Monsoon
Indian & Bangladeshi Restaurant in Kentish Town

Address: 24 York Rise, London NW5 1ST
Phone: +442072841700
Hours: Monday–Sunday 17:30–23:00 (7 days a week, including bank holidays)
Menu prices: £0.85–£14.95 · £ · Median main: £9.45 · 40/40 with a published price
Family-run Indian and Bangladeshi restaurant in Highgate/Kentish Town — Ali's recommendations, master chef specials, tandoori grills, balti dishes, biryanis and fresh naan. Extensive vegetarian, vegan and halal options; BYOB.
Starters
- Papadum — £0.85Plain or spicy papadum, each
- Chutney — £0.85Mango, lime pickle or mint sauce
- Onion Salad — £1.00Fresh onion salad
- Chicken Bhaja — £4.95Chicken fritters
- Onion Bhaji — £3.75Onion fritters, 4 pieces
- Meat or Veg Samosa — £3.75Samosa, 2 pieces
- Lamb Chops — £6.25Tandoori lamb chops, 2 pieces
- Prawn on Puri — £5.45Prawn served on puri bread
- King Prawn Butterfly — £5.45Butterflied king prawns
- King Prawn on Puri — £6.75King prawns on puri, 2 pieces
- Mixed Kebab Special — £6.75Lamb tikka, chicken tikka and sheesh kebab
Tandoori Dishes
- Tandoori Chicken — £4.25Marinated in spices, grilled on charcoal in clay oven
- Chicken Tikka — £4.25Charcoal-grilled marinated chicken
- Lamb Tikka — £4.45Charcoal-grilled marinated lamb
- Sheek Kebab — £4.25Minced lamb skewer from the clay oven
- Tandoori Spring Chicken - Half — £7.95Half spring chicken from the tandoor
- Tandoori Salmon — £11.95Salmon marinated and grilled in the tandoor
- Shashlick Chicken — £9.45Charcoal-grilled chicken with peppers, onions and tomatoes
- Tandoori Mixed Grill with Nan — £13.95Mixed tandoori grill served with nan bread
- Murg Afghani — £9.45Chicken breast marinated in yoghurt, stuffed with cottage cheese, roasted in tandoor
- Monsoon Special Tikka — £9.45Chicken breast pieces with fresh green herbs, yoghurt and Chef Ali's spices
Ali's Recommendation
- Chicken or Lamb Shahjani — £9.45Cooked with fresh garlic and cashew nuts in tomato sauce, served hot
- Nepal - Chicken or Lamb — £9.45Medium hot, with chef's own mixture of herbs and spices
- Tareko Tikka - Chicken or Lamb — £9.45Spicy strips of chicken/lamb tikka stir-fried with chillies, onion, pepper, garlic, ginger and chaat masala
- Chicken or Lamb Manchurian — £9.45Cooked with garlic, tomato sauce, ground chilli and coriander seeds, sweet and hot
- Sha-Coo-Tee - Chicken or Lamb — £9.45Succulent chicken in complex Goan curry with over 21 ingredients
- Sylheti - Chicken or Lamb — £9.45Cooked with wild lemon native to Sylhet, fresh citrus fragrance
- Naga - Chicken or Lamb — £9.45Slow-cooked with the world's hottest naga chilli — truly explosive
- Jalfrezi - Chicken or Lamb — £9.45Fairly hot, cooked with onion, capsicum and green chillies
- Shahi Butter - Chicken or Lamb — £9.45Mild dish with butter, cream and cashew nuts
- Tikka Masala - Chicken or Lamb — £9.45Diced chicken or meat in flavoured sauce with almond, fresh spices, cream and Chef Ali's mixture
Fish Dishes
- Salmon Masala — £11.95Diced salmon in flavoured sauce with almond, fresh spices, cream and Ali's mixture
- Salmon Jalfrezi — £11.95Salmon cooked fairly hot with onion, capsicum and green chillies
- Garlic Chilli Machli — £11.95Salmon with fresh garlic, green chillies, onion and tomatoes
Balti Dishes
- Chicken or Lamb Balti — £13.95Balti with pilau rice and nan bread
- Prawn Balti — £12.95Prawn balti
- King Prawn Balti — £14.95King prawn balti
Biriany Dishes
- Chicken Tikka Biryani — £10.95Chicken tikka biryani with tropical vegetable curry sauce
- Chicken Biryani — £10.45Chicken biryani
- Lamb Biryani — £10.95Lamb biryani