Meraz listed as one of Nick Nairn's top 12 Indian restaurants

JUST off curry hub Brick Lane, this was opened in 1974 to feed single, male workers from India who craved native food.

Nick says: “In the mid-70s there weren’t many Indian restaurants in the UK, so to have survived this long, it must be doing something very right.

"I like that there’s a social side to its origins, it means this place is rooted in authenticity.”