The best south indian in London
8 places
Diwana Bhel Poori House
£Trading on Drummond Street since 1971 and the oldest of the Euston vegetarian Indian restaurants - dosas, bhel poori and an all-you-can-eat lunch thali that is among the cheapest proper meals in central London.
BRING YOUR OWN ALCOHOL - unlicensed, with no corkage. The lunchtime buffet is the value order. Pine benches and no decor to speak of; it has not changed in decades and that is the appeal.
Kokum
£££Named for the sour coastal fruit, cooking the seafood traditions of India's western shore.
Quilon
££££Michelin-starred cooking from Kerala and the Malabar coast - the one starred kitchen in London doing south-western seafood rather than northern grills.
Rasa
£An all-vegetarian Keralan kitchen behind a shocking pink shopfront, cooking with coconut and curry leaf rather than cream.
Sagar
£Udupi cooking from coastal Karnataka, and a masala dosa the length of your forearm - one of the cheapest proper sit-down meals in the West End.
Saravanaa Bhavan
£The London outpost of the Chennai vegetarian chain, and the cheapest way in the West End to eat a properly made masala dosa.
Tamila
££Tamil home cooking in Clapham, picked up by both the Good Food Guide and Time Out.
Udaya Kerala Restaurant
££Keralan cooking - appam, coastal fish, coconut - rather than the northern menu most London curry houses run.