Pilau

PILAU Restaurants

Founded in 2016, the FEED YOURSELF - FEED a CHILD project is simple: Every time someone eats at a PILAU restaurant in London, we donate a mid-morning meal to a child in India.

We do this through our partnership with the incredible Akshaya Patra, who feed 1.8 million children everyday and help fulfil these children's dreams though a nourishing meal giving them the best possible chance in life.

PILAU has already fed thousands of meals to children and we're only just getting started!

Everyone at PILAU believes we've been put on this earth to make a difference.

We're on a mission to feed 1 billion children and we wont stop until we achieve it!

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Pilau | Halal Food Guy

At the time of writing, I’ve had a pilau rice box nearly 10 times and I’ve never had a food that’s so consistent in quality and taste.

STEP ONE Pick either a Wrap / Rice Bowl / Salad Bowl STEP TWO Pick Medium or BIG STEP THREE Pick your filling, BUTTER CHICKEN  /  LAMB & BONE MARROW  /  PANEER STEP FOUR Add the extras, Lettuce / PILAU Slaw / Pickled Ginger / Red Onion/ Shoestring Bhaji / Fresh Chillies (Sauce: Mint & Coriander Yogurt / Mango & Apricot Chutney) My choice is a rice, lamb, all the extras minus the slaw and no sauce.

The lamb is always super soft and tender it has a somewhat melt in the mouth quality.

The flavours are enhanced with the use of bone marrow which just adds takes you another level of taste town and in this town, everything is yummy.

I’ve also had the butter chicken twice, it’s good as well but the lamb is on another level.

Halal Gems › Review : Pilau

Inspired by Mumbai’s night markets, Pilau is less a sit down restaurant and more a grab and go establishment with sites in Goodge Street and Soho.

Choose four toppings from the six available – lettuce, red onion, pilau slaw, pickled ginger, shoestring bhaji and chillies Pilau also has a choice of sides, desserts and drinks (both non-alcoholic and alcoholic) available on the menu.

We went for the big box topped with lettuce, shoestring bhaji, pilau slaw and chillies as well as a dressing of some mint and coriander yoghurt and chilli sauce on top.

At just £7 for the big rice box (or £8 for the lunch meal deal), Pilau’s offering is great value for money and in our opinion, one of London’s best cheap eats.

Food: 9/10 Service: 9/10 Atmosphere/Decor: 9/10 Value for money: 9/10 (£16 total bill // £8pp) Overall: 9/10 Discover great halal restaurants near you using the Halal Gems Restaurant Finder App.

Pilau - Halal Girl About Town

With the promises of creamy butter chicken wraps, mouth-meltingly soft lamb pilau, and frothy mango lassis, and with the bonus of being halal, I was not surprised reading all the rave reviews Pilau was receiving.

I finished this mammoth box off with fresh chillies, PILAU slaw, pickled ginger, and lettuce , and a drizzle of mango chutney.

The sweet mango and apricot chutney cut through the sharp, yet delectable, condiments nicely, balancing out the flavours of this pilau perfectly.

FAB went for their Paneer Pilau wrap; a gigantic Indian burrito filled with paneer and rice!

Considering that one meal, drinks and side included, came in at under £10, I would say that Pilau is ideal for lunch.

Review: Pilau, Goodge Street - Gasholder

23-year-old George Pitkeathley now owns two W1 restaurants.

Photo: PR The upshot is that lamb, chicken or vegetarian options come with a selection of toppings and presentation styles (wrap, salad or rice bowl).

Photo: PR Bigger on flavour – and as warming as a hot toddy on a snow-capped summit – was the slow-cooked lamb, although its presentation, in a polystyrene ‘burger-and-chips’ style takeaway box, could perhaps be rethought.

With slow-cooked lamb it’s all about the balance between falling-apart-tender and dry: here the meat was juicy, the sauce the right side of fiery, and the various textures and hits of the toppings – especially a creamy vivid pink slaw – adding interest with each munch.

With the next outlet, George might consider a softly-lit sit-down area: that slow-cooked lamb rice bowl is so good that some attractive presentation, on a plate, would be an even greater winner.

Pilau - Halal Girl About Town

With the promises of creamy butter chicken wraps, mouth-meltingly soft lamb pilau, and frothy mango lassis, and with the bonus of being halal, I was not surprised reading all the rave reviews Pilau was receiving.

I finished this mammoth box off with fresh chillies, PILAU slaw, pickled ginger, and lettuce , and a drizzle of mango chutney.

The sweet mango and apricot chutney cut through the sharp, yet delectable, condiments nicely, balancing out the flavours of this pilau perfectly.

FAB went for their Paneer Pilau wrap; a gigantic Indian burrito filled with paneer and rice!

Considering that one meal, drinks and side included, came in at under £10, I would say that Pilau is ideal for lunch.

Lotus, Charing Cross, London: Restaurant Review - olive magazine

Sommelier Debbie Henriques provides inventive wine pairings for each dish.

The menu takes influences from across India; many of the dishes have familiar sounding names such as tandoori or tikka, however the cooking and presentation have been ramped up a level.

From the starters menu the Goat cutlet and yellow peas was like posh comfort food.

Another winner was the paneer kebab which had been ingeniously stuffed with chickpea masala and sundried tomato before grilling.

Particular highlights were a light unoaked Garnacha paired with the goat cutlet and a chilled Gruner Veltliner served with the Corn chaat golgappa.

Pilau | Restaurants in Fitzrovia, London

An Indian café doing wraps, salads and rice bowls.

You pick between a wrap, a salad and a rice bowl, and pair your choice with butter chicken (good), lamb curry (better) or paneer (nasty).

There’s a nice heat on the chicken, and the lamb tastes home-cooked, but the paneer is flabby and bland, and it comes doused in a synthetic-tasting mango chutney.

Plus, on the sweet side of the menu there’s a lovely, creamy mango lassi, and a seriously delicious cardamom-infused custard tart.

And avoid that paneer.

Pilau | Restaurants in Soho, London