Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 19 and Version 5 of Indian YMCA, W1T 6AQ
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| Youth hostel near [[Locale Tottenham Court Road|Tottenham Court Road]], with a dining room open to non-residents for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, seven days a week. |
The Indian YMCA Youth Hostel dining room offers delicious and cheap meals, with vegetarian and meat dishes. [[Bec]] visited for lunch on 1st February 2008 at 12:45 - I have been told the food may run out if you leave it too late. |
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It's definitely canteen style, with long communal Formica-topped tables, bright lighting, and large windows looking out onto the street. However, the chairs are upholstered and relatively comfortable. The food is self-service, and you're also expected to clear away after yourself once you've finished. |
The dining hall has large communal tables, and patrons load up a tray with food served canteen-style. I had pilau rice for £1.50, a curried cabbage dish for £1.40, a bowl of very soupy and very tasty dal for £1.00, and a small plate of salad for 30p. |
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Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food is served, and the options generally consist of curry, cooked veg, dal, rice, and a simple dessert (e.g. ice cream or tinned fruit). [[Bec]] visited for lunch in February 2008. I arrived at 12:45pm, around halfway through the lunch service, as I'd been warned that the food may run out if you leave it too late. I had pilau rice for £1.50, a curried cabbage dish for £1.40, a bowl of very soupy and very tasty dal for £1, and a small plate of salad for 30p. [[Kake]] visited for breakfast on a Monday Bank Holiday in April 2018. The dining hall was about half full when I arrived a little after 8:30am, but this was mostly due to a large school trip that departed shortly afterwards. No music was playing. Breakfast (£5) consisted of a help-yourself bowl of rice crispies, a make-your-own-toast station (seemingly with white bread only), and a hot station with a chef serving out chapathis and a bowl of coconut chutney to go with them <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/26382826187/ photo]</small>. Urns held tea and coffee, with the tea at least already mixed with milk. The chapathis were soft and fresh, and the chutney nicely savoury with just a touch of chilli heat. The tea was relatively strong, and neither spiced nor pre-sweetened. [[Kake]]'s verdict: I probably wouldn't come back for breakfast, due to the lack of choice, but I'd definitely give it a go for lunch or a quick dinner. Accessibility: Several steps in at the front entrance, with no handrail. There is a ramp to an entrance round the side, but this entrance is to the residents-only part of the building. In any case, once you're in the dining hall, there are steps to the hand wash basin and about half the seating. Toilets are on the floor below, down a staircase with a sturdy handrail and a bend in the middle. |
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* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/26382825747/ Photo of the price list and lunch menu as of April 2018] * [https://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/indian-ymca Time Out review] * [http://www.londoncheapeats.com/entries/curry-and-sides-indian-ymca-up-to-8 London Cheap Eats review] * [https://londoncurry.livejournal.com/26932.html London Curry Addicts review from 2006] * [https://londonist.com/london/features/it-s-fun-to-stay-at-the-indian-ymca-it-s-even-better-to-eat-there Londonist article] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20110517225542/http://www.curryhouse-reviews.co.uk/indian_ymca.htm Malcolm Wilkins' review from 2006] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20131130134812/http://theskinnybib.com/2012/03/06/cheap-eat-thai-indian-chinese-restaurant-central-london/ Skinny Bib review] (scroll down) * [https://tamarindandthyme.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/its-fun-to-eat-at-the-indian-ymca/ Tamarind And Thyme review] * [https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/indian-ymca-london Yelp comments] |
* [http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/6066.html Time Out review] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], April 2018. Opening hours taken from the Indian YMCA website, April 2018.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Bec]] and others, 1 Feb 2008.</div> |
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category='Breakfast,Cafes,Cheap Food,Curry,Featured Article,Indian Food,Vegetarian Friendly' |
category='Food Served Evenings,Food Served Lunchtimes,Indian Food,Restaurants' |
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formatted_website_text='our-restaurant/" class="external">indianymca.org/our-res...' host='2a00:1098:86:4d:c0ff:ee:15:900d' hours_text='Mon-Fri: 7:30am-9:15am, noon-2pm, 7pm-8:30pm; Sat/Sun/Bank Hol: 8am-9:30am, 12:30pm-1:30pm, 7pm-8:30pm' latitude='51.522924' locale='Fitzrovia,Regent's Park,Tottenham Court Road,W1' longitude='-0.138667' |
formatted_website_text='[Indian YMCA]
' host='86.136.11.150' hours_text='7.30-9.15am, 12-2pm and 7-8.30pm Mon-Fri; 8-9.30am, 12.30-1.30pm and 7-8.30pm Bank Holidays' latitude='51.522414' locale='Fitzrovia,W1' longitude='-0.137086' |
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node_image='https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/901/41211594972_94702d6bee_m_d.jpg' node_image_copyright='Kake' node_image_licence='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/' node_image_url='https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/41211594972/' opening_hours_text='Mon-Fri: 7:30am-9:15am, noon-2pm, 7pm-8:30pm; Sat/Sun/Bank Hol: 8am-9:30am, 12:30pm-1:30pm, 7pm-8:30pm' |
node_image='https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2232/2278756553_5a76524ec6_m.jpg' node_image_copyright='Bec' node_image_url='https://www.flickr.com/photos/90117465@N00/2278756553/' opening_hours_text='7.30-9.15am, 12-2pm and 7-8.30pm Mon-Fri; 8-9.30am, 12.30-1.30pm and 7-8.30pm Bank Holidays' |
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summary='Affordable curry place by Fitzroy Square.' website='[http://www.indianymca.org/ Indian YMCA]' website='http://www.indianymca.org/our-restaurant/' |
summary='Affordable curry place by Fitzroy Square, open at limited times.' website='[http://www.indianymca.org/ Indian YMCA]' website='http://www.indianymca.org/our-restaurant/' |
The Indian YMCA Youth Hostel dining room offers delicious and cheap meals, with vegetarian and meat dishes. Bec visited for lunch on 1st February 2008 at 12:45 - I have been told the food may run out if you leave it too late.
The dining hall has large communal tables, and patrons load up a tray with food served canteen-style. I had pilau rice for £1.50, a curried cabbage dish for £1.40, a bowl of very soupy and very tasty dal for £1.00, and a small plate of salad for 30p.
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