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Indian Cuisine
Swadesh
Surma
Mirash

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Swadesh
(Est 2009)
120 Lordship Lane,
T: 020 8613 1500
Contact: Moinul
Covers: 40
Cuisine:
North Indian
Swadesh means homeland in Bengali.
Sat lunch buffet
Sunday all day lunch buffet
Home delivery & takeaway service
Online ordering
Website

Surma (Est 1976)
42 Lordship Lane,
T: 020 8693 1779
Contact: Mr Ali
Cuisine:
Banglo-Indian
Surma is named after a major river in Bangladesh
Sunday buffet £6.95
Home delivery & takeaway service
Voted Top Indian Restaurant by ED Forum
Website


Mirash (Est 1990)
94 Grove Vale,
T: 020 8693 1640
020 8299 4610
Cuisine:
Indian
House specialities: Handi dishes cooked in traditional Bengal cooking pot
Vegetarian & non-Vegetarian Thalis
Also 3 course set dinners.
Home delivery & takeaway service
Website

 

   

 

Omrith
Veer Zara
Dulwich Tandoori
Jallong
Omrith
104b Forest Hill Road, 020 8299 3962
Contact: Kamal or book online
Seating: 36 + al fresco
Meaning of name: Nectar
Cuisine: Bangla-Indian-Pakistani
Recommended: Kerala Fish Curry or Tama Chicken, seafood dishes a speciality.
Takeaway: 10% discount 
Online ordering service for home delivery 10% discount
Website

Veer Zara 
44 Lordship Lane, 020 8693 7584/6558
Contact: Rupon or reserve online
Seating: 60+ (air-conditioned)
Meaning of name: After a Bollywood film
Cuisine: Indian 
Recommended: Taste of Bengal dish
Takeaway: 10% discount 
Online ordering service for home delivery
Website

The Miah family previously ran Curry Master - now Bombay Bicycle Club


Dulwich Tandoori (Est 1982)
54 Lordship Lane,
T: 020 8299 0192
House specialities: Bangladeshi dishes such as Rap-Chanda (fish) or Shatkora Chicken plus Indian regional dishes such as Goan Coconut Curry
Home delivery & takeaway service
Online  ordering service for home delivery
Website

Jallong (Est 2008)
41 Lordship Lane,
T: 020 8693 6353
Cuisine: Indo-Bangladesh
Jaflong is named after a famous beauty spot near Sylhet in Bangla Desh.
Home delivery & takeaway service
Website

       
Tandoori Nights
Curry Cabin
Indian Mischief
Chandni

Tandoori Nights (Est 1994)
73 Lordship Lane,
Contact: Tariq
Cuisine:
Pakistan
Tandoori Nights Dulwich has banished the gravy pot, cooking each and every dish individually, blending fresh ground spices, using only market fresh produce, and preparing all our meat and poultry fresh, not frozen, every single day.



Curry Cabin (Est 1970)
96 Lordship Lane,
T: 020 8693 1482
Cuisine: Banglo-Indian
In 1970 two brothers, Mohammed Shamjab and Jamir, recently arrived from Banglades, took over the White Swan Chinese restaurant and opened Dulwich’s first Indian/Bangladeshi restaurant. House specialities traditional Bangladeshi dishes like Captain’s Patilla or Handi Ghost. Home delivery & takeaway service
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Indian Mischief (Est 2010) 
71 Lordship Lane, 020 8693 2318
Contact: 
Cuisine: Indian (vegetarian)
Run by the redoubtable owners of Cheeseblock and SBS Foods. Expect perhaps dosas (very thin rice flour pancakes stuffed with assorted fillsngs), bhel puri (flat breads heaped with veggie stuff with a date chutney); abd idli sambar (rice cakes with a hot sauce with vegetables)
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Chandni (Est 2005)
134a Thurlow Park Road, 020 8761 9738
Contact: Mr Hoque
Meaning of name: Moonlight
Cuisine: Bangla-Indian
Recommended: Lamb Pistachio curry
Decor: luxurious. Car parking: off-street opposite
Next to West Dulwich station or P13 from East Dulwich
Home delivery service. Takeaway: 10% discount 
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Spice Republic (est 2004)
499 Lordship Lane, 020 
Tandoori Biriyani plus usual curries. Quorn versions of all curries available. 
Open 7 days a week - 17:00 to 23:30 Delivery free with orders over £12.00
Please allow 45 minutes. Delivery areas: Brockley, Crofton Park, Honor Oak Park, Dulwich, Upper Sydenham, West Dulwich, East Dulwich, Forest Hill , Herne Hill

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Balti Spice Club (est 1997)
6 Forest Hill Road, 020 8299 1466
Open 7 days a week 17:00-23:00
Delivery free with orders over £10.00

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Bombay Bicycle Club 
340 Lordship Lane, 020 8693 1506 
Indian home delivery kitchen chain established by Andy Varma.

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Open Mon-Thu 6pm-11pm; Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm; Sun 5pm-10:30pm

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Ghandi (Est 2010)
7 Barry Parade, Barry Road
020 8693 3013/3492
Open 7 days a week from 17:30 -23:30. Contemporary Bangla-Indian cuisine. 
House Speciality: Naga Chilli dishes (chicken, lamb or prawn)
Home delivert free (£10 & over0 within 3 miles radius

 


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