Original Lahore Kebab House

Lahore Kebab House offers some of the best curries, tikkas, kebabs and desi desserts in London.

You are on the edge of central London and getting prices that are extremely competitive.

I mean where else can you get a 3 course mean in less than 12 quid per head.

They are awesome, they know their Pakistani cooking and I would recommend this place any day to anyone cause everyone can afford this place from students up.
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Mian Lahori
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Friday, April 19, 2013

We visited Lahore Kebab House one evening last week...it was my birthday and wedding anniversary. I took my whole family to eat inside. I didnt have great expectations of a fine dining experience as we have had take away kebabs from there for many years and also have eaten inside before the refurbishment. All i expected was good freshly cooked indian food. However.... I was so upset, we barely ate anything we ordered as it was so bad. Saag gosht...i really have no idea what the meat was, it was hard, cold, the spinach was hardly to be seen!!! Paneer was only few tiny pieces floating in big bowl of watery sauce, biriyani was the weirdest biriyani i have ever seen or tasted. It was something like from a precooked supermarket freezer packet heated in microwave and plonked in a ordinary eating bowl, not fluffy fresh basmati rice. Starters there was not much choice, portion sizes not clear on the menu. Only one seekh kebab per portion. Elsewhere always at least two per portion and sometimes as many as four!!!!! Condiments and water you have to pay for, papaddoms cost me nearly 10.00 for only 10!!! Always been given complimentary in other restaraunts we have been to. I had been looking forward to ordering kulfi for dessert but didnt , we just wanted to leave after only taking a taste of the dishes we ordered and we ordered at least 8 different dishes in multiples due to in adequate portion size. The atmosphere was quiet when we arrived but quickly became extremely noisy...stadium volume is not an understatement! I quickly ordered the bill, plates all still full, they should consider themselves lucky we paid!!! I felt ripped off for what they charged for....certainly no service tip for the waiters who couldnt careless...and for their lack of dress code, scruffy trainers and jeans. If they cant take their appearance seriously how can one trust them with food hygiene....never again!!! Not even a take away kebab roll.!!
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Desi dolly
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Sunday, March 24, 2013

When my brother lived on the Isle of Dogs we used to visit this restaurant once a month. He moved to Portugal in 2005 so we haven't been there for nearly 8 years. He recently came back to the UK and now lives with us in Bedfordshire, and suggested the other day we drive to London to pay Lahore's a visit. We were very surprised to see how much the place has grown beyond recognition. The restaurant is now 4 times bigger than it used to be, and a lot cleaner looking (my one criticism of it before was hygiene). We were worried than this once hidden gem might have become too commercialised and the food may have suffered as a result. How wrong we were!! If anything the food is now better. We started off with a Mutton Tikka, which blew me away. The meat was tender and juicy, and packed with so many authentic flavours. We then moved on to a Karahi Chicken dish which was equally as mouthwatering. With a generous portion of Pilau Rice and Roti breads on the side to scoop up the delicious sauce, this has to be one of the nicest Asian meals I have ever experienced. I have been to a number of Curry houses around the country, but none of them come close. My only criticism this time is the prices seem to have doubled since 2005. However the food still represents good value for what you get. If I could make food as good as this, I would eat nothing else!
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Riggsy
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Monday, January 14, 2013

me and my partner have been going for years food is yummy i love the lively atmosphere love the fact that you can bring your own alcohol yes its not your fine dining but if thats what you want then go elsewhere.

I think personally the most important thing is the food and it is beautiful fresh and the service is with a smile its more than reasonable for where its situated. 5 stars for me
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Louise
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Sorry to upset our neighbour but these lamb chops are even better.
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9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Great Place to eat will recommend to go.Its a budget place but Quality of food is very high.
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Shahid Amin - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Saturday, July 28, 2012

A quick review as I can't believe the low reviews that some people (who incidentally don't have a grip on grammar) have given.

Before you eat there and review it, this place is a *budget restaurant*. Yes, the service is straightforward but this is a warehouse-sized restaurant and to expect anything more would be churlish. Yes, the salads they dish out at the start of the meal are plain but you shouldn't be basing your meal around them anyway. And yes, the decor is not of michelin star standard - but if you don't like it then eat elsewhere! I've been there a number of times and what you see is what you get. Wonderful Pakistani cuisine for a fraction of the cost of some other restaurants. The lamb chops are amazing, they taste just like the ones my neighbour in Wembley used to make.

You get what you pay for and in this case with the food alone, a lot more.
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G
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Friday, December 16, 2011

Best indian/Pakistani curry in London, amazing value and take your own booze, amazing.
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Tristan Ayer - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Sunday, November 06, 2011

Lahore Kebab House are trading on their name from year's gone by to turn a fast buck...my recommendation save your money and don't go there

I used to work an international bank on Commercial Road about 20 years ago and at that time Lahore Kebab House's food and reputation was unrivalled, we frequently ordered from them as a corporation and also as staff individaually....never dissappointed

Fast forward to today, went to a festival in Tower Hill, drove past the restaurant, remembered how good the food was, went in with family...raving about the food...hmmm ended up with curry on my face!!!! Can categorically say it was probably the single most worst dinning experience one has the misfortunate to pay for...

There was no attention to detail, the waiter slapped a plate of salad on the table that comprised of one slice of tomato and doorstep chucks of onion...totally unedible...

The food was awful....we ordered chilli paneer, except it tasted nothing like chilli paneer...it was like they had taken paneer and poured a cheap chicken tikka cooking sauce all over it and chucked onions on top to disguise the lot...could not really eat it...

As starters we also ordered the seekh kebabs they were greasy tasteless and over salted with zero flavour, as was the the chicken tikka, infact one could not differentiate between the taste...

The mains was equally disappointing, the rice was so undercooked i think the waiter went and fetched it from a paddy field straight to the plate..with all dishes having no flavour and all over salted in all cases!

The service was appalling, the platters from the starters were not cleared away in fact we were expected to have our mains on the same plates....the convienantly they drop a bottle of mineral water on each table without any request, to bump-up the bill i suspect...

The waiters have a 'could'nt care less attitude' ....at the death i reluctantly paid for the food exactly to the penny...in order to NOT leave a tip... i think the only reason that they allow 'bring your own booze' to the restaurant is that no-one sober, in their right minds, would otherwise frequent the place...

Unfortunately, this restuarant is another example where past sucess has been sacrificed in order to make a quick buck...my sincere advice stay way....and go instead to McDonald's across the road as their curry sauce is more authentic... you have been warned!
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tuna fish - View all reviews by this user
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Sunday, September 11, 2011

I was a bit dissappointed with lahore kebab house when I went as I had such high expectations based on previous reviews. The reality was an open, plain room, which rather resembled a tacky wedding venue than a high class pakistani cuisine house. The food was not what I expected either with what tasted like a chilli spillage rather than a nice mix of usually incredible Pakistani flavours. (My favourite cuisine.)

Dare I say it, the tayyabs restaurant just down the road eclipses this lack of atmosphere and average food and all for the same price!
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5 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 4
Saturday, September 10, 2011