Best Indian Restaurant Kingston

There is no single best Indian restaurant in Kingston upon Thames, because 'best' depends on what you are ordering for. A Friday night family takeaway, a table of twelve after work, a birthday in the restaurant and a 60-person office buffet all reward different kitchens. This guide gives you the questions worth asking before you order anywhere.

First, ask whether the kitchen has a real clay tandoor and cooks to order. Tandoori and tikka dishes finished in a proper tandoor taste nothing like oven-baked versions, and a kitchen that cooks to order can adjust spice, dairy and gluten for you. Second, check the hygiene rating — ours is 5 out of 5. Third, look at how a restaurant handles a problem: we remake or refund within 15 minutes if something is not right.

Then check the maths. Ordering through third-party apps adds service fees and mark-ups. Ordering direct with us means 10% off every collection and £5 off delivery over £40, BYOB with no corkage when you dine in, and no service charge on the bill. For a table of four that difference is usually the price of another dish.

Finally, ask about dietary cover before you invite people. We cook with halal chicken and lamb from trusted halal-certified suppliers and serve no pork, keep 15+ vegan and 30+ gluten-free dishes on the menu, and use Laila gluten-free basmati rice, so mixed groups from Kingston offices, universities and family gatherings can all order from one kitchen.

Jaflong Tandoori has been family-run at 16 Ashburnham Road, Ham, Richmond TW10 7NF since 2008 — about ten minutes by car from Kingston town centre in normal traffic. We are rated 4.7 out of 5 on Google and deliver across KT1, KT2, KT3, KT5 and KT6.