Jolpai Indian Cuisine 1 West Park, London SE9 4RQ

"I do enjoy this restaurants dishes! I ordered lamb chops, salmon tikka, lamb biryani and a plain paratha. The lamb chops are absolutely delicious! Very succulent and tender, literally falls off the bone with ease. Packed with flavour and spiced to perfection. The onions were also the perfect complement! My only pit is you only get two and I wish I got at least one more for the starter. The salmon tikka was quite delicious, the pieces were quite meaty and didn’t have that fresh fish taste, you could taste the flavours of the combination of spices. I thought the portion was good for a starter, and again the sautéed onions were a great compliment. Their lamb biryani has to be the best I have ever had. The star of the show is obviously the lamb - perfectly marinated and cooked down because the pieces were literally pulling apart as I cut into them. The rice was perfectly fragranced with spices and everything was perfectly combined! The vegetable curry had these beautifully cooked down slices of vegetables, including broccoli - which complimented the rice dish superbly! The only downfall is this wasn’t properly packaged and leaked in the bag a little. This was my first time trying their plain paratha. It was honestly just quite simple but it did go down well with the vegetable curry - I probably won’t order it again as it was a little oily and I prefer naan bread. I would definitely order from here again!"

"The new chef/owner Rubel is a wonderful human being and his cooking is exquisite. On two occasions he has left the kirchen to discuss our preferences and cooked to order. This is currently our favourite restaurant in south east london. Banquet night on Tuesday and Wednesday is a must, but prices are always reasonable. If you are after a culinary experience, this is the restaurant for you."

"Lovely place for either take away or dine in as we have fine both, staff friendly and helpful. Premises clean and tidy. Been going here for many years, good value for money x"

"Great local restaurant. Food is always good. If fancy a beer with your curry, take a few with you, they don’t sell booze."

"What a shame. I was so looking forward to this treat, and it was so awful, I threw most of it straight in the bin! £24 wasted on an inedible meal! The onion bhajis were cold, soggy, and absolutely dripping in butter/oil. They were also covered in the green dip that came in two containers, but had leaked. The tandoori chicken was grey and had an awful smell to it. So bad, I refused to even taste any. Even the chips were cold, hard and dry! The only edible thing there was the tandoori king prawns, which were lovely, but hardly made a meal for two people. As an extra whammy, the lid on the green dip was not secured properly, and as I took it out of the bag, the liquid spilled everywhere, including the floor! I then had to quickly put my stained jumper in the washing machine before the stain dried, as well as clean up the floor."