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Website updated: 19 Jun 2022
Welcome ...
... to our semi-serious guide to curry houses in the City of London. Each restaurant is marked for food quality, ambience, service, beer and VFM. This site contains restaurant reviews, photos, maps and the occasional amusing comment.
Go to the Alphabetic Listing for information about all the restaurants we have visited - see our reports,
some photos, maps and (where applicable) links to the restaurants' own websites.
some photos, maps and (where applicable) links to the restaurants' own websites.
Use the City Map to find a suitable restaurant in your chosen area of the City - the map shows
the location of each restaurant we have visited (and its current star rating).
the location of each restaurant we have visited (and its current star rating).
Last Restaurant Visited
Name: | Spice Trader |
Area: | Monument |
Address: | 9-10 Philpot Lane, London EC3M 8AA |
Date: | 24 Feb 2022 |
Visit No: | 7 |
Serv | Amb | Beer | Start | Nan | Rice | Main | Veg | VFM | Score | |
C/Marks: | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.24 |
Spice Trader moves up from 6th to 3rd place in the rankings, otherwise leaving the top 6 unchanged.
Click to see our full report.
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Top of the Flocks!
Here are the current leaders - the top 6 at the end of the year to be re-visited next year. (Go to the Rankings page to see the full table.)
Click on a restaurant's name to
see the reports for our visits.
see the reports for our visits.
1 | Empress (The) | 7.66 |
2 | Red Chilli | 7.34 |
3 | Spice Trader | 7.24 |
4 | Mumbai Square | 7.17 |
5 | Brick Lane Brasserie | 7.05 |
6 | Muhib Indian Cuisine | 6.98 |
7 | Drummond Villa | 6.95 |
8 | Gulab Tandoori | 6.89 |
9 | Little India | 6.84 |
10 | Bengal Tiger | 6.83 |
11 | Bhatti Indian Cuisine | 6.82 |
12 | Dil Chad | 6.81 |
13 | Standard Balti House | 6.79 |
14 | Sripur | 6.76 |
15 | Indian City | 6.75 |
About The ClubOriginally known as the GRD Curry Club, the name was changed to The CurryMarks Club in 2004. Click here to read a short history of the Club. |
Joy of CurryDid you see us on "The Joy of Curry" on BBC2? Click here to read all about it and see some photos from the night we were filmed. |
Black Country CurryVenturing away from our City of London roots, we travelled to the Black Country to sample the delights of the 'traditional' Balti. Click here to read about our weekend away and see some photos. |
Century OutingsTo celebrate reaching our century, and then our double century, we decided to go 'up West' and spend top dollar. Click 'c1' or 'c2' to read a summary of each of these periods. |
Wags CurryFed up with being 'curry widows', some of the Wags decided to try it for themselves. Click here to read about their visit to Mehek. |
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