Eastern Eye

I stumbled across Eastern Eye while wandering through Brick Lane trying to decide where to eat. The sign in the door offering a starter, main, side and naan for £6.50 drew me in far quicker than a guy on the street could! I was slightly apprehensive based on the fact that there was no one else in the restaurant and a few other establishments were fairly busy but I thought I’d take a chance. Luckily I wasn’t disappointed.
The food (especially the chicken Dansak) was full of flavour and while there wasn’t quite as much chicken as normal this was to be expected for such a cheap offer. The naan was not quite as oily as usual which was good for me and the side of mushroom bhajee that I went for was an unexpected pleasure.
I’ve had better curries but I’ve had a lot worse but for this price you can’t go wrong

This is our favorite Pakistani/​Indian restaurant in London and we always go when we are visiting. Located on Brick Lane amongst many many similar restaurants, but we enjoy Eastern Eye the most. The service is excellent– we always have a well-​spoken attentive waiter and efficient support staff. My two favorite dishes are the Balti Prawn and Chicken Tikka, with a few Cobra beers. Looking forward to returning next time I am in London. Cheers!

So good. Delicious Indian food and what i considered a diverse menu with some new dishes to venture into. Friendly service, complemented by a TV playing the latest music videos from bollywood (?) made for an entertaining meal.

I took a group of colleagues here last night as a result of reading Unilocal reviews… they were looking for a «real Brick Lane curry experience.»
The food was fine. It was simple indian faire, and most people cleaned their plates.
My rating is related more to the service than the food. Our server was rude, and seemed annoyed the whole time. I dont think the guy smiled once. He was particularly sweet to my gorgeous, barbie-​doll-​looking friend, but beyond that, he seemed like he could care less that the rest of us were there.
I wasn’t impressed, and I wouldn’t go back. There are plenty of other options we can choose when we’re craving Indo-​pakistani food.
Two recommendations that would make this business better: Be kind and welcoming to your guests once they’re in the door and sitting at a table, and add descriptions for each item on your menu for those with allergies or who arent familiar with indian dishes.

Looking for an Indian restaurant we had no specific restaurant in mind. Although off putting, all of the restaurants seemed to have someone out front trying to tout their virtues with a 20% discount. This one was no different and we took a leap of faith. We are happy we did. The food was good (Chicken Palak & Prawn Paneer) with drinks and starters included. Friendly, helpful waiter.

Some dishes are okay, others are awful. My favorite Indian dish is palak/​saag paneer, and their version was the worst i ever had. Literally, I could only eat two bites because it tasted as if they’d dumped a pound of sugar into it. I’ve heard that British Indian dishes are sweeter, but there’s no way that they’re supposed to be that sweet. It was like candy!
Also they lured us in with «one free beer each,» but once we’re ordering we discover they really meant free HALF PINT… which is definitely not the same thing.

I love curry, I love indian food, I love spicy food !
So my friend, who lives in London for 15 yrs made a reservation for us. Each plate has really good flavor (rather than spicy). Loved all 5 plates my friend ordered (but cannot remember those names … one of them was tandori chicken) Really nice restaurant run by a wonderful family. thanks !
oh one thing, be careful because there are several «Balti». Should go to this one…

In town from the States on business and first time to Brick Lane. Happened into Eastern Eye as it was mid-​week and in general most of the restaurants had few people but Eastern Eye had more than most which we took to be a good sign (and no they were not out on the street offering free beer as some of the other shops were).
It was an excellent choice; very extensive menu, wait staff was very friendly and helpful and the food was amazing.
We tried three dishes and all were good but the Balti Chicken was outstanding. The rich but subtle blend of flavors and spices was fantastic, I would fly back to London for this dish. We also had the Lamb Kurma which too was excellent and also the Chicken Tikka Masala which was good but in my opinion not as notable as the other two dishes.

