Taste of India Pure Vegetarian LTD
High-volume independent pure-veg restaurant on High Street North (3,800+ reviews) spanning South Indian, North Indian and Indo-Chinese, with tiffin and spice customisation; food consistently rated above the occasionally brusque counter service.
Why it's listed: Taste of India Pure Vegetarian (E12, adjacent) — independent pure-veg restaurant with 3.7k reviews; meat-free menu, strong vegan-compatible offering.
Profile last updated 5 July 2026.
The business claims it
Structured facts from the listing and website.
- Cuisine style
- Three-tradition pure veg menu: South Indian (dosa, uttapam, tamarind rice), North Indian curries, and Indo-Chinese.“'vegetarian dosa snacks, thalis, tandoori favourites and tiffin'; 'great mix of South Indian… North Indian… Indo-Chinese'”
— editorial+reviews - Kitchen-wide dietary regime
- Pure vegetarian ('Pure Vegetarian' in the registered name).“'Taste of India Pure Vegetarian LTD'; vegetarian_restaurant”
— name+types - Service modes offered
- dine in · takeaway · tiffin service“'…and tiffin in simple and modern space'; meal_takeaway”
— editorial+types - Price band
- Midrange, seen as affordable for the quality.“price_level 2; 'pricing provided excellent value'”
— price_level+reviews
Customers reveal it
Recurring signal mined from real reviews — with receipts.
- Occasions customers use it for
- destination dosa/thali meals · budget family dinners · spice-customised curries“'worth it… even accounting for the price to get to and from central London'; 'happy to customise them to make them spicier'”
— reviews - Dishes customers name repeatedly
- tamarind rice · mini uttapam · gobi manchurian · chole bhature · palak paneer · mango lassi“'tamarind rice tasted just like my late grandmothers'; 'Gobi Dry Manchurian starter – absolutely outstanding'”
— reviews - Recurring caveats in reviews
- brusque counter service at peak“'Service may be different on a busier day'”
— reviews - Service character as customers describe it
- Warm and attentive at the table for most, but one front-of-house order-taker is repeatedly described as unfriendly; visibly diligent cleaning staff.“'service can sometimes feel a bit unfriendly; one of the ladies taking orders'; 'their cleaning staff are ver[y]…'”
— reviews - Value for money as customers see it
- Affordable for the quality — 'one of the best Indian restaurants I've ever been to' at everyday prices.“'it is an affordable meal as well'”
— reviews
Only the owner knows it
Questions we hold for the kitchen itself. Unanswered until they answer.
We're holding 9 questions for the owner — families & kids, best occasions & the vibe, vegan, coeliac & allergy options, why choose you, groups, private hire & catering, booking or walk-in?, good to know before you visit, must-order dishes, made in-house & sourcing — and will publish the answers here once confirmed.