History

History

History

History

History

History

History of London’s best Indian restaurants

The India Collection represents an exceptional history of innovation and consistent creation of memorable dining experiences starting with Chutney Mary’s birth in 1990.

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Chutney Mary

Chutney Mary has redefined regional Indian cuisine in Lonon for over three decades. When it first opened in 1990 on the King’s Road in Chelsea, the restaurant served an Anglo-Indian menu that evoked the history of the Raj and had never really been seen in U.K. restaurants.

Almost immediately it became a destination in London with its evolution into a pan-Indian restaurant with a regional specificity that defines its menu today, firmly establishing the benchmark for Indian fine dining in the world.

By 2015, when its lease expired, the restaurant moved to stylish St James’s. It took over the former Wheelers, run by Marco Pierre White, and added a light-filled anteroom looking on to St James’s Street, that would become the Pukka Bar.

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Veeraswamy

Veeraswamy, Britain’s most iconic and oldest Indian Restaurant to currently hold a Michelin star, has lived many remarkable lives, while standing steadfast on Regent Street since 1926.  

Acquired in 1997 by its current owners – Namita Panjabi & Ranjit Mathrani of MW Eat, the restaurant was reincarnated as a contemporary Indian restaurant, blended with the royal history of India, paying homage to the restaurant’s prestigious history and standing in the history of London’s dining scene for almost 100 years.

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Amaya

Amaya launched in 2004 with the pioneering objective of showcasing the diversity of grilling techniques in India. Its theatrical open kitchen was one of the earliest of its kind in the city, especially in an Indian restaurant, and it has become the dominant aesthetic in modern restaurants today.

Amaya was an immediate spectacular success. Amaya received a Michelin Star in 2006 and has held it since then. Amaya remains as one of the most important Indian restaurants in the world. There is often no better place to visit than the original