Silk in City of London

We almost walked past Silka on Saturday night but decided to check it out without looking at Google reviews. We ended up being pleasantly surprised! The service was great, the manager was very warm and welcoming to us, we had a lovely conversation with him. The prawns were outstanding, best we’ve ever had. We decided to try the Duck curry, the sauce was great and my partner enjoyed it. I wasn’t as sound of the texture of the meat but enjoyed it nevertheless. The papri chaat was nice but could used fresh veg and herbs like red onions and coriander. Would highly recommend 👌🏽

All fine and pleasant enough experience. Very average all round though. Riding on the coattails of properly good Indian food elsewhere in London.Also, these photos on the other reviews were not representative of what we were served.Read this review if you are looking for an alternative for hoppers, dishoom, tandoor chop house and thought this was going to be a similar/good vibe in borough market. It’s not.Decor was cheap and generally service was bang average.

Delicious Indian dishes with affordable prices, friendly staff (especially Juber) and a cosy underground venue. For a meal for 2 with 2 large glasses of wine we paid 60£ but we ordered way too much and had to take away half. However, It is not an issue in this restaurant as they provide boxes and a bag, so don't be afraid to really explore their menu and if you order too much just take it away 😊. Either way, the food was exceptional. We ordered popadums, samosa papdi chat as a starter, bread basket and 2 curries: chicken nawabi kurma and lamb sagwala. The former being more on a sweet verge and the latter on spicy. Both were great but my favourite was kurma! Don't be shy to also ask for advice from the waitresses if you don't know what to choose. They are happy to help. While paying we were also given a mint chocolate to sweeten the meal. We spent such a lovely evening/ date night at silka borough. We were also very well treated by the staff. We will definitely be coming back.If you are looking for exceptional Indian food, want to be treated well and have a nice evening/lunch then definitely visit this place :)

Lovely dinner, reasonably priced, a taste of southern India so traditional 'Indian' dishes are not apparent on the menu. But what we had was delicious. Not an obvious place to find, just a big glass door, but right opposite London Bridge Station, then immediately down stairs to a basement where the restaurant is. No natural light and I can imagine it being a tad hot if lots more people in than there were when we were there and it being warmer outside. But perhaps there is good air con? Beer is Cobra. Not sure if it was the numerical ability of our waiter but check the prices in the menu beforehand (as the menus are taken once you've ordered) but I'm sure it was an honest mistake. But I repeat, beautiful food, well presented. 😋

Superb lunch. Freshly spiced and succulent chicken and lamb. Okra fries were excellent. As good an Indian as I have had in absolute years.

Do not visit this restaurant on a Friday evening. Booked a table for a catch up for a friend and it was one of the most horrible atmospheres I’ve ever experienced in a restaurant. The worn basement was rammed full of shouting people, completely off their faces drunk. People were crying football chants and knocking over beer. The table next to us had a group of 3 men in their 40s who were leering at us and one kept commenting that I was giving him a hard on. Absolutely grim clientele and not what you want for a dinner with friends. Service wasn’t great but then I’m really not surprised as they had to deal with unruly mob. Food was nice, which is what the stars are for otherwise it would have been 0/5

The best ever. As I am not an Indian food fun, I tried lamb chops, Chennai and tandoori. Best of the best. Very smooth taste, the spices did not disturb me and thanks for the nice tea. I will visit you whenever I can. One more thing, focus on the food not the furniture. Food price is lower than the Borough Market shops which you eat on foot in plastic plates

Really great dinner, super attentive staff. Started with some poppadoms and dips, and then a few dishes to share. Cannot remember the exact names but we picked a yellow lentil dal, paneer curry and an aubergine dish in a creamy sauce with pilau rice, lemon rice, roti and naan. Brilliant, everything was on point. Really recommend! These dishes were enough for 4 people to share and not be hungry (but definitely left some space for dessert).

Perfect place for 6 of us including 2 vegans to have a reunion. The staff were lovely, checking regularly to ensure we were happy, and all the dishes were delicious, with real depth of flavour. I see one other reviewer didn’t like the lack of music or decor, but to us that was a plus because the focus was on great food and service. Highly recommend!

Starters are worth trying. I like the seekh kabab and tandoori prawns, we ordered. The Lucknowi biryani made my day. I am a fan of Rogan Josh but here the tomatoes dominated the actual flavour (can be taken care of). Meat was cooked to the perfection. Overall it was good and we enjoyed it.