Sagar

I ate at two Sagar locations during my last trip to London and this one really stood out from the other.
First, be sure to make a reservation if you’re going during busy times. Second, what I loved about this place is that it is 100% vegetarian and clearly marked all items that are 100% vegan. I was so happy to not have to go through the «no dairy» «no eggs» «no butter» «no ghee» rigamarole. And to my surprise, they had a plethora of vegan options … two thumbs up!
I started my meal off with their house white wine, it was fine for what it was. Next, I ordered vegetable samosas, and they were extraordinarily good. I ordered a dal soup next and it was good, but typical. And my entrée, as I always order, was a nicely spiced, super tasty aloo gobi. I complimented my meal with their poori bread (instead of rice) and it was quite good. Overall, I loved this meal and recommend this Sagar location.

We had:
Special Idli (little rice dumplings with lentils)
Potato Bonda (Oh the pleasure!) (to start)
Masala Dosa
Aloo Ghobi
pooris and rice
I love this restaurant in Hammersmith and am constantly surprised at the relative dearth of vegetarian Indian restaurants in London. The great thing about eating in one is that it is always an adventure and well removed from the Bengali/​North Indian staples we are all used to.
The starters were good. I hadn’t had Idli before and to be honest could probably give them a miss next time. Whilst they are unusual, I found the dumplings a bit too bland for my taste. The bonda were brilliant-​golfball size balls of mildly spiced mashed potato surrounded by a hard crust-​utterly brilliant.
The masala dosa is always a show stopper-​a massive Churchillian cigar of a pancake filled with spiced potato etc. The aloo gobi was also great. All this was mild by North Indian standards, so don’t expect it to be hot, but they are wonderfully light and you don’t get the same bloated feeling that follows a normal curry (maybe due to no ghee?). A welcome difference and the large bottle of Cobra was very welcome (as always). Give it a go if your nearby. Four stars not five just because I wasn’t a massive fan of the Idli, but other might be.

Having both a wheat and onion allergy it’s refreshing and very exciting to come across a place that lists their onion free (as well as garlic free), nut free, vegan and wheat free options in a special menu. There were plenty of options to choose from but in the end I went for one of the Uthappam with tomato and added cheese. It was REALLY good. I also had poppadoms and fried idli which were more like fries than rice dumplings, not that I’m complaining!
I took my mum along who is not a fan of Indian food. Why? I asked her. I don’t like spicy curries, she said. Not all curries are spicy and not all Indian food is curries. She came along and looked really unsure about it all. She ended up getting a very mild curry and LOVED it. I kid you not, she even said she’d come back and have it again. My Dad wasn’t as easily converted but he thought his dosa was okay. My partner really enjoyed his curry too. My mum and partner both wolfed down some desserts, jaggery dosa with ice cream and mango sorbet, both of which they enjoyed. The fresh orange juice was good too.
The service was a little slow and a few strange things like they’d bring three glasses of water to a table of four people. It wasn’t amazing but it was really good and I wouldn’t hesitate to return.

Very good chaat, super big crispy dosa and sambar — all very tasty — however if your daughter is too fussy like most women can be then they may not like the more English oriented tasting food
I loved it

Great Southern Indian food– Dosa and Vegetarian

I had been to another location for dinner, so decided to try this one for lunch. Very good! Everything was delicious and the service was quick. We were impressed by the wonderful selections on the vegan menu and even had a delicious organic wine to pair it! I would recommend this place to anyone!

The 3.50 lunch box is the best deal in town.
A good amount of absolutely delicious food, prepared very speedily, perfect for picking up and heading back to the office. Since all the food is vegetarian, you also won’t be falling asleep at your desk later in the afternoon (well, I can’t guarantee that…)
Must try!

Summer Bank holiday Monday…
Some staff speak not so good the English, ask for a manager first time you come as the menu needs a guide!
Decoration not very lovely, but food good & healthy.

This place is a good option if you want something else other than a sandwich for lunch. I work around the corner, and they do a good lunch platter special for £5 veg curry etc. It’s a good feed without blowing the lights out.

A driver from the airport recommended this restaurant since I was staying in Hammersmith.
It’s the BEST Indian food I have ever had!!!
EVERYTHING on the menu is vegetarian. Indian food is usually vegetarian friendly already, but to have all these choices, what a bonus!
Fried Idli-​This, I would describe as a savory corn bread, the texture is quite similar.
Mysore Masala Dosa-​Curried mashed potatoes in a flaky pancake, love the two combined textures, it just oozes down your throat.
Saag Paneer-​House-​made saag. Yes on the cheese, please. This was less green than I’m used to in the states. There was some red to it.
Vegetable Biriyani-​The rice was so soft.
Everything was perfectly seasoned! What a party in my mouth!
This is a nice restaurant with what seems to have an awesome lunch menu and cheap prices. If you are ever traveling in the area or even a local, you must try this place.
Now, I’ve got to fly all the way to London just to get some Indian food. I sure am spoiled now.

