Saffron Kitchen

You can smell the spices wafting from this Mumbai-style Indian from halfway down the Lea Bridge Road. South Asian families from the area come here in droves, which is as good an endorsement a restaurant can get. Some say it’s the best Indian in Leyton. It’s not the most beautiful restaurant in the area (the interior has an airport-hotel energy to it) and it’s on quite a busy road. But when food is this good, who cares about the 55 bus? I recommend the mixed grill. Worth a note that this is a teetotal place and doesn’t do BYO. But the mocktails and lassies wash things down a treat. And you can always pop to the friendly Hare and Hounds pub next door if you need a post-meal straightener.