It was Rita and Ade’s last day in the office today so I left it up to them to decide on where we should have lunch. Although I really like the lunch places we go to in Hammersmith it seems we always go to the same places – the Thai, the Iranian. Umm … yeah. So, when Rita suggested we try for something Indian I thought it would be great time to try Green Chilli. I’ve seen good write-ups of the place and with a 40% off deal from toptable it seemed like a good option.

Green Chilli is quite an attractive restaurant inside – all white table clothes and updated décor (all reflected in the prices by the way!) We were the only diners at lunch today. Not a total surprise as I suspect most of its custom is at night for dinner.

The service, as it should be I guess when we’re the only diners, was efficient and friendly without being intrusive For food we decided to go with the chef recommendation of the chilli paneer (marinated cottage cheese chunks in a sweet chilli sauce with some onions, red and green peppers) as a starter and three curries: lamb korma, butter chicken and gosht chicken for our mains. All were excellent and tasty. Very high quality food we thought. Portion-wise the starter was a very generous size. The curries were a little less generous and were served in quite small, though deep bowls. Having said that each curry came with a number of good-sized chunks of meat. Along with our naan and shared rice dish we were suitably stuffed at the end of our meal. Price-wise the food is quite over-priced for Indian food but with the 40% discount from toptable on food offers reasonable value for money.

If you want to have some excellent Indian food don’t overlook Green Chilli in Hammersmith – it may surprise you.