Deya

Frommer's Review

Two-time Oscar winner Sir Michael Caine returned to the restaurant business (he opened his first place in the 1960s) with this Indian restaurant in a historic building on Portman Square. The setting is incongruously Regency, with crystal chandeliers, but, for that touch of India, you get jaunty oversized prints of sacred Brahmins. Drop in first at the sleek international-style cocktail bar for one of those mojitos that surely would have won Papa Hemingway's approval. The menu of chef Sanjay Dwivedi is a blend of contemporary and traditional dishes and is strongly influenced by the former Portuguese colony of Goa (now under India's control). The Goan prawn curry served with cashew coconut brown rice is one of the finest such dishes we've ever tasted. The seafood byrijana is superb, as are the buttery prawns marinated with curry leaf and mustard seed that emerge from the tandoori oven. The vegetarian menu is the most creative of any Indian restaurant in London, and service is smooth and unobtrusive.

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