Trishna

Absolutely fantastic restaurant with some of the best service in London. I went to Trishna with visions of it being a substitute for the Trishna in Bombay. It is not! It has its only special charm and the food is absolutely exquisite...the flavours, the presentation, the choice of dishes on the menu...all so well thought out and executed. We had the koliwada tasting menu...I would totally recommend the duck sheekh kebab and the crab.

We were served by Chris and Shaffi who I must say were courteous and friendly and extremely hospitable and made the whole experience even more worthwhile.

Would definitely go back again and recommend to all.
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Sherina Petit
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 10, 2010

We visited Trishna on Monday 23rd November for a 10 year reunion.

We had the private dining room and sampled the innovative 3 courses for £25 menu, which allowed you to have 3 items from the menu + rice and bread – incredible value! It also included a glass of prosecco and a dessert (although most of us didn't have room!)

The rest of the restaurant was very busy (on a monday night!!) – so book early to avoid disappointment.

The menu had 3 sections, starters, mains and vegetarian dishes – we could pick 3 from any section – thus meaning if we wanted 3 mains, we could have done! This menu was EXCELLENT value!

I had the lamp chops (additional supplement of £1 per piece, totally worth it! I had 2)

Seafood biryani and paneer. It was so tasty – flavoursome and really different to ordinary indian food found in the UK.

This is probably because this restaurant takes it flavours from India as opposed to Bangladesh, the origins of many UK curry houses.

The private dining room was classy and elegant – grey slated tiles surrounded the beautiful rectangle table capable of holding up to 10 diners. We could see the wine cekllar and were given our own private waiter for the evening too.

Staff were friendly from start to finish. We were not rushed and our food was served in a prompt and timely manner so that we could enjoy our evening and focus on catching up over fab food.

I also heard that Frieda Pinto came to this restaurant TWICE in 5 days when she visited the UK as she loved the food so much!

Definitely recommend this restaurant to all!
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mst197 - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, January 04, 2010

My wife and I had been wanting to try this for a long time, as my wife has great memories of the original Trishna in Mumbai. We had gone through the menu beforehand and were pretty certain we would try the tasting menu. I opted to go for the wine match as well.

The food, for the most part, was exquisite. The shrip was fresh and flavourful with a kick to it but the heat was not overwhelming. The tiger prawn was very delicate and moist, and cooked to perfection. Then came the sea bream, which was out of this world. So simple yet so delicious. Next in line were the mussels, but since neither of us are big fans, we asked if we could exchange the mussles for the squid, and they were very accomodating. That was followed by lamb chops, possibly the best I've had in London. The main of lamb curry was the only disappointment of the evening, and we ended with a mango rice pudding, which, once again was lovely.

The wine pairings on the other hand weren't that great, and the experience just reinforced my belief that it is extremely difficult to match indian food with wine. The best pairings turned out to be the riesling with the bream, and the spanish red with the lamb chops, but the others were less inspiring.

One thing we were worried about was portions. It seems like Indian places in London don't quite get the concept of smaller portions for tasting menus, but Trishna got it just right. Some might complain that portions are small, but in my opinion, that is the way it should be on a tasting menu, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get through the second half of the meal.

Service, while cordial, was slow. They didn't seem to have enough waiters for the amount of covers, and the hostess had no idea about the food.

Finally, at £32.50 per person for the tasting menu, I'd definitely recommend it, and will probably be back there before too long.
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DMK
7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Monday, November 23, 2009

Trishna was fantastic. Visited a couple of times (lunch&dinner) with friends and partner and have never been dissapointed with food, wine and service. Very friendly and attentive staff. The biriyani was gorgeous! All in all a very enjoyable meal. Highly recommmended especially for lunch time as they have a great value set menu.
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HD - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Saturday, October 10, 2009

My boyfriend and I adore Trishna. If you like seafood, this is definitely one of the best options in London. A bit on the pricey side but always an enjoyable and tasty experience. Staff has always been friendly to us without being too pushy. Recommend the Kowliada tasting menu which is very good value, particularly with wine. Not to miss are the tiger prawns, lamb chops, haryali bream, seafood biryani, and saag.
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Chandni
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Friday, September 18, 2009

I've been to Trishna three times now. In my most recent visit, both my partner and I had the tasting menu. We enjoyed trying the various dishes however they really did leave far too much time between courses than was necessary. And so we ended up spending over three hours having dinner.

The food was great, I would highly recommend the lamb curry as well as the tiger prawns and lamb chops.

The whole experience was a little dragged out though. I also agree with some other reviewers on the tediousness of not giving diners the food menus until long after consulting the drinks menu. We didnt have cocktails and instead ordered a very nice bottle of wine without having to pay too much.

Overall, I like this restaurant, but I get the impression that the management and staff believe this place is alot more high calibre than it really is.
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6 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 7
Thursday, August 20, 2009

I AM INDIAN AND THIS IS NOT INDIAN FOOD!!!

After disappointing starters, the mains were so bad that i refused to pay for the masala fish that came out floating in its very own oil pond, DISGUSTING!!

The manager didnt even have the courtesy to come over and inquire why we were unhappy with our food, instead he sent over his head waiter to come over and argue that i should have complained about the fish as soon as it arrived at the table, i obviously told him the fish shouldn't have made it out of the kitchen let alone to my table, you can also remove the service charge from my bill too. As we got up to leave, the manager saw us walking towards his direction on our way out, he very rudely turned his back to us and started speaking to the head waiter.

Will definitely not be returning!!
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Mitch
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Saturday, August 15, 2009