Rather confusingly I didn’t know whether I was eating at Zenna or Red Fort – I think the cocktail bar on the one hand (located sub-ground level) and the restaurant (located ground level) must have some sort of connection though if this is the case I don’t know why they bothered giving them separate names. But anyway, Roops was good enough to plan a catch up tonight and we did start with cocktails downstairs before moving to dinner upstairs.

Red Fort is a very posh Indian restaurant located in Soho. The cool thing about the restaurant was that it offered some pretty cool drinks and unusual lassi. I especially liked the Salted Caramel Lassi but they also offer an intriguing sounding Vanilla and Cashew Lassi, Coconut Lassi and Super Fruits Lassi (in addition to the more traditional Mango Lassi) and though I enjoyed the lassi the cynical side of me was thinking it was a good excuse to charge you cocktailish-esque prices …

… speaking of prices the food at Red Fort is higher than your average Indian food for not much more portion-wise. Admittedly you are sitting in some fairly swanky surrounds, the food was a bit posher than your average Indian restaurant, and their dishes did offer something a little bit more special than regular offerings. And they did well to mix British ingredients with the Indian. However, do you really need to pay £18 for a curry or £5 for rice??? They don’t even have prices on the menu on their website (which I really really hate! Is this to trick me into the restaurant? And yes I’m well familiar with the saying “If you have to ask how much …”) I’ve read lots of reviews claiming that the food is exceptional, outstanding, best food ever … but I think I would settle for it was pretty good, but you’ll certainly pay for it.

Though I have to say it was nearly worth paying just to see this little fella come out: