Namak Mandi
Pakistani restaurant · Tooting
25 Upper Tooting Rd, Tooting Bec, London SW17 7TS, United Kingdom
Highlights
Chapli kebabs, karahis, and Kabuli Pulao are specialties.
Chapli kebabs, karahis, and Kabuli Pulao are specialties.
"Visibility level: Baggage reclaim at a provincial airport Namak Mandi’s downstairs dining area is a frenetic, brightly lit space with an eclectic mixture of tiling that Kevin McCloud could only dream of. Upstairs of this Tooting Pashtun restaurant is where it gets really good though. A mixture of private rooms that shift from boudoir to the interior of a rural dentist’s waiting room. There is simply no better place to demolish an entire lamb." - jake missing
"Namak Mandi is a riot. But no meal is quite as fun, or as gluttonous, as a lamb feast in this Tooting restaurant’s private upstairs rooms. With some planning, you and a group of up to 20 friends can find yourselves sitting cross-legged eating a sumptuous, slow-cooked whole lamb with an extremely necessary fan going full pelt overhead. Just know that without a reservation, you’re not getting a table at this Pashtun restaurant." - jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak, heidi lauth beasley
"One of the many joys of eating is the sharing of everything. Be it food, drink, or intimate stories from your teenage years. At Namak Mandi, this sense of sharing is only intensified when you plan ahead and pre-order a quarter, half, or entire lamb. The Pashtun restaurant in Tooting operates at a million miles per hour, but once you’re sitting cross-legged on cushions upstairs—surrounded by friends, loved ones, and what can only be described as a jurassic amount of sumptuous, slow-cooked lamb on a bed of rice laced with sweet carrots and raisins—you’ll find your own pace. The room isn’t fancy and you’ll need a wad of cash but, trust us, this isn’t a meal you’ll eat or forget in a hurry." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
"Namak Mandi, a cash-only Pashtun restaurant, is constantly fizzing, bubbling, flaming, moving, and smoking. Discus-shaped crispy chapli kebabs being cooked in crackling fat soundtrack the room, enormous hanging Afghan naans float past like edible comfort blankets, and flame-torched woks full of fresh karahi are constantly stirred and swapped. It’s a riot any day of the week (so make sure you book), but no meal is quite as fun as a feast in the private upstairs rooms. With some careful planning and a wad of cash, you and a group of friends (up to 20) can find yourselves sitting cross-legged eating a sumptuous, slow-cooked whole lamb." - rianne shlebak, heidi lauth beasley, daisy meager, sinead cranna
"There’s little room for dithering at a restaurant like Namak Mandi. The cash-only Pashtun restaurant in Tooting is a constantly fizzing, bubbling, flaming, moving, and smoking box. Families and friends bag one of their tables early, while the hyper-organised head up to their private dining room to attack a pre-ordered whole lamb while sitting cross-legged on cushions. Discus-shaped crispy chapli kebabs being cooked in crackling fat soundtrack the room, enormous hanging Afghan naans float past like edible comfort blankets, and flame-torched woks full of fresh karahi are constantly stirred and swapped. All are essential orders." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, jake missing, daisy meager
