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Best Asian Restaurants and Spice Routes in London

Best Asian and spice-led restaurants in London, from low-cost roti queues and Sri Lankan rooms to Thai, Chinese, and modern Indian destination counters.

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Best Asian Restaurants and Spice Routes in London

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Best Asian and spice-led restaurants in London, from low-cost roti queues and Sri Lankan rooms to Thai, Chinese, and modern Indian destination counters.

  • Roti King EustonRoti King Euston is the basement Malaysian-Singaporean queue for roti canai, kari, and noodles, useful when Bloomsbury needs a cheap meal with real pull.
  • Dishoom Covent GardenDishoom Covent Garden channels old Bombay cafe culture into an all-day London workhorse: bacon naan rolls at breakfast, black daal, grills, chaats, cocktails, and a room that handles groups better than most central tables.
  • Hoppers SohoHoppers Soho helped push Sri Lankan and South Indian cooking into central London's mainstream. Go for hoppers, dosas, kothu, sambols, kari, and arrack drinks in a room that feels like a real meal, not a novelty stop.
  • Gunpowder SpitalfieldsGunpowder Spitalfields brings modern Indian small plates into a compact East End room: go for Kashmiri lamb, mustard fish, chaat, spice, and a sharper alternative to a generic Brick Lane curry stop.
  • KilnKiln is a counter around live fire, claypots, seafood, and regional Thai cooking shaped by northern Thailand, Burma, and Yunnan.
  • Smoking Goat ShoreditchSmoking Goat is built around Thai drinking food, charcoal, heat, and Bangkok late-night canteen energy. Go for fish-sauce wings, smoky sharing plates, strong drinks, and a Shoreditch dinner that can roll into bars.
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