UK Excel User Group Meeting - Restaurant Choice for April 1st

[Long Nose]

Your right! It wasn't all the way to Talfalgar, I wish I could remember the name. We were walking south from Gower St./Bloomsbury St., it could have been between Tottenham court and Covent garden.

As good as the food was, the air conditioner was really appreciated. Y'all were having a heat wave last time I was there.

 

[DonkeyOte]

Your right! It wasn't all the way to Talfalgar, I wish I could remember the name. We were walking south from Gower St./Bloomsbury St., it could have been between Tottenham court and Covent garden.

As good as the food was, the air conditioner was really appreciated. Y'all were having a heat wave last time I was there.

There is one very nice one between TCR & Covent Garden (depending on your route!), namely... The Ivy

Bob, where did you go around TCR ? I used to work on New Oxford St very near to Centre Point and I know people recommended a few places on Charlotte Street but don't recall anything decent on TCR itself, I head back there every now and then so any tips would be welcomed!

Incidentally I'll be at the Conf day two and sadly won't be attending dinner ... boo.

 

[Long Nose]

Got it with a google search.

Punjab on Neal St.

I can't speak for anything but the dish with the mango. Ever have that one? If so, what did you think?

 

[litrelord]

If it's indian food you're after and you don't mind waiting a bit to be seated you should try tayyabs.

http://www.tayyabs.co.uk/

(Actually I think they're pakistani but very similar food).

For £15 you can get more food than you could eat and it's better than any of the over-priced rubbish I've had elsewhere. No alcohol license but they're happy for you to bring your own and don't charge corkage.

Wish i could join you all, hopefully make it to the next one.

Nick

 

[xld]

You really do have to go north for a really good curry though!!!

Dom

I think you mean Birmingham, but I'm not going to Birmingham, even for a decent curry.

 

[Richard Schollar]

I've heard very good things about tayyabs (exactly what Nick said). I want to go there sometime soon!

 

[xld]

DonkeyOte,

I am talking a few years ago now. There was one down by where the Virgin entrance is now, down a side street. It was a vegetarian serve yourself, think it was called the Mandoor. Good basic food, but last time I looked it had moved a few blocks east, I did find it but cannot remember where. La Qila, up near Warren Street, was good when it opened, and there was one in Whitfield Street, Akram I beleive, and another in Charlotte Street whose name escapes me.

I don't know the Ivy, but I used to eat at the Last Days of the Raj in Drury Lane a lot a way back.

litelord,

agree with Tayyabs, that is a goodie. We are hoping to do another in October.

Long Nose,

Don't know the Punjab, and I don't like mango in the main dish personally, but I do like a good mango kulfi. You should also try New York, there is a great Indian district over there now.

 

[Domski]

I think you mean Birmingham, but I'm not going to Birmingham, even for a decent curry.

Mr Dave's in Lye near Dudley used to do a mean Balti but some of the curry houses around Leeds and Bradford would take some beating although it's a bit far to go just for a curry for some of you.

 

[Patience]

Did anyone ever get back to them en masse about this? I don't want to go hungry!?

 

[Richard Schollar]

I sent my preference back by email when I was first contacted...