Indian Veg

"‘Research suggests vegetarian food can be really orgasmic’ reads one of the many posters in this hodge-podge Indian restaurant on Islington's Chapel Market. The walls look like the bedroom of a gourd-obsessed teenager, plastered in pro-vegetarian mantras, the benefits of diet, and icons of the scene like Paul McCartney and Plato. photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch On any evening there are plenty of fans in the sprawling room too. Indian Veg’s £9.95 all-you-can-eat buffet is hard to resist in terms of price, but it’s decent in flavour too. A creamy, coconut-laced pea and paneer curry goes down well, and the vegetarian biryani has some hum to it. It’s all very mild, but follow the lead of any number of BYOBing students or old yogi heads in here, and attack the salad bar. There are some lively combinations, like a zingy grated cabbage and beetroot number, that will have you returning for a second plate. It's worth mentioning that Indian Veg gives away food to the homeless every day, too." - Jake Missing

"The appeal of Indian Veg is simple: all-you-can-eat buffet at an amazingly low price. Get the ace onion bhajis as soon as possible after they come out of the kitchen and bring a couple of beers—there’s no alcohol licence. Prepare yourself for some pretty intense anti-meat propaganda on the walls (‘Cancer danger in your fry-up!’) and a carb-heavy Indian meal. " - jake missing

"Indian Veg is the all-you-can-eat-buffet that you’ve always dreamed of: freshly made, tasty, with an unlimited supply of onion bhajis. It’s one of Islington’s best spots for a very tasty and very good-value Indian meal, with as much or as little booze as you like. The room is pretty basic and it isn’t enormous, so it’s best for ones or twos." - Jake Oliver, Sinead Cranna