Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 13 and Version 8 of India Club, WC2R 1JA
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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. |
Back-to-basics Indian restaurant specialising in South Indian food at low prices, located on the second floor of the Strand Continental Hotel. Reviews on the interweb are rather mixed; I suspect it's a love-it-or-hate-it kind of place. Certainly worth a go, though. The set menu (not mentioned on the actual menu) seems to be widely recommended — and the naan disrecommended. |
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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. |
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[[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. |
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* [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) |
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* [https://lukehoney.typepad.com/the_greasy_spoon/2018/11/the-greasy-spoon-visitsthe-india-club.html The Greasy Spoon review] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], April 2018.</div> </div> address='143 Strand, WC2R 1JA' category='Good Curry Guide 2007,Now Closed' edit_type='Normal edit' |
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postcode='' summary='Back-to-basics Indian restaurant specialising in South Indian food at low prices.' summary='Now closed; was a long-standing Indian restaurant located on the second floor of the Strand Continental Hotel.' website='' |
postcode='WC2R 1JA' summary='Back-to-basics Indian restaurant specialising in South Indian food at low prices.' website='' |
Back-to-basics Indian restaurant specialising in South Indian food at low prices, located on the second floor of the Strand Continental Hotel. Reviews on the interweb are rather mixed; I suspect it's a love-it-or-hate-it kind of place. Certainly worth a go, though. The set menu (not mentioned on the actual menu) seems to be widely recommended — and the naan disrecommended.
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.
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