Powerful air conditioning, acceptable portion sizes and speedy waiter service. Top notches on these basic requirements.
Dishes are spicy as promised with nothing held back — something I do appreciate.

The tandoori chicken is very good here– moist and flavourful. The butter chicken and prawn curry were also quite good. We will definitely return.

The tikka massala, vegetarian dishes, bhajis, samosas and butter chicken dishes were fantastic and the service was good. I’ve been to a number of other brick lane restaurants and this is the best one I’ve been to so far.
Eastern Eye is a quality Indian. I don’t agree with the other review here about Brick Lane. Most brick lane restaurant have special offers like a free round of drinks and I’ve found no correlation between the quality of food and the special offers. In fact, they offered us a free round of drink and 20% off our meal here.

I stumbled across Eastern Eye with my brother when searching for a half decent curry house in Brick Lane. My Brick Lane tip is to always avoid the places with a guy trying to entice you in with free beer etc., the reason they do that is because they are no good. We plumped for Eastern Eye because it is the only place that doesn’t look like it is falling apart in that part of the lane.
The food is fairly priced and off good quality. I’m particularly fond of the Chicken Curry as it has a good meat to sauce ratio. The only thing letting this place down is the service, which is an absolute shocker even when the place is deserted.

Not my favourite Brick Lane restaurant, food usually too oily and stuff rushing you, but with a 25% off on take away I’d come here if I fancy some indian food to eat at home.

So an old (17 years older to be exact) friend came over to visit me and seemed content just to stagnate on my couch (and not in the most fragrant way!)before she got so drunk that she decided playing with oncoming traffic on the westway flyover was a good idea she asked to go for a curry on the Saturday night. On Saturday morning she decided she did not wish to leave the couch, however as I didnt wish to fumigate I got her lazy fat ass off the couch eventually and onto a tube to liverpool street. After she protested about walking I got the cab driver to drop us in the middle of brick lane and took a wander. All places looked pretty much the same but the eastern eye caught my eye as they had just gotten an award from Lite and they were giving 25% off the bill plus no service charge for one night only. Now I am far from an afficionado of Indian food but it all smelled good. My friend, although she fancied herself as some kind of expert, having been to India once on one of those awful middle to old age singles tours, ordered exactly the same as me, tandoori platter, butter chicken and cheese spinach (something aloo) I also had onion and pea rice and cheese nan. On top of this I had a bottle of mateus rose and a double malibu and coke and she had a very large Indian beer. astoundingly the cheap fat ass paid the bill, and it was only £48! Although service was a little shaky (they brought the wrong side, then didn’t bring me anything else for 20 minutes when they brought out the same wrong side (except this time oven burnt) but eventually brought me the cheesy spinach which unbelievably was worth the wait!) and there was no ice bucket for my rose, I would go back if I could get that quantity and quality for that price again!

Strange to land into a curry house to the sound of the FA Cup semi-​finaland the sound of our crowd seen as we were the only ones in. It took a while for orders to be taken and it felt like ages before the grub came (probably due to the fact it was Sunday afternoon and I was firmly in the horrors) but once it came it was good grub; a £7.95 lunch menu that has starter, mains, rice or naan and a selection of other dishes. Good for free for all tuck-​in!

It’s quite hard to stand out among the 30 or so Indian restaurants in Brick Lane, but Oriental Eye certainly does. I was at a wine tasting nearby and as I approached, noticed that at 6pm, Oriental Eye was completely full, with people queuing outside. Consequently, when I tired of the dry biscuits they give you at wine tastings I went back to try it out — and it was indeed superb. Almost empty at 8.30pm, it obviously caters to a young crowd going on somewhere else and people stopping on their way home from work, but its speciality Balti dishes are absolutely delicious. I have the king prawn Balti special which was gorgeous — rich and perfectly spiced. The rice was also delicious and well-​flavoured and the lassi as tasty as one would expect. And the whole cost only £11.50 with a 25% discount as I was eating (for them) quite late. I am now looking for excuses to go there again.