SignatureVegGluten Free
£12.50 15 min
Royal Paneer Tikka
House-set paneer marinated for 24 hours in hung yoghurt, ajwain and Kashmiri chilli, finished over charcoal and served with burnt-onion chutney.
Made to order
Best Contemporary Indian · London 2025
A royal table,
set for you.
Contemporary Indian fine dining in the heart of Mayfair. Heirloom recipes, a live tandoor and a cellar built for celebration — delivered to your door, or served under candlelight.
Open today
12:00 — 23:00
Find us
18 Marlborough Lane, Mayfair
Guest rating
4.9 / 5 · 2,400+ reviews
Live tandoor fireStone-ground heirloom spicesDum-sealed biryaniSaffron from KashmirHand-rolled breadsA cellar of 180 bins
The chef's selection
Signature plates, plated with intent
Three dishes our guests travel across London for. Every plate is finished à la minute — add them to your order in a single tap.
SignatureGluten Free
£19.50 25 min
Tandoori Chicken Royale
Free-range chicken steeped in saffron, mace and green chilli, blistered in the clay oven. Finished with smoked butter and charred lime.
Made to order
SignatureGluten Free
£21.00 22 min
Butter Chicken 1998
Our founding recipe. Tandoor-charred chicken folded into a velvet tomato and fenugreek gravy with cultured butter and cream.
Made to order
Chef patron
Arjun Malhotra
Our story
Recipes carried across three generations
Royal Taste began in 1998 as a six-table dining room above a Mayfair spice shop. Our founding recipe book — half Urdu, half English, entirely stained with ghee — still sits by the pass, and we still grind every masala by hand each morning.
Today the room is larger and the cellar deeper, but nothing else has moved: the same tandoor, the same slow-sealed biryani, the same belief that a meal should feel like being welcomed home — only with better silverware.
- 1998
- Founded
- 180
- Wine bins
- 4.9
- Guest rating
The experience
Dinner, composed
Three reasons our regulars keep the same table every month.
The live tandoor
Our clay oven burns at 480°C from noon until close. Every kebab is finished to order, never held.
A tasting journey
Seven courses that travel from the royal kitchens of Lucknow to the pepper coasts of Malabar.
Celebrations, curated
Private dining for 8–24 guests with a dedicated host, bespoke menus and sommelier pairing.
The carte
Explore the full menu
Search, filter by dietary preference and build your order in seconds. Everything is available for delivery, collection or dine-in pre-order.
Small Plates
An opening act of spice & smoke
4 dishesFrom the Tandoor
Clay oven, charcoal embers, live fire
4 dishesRoyal Curries
Heirloom recipes, slow simmered
4 dishesBiryani & Rice
Sealed with dough, opened at the table
4 dishesBreads & Sides
Hand-rolled and blistered to order
4 dishesDesserts
A gilded, sweet farewell
4 dishesBar & Chai
Cocktails, coolers and masala chai
4 dishes
Private dining
The Amber Room
An intimate room for 8–24 guests with its own entrance, host and seven-course menu. Perfect for the occasions that deserve a little theatre.
Enquire about private diningGuest book
Kind words, kept close
“The biryani arrives sealed under pastry and the whole room turns to look. It tastes of saffron, smoke and a family recipe worth guarding.”
Eleanor Hart
The Times · Restaurant Review
“Royal Taste is the rare fine-dining room that feels genuinely warm. The butter chicken has ruined every other version for me.”
Ravi Menon
Guest · Anniversary dinner
“Impeccable service, a serious wine list and the most elegant paneer tikka in London. We booked again before leaving.”
Sofia Almeida
Guest · Table for four
Reservations
An evening at Royal Taste
Tables are released 60 days ahead. Tell us the occasion and we will take care of the rest — from the first pour to the last spoon of kulfi.
Tonight at a glance
- Dinner service 17:30 – 22:45Last seating 22:00
- 18 Marlborough Lane, MayfairLondon W1K 4AX
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Dietary requirements? Add a note to your booking — our kitchen adapts most dishes.