Delhi Social

I have written previously of the background to this restaurant and its head chef. It has a large dining room in the former pub premises, with several sections and a garden in the summer too.

Spinach and kale bhajias are a remarkable dish here, very crisp on the outside, packed with spicy flavour and entirely free of the greasiness that so often afflicts bhajias (16/20). Malai chicken tikka was particularly good tonight, with three huge pieces of ultra-tender chicken that were laced with spicy flavour from their marinade (16/20). 

Methi chicken curry had plenty of flavour from the fresh fenugreek leaves to enliven the chicken. This was a lovely, rich, nicely spiced dish (15/20). Aloo gobi was fine though was not quite as special as I remember it from a previous visit. Nonetheless, the texture of both the cauliflower and the potato was very good, and again the spices were vibrant (15/20). A vegetarian side dish of a curry of peas and mushrooms was very good indeed, the peas and mushrooms working nicely together with the curry sauce and spices bringing the flavours together well (15/20). Garlic naan had pleasing texture and plenty of garlic flavour.  Monkfish tikka was nice though I think I prefer something like stone bass for this, as monkfish can so easily end up a touch chewy, even when quite carefully cooked as it is here (14/20). Coffee, by the way, is from a company called Chimney Fire Coffee in Dorking, and was decent.

Service was excellent and the bill came to £60 per person with Kirin beer to drink. Delhi Social is a lovely restaurant serving superb food that is at least as good as some much grander and pricier Indian places in central London.

Further reviews: 26th Aug 2024 | 28th Dec 2023 | 26th Nov 2023