Noiya Indian

We found Noiya on google as one of the highest ranked restaurants in south west London. My girlfriend and I had to pay them a visit after all the fantastic reviews we read. We parked up on a side road after there was no parking available in front of the bar as it had been taken up by what my girl friend quoted as a "car showroom in front" fantastic looking cars all dinners of Noiya.
as we entered we had been informed we have a few tables available and the out side decking had been booked up from a week ago, very impressed for a Wednesday night.
 the food was amazing, lightly spiced with a fusion kick of Caribbean spices totally mouth watering. The cocktails were very unique, never had we seen a rainbow cocktail with so many bright colours.

We will be returning  with more friends, to sample the whole menu.

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Food here is always amazing, fresh vibrant and taste full atmosphere what else could one ask for when you've got the worlds biggest prawns in front of you "Karami King Prawns" nice. It's always laid back and funky here, never formal well untill my last visit! As always busy saturday nyt, we had to book which is the norm now days if you want to be seated on a nice table on the comfy sofa. We was greated by a charmin waiter Maleek who bought us complimentary papadums and chutney, and a round of cocktails. "Looks really do get you fare" lol the other waiter with his stern and firm appearance with his funky greased up hair style took our order,he needs to really smile and show more attention to the diners then to his delivery friends, we at one point had to shout out to him to get his attention, but having saying that the restaurant was really busy, but would of expected to see our usual flirty but cute fair skin mixoligist, but he was no were to be seen. We was told by our stern and pretty rough waiter he was at the other brach in fulham. My total over view is Noiya, u guys rock but ur not a formal eatery, please don't become one! Bring back the Mixoligist. Lol as always your cocktails rock, big guy behind the bar. X

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We have been dining at Noiya for many months, the food is extraordinary never have we had Indian food like this before! and the best part is the desert cocktails served up by a passionate mixologist  who knows a thing or two old this spirits. The atmosphere and music is not like a typical "branded" indian restaurant, it's somthing new it wat we call trendy dining.

We recently went back to noiya, it was full they squeezed us in but the waiter did say on the weekends it was a booking only, we was really happy that the word of noiya was getting out there, we did notice a few new faces behind the bar but our mixologist was no where to be seen, the food came out on time Claire had ordered the Matchli Tika, and the legendary Hydra Lamb for me,  we was disappointed! for the first time the fish was soaked in oil and it clearly was not grilled but DEEP fried the garlic nan was abit dowy and raw and the fabulous pilou rice was over spiced and strong, but my hydra lamb was excellent as always so was my chappati. The only thing we can put it down to is that the restaurant was full of happy dinners and it must of caused immense pressure on the chef, the desert cocktails as always where great and it made up for a different experience at Noiya. We passed by Noiya the other day and saw the return of the mixologist, we will be back.

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Valentina Sutto & Priya Ramkissoon Myvillage

When the word ‘contemporary’ is pinned to Indian cuisine, you can only assume the menu to be outlandish – perhaps, chillies dipped in chocolate for dessert? Red wine Korma? But no, although Noiya’s interior adopts the banality of minimalism, their food on the other hand is of rooted tradition and exceptional in quality.

Seated along a string of wooden tables, our menu is approached. For starters we ogle over their King Prawn Battari and the customary Samosa… predictable, we know. Like melting butter, their fleshy prawns dissolved in every mouthful and their vegetable samosas were fiery in taste. Once we drowned our racy pairing with a fruity bottle of Shiraz, we welcomed their recommended main courses, Hydra lamb and Newabi king prawns.

There was no faltering on our chosen dishes. Our seafood pick was exuberant in flavour and sharpness - and when sidelined with spiced mix vegetable stir fried and naan, their compatibility made a palatable trio. The tender pan-fried lamb was also a winner with its rich and velvety tomato and cumin sauce. The dish when accompanied with Dhall (a creamy mixture of lentils, onions and spices) eloquently reinforced the richness of its spices.

Sadly with desserts being offered on allocated days, we missed out on our sweetly pleasures of Gulab Jamon and Ras Malai, but compensated by a sugary, unnamed cocktail, which MyVillage aptly titled, ‘Le Mauricien’.

Noiya is a fresh concept of Indian cuisine and reasonably priced. As the forerunners on the South London dining scene, you can only expect a promising future for such a passionate venture …

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Wow, what more can you ask for we have been hanging out at Noiya since it's been open. This place has it all funky cocktails, chillout music with great looking staff, specially the manager... arrrrr...lol

The food here is fantastic! never ever have i had indian food like this and i've been eating it for a little while
the menu is simple and modern, so is the food. I had he king prawn battari... loved it
i can so easly see this place being the must seen eatery in Clapham/London

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