Restaurant
Name: | Yatri | |
Area: | Euston | |
Address: | 9 Chalton Street | |
London NW1 1JD | ||
Phone: | 020 7693 7278 | |
Website: | yatrieuston.com |
Visits to this restaurant ...
1. 21 Dec 2023 |
Visit Report
Visit Number: | 266 (visit 1 of 1 for this restaurant) | |
Date of visit: | 21 Dec 2023 | |
Cost per head: | £53.00 (2 beers) |
Serv | Amb | Beer | Start | Nan | Rice | Main | Veg | VFM | Score | Comments | |
Overall | 8.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 7.47 | |
Mark | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7.3 | See Mark's comments |
Graeme | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6.8 | See Graeme's comments | |
Richard | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6.0 | See Richard's comments |
Jon | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8.5 | See Jon's comments | |
John | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9.4 | See John's comments |
Jeff | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6.8 | See Jeff's comments | |
All Comments
Mark - Christmas outing so an early start at Mabel's Tavern which was very pleasant to kick off the afternoon. Short walk to Yatri just off the Euston Road. Café style restaurant with a smaller than average menu and not all traditional offerings. Starters seemed expensive but mains fairly reasonable. Service was friendly and quick which matched our 100 minute table allowance. Food was all good apart from the pops basket which was not to my taste. Overall this was a very enjoyable outing even without the traditional musical background.
Graeme - The meeting pub, Mabel's Tavern, was a good find by El Pres and will be one to consider when we are next in the King's Cross / Euston area. Yatri was a bit different to the curry house 'norm', more like a trendy bistro. While it was very smart, I didn't feel it was particularly homely. However, the food was very good, esp. my Macchi Tikka (Fish Tikka) starter. For main, I had Bombay Chicken Curry, which doesn't sound very exciting but it was very tasty - apparently, it's based on a traditional street-style curry sauce. It was a very enjoyable evening - as is often the case, having a small-ish group (6) made it easier for everyone to join in the conversations. Oh, and the price, I nearly forgot that ... it was very expensive
Richard - An interesting change from our usual sort of curry house, and was good in parts but overall not up to scratch in my view. The starter of mixed poppadoms included some odd prawn cracker-like things : we would have preferred regular pops but they were not on offer. My lamb chop starter had many small chops and was pretty tasty. My main of chicken tikka makhni was a little watery, naan was average but sides were fine. The bill seemed to have been inflated by a few extra beers although we missed that at the time.
Jon - What a thoroughly pleasant pre-Christmas outing at a new venue that I suspect we may be revisiting in 2024. Yatri was certainly not a traditional curry house with its small but nonetheless varied menu, but I had a fantastic meal. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect was the papadums which were a combination of rice crackers and small papadum-like bites with a limited selection of condiments, but it got much better from then on. I had a very tasty Yatri's Chicken Tikka starter which went very nicely with the cucumber raita that I ended up ordering additionally. While the choice of veg dishes was limited, we managed with a dal palak and a Bombay aloo that was listed under "mains", both of which were very good. I went for a Lamb Hari Mirch which was supposedly the hottest thing on the menu – to me it didn't get close to madras-level heat, but it was nonetheless beautifully cooked with very tender lamb and a rich sauce. The accompanying mushroom rice was superb. An excellent meal coupled with some great chat with my fellow curryists – a superb way to sign off the CurryMarks year.
John - Lovely restaurant although a bit pricey. But worth it as the quality of the food was off the charts. A good find el Pres. I had lamb chops followed by Bombay chicken curry - both outstanding.
Jeff - Yatri is just north of the Euston Road between St Pancras and Euston stations. The 2-room restaurant has a cafe style feel, with bare wooden tables and chairs and an A3 menu printed on paper at each place setting. The menu was mainly non-traditional with a few familiar dishes like tandoori king prawns also available, which I chose for an enjoyable starter. Poppadoms came as a mix of what looked like prawn crackers and small crisp-size mini-poppadoms, chutneys were tasty. For my main I chose a chicken and spinach dish. It was prepared like many of these newer places do, with a more sour and less "red" sauce. There wasn't a huge amount of chicken, though I still enjoyed it. The normal vegetable sides were not on the menu either. Our more traditional member would not have known what to do. Altogether, it was pleasant, the service was very friendly and it made a nice change. The 12 beers that we were charged for knocked the price up over £50, but never mind.