Standard Balti House

Came here wanting a nice Indian meal and noticed this restaurants review status was at 4 stars and, they took tastecard at Christmas time. Result right???
We had a relatively early booking so fairly empty when we arrived but did quickly start to fill up.
Food wise I ordered KAKRA PURI for starters described as ‘Lightly spiced crab meat infused with shallots and cilantro. Served on a snap fried puffed bread’. What arrived was spiced crab meat which, was a little wet but nice however, there was no ‘puffed bread’. I received a doughy pancake which was slightly under cooked in the middle. No snap puff which was disappointing as I wanted something light for starters not a thick pancake.
I had ordered a paratha with my main meal again this was disappointing. This just seemed to be a larger version of my first ‘pancake’. There were no flaky layers but a heavy doughy paratha which you could see was undercooked in the middle.
Staff were pleasant enough but left feeling this was not one of the best, reasonably priced’ Indians I’ve been to and not sure that I would opt to go back.

definitively THE BEST! we go in this restaurant for 8 years everytime we go in London! their food is a part of paradise! The waiters explain very well the particularities of the dishes and advice us when it’s «dangerous» (really really spicy i mean) I would like to have an Standard balti house Restaurant in my country ;-)))))))
(nb: I suffer from crohn desease, so my intestine are really delicate… but with Standard balti house food, i ve never had problem or bad surprise)
I recommand it to all my friend!

My favourite curry house of all time. Shame I moved away from London. But I’ll return one day for another chicken shaslik.

Wow… is pretty much all I can say…
I didn’t think it possible, as I’m in love with Indian cuisine and could bathe in tikka masala daily, but I actually found a place where I almost didn’t like a single dish! I can honestly say, this is the wosrt Indian place I have been to in the history of my food-​binging-​like-​a-​ninja existence! Please allow me to elaborate.
I was with 3 Indian food virgins, who didn’t even know the tantric pleasures of that moment when flaky meets exotic spices when first biting into a crispy veggie somasa. I wanted to take them to an Indian restaurant to know such pleasures and being new to London, I don’t have a list of places I like yet. Since Shoreditch seems to have many Indian eateries, I thought it might be a good idea to take them here. Since we were a group of 8, I used Open Table to find some place with decent reviews. What could go wrong???
First, of course ordered somasas, but they weren’t the huge pyramid shaped ones which I was hoping to showcase to my masala virgin friends. Oh no, instead, we got the flat ones that were ok in flavour, but lacking in lustful volume. We also got papadum, but it was a strange kind with little flavour and I think they were fried??? Of course, chutney is a neccessity to add some fun and flavour to the papadums, but the chutneys were so sweet, I could barely eat it. This was only a prelude of what was to come…
6 out of 7 dishes, including standards such as Tikka Masala which I use to measure up Indian places, were so sweet that I wasn’t sure if I had mistaken this restaurant for a dessert place or an actual dinner place. And since they were all super sweet, they pretty much tasted the same. Various shades of yellows, reds and oranges all tasted like sweet condensed milk. Not even dipping the naan (which was nice and crispy) could fix the flavours. Towards the end of the night, some people barely ate so we had to ask for some cooked meat with no sauce.
The servers were very accommodating and friendly. We even got a free bottle of wine at the end of the night (probably for spending more than £200) so I can’t give 1 star. But I really don’t recommend this place to lovers of Indian cuisine and I was super embarrassed and had to apologize to my masala virgin friends. I only hope I haven’t tainted their view of Indian food forever!!!

Their fantastic chicken jalfrezi really hit the spot. Service was excellent, too. I’ll definitely be back.

My Wife and I had lunch here on a Sunday, when the Brick Lane Market was rocking. We chose it for the reviews and were a bit concerned when we were the only diners there. We discovered that there was no need to be concerned, as everything was amazing. The service was top notch and the food was some of the best Indian I’ve ever had. I tasted my Wife’s Chicken Dupiaza when it came, and loved it. A great blend of flavors, tender chicken Tikka, overall very tasty and well worth eating. My Balti Chicken Vindaloo trumped it, absolutely fantastic! And the Naan was so good we ordered another one to go with the take away leftovers. I can’t wait until lunch tomorrow. I highly recommend this restaurant, and will definitely go back!

Amazing Bangladeshi food! I had the Chicken Dupiaza spicy and my husband had the Balti Chicken Vindaloo Spicy. Did not disappoint! It was lunch so we didn’t get any sides. Next time. Really want to try the Fal as we like extreme hot.
Have to come back as the staff and owner were very friendly and took great care of us! If you are looking for amazing Bangladeshi food please give this a try. Will be back as we are in London through April!

