Jai Krishna

Reviews

• Sarah A.

  star star star star star 29 May 2026

  I LOVE this place, inexpensive, good honest food.
  
  It is a real no-frills type of place, I was there recently for brunch when they had a pop-up brunch place there and that's the first time I've even heard music playing in the background and I've been 3/4 times. They give you a menu, pen and piece of paper to order, I live locally and often come with my housemate, we pretty much always order the Thali for 2 people so we get to try a little bit of everything and from the curries we have ordered I have never been disappointed. The Pumpkin paneer is a big hit with us both and the aubergine curry was really nice. I'm a big fan of the breads, and chutneys, I think I could just eat those forever and die happy. It's BYOB which is great, lots of good places to buy wine/beer from locally Tesco, Sainsbury's and there is an off licence opposite.
  
  Recently we went as they have Rae's Kitchen doing a pop-up BYOB brunch there, if you are able to catch Rae's Kitchen anywhere else I highly recommend, it's Indian Street Food with a western style, the menu is fairly small and simple but the food was amazing. We were given palate cleansers and she explained to us why they are used and what they were, they were like hollow dough balls filled with liquid which you had to swallow in one sitting - apparently it is a popular competition in the area they are from to have eating competitions involving these. When it came to the main food we actually all ordered the same thing it was a roti roll filled with spiced vegetables, potato, falafel style food with an indian version of homefries, all the food was amazing but I loved the indian take on homefries. Afterwards she gave us a dessert that was a rice pudding style with Nutella and fruit, anything with Nutella gets my vote, this wasn't as sweet as I thought it would be, it was very light and not as heavy as traditional english puddings. We didn't BYOB but we ordered a sweet chai tea and a traditional lemonade both of which were AMAZING as we were all a little hungover. The downside was my boyfriend ordered coffee over tea and it was a very basic kind of instant coffee which was a little disappointing.
  
  Overall brunch (which I hope they do again) or dinner this place is awesome, I really hope it continues to grow in popularity as it really is a gem of North London.

• Rachael H.

  star star star star star 24 May 2026

  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!

• Laura S.

  star star star star star_border 19 May 2026

  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!

• Uli B.

  star star star star star_border 18 May 2026

  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.

• Tara M.

  star star star star star_border 18 May 2026

  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!