This place hasn’t let us down yet.
Vegetarian indian? Hmmm do you think you can do without the tandoori chicken and the lamb bhuna? Well this place proves you can.
Simple décor inside, the menu is packed full of stuff you wont come across in ordinary locals. But the prices remain scarily cheap.
Dishes are made with care. A good gauge is always what’s on offer on the chutney carousel and their chutneys are lovely. Delicately spiced limp pickle, good sweet mango, sweet yoghurt and mint and a nice coconut one.
We both ordered a thali each which also comes with starter. The starter was a veg pakora with a nice accompanying sauce and some poppudum.
The thali came with about 8 dishes. All felt wonderfully authentic. Lots of runny dals, some paneer, fried aubergine, veg curry, creamy stuff, spicy stuff, a real lovely mix. And two of those fried bread things which puff up. Forgive the ignorance. All I can say is the whole lot was damn tasty and they had to roll the pair of us out of there having spent a meagre £30.
With Zing up the road for a classier curry and this down the rough end, we’re spoilt for choice. There are other good ‘locals’ here but this is a cut above at student prices.
No frills, just lovely tasty authentic food. It has something of a reputation with in the know locals. Those traveling in for a gig at the odeon or something should deffo give it a crack.

The food is hit or miss. The Vadas are sometimes delicious and sometimes reek of stale oil.
The sambar & chutney are very average — nothing compared to places like Chennai Dosa.
Don’t even bother with the Bhel and other Bombay dishes.
The service is meh.
If you’re craving South Indian food — you should go a few feet away to Shilpa, instead.

Having already visited the Twickenham Sagar, I went here with a vegetarian friend.
As with my experience in Twickenham, I found that this was a fantastic restaurant with wholesome food of a very good quality.
The meal was very affordable. I had the thali (a selection of different dishes served in small bowls on a plate), which I had not had before, but would recommend as it was very tasty and nice to try the different options.
I would say that I prefer this restaurant as it is bigger and airier as there is more light and therefore the Décor, whilst simular to Twickenham is more appealing.

Went here for my birthday as I’d been before and really enjoyed it. I’m not a vegetarian, and to be honest I’d very rarely order a vegetarian meal in a restaurant, but the taste and quality of the meals here means you don’t miss the meat!
Perfect meals, and perfect service. The talis and dosas are excellent! Maybe a tiny bit pricey but worth it, would definitely go again.

This place is pretty good, but I have to say that I was expecting a little more after some rave reviews (on here).
Maybe it is my bias toward meat, but i was left slightly disappointed by this restaurant. Don’t get me wrong, the food is good, the service ok and it’s not a bad place. However the food wasn’t amazing. The place is cheap, which is a bonus, but then it is vegitarean (and vegetables don’t cost much!).
I can’t quite remember what I had (it didn’t make a massive impression) but it was foamy and kind of like a pancake. It was pretty tasty and comes with a nice sauce.
This place is no doubt a decent place for some tasty, different Indian grub. However I have to say that I am unsure if I’ll go back (which shows that I wasn’t overly impressed).

Let me just say, I love southern Indian cooking. I prefer it hands down, every time, over northern style dishes. and Sagar did not disappoint.
The space is filled with warm wood walls, very modern, with low, but not too low lighting and tastefully selected Hindu/​Indian statuary. Our waitstaff were very attentive, if not overly so.
I ordered idli and a masala dosa. My 2 pieces of idli came out freshly steamed and with what appeared to be in-​house made coconut chutney and sambar. My dosa was crispy and delicious, with a lightly spiced (less spicy than I am used to) potato filling. I ate almost the whole thing. I’ll try the mysore masala dosa next time for more kick!
I am excited to go back and try their lunch boxes, which looked packed full and are incredibly cheap. We’re talking under £5!

I really enjoyed the lunch special here. The staff were friendly while I was there & the lunch special was totally filling for £3.50
It is all vegitarian so if you don’t mind lacking meat & have veggies in your party, this is the perfect place to have an inexpensive meal that will leave you stuffed or take lunch away though you’ll need a nap afterwards!

For me, this is a great place to get a fast dinner before shooting off to my next destination. The dhosas are quite tasty, the service quick and friendly, and the surroundings are pleasantly subdued.
I was really happy to find somewhere that does decent South Indian food and I look forward to coming more often.

I think you have to be a fan of Southern Indian food in order to really appreciate Sagar. I have been to one or two similar places and always left feeling as if I made the wrong choice.
I have never been to India and are therefore unable to judge quite how authentic this place is (apparently a lot, according to our friends’ friends). I also don’t know what to expect from puri, dhosa and uthappam … the menu offers only very basic descriptions while the staff offer absolutely no guidance!
Excellent if you are feeling adventurous and safe as it’s all veggie — ie no danger of being served sweet and sour offal … the fact that it’s vegetables only also accounts for prices that seem cheap at first sight.
We went in a group of four and all ordered different dishes, everyone opting for something they had never tried before. They didn’t actually taste all that different which was a bit of a disappointment.
This place is excellent for novelty value — I have certainly never been served a dish as massive as these «pancakes», crispy creations made from lentil. I have also never been able to take a photograph from within my food — you can admire the result above.
I have a vegetarian friend who is a big fan of Kerala — she is about the only reason I would return. There is such a great choice of Indian restaurants in London with similarly good, if not better, food — and with much friendlier service. The staff really let the place down, they were as cold and unfriendly as the décor.

For of you out there non veggie and veggie it doesn’t matter this place is a must on any restaurant checklist.
Aurora is right, they are very friendly and helpful, you are treated so nicely, you are even spoiled and then Sagar becomes the measuring stick of other restaurants, in terms of customer service.
It mainly specialises in dishes from South India, like the dosa (rice pancakes type), other wonderful things about this place include the lunchtime special which is a real steal, at £4.50 for a big selection of dishes — it includes dosas, poppadoms and desserts!
The place itself seems a bit cramped maybe a couple of tables too many, so it can be annoying when children are running around, so I would recommend going on a weekday. And another thing, £3.75 for a takeaway box is stupidly cheap so it must be taken advantage of immediately.