Moti Mahal

Moti Mahal is a relaxed, gastronomic Indian restaurant in the heart of London’s West End. The elegant cream stone building is well situated, close to the tourist hub of Covent Garden and theatre land but also not far from Fleet Street and The City.

The restaurants' main dining room with a view into the kitchen is also home to a generous bar with accompanying lounge. Downstairs, an ideal private dining space for any occasion can be hired complete with a whisky and cocktail bar.

First established in Delhi in 1959, the restaurant’s Covent Garden address combines heritage and innovation in sophisticated menus designed for the most knowing of palates.

Whether it’s for lunch or dinner, they invite you to enjoy chef Anirudh Arora’s celebrated menus inspired by his life-long passion for the cuisines of India’s Grand Trunk Road.

Moti Mahal prides itself on a history of ‘firsts’ - from its invention of ‘murgh makhani’ (precursor to the famous ‘chicken tikka masala’) in the Sixties through to the use of the tandoor in the commercial kitchen. In London Moti Mahal has also been among the first Indian restaurants to adopt the use of the ‘Thatee Grill’ - a hallmark of Indian rural cooking.

In addition to returning to these traditional techniques of cooking, chef ‘Ani’ places great emphasis on sourcing the finest local and global organic produce. Menus change regularly, based on seasonality and freshness.