Brick Lane — a mecca for curry houses. As you make your way from one end to the other, there is no shortage of smiling faces grabbing your attention with promises of the best deal, the best curry, family owned restaurants, authentic dishes and more. It is hard to make the call for the right one. I normally go for the ones requiring the least sales effort and with bums on seats, as there is nothing more off putting than an empty restaurant.
Enter tastecard London which has its fair share of Indian partners offering either 2 for 1 or 50% off food on this famous curry street. Having scanned through the tastecard reviews and our old friend Tripadvsior, the Standard Balti House stood out for our weekend lunch.
There are a couple of things which are appealing about this place. Firstly, the welcome, with friendly guys who do not give you that dreaded look when you say the word «tastecard». All are welcome with open arms and that is certainly a bonus. The interior, whilst still ethnic, the style is quite contemporary and muted, without the garish colours and prints which can normally frequent such establishments. An international crowd made up of couples, lone diners and what appeared to be adult students from an international school also filled out the spot.
Where the menu is concerned, I have my favourites and I tend not to stray. This is bad, as I should experiment now and then. That is why it is good to have a dining partner, as they can bring the newbie dishes to the table for reviews such as these. All your favourite dishes are on the menu, 5 to 8 different blends of cooking sauces with either prawn, chicken, veg or lamb.
Our starters were shared poppadoms with the usual dips of mint sauce, mango chutney, seasoned onions and chilli.
For the main feature, I opted for my old favourite, chicken rogan josh, which was served slightly different here. Normally it is with large stewed tomatoes, but this had smaller cherry tomatoes. Luckily this did not impact the taste I am used to. I had a side of «ladies fingers» which is okra chopped finely, fried with curry spices and onions. We shared a pilau rice and cheese nan bread. My companion had chicken vindaloo which hello, is one of the spiciest dishes on the menu. I feared for him, but he said this was his thing, he likes spice. There was a slight blush in his face, but he enjoyed it. I of course had to give it a little try, so I cautiously dipped my nan bread in the sauce. Nope, full on spicy food is not my thing.
I love this place. It has a combination of comfort, attentiveness, friendliness, familiarity and of course, good food. I will venture here again and yes, I will try a different dish because I felt comfortable enough at the Standard Balti House to do so.
We enjoyed 50% off food with tastecard, available every day — but do call if you can to make a reservation.

It’s in the name really, very standard Indian restaurant, we had a Groupon voucher for four, the restaurant was half empty but they had crammed everyone into the front half and the tables were too close together. The food was alright for the price, had to order more naan breads and the beer included in the offer was quite small, but overall it was a cheap and fun meal out!

Good basic curry. No thrills but nice tasty food. Having walked past 30 curry houses I finally made it to the Std Balti house. Std curry — popadoms, jalfrezi, naan and spinach plus various other dishes. Couldn’t fit all the plates on our table. Normally that’s cos we have ordered too much but in this instance the table was v small. All tasty, nothing too spicy. i’d rate it as low risk reliable tasty brick lane curry house.

Comparing to other places in Bricklane serving similar type of cuisine I found this restaurant pleasantly clean and nicely decorated.
The lunch deal bargained was a starter +main+beer/wine for £10 per person which was great taking into consideration that the food was well prepared and really tasty.

