Jai Krishna

I can see that there is a mixture of opinions on this place...so my I just introduce mine as well?

One of my earliest Yelp reviews was on a vegetarian Indian place near Tottenham Hale Station...also called Jai Krishna. This place in Stroud Green is very similar in that it is very simplistic in design, but very functional & efficient:

As soon as you sit down, one of the staff will bring you a menu and a piece of paper, on which you should write down your order. To me, this seemed to be quite strange at first, but after having come back 4 times already, I actually like it, because you can take your time with your order - no one is rushing you, even though the place gets quite crowded on the weekends.

Now, my favourite item on the menu is the masala dosa. But really any dish has been tasty and I recommend ordering a bunch of dishes if you are with a group and then share it all. That way you get a good overview! For dessert (or starter) I recommend their pistacchio lassie...yummy!

What I like most about this place is the people who work here: everyone is so friendly and peaceful - especially the lady who works the cash register. She seems to be the lady running this place...but she's just very good-natured!

Be aware though: this place is a BYOB, so pop in to the nearby Tesco or Sainsbury's if you want to drink alcohol along with your meal.

Jai Krishna have recently added a BYOB brunch to their offering; ran by the amazing Rae's Kitchen, which specialises in Indian street food with a Western twist. It was awesome - great food, lovely service and all for a very reasonable £10.

You start with some palate cleansers - spicy little dough balls that I found tricky to eat but were delicious. An unimaginative group, we all had the same roti roll with spicy falafel for our main: fantastically flavoured this was served with perfectly seasoned homefries, adding that Western touch to a traditional Indian dish. You're also given dessert - we had a Nutella porridge with strawberries and, let's face it, any meal that ends with Nutella can't be bad.

Even the drinks were great - a lovely chai marsala tea and a fantastic lemonade with mint that was beautifully refreshing for my hungover
soul. I could have drank a bucket of the stuff.

I hope that the brunch becomes as popular as Jai Krishna's evening fare, as it really would be very well deserved!

Jai Khrisna is a slightly shabby Indian vegetarian restaurant in Finsbury Park on Stroud Green road just past the Tescos. It is a family run place and one of the best restaurants in Finsbury Park.
Having lived in India briefly as a child I am always keen to find somewhere that does good, authentic Indian food. Jai Krishna definitely delivers; with all the favourites as well as some more interesting dishes. I would particularly recommend the pumpkin and aubergine curries. The food is also great value with prices as low as £3 for a main dish. Jai Krishna does not have a liquor license but you're welcome to bring your own drinks(for which there is a small supplementary fee).
The only caveat is that the atmosphere is a little austere, and so perhaps best avoided on a first-date or similar situation. Still, if it is an issue you can also take away.

Inexpensive, solid vegetarian South Indian food. You have to know what you're ordering though, as we had a hit & miss with one of the curries but brilliant masala dosa and paneer dosas. Pani puri could have been crispier and with added tamarind & yoghurt added to it. Vada was delicious though. Halwa and pistachio kulfi for dessert were outstanding!

Service was great, very personal and friendly. Helped that we came here for lunch on a weekday!

I have to admit that as a lover of meat, a vegetarian restaurant would never usually be my first choice. However, after visiting this restaurant I may have to reconsider as the food we had here was absolutely beautiful!

I would love to recommend dishes but a friend ordered lots of different dishes for the table and I have no idea what any of them were but there was not one thing that wasn't really good so you can order with the confidence you're likely to end up with something amazing. I'm already eager to go back!

Prior to arriving, my girlfriend and I were quite excited about Jai Krishna. It had been highly recommended to us. We brought a bottle of Bourgogne to compliment the meal. We ordered a starter which took about 25 minutes to arrive. Once it had arrived, the potato stuffing was just below luke warm. It almost had a 'reheated in the microwave' feel to it. One of the chutneys served with it was actually warmer. I had a hard time finishing it and left my plate half finished. Although my girlfriend was disappointed with the starter as well, she finished it up due to the fact we waited so long for it in the first place and she was starving. I didn't let this get me down and was still looking to the main course.

I ordered the okra curry, aloo gobi, paratha, and a side of white rice. My girlfriend ordered a special potato dish listed on the back page of the menu (the name escapes me) and a side of pulao. The food again took about 30 minutes to arrive, but at least this time it was hot. All the dishes lacked any bit of heat in terms of scovilles, so make sure to ask for a little added heat if you like your dishes spicy. The best dish of the lot was the okra curry. All the dishes lacked that bit of 'zing' that indian food is known for. Instead, all the dishes had an almost sweet finish them. Everything tasted very bland, the parathe tasted like cardboard and were very dry.

All that being said, we were quite happy with the bill. The food is very inexpensive. Although the food did take a while, the people working at the establishment were very pleasant.

I think a sure sign that the food at an ethnic restaurant is going to be disappointing is if none of the patrons are of that ethnicity. That definitely was the case here.

A bit disappointing really... The food was bland, with little and unimaginative use of spices. The main dishes were all far too sweet, whereas the starters were drenched in either oil or ghee. There are far better south Indian vegetarian restaurants around.

Most other reviews complain about the places decor, which is fine in my view. but it is really the blandnes of the food that i found depressing

Amazing and brilliant every time. The portions of your neighbor's food that you'll be eyeing up look tiny but don't be fooled, about 2-3 dishes each is really more than enough. Honest tasty and virtuous. Well balanced flavours- the carrot chutney is heavenly.
Also there is the most amazing off licence across the road- Jack's, he stocks a wonderful eclectic selection of booze (Honey Porters and Coconut Beer in Fridge go down well with this tantalising spicy joyful food and the lovely people at Jai Krishna let you BYOB! One of my favorite places.

Superb, superb vegetarian food. London could do with more places like this as opposed to the hundreds of identikit curry houses. But then, a place like Jai Krishna wouldn't be so special, would it?


The decor and seating is as budget as it gets (actually, there is still a carpet and wallpaper), but that's about what it stretches too. When you arrive you'll probably be gestured at vaguely and kind of expected to work out what to do. I guess everyone's a regular here - it's not like the "Have you been to here before? Let me explain" speech you get from an effervescent young man in a certain popular dim sum chain.


So, you're given a slip of paper and a pen - you have to write down which dishes you want and take it up to the counter and pay. And oh my, what a tough choice! I could have happily settled for anything on the menu. As it is, because the curries are so cheap, if you're that way inclined and had a big group you really could order everything on the menu. Starters and main curries are £3 - £4.50 each, rice and chappati equally bargainous.


I think we got it about right with two starters, three curries, two rice and two chappatis between two people. All for £20. It was so tasty though, I could have carried on munching all night. And then rolled home down the Stroud Green Road

As others have said, inexpensive, solid vegetarian South Indian food. I went with two friends, and the three of us shared the deluxe (I forget the actual name) Thali, which came with two curries, puri, popadoms, some chutneys, dal, 'salad', vanilla ice cream and rice. We also ordered a masala dosa on top of that, it was plenty of food and around £7 per person, so I can't really complain about any of that. Ok, so the ice cream was pretty poor quality and not even worth eating, but what can you do. I didn't come here for ice cream. We had the aubergine curry and the paneer and pumpkin curry. Both were solid, but neither stood out.

I wouldn't travel across town to eat here, but if you're in the area, it is certainly a good option for inexpensive and tasty eats.