank you, Mr. May!

This is a small curry House in the West End of London, it is in a side street of the Strand close to the Savoy Hotel. On entering the restaurant, the first impressions are that it is very small and dated. The staff do make a fuss of you which is good. The meal itself is distinctly average with a high price tag. The flavour combinations are less than inspiring and need to be worked on. I wouldn’t say it is terrible but not the best. I suppose you are in the heart of the West End of London and have to tolerate the deficiencies.

Fantastic little restaurant. Staff were super friendly and the good was brilliant!

Food was bland and greasy. Staff were not very polite. When it came to paying, they tried to get me to pay in cash saying their card machine was broken. This was untrue as I had seen others paying by card. I insisted on paying by card and their card machine worked fine.

Really good food in a curry house you might expect in Tooting more than Covent Garden. Good value. Great discovery.

Food here is very nice, tasty, flavoursome and reasonably priced. HOWEVER! The service is not great. Its a very small restaurant so people are packed in quite tight. Its very disorganised and waiters are so busy they don't actually pay attention to what you are ordering. They come across like 'just hurry up and order something'. The waiter just handed us our plates instead of putting them in front of us. We asked for 3 glasses of water and got 1 and they missed one of the rice orders. This was soon corrected but there was no service to it, just shoved onto the corner of the table. Good service goes a long way in getting customers to come back, its not just all about the food. Therefore I won't be going back and would not recommend it to friends and family. More attention to detail is required at this restaurant.

Booked a table for two and got shoved at the end with a tiny amount of space, sandwiched in between another table of people and a metal unit, didn’t stay to eat, see photos… all tables dressed nice, mine cobbled together with everything just thrown down!