Also ehrlich gesagt, hatten wir an diesem Abend schon keine richtige Lust mehr, weiter auf der Brick Lane nach einem guten Inder zu suchen, weil sich hier leider die schlechte Angewohnheit breitgemacht hat, dass die Türsteher auf der Straße die Touristen ziemlich aufdringlich anquatschen und ins Lokal zerren wollen. Ich kann es absolut nicht ausstehen, wenn sie sich mir mitten in den Weg stellen, teilweise zu zweit, mir vom Family Rabatt in ihrem Lokal erzählen und ich Mühe habe, überhaupt noch vorbei zu kommen.
Eigentlich wollten wir ja während unseres kurzen Urlaubs in London zu einem anderen Inder in der Brick Lane gehen, aber bei dem war kein Mensch im Lokal zu sehen, und so dachten wir, da kann es dann nicht gut sein.
Also sind wir im Balti House gelandet. Auch hier gab es einen Türsteher, aber gut, unsere Mägen hingen bereits auf halb acht und irgendwo mussten wir ja was essen. Hier war mächtig was los, die Gäste waren alle sehr vergnügt, es war also tolle Stimmung
Die Kellner waren recht nett, kann man nicht meckern. Vorspeisen hatten wir keine, weil wir genug vom dem Papdam gegessen haben, das sie uns mit vier verschiedenen Soßen gebracht hatten.
Auf die Hauptspeisen mussten wir dann allerdings ewig warten. Da wir echt hungrig waren, das Papadam ja auch nicht ewig vorhält und unsere Laune langsam gen Nullpunkt runterging, haben wir mal nachgehakt. Dann dauerte es nur noch ca. eine Viertelstunde und das Essen kam auch schon.
Meine Begleitungen hatten King Prawns Tikka, Chicken Tikka und ich hatte Mixed Grill Tikka. Die King Prawns waren soweit okay. Ich sage mal, kein kulinarisches Highlight, aber in Ordnung.
Mein Mixed Grill war sehr gut. Vor allem von dem Kebab, von dem leider leider nur ein einziges auf der Platte war, war ich echt begeistert. Wenn ich gewusst hätte, dass das so lecker ist, hätte ich nur Kebab gegessen. Aber gut. Auch das Hühnchen und das Lamm waren gut. Mein Mann war allerdings gar nicht begeistert von seinem Chicken Tikka, das Fleisch war ziemlich zäh und es waren gerade mal sechs Fleischstücke auf seinem Teller zuwenig für einen erwachsenen Mann :-)
Zum Fleisch gabs zwei verschiedene Soßen, die eine war eine Masala Soße und von der anderen weiss ich den Namen nicht, aber es war eine Soße aus Erbsen, die schmeckte wie die pürierte Erbsensuppe, die man oft auch in arabischen Lokalen bekommt. Die war wirklich prima!
Nur der Weisswein, von dem wir dummerweise gleich eine ganze Flasche bestellt hatten, war ziemlich flach und schmeckte nicht besonders.
Die Kellner kamen auch immer wieder mal vorbei und fragten, ob alles in Ordnung ist. Leider hatte sich in der Zwischenzeit die Stimmung am Nachbartisch aufgrund vielen Alkohols ziemlich hochgeschaukelt und dann war es nur noch richtig störend laut.
Alles in allem war es ganz okay. Deswegen gebe ich 3 Sterne. Aber die Brick Lane ist jetzt nicht unbedingt die Gegend, wo wir unbedingt nochmal hingehen müssen.

Some friends took me here when I first moved to London four years ago. Then a week later, my brother told me he was going to take me to his favourite curry house on Brick Lane. Yep, same place.
Since then, it’s been my regular as well, and I’ve brought a lot of friends and overseas visitors with me over the years. They’ve coped very well with allergy issues and have welcomed small children. The staff are so friendly, I feel positively guilty for going anywhere else.
I’m still not tired of their veggie options and their specialties really are. In sum, very decent curries, great price, and I haven’t found anywhere on Brick Lane to beat it.

Does exactly what it says on the tin. If you’re looking for a standard curry for a standard price then this is certainly above average, and a lot better than a lot of the places on brick lane. That said, this is not the best curry house in London by some way.
Friendly staff though, solid portions and its clean and tidy.
Standard.

I went here for a work lunch, and there were 20 of us in total. The restaurant was completely empty, and during the 2 hours we were there they had no other customers, which was quite worrying, but I guess Thursday lunchtime is a very slow period for Brick Lane restaurants.
As a big group we each ordered different curries to share, with rice and naan. The curries were a bit on the oily side, but they tasted good, although some were a bit bland the cream based ones had a bit too much cream in them. Serving sizes were quite big, with plenty of meat and veg in the curry instead of just sauce.
I recommend ordering the mushroom rice as they were terrific. The naan breads were standard, with some of the slightly burnt, so best avoided.
As usual, they served Kingfisher and Cobra beer, although make sure you ask for a small if you want a pint otherwise they automatically give you a large (660ml) bottle!
Pricewise it came up to £14 per person (after 10% discount, a standard if you ask on arrival) for quite a filling meal, but a tad expensive I would say for the highly competitive area of Brick Lane. Given the multitude of restaurants there, I would definitely not be trying this place again, but overall the quality was decent.

My curry house of choice in Brick Lane. There are many curry houses here, all competing for your competition (as you will discover as you walk down Brick Lane on any evening!) The Standard is tried and tesred; staff are always friendly and courteous and the atmosphere is classy without being pretentious. The curry is fantastic; the puppodoms are always crisp and served with a fine selection of accompaniments (the lime pickle is good!) The rice has an aromatic flavour to it and a variety of desserts round off a wonderful meal every time. Head for the Standard and prepare to be converted — you won’t want to go anywhere else on Brick Lane!

In my humble opinion, this is one of the best restaurants on Brick Lane. Having been there about 5 or 6 times, I am always greeted with a warm welcome and complimentary poppadums. The service is amazing and the food even better. For a tenner or less, I always manage to get an exceptional curry and a large Cobra. What could be better? I am a big fan of their creamier dishes (e.g. chicken tikka massala and chicken korma) but have also had their meat tali which was incredible value for money– could definitely have been shared as it was enormous! The pens they give you at the end of the meal are complimentary– I have had many strange looks given to me on occasions when I have used these pens to sign important documents! Quite a useful thing to have with you though! Definitely worth a visit!