Dining
Every Kricket in London, Ranked
Four London Krickets, ranked by the counter you sit at: a marble one facing the kitchen in Soho, an arch in Brixton, a pink room with a fireplace in Shoreditch, a red-tiled tandoor under the DLR.
In short: our top picks are Kricket Soho, Kricket Brixton and Kricket Shoreditch. 4 places in total, chosen on merit, with the full reasoning below.
Kricket is a counter restaurant that happens to serve modern Indian food, so where you sit decides the evening. All four London sites run an open kitchen and the same £20 lunch thali, and two of them have a SOMA cocktail bar attached, but the rooms could hardly be less alike: a marble counter on Denman Street, a railway arch on Atlantic Road, a room painted Jaipur pink in Shoreditch and a red-tiled tandoor counter under the Docklands Light Railway. Here is the order we would book them in.
| Place | Area | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Kricket Soho | Soho | ££ |
| Kricket Brixton | Brixton | £££ |
| Kricket Shoreditch | Shoreditch | ££ |
| Kricket Canary Wharf | Canary Wharf | ££ |
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Editor’s choice
Kricket Soho
Why we pick itA long marble counter along the open kitchen upstairs and large communal tables in the basement, with an open-door policy that takes walk-ins at both. SOMA sits next door, a late-night bar working spice into the cocktails and running into the early hours, which makes this the branch to build a whole evening on.
Best counter, best night after
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Kricket Brixton
Why we pick itRailway arches on Atlantic Road, industrial in character, with counter seats at the open kitchen and a bar arch that leaves real room for walk-ins. It is not the original Kricket, which was a shipping container at Pop Brixton, but it is the permanent answer to it.
The neighbourhood room
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Kricket Shoreditch
Why we pick itDrenched inside and out in an ethereal Jaipur pink on Charlotte Road, with a 36-seat dining room and a 16-seat private room below. The all-day Kafé, with a fireplace and no booking needed, is the part worth knowing: breakfast, coffee, tea or cocktails without planning ahead.
The all-day Kafé
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Kricket Canary Wharf
Why we pick itAn expansive open kitchen clad in red tile, with perched seats looking straight at the tandoor, under the Docklands Light Railway behind large windows and industrial lighting. A second SOMA speakeasy sits alongside it; the cooking is the group's, the setting is the least characterful of the four.
The tandoor counter
Before you book
The £20 lunch thali runs at every site and is the cheapest way into the cooking. Counter seats and communal tables take walk-ins across the group, so a full booking list is not the end of it, and the Kafé in Shoreditch needs no reservation at all. If you want the evening to continue, aim for Soho or Canary Wharf, where SOMA runs on spice-led cocktails into the early hours.
Common questions
Which Kricket is best in London?
Kricket Soho is our editor's choice: A long marble counter along the open kitchen upstairs and large communal tables in the basement, with an open-door policy that takes walk-ins at both. SOMA sits next door, a late-night bar working spice into the cocktails and running into the early hours, which makes this the branch to build a whole evening on. Kricket Soho, Kricket Brixton and Kricket Shoreditch lead the guide, with 4 places in total, all chosen on merit.
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