Originally Posted by
sofasurfer
It would be about a 30 minute ride on the central line, but
Tayyabs is definitely worth checking out.
No reservations, but the food is incredible. Blows the nearby Brick Lane eateries away by a mile.
I was there last night.. queue for tables went right outside.
Personally I didn't really get the point. They basically do one type of curry (with different contents) and a few different tandoori dry meats. Understandable if the curry is mindblowing, but we found it rather bland and flavourless.
It's true that a lot of the Brick Lane places are pretty bad, but some around the middle (ask for a discount, if the guy looks shocked and tells you no, then you might have a good place) have much more sophisticated and interesting curries, better customer service and much, much better value for money (~£8 for a real chefs special instead of £12 at Tayyabs for a large).
Moti Mohal on the other hand (noted above) keeps being recommended to me by foodie friends. It's on my to do list..