Jai Shri Krishna

Once again a random find...


I think the entire restaurant is run by two people - a chef and a waiter. Yet the service and the quality of the food is much better than at places where waiters buzz around you like crazy and where there's an army of chefs prepping your food. Granted, it took a little longer until the food actually got served, but I had a good book with me and was quite contend overall.

Also, the food-ordering experience is quite interactive, so to speak...upon bringing the menu, the waiter gave me an empty sheet of paper along with a pen and I had to take my own order.

These were the dishes that I ordered and that I would definitely recommend further:

- Nut Cutlet (a patty made of nuts and served with a spicy tamarind sauce)
- Jeero Aloo (basically baked potatoes with tomatoes, curry leaves and other typical Indian spices)
- Daal Makhani (a lentil dish that was so creamy and so tasty...finger-licking good)
-Stuffed Paratha

And all that for mere 11 Pounds!!!

Go, grab a few friends, take the Piccadilly Line all the way to Turnpike Lane and start your Indian Adventure in North London right now...

(Btw, this is a vegetarian restaurant.)

A great South Indian spot that we visit quite regularly.
The service is basic, the decor is hideous, the ambience is zero. I don't care because the food is great.
Cheap, fast, filling and as a meat eater it's good enough that I don't care I'm not eating meat.
Much easier to get in the door than the other one in Stroud Green Road which is always full.

A few quirks.

- Cash Only. ATM's very close by.
- You get a menu and you write your order down yourself. It's never bothered me.
- If you want spice ask for it. Insist you don't mind hot food.

Worth a visit.

My favourite Indian restaurant in London. It is as relaxed as being at home, the family that run the place are always happy and welcoming and the food is so good, especially the masala dosa, papri chat and samosas. I can never decide what to order and always get too much!
Oh and it's byob.

I'm not gone go back here. First of all: cash only. Secondly: bad service. The food is cheap, but the staff is just strange. Fist they ask you to write your own order. Really? So I asked the guy behind the counter a few questions to clarify it and he scolded me for interrupting his cash counting. I'm very sorry that I'm in the way. I just gone leave my money here for you to count, right?

This is not the way to speak to a customer.

The food in itself was ok, but not very spicy.

I love the food here, and the owner (or the man I presume to be the owner) is very pleasant when you get into conversation with him. Some people may not find the style of service to their liking (you have to write down what you want, then hand your order in at the counter), but it doesn't bother me in the slightest. As I said, the food is very nice indeed, and the ambience, while basic, is relaxing, which adds to the enjoyment of the meal.

I have been going to this restaurant for years. So imagine my shock when the owner warned the table next to me to watch their phones and nodding in my direction. Needless to say I won't be going there again.

This is my favourite Veggi place in London. Run by such nice people it is so laid back, reasonably priced and the liquor store has the best selection of booze that you can take in.
I used to go weekly with my meat eating boyfriend and he said it was the one place he never even thought about missing meat.
You can order a million different things and they all come out quickly and together... really good with big groups unless you are trying for a busy time. Go on a less obvious night and you can get a bottle of wine and take your time. Good for take aways as well. Really so glad i found this place. .... it's a bit of a trek off the beaten path but so worth it.

A night without meat?, I muttered darkly to myself, cursing my misfortune. The lamb chop in my head whispered, pleadingly, Oh Edd, what hast thou dunst?, as I confirmed with Verbanonfacta that I did indeed fancy a nice vegetarian curry. My motives were based on the wishes of a higher power, the venerable ladyfriend and her meat delusion, I had not forsaken my beloved meat, merely given it a tenner and sent it to the cinema for the night.


We rolled up to Jai Shri Krishna around 7.30pm, to a waiting table and beer provided kindly by Verbanonfacta. Corkage is 20p for beer and £1 for wine, luckily there's an off licence around the corner if you've turned up without alcohol (and of course want some). The restaurant is spartanly furnished, just nicely neat tables and chairs with candles and condiments. No ultra loud music to distract you from conversation or cuisine.


The menu contains a wide range of vegetarian dishes, I was surprised at the variety, ranging from leafy spinach dishes to spicy paneer. The waiter who served us was nicely enthusiastic, willing to advise in choices and describe dishes I was unfamiliar with. In the end, we ordered a couple of starters and four mains between us.


The starters were both delicious and fun. The Pani Puri was fun to eat, scooping onion, potato, chickpeas and tamarind sauce into the Puri then wolfing it down with a satisfying crunch. The Bhel Poori was also fun, in my ignorance I'll say it's a sweet curry rice crispies, the popped rice combined with a sweet tamarind sauce, mixed nuts and vegetables.


As for the mains, as a chiliophile, they were a little tame for my liking (the owner did admit to taming them for fear of maiming my mouth, little did he know I actually like the pain). The chilli paneer had a little fire in it, and was cooked well, the paneer firm yet succulent. The spinach (Saag) dish we ordered was fresh tasting and subtely spiced. Butterbeans and curry aren't the first thing to spring to my mind, but the butterbean curry, when it arrived, was a nice surprise, the creaminess of the beans blending well with the tomato and cumin.


Overall, I left full and satisfied. I didn't miss the meat and rather enjoyed trying such a variety of vegetables cooked in such differing styles. A little more fire in some of the dishes and I might have been tempted to award 5 stars, but as it stands Jai Shri Krishna earns a formidable 4 in my book.

This is a South Indian veggie restaurant. I go here most Sunday's for lunch and. Give me local authentic food over any plush place any day of the week! the quality has never dropped. Always get the thali (with it's generous portion it's a must though the masala dosa is good too). And order the puri bread (my personal fav) to go with the veg which rotates each week. I grew up on this type of food and it's just like home. It's one of the best value food in all of London

This vegetarian Indian restaurant offers dishes from all over India, according to the pleasant and chatty young guy who works there. The food is generally delicious, and also very cheap.


I have recently enjoyed both takeaway and eaten in the restaurant. A Thali (selection platter) from there to takeaway, which consisted of: poppadom, 3 curries, 3 puri, raita, onion/tomato, rice and a little cube of dessert cost under seven quid. It also wouldn't fit on one plate, so I had to spread it over two when I got home. Luckily it all fitted in my belly. Just.


Other good things to try: Pani Puri (crispy shells which you fill with potato curry, onion, chickpeas and tamarind and another sauce and cram into your face) and the Chilli Paneer curry. Excellent stuff. My only caveat is that while it's great to have freshly fried poppadoms, they could do with blotting them, so that they don't turn up glistening with oil.


Apparently, the previous restaurant got ruined when a water-main burst and flooded the place, so about two months ago it opened up again after an extensive refit. The interior is now smart, with high-backed wooden chairs, stripped flooring and some attractive pictures on the walls.


They are not licensed, but you can bring your own for a nominal corkage fee.


The owner (the older guy) seems very keen to get business. and, to be honest, he's going the right way about it. He explained to me while I was waiting for the takeaway that they are more than happy to spice things up for those of us who like it hot, or tone it down for those who don't. They seem to default to toning it down, so if you like it hot, it's probably best to let them know. Prices are super low (most dishes under 4 quid), the food is very tasty, and it's right next to Turnpike Lane Tube.