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A vegetarian Indian restaurant on Drummond Street, near Euston Station. The eating space is split over two rooms side by side fronting to the road, with unflashy unrefurbished decor.

It gets fairly poor reviews in London Eating, particularly for service, but we had no trouble on our visit. Our party of eight arrived to find the place mostly full, but they were able to move some diners to accommodate us at a long table in front of the window. Everyone received tap water fairly without further prompting and meals were brought without too long a wait.

Most people went for the dosas, which are a speciality of most restaurants along Drummond Street. Mine was the onion dosa, which was flat and served with a coconut sauce (coconuts are a big flavour in many of the dishes). Other dosas were rolled up, and not everyone was able to finish their meal as there was plenty of food. My poori starter was odd and yoghurty (but not bad). The bhajya were crispy and plentiful.

Depending on one's point of view, the best aspect was that for eight people, including starters and drinks (though not everyone had these), the final bill was around £13 each. There was some confusion over the bill, as the waiter pointed out when we paid that the "S/C" was not a service charge but instead a surcharge (though it was never made clear for what), so we had to hastily recalculate. However, still great value.

Question from Kake: Are they still BYOB? Also, I read somewhere that they have an all-you-can-eat deal; any evidence of that?

Response from Ewan: They are still BYOB, and there's a bottle shop next door. However, I didn't see evidence of the deal on their menu.

See also:

• London Eating comments
• Time Out review