Vijaya Krishna

Moved to the area a couple of months ago and have tested this place out a few times now, takeaway 4 times and eat in once. Takeaway is excellent, no fuss, lovely food arrives hot. Eating in on the other hand did not live up to expectations. The food was 7/10, some highlights but overall not spectacular. However, that's no problem, what was a problem was the service. SLOW or what. At least it came with a smile though. Will be going back though.
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al
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Food 7 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Nice food and some unusual choices which is great for tus veggies who are a bit tired of the same old menus availavle elsewhere. Has a slightly retro ambience but a loy more character than the conveyor belt approch seen on Tooting High Dtreet
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Dominic
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, December 17, 2007

Went here for the first time tonight. Thumbs up! Extremely fresh food with large selection of dishes for carnivore and vegetarian alike with great fresh breads, attentive, low key service and none of the factory, conveyor belt feel of some of the restaurants on Tooting High Street. Will certainly go back with friends-even now I'm back home I still have a zing in my palette
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Sunday, August 26, 2007

Oh dear re the last couple of reviews....I'm glad to say that I have had a completely different experience to the bad ones described. Last night was my third visit to this restaurant & everything was spot on. The service was impeccable and the food excellent (especially the Prawn Poori). Every time I've been here I've had a very enjoyable evening - I would highly recommend!!
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Ella - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Saturday, August 11, 2007

Having read the reviews I assumed that the only damning report of this restaurant which I came across must be a spiteful or deliberate slur. Not at all, it seems. We were the first in at 12.40 with our two children, ordered within 5 minutes some utterly banal items which should have taken no special time to prepare, but 40 minutes later were watching a table of four Asians finishing their meal whereas we had yet to be served. I'd hate to think there was any community-based biased operating, but the only other table - an Asian and a European gentleman eating together, were served at the same time we were served despite having ordered a good half hour after us. The food was certainly nothing special at all and the bill Fulham levels, not Tooting levels. I'm sure all those glowing revues must be based on something, and maybe we hit on a peverse member of staff (the only waiter serving this lunch time), but this rotten experience - which was supposed to be a treat for the children - will keep me from daring to eat out of my normal field of experience for some time yet.
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Food 4 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 2
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

by far the worst service and dining experience of any tooting restaurant, i'm sure the owners seem to have a hand in the previous reviews. The waiters are not friendly, nor are they aware of their menu, they were not sure of the makeup of the dishes (rather important when your customers may have a specific dietary need i.e avoid nuts etc).

They seemed to want to push the expensive dishes, water was serverd in beer glasses, the table was not cleaned after the starters. I could go on and on. This place is best avoided when tooting as so much choice.

As someobe who dines out 3-4 times a week, this is the worst by far in a long time.
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Saturday, June 02, 2007

This place is a fantastic find!

The service is top notch. The waiters will take you through the menu (which doesn't give much away in terms of explaining the more exotic dishes). These guys do a really good job - something that is lacking in restraunts at this sort of price bracket.

It's pretty much what you'd expect of a traditional british indian restaurant, while being spacious and light. The picture on the wall of a young baby suckling on her mothers breast was an odd choice - though somehow they seemed to get away with it!

The food here is really good. No joking around! If you want to try some good, well cooked and honeslty flavoured Indian food without breaking the bank this is the place to do it.

In terms of starters - you HAVE to try the dossai. These are super thin pancake-like creations wit ha texture and taste like noting i've had before. I went for the meat dossai - but really it doesn't matter - they all look amazing (and no-doubt taste as good too!).

The main course's don't dissapoint either. Looking at the menu you can see the usual fare you'd find at any standard Indian takeaaway. However, these are supplemented by some house specialities suggesting the chef has a strong understanding of regional Indian food. This is affirmed when it arrives at the table! Both meat dishes we had were of an excellent standard and the Sag Aloo was some of the freshest i've ever had. None of it was greasy and all of it was well spiced, while being able to taste the meats and vegtables that went into it.
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Tom
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

I've eaten in several restaurants in tooting and a couple in Brick Lane .... this one is by far the nicest. It has some good vegetarian options and i find it not as greasy !

The restaurant itself is pretty small ...but cosy.
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Gabriele La Gona
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Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Saturday, May 19, 2007

I went there on Friday evening with a friend, having read the extremely possitive reviews. We were not disappointed - the Prawn Puri's for starters were fantastic and both main dishes were excellent for the very reasonable price. The service was also excellent, the waiter seemed genuinely converned that our Lamb Jalfrazi might be too hot (it wasn't).

There is some 'interesing' art work on the walls but this does not detract from the excellent food.

It is a shame Tooting doesn't offer many pre curry drink options.

Fully recommended.
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Rob
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Monday, January 29, 2007

I agree with all these reviews. A friend took me to her favourite restuarant in Brick Lane but Vijaya Krishna beats it easily. Definitely best in Tooting, Shree Khrishna gets all the press but he Vijaya is much better. Friendly staff, nice atmosphere and very reasonably priced. I haven't had a better Indian meal without paying about 20 quid a head more (apart from when i was in Kerala of course!). Starters are great, especially the beetroot Dosai. We ordered it once by mistake and now order it every time we go.
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Paul
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, January 10, 2007