Panas Gurkha

Really, really good indian food and great take away service.
Garlic chicken and Paneer were delicious and really tasty.

We ordered tiger prawns, achari paneer, chicken curry, tandoori roti, jogi tarkari and garlic naan along with drinks. The food was authentic Indian and Nepalese. It was delicious and a must for everyone who is a fan of this cuisine. The staff and the owner are very polite and the service is excellent.

I heard about this place from a friend. He said it was Nepalese cuisine. I got curious. I know Nepal shares a lot in common with India, in terms of culture. But didn’t know what was different in terms of food. So I decided to check it out.
Went their with my wife, a pure vegetarian. She knew she would find something there as it was Nepalese. Any culture with a bit of Hindu influence serves proper, pure vegetarian dishes that are spicy and full of flavour and aroma. Salads are the last thing that an Indian vegetarian would prefer to have for lunch or dinner. So now you know why there are so many vegetarians in India.
We took a good look at the menu. There were familiar names and there were some totally unheard of items which we knew had to be authentic Nepalese. So we tried jogi tarkari, an unusual vegetable curry with mushrooms, cottage cheese, spinach, green peas, beans, chick peas and potatoes. The aforementioned items aren’t usually mixed together in one dish in India. So this sounded weird but tasted really good, which was what we wanted after all. We also tried the biryani. It was different again but delicious. They usually serve biryani with mutter (green peas) masala on the side. But I thought I’d try some Raita (indian version of greek tzatziki, but spicy and less thicker). The biryani was brilliant. But I quickly realized that the raita they serve in the restaurant used sweet yoghurt as the base, which tasted more like dessert than a side for biryani. When asked why Nepalese has sweet raita to the waiter, he said it was only for British people. If I had requested for normal raita they would have served the non-​sweet version. If only I knew that the version they were going to serve me, a brown man with an Indian accent, the British version of Nepalese Raita. I couldn’t have made myself any more obvious. Anyways, they had their reasons. And hence we saved money on desserts by not buying anything else.
It is a classy restaurant, prices are reasonably high. Great quality of service and lots of drinks available. They do buffets for lunch on weekends (I’m not aware of other days) which comes with naan, vegetarian and non vegetarian starters, sweet chutney and spicy chutney, rice, vegetarian (daal [lentils] and aloo palak [potatoes and spinach]) and non vegetarian (lamb and chicken) curries for 9.95 per person. It is a bargain! I totally recommend. If you like spicy do mention that when giving your orders, you don’t want to be served sweets instead of curries.

C’est complètement par hasard que nous avons trouvé ce restaurant dans le sud-​Est de Londres. Affamés après de nombreuses heures de marches et de visites, nous avons décidé d’essayer le restaurant.
C’était délicieux. La nourriture était aussi fantastique qu’en Inde et j’ai retrouvé toutes ses saveurs que j’avais tant aimé lors de mon voyage là-​bas, et les serveurs étaient très agréables.
Ils étaient là quand vous aviez besoin mais aussi observateurs lorsque vous profitez de votre nourriture. On sentait une réelle volonté du service bien fait. J’ai eu un très bon conseil pour un plat d’agneau et tout était magnifiquement présenté.
Le propriétaire nous a demandé notre avis sur notre repas et ils nous ont bien expliqué comment ils s’efforcent toujours de rendre leur restaurant meilleur à travers les critiques et retours des clients.
La nourriture était vraiment savoureuse, préparée à base de produits frais, merveilleusement bien épicée et servie dans d’excellentes portions.
Sans aucun doute le meilleur curry house au sud-​est de Londres.

Our regular takeaway for the last 2 years, they just picked up the phone and went Hellooo Michaels Close. Amazing starters — Papri Chat and Momo were staples. Sometimes we ordered a selection of starters without a main curry, they are that great! Main dish can be a hit and miss sometimes, it took a while to find a favorite. Vegetarian side dishes are to die for, and stand on their own especially the tomato paneer. We always got poppadoms and a beer with each order, a nice touch.
Also, the restaurant itself is worth a visit for the fish + coriander rice mains not available for takeaway. There are 2 of these specials, both are very very good. We used to go to Blackheath village for Nepalese, we stopped after we tried these guys.

Love this restaurant!
Great food, service and value!!!

Aaaaah Panas is simply delicious. Fact.
I’m SUCH a fan, I even recently was posted a discount voucher and it was simply addressed to my first name — love it ! — my flatmate cracked up at this! I personally should have shares in the place but maybe that’s been delayed in the post!
I’ve only ever enjoyed their takeaway service so can only review on that basis but it is definitely the best Indian I’ve had — it’s healthy; there’s no greasy, oily film on the dishes; the service is quick, very friendly and free; the dishes are varied; plentiful and taste so so nice and depending on how much you spend you receive a free cobra, soft drink and /​poppadums. What more could you ask for?!
I recommend the Lamb Pasanda; Goan Fish Curry; Pumpkin Curry; Tarka Daal; Aloo Saag; Coconut Rice; Peshwari Naan and Cheese Naan — told you I was a fan… and I can’t wait to sample more of their tasty delights!

After my usual Indian takeaway shouted at me and took almost two hours to deliver my food, a change was needed. And what an excellent change this was. I’d read the good reviews on Qype, and needed a very hot curry to get rid of my cold. It worked. my ears were burning the chillies were so hot.
They also get the award for the friendliest delivery driver I’ve ever met. He even made a clever IT Crowd joke, totally out of the blue. And he told me to feel better. They also gave me free poppadums and a freebie can of coke. That was nice of them.
Portions are slightly smaller than some, but it’s also better food. Apparently cooked with less ghee than most places, so it’s not swimming in grease (and it really wasn’t). I wasn’t thrilled with my calamari starter, but it was a weird thing to order anyway.
Think I spent about £12 so it’s slightly pricier than some in the area, but also three times as good. I like that maths very much. Almost as much as I appreciate friendly delivery men.

Really good takeaways. Mint and corriander dish really had the taste of fresh herbs. Lamb very tender. Several cuts above your bog-​standard indian. Dishes were on the smallish side but still very good value for the quality.

Ordered from here twice now and it’s safe to say that it is without a doubt the best Indian food I’ve had in London. The portions are huge, the food is delicious and they even gave me a free bottle of wine.
I ordered the Chicken Tikka Shashlick Bhunna which was incredible. The chicken was cooked perfectly and the sauce was excellent. We also ordered butter paneer, a vegi platter and some garlic and pashwari nan. Every single bit of it was superb.
Delivery was very quick, the food was with us about 25 minutes after ordering.
I cannot recommend this place enough. If you’re in Lewisham or delivery distance from this place you need to try it!

The Best Restaurant in South London
Panas
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Shaun Wallace
The Chaser
Mastermind Champion
2004