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The India Club was a long-standing Indian restaurant located on the second floor of the Strand Continental Hotel. It [http://web.archive.org/web/20230915023901/https://twitter.com/ShashiTharoor/status/1692829431998427337 closed down in September 2023], with its website [http://web.archive.org/web/20230927171209/https://www.theindiaclub.co.uk/ stating that] new premises were being sought. The information below is retained for historical purposes. <div class="old_info"> Indian restaurant located on the second floor of the Strand Continental Hotel. Founded in 1946, it was originally a private club. It's fairly basic in decor, seating around 70 people on mismatched chairs lined up alongside formica-topped tables. Scuffed canary-yellow walls are adorned with Indian art along with portraits of Gandhi, Nehru, and other important Indian figures. A tiny bar in the centre has fonts for Cobra and Kingfisher lager, with the shelves behind bare aside from a few pint glasses and a stash of till rolls and other restaurant paraphernalia. A door left open next to the bar offers a glimpse into the kitchen. [[Kake]] visited on a Friday lunchtime in April 2018. When I arrived just after their opening time of noon, there were two other customers, and by the time I left around 12:45 it had started filling up rapidly. No music was playing. Egg curry (£5) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/41278228922/ photo]</small> consisted of two halved hard-boiled eggs in an indistinctly spiced sauce with slivers of undercooked green pepper and the occasional piece of underripe tomato. Puri (£2 for two) were doughy and greasy. The hotel bar on the floor below is also open to non-residents, and according to Pubs Galore comments (linked below) as of December 2012 the staff will get you drinks from there if you like. [[Kake]]'s verdict: You'd come here for the history and nostalgia, not the food. Accessibility: Two flights of stairs to get in, with a handrail on one side. Toilets are on the floor below. The cubicles in the ladies' are very narrow, but the doors open outwards. See also: * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/41321164771/ Photo of the menu as of April 2018] * [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/01/the-india-club-strand-restaurant-review-marina-oloughlin The Guardian review] (Marina O'Loughlin) * [https://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/india-club Time Out review] * [http://www.doshermanos.co.uk/2007/02/india-club-thousand-and-one-nights.html Dos Hermanos review] * [https://lukehoney.typepad.com/the_greasy_spoon/2018/11/the-greasy-spoon-visitsthe-india-club.html The Greasy Spoon review] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20081120023707/http://www.curryhouse-reviews.co.uk/india_club.htm Malcolm Wilkins' review] * [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/78821/ Pubs Galore comments] * [https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/india-club-restaurant-london Yelp comments] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], April 2018.</div> </div>
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