Amaya is a Michelin starred Indian restaurant (something of a rare honour) in Belgravia, London.
Having opened in 2004, the restaurant received outstanding reviews and won a series of awards in the mid-noughties before ever so slightly fading from attention. That’s not to say that the standard of food ever slipped – they still serve a fantastic range of stylish pan-Indian tapas – just that everyone naturally moved onto the next hot new thing. More fool them because Amaya is still amongst the finest purveyors of Indian food going.
To this day the chefs at Amaya continue to conjure up exciting and flavoursome dishes, cooked in the open kitchen with a view of chefs working the clay tandoor, charcoal grill and griddle and served in sharing sized portions. The food is non-traditional Indian (or at least non-traditional ‘British Indian’), featuring grilled dishes and kebabs. It’s delicious as ever and, although it is rather pricey, the restaurant remains stylish and comfortable too with “black granite, dark wooden fitting, terracotta statues and a splash of modern art”.
The restaurant is wheelchair accessible with accessible walkways from Lowndes Street and Motcomb Street. The entrance is on street level and although the main toilets are downstairs, they have an easy access toilet near the entrance of the restaurant which is adapted for wheelchair users.
In these days of instant technology and a constant search for the flavour of the moment longevity is often treated as a handicap rather than the asset that it is. So it’s good to see that Amaya is still serving quality Indian flavours and is accessible too. We give them a provisional 2.5 BBS Ticks.
