A contemporary Indian fine dining restaurant located in Leicester Square, London, known for its regional dishes and award-winning status.
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Last updated: 7/1/2026, 6:01:16 AM
Key Information
Oorja London, meaning 'Energy, Strength, Power,' is an all-day Indian dining experience located on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's bustling West End. It offers a comforting reprieve from the area's fast-paced environment, celebrating India's rich culinary heritage with a creative and refined approach. The restaurant is an establishment from the team behind Guragura London.
Customers consistently praise Oorja for its incredible, flavorful, and beautifully presented Indian food, often noting its creative twists on traditional dishes. The cocktail menu also receives high acclaim for its innovation and deliciousness. Service is frequently described as fantastic, welcoming, attentive, and friendly, with staff providing excellent recommendations. Many reviewers consider it one of the best Indian restaurants in London, highlighting its fantastic vibe and unforgettable dining experience.
Additional Details
Oorja is a relatively new and highly recommended addition to London's vibrant dining scene, offering a unique and high-quality Indian culinary experience in a central location.
Oorja is an all-day dining spot, making it suitable for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It is particularly noted for its hearty Indian breakfast offerings.
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We had an incredible time dining at Oorja a few weeks ago. The food was delicious and some of their dishes also had a creative twist to them. Lovpreet served us food that day. She gave great recommendations and was very thoughtful in her actions. The staff also took great photos of us. We still look back at that day with a smile on our faces! This is one of the best Indian restaurants in the city and I’d definitely recommend visiting! :)
Had such an amazing experience at Oorja London. The food was absolutely incredible, full of flavour, beautifully presented, and honestly some of the best I have had in a long time.
The cocktail menu deserves a special mention too. It is so creative and every drink we tried was delicious and perfectly made.
A huge thank you to Lovely, who looked after us so well throughout the evening. She was absolutely amazing, so welcoming, attentive, and friendly, and she really made our experience even more special.
The atmosphere, service, cocktails, and food were all 10 out of 10. I will definitely be back and would highly recommend Oorja London to anyone looking for an unforgettable dining experience.
I happened across this place while planning to go to Dishoom while I was visiting London for the weeknd. It was the most fantastic accident of my life. It has secured its spot in my top restaurants in the world. I came back a second night in a row to make sure it wasn’t a tease. It wasn’t. The food. Fantastic. The cocktails. Fantastic. The service. Extra fantastic. The vibe. Fantastic!
I plan to come back tomorrow—for a third day in a row(!)—to try their Sunday roast.
Over the course of a few days I tried many things on the menu and they all impressed my “refined foodie” pallet. I am planning to fly back this summer to bring my daughter—also a lover of amazing Indian food. 💚
The food and service was really good. Everything we ordered had very good taste and went well with each other.
Although the menu had a wide variety of non vegetarian items, the selective vegetarian that we ordered was pretty good. Definitely waiting to visit again to have the remaining items and the taster menu that we missed this time .
Our waitress was named Lovely, another person helping was Amit! He came up with a cocktail based on my drink interests. Lovely helped recommend foods that we hadn’t tried before, we had a wonderful time. The experience was our favorite we had in London!
