Tandoori Villa

I love Indian food! I love it a lot! And Tandoori Villa is sooooo cute!
The name is a little bit of a lie cuz it’s not really a villa it’s more like a living room with about 7 tables in it. So small but size doesn’t matter does it? :)
We came here for my landlord’s leaving dinner and I already heard good things about this restaurant. I wasn’t disappointed.
First we shared some Papadoms with Mango Chutney and another really tasty sauce which I think was something with lemon.
I then had Saag Paneer which didn’t just look absolutely mouthwatering but also tasted fantastic! The Peshwari Naan I had with it was close to perfect as well!
We were about 20 people and from everyone I just heard the best comments about their dishes so I guess you can eat everything from the menu and it must be a good choice! You also get more than enough of what you order so we all kind of rolled out of the restaurant with a stupid grin on our faces.
A really good thing is also that it is a BYO. There is an Off licence just accross the street so if you want to get more cheap alcohol you just pop over and get it there.
AMAZING, AWESOME, ALL I EVER WANTED :)
I’ll be back!

Wow! How have I missed this superb Indian all these years?
It’s very small, with just 7 tables, and can be busy. The single room isn’t fancy. It’s a bit like you’re in someone’s house. And in fact the cooking is exactly like that: it has no pretensions, no colorings (many look the same). You get chunks and bits of real, hand-​mood food, not pre-​made sauces and ready-​to-​go meat. It seems like a family outfit too, with dad directing the kids around.
It’s BYOB if you want booze; there’s a nice off-​license just around the corner on St Mary’s Road. They happily put our extra beer in their fridge until we needed it.
They’ve got those little tealight-​powered hotplates to keep your dishes just warm enough.
Most dishes — and there are a lot to choose from — are in the £6-£7 range. The house specialties are £8. My wife and I got tasty poppadums with sauces, two mains (lamb and chicken), some tasty fried bhindi for a veg, and plain steamed rice. It all came to about £22, and was really delicious.
Got a real neighbourhood feel to it, too. They were doing a brisk business in takeaway.

netter kleiner inder mit standard-​gerichten, aber dies ist mein lokaler liebling. bring your own bier, oder besser viel davon. tipp: takeaway ordern und im nahegelegenen lammas park (oder etwas weiter weg: walpole park) picknicken.