About Jamavar
Jamavar opened on Mount Street in 2016 as the London extension of the Leela hotel group's Indian-dining programme. It won its Michelin star in 2017, retained it through a kitchen reorganisation, and remains one of the three or four highest-ranked Indian restaurants in Mayfair.
Chef Surender Mohan's menu works across regional India, a northern kebab section, a southern dosai programme, a Goan seafood track, and the tasting menu format is a genuinely good way to introduce a sceptical diner to the breadth of the cuisine beyond the tandoor-and-curry stereotype. The cocktail list leans into Indian ingredients (tamarind, curry leaf, mango) without gimmicking.
The Mount Street address and the polished interior, richly coloured walls, modern Indian artwork, leather banquettes, mean the room reads as genuinely Mayfair rather than Indian-in-Mayfair. Service is quietly professional, pricing is firmly Mayfair.
Best Occasion Fit
Jamavar is the current Mayfair default for Indian client dinners. The Mount Street location gives it the hotel-adjacent walkability that business dinners benefit from; the Leela heritage reads correctly to Indian clients; and the range of the menu means you can host a mixed group without having to steer everyone toward the same set of dishes.
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