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Ganapati isn’t your ‘run of the mill’ curry house. In fact, it has a bit of a new age / hippy feel to it, with the slight whiff of incense in the air and the waiting staff wearing what look like smocks. But for those of you who are more ‘city’ than ‘swampy’, don’t let that put you off. The food is very good – with a variety of authentic South Indian dishes on offer and not a chicken tikka masala in sight!

For starter, we shared the vegetarian street snacks, which comprised two spicy potato balls and two chana dal (a type of bean apparently) patties, which weren’t bad. The mains however really impressed; we went for the lamb kurma served with coconut rice and, on the recommendation of the waitress (who was a little stern to begin with but soon softened), the duck vindalho which, as she quite rightly pointed out, was hot but with the plain yoghurt which accompanied it not too hot.

Interestingly, the food was served on plates rather than in curry house standard issue metal bowls. Both dishes were freshly cooked and full of flavour – a far cry from the greasy slop I’ve eaten at some Indian restaurants recently. And the bread, kerala paratha – a flat, ‘stringy’ bread, was delicious and quite different to naan.

I was pleased to discover Ganapati also offers an excellent choice of beers from the Meantime Brewery in Greenwich; we tried the wheat beer and the union, both of which were excellent. A refreshing change to Cobra and Kingfisher.

The bill came to about £44 between us, which admittedly is a little more than your ‘average’ curry. But then, this wasn’t your ‘average’ curry…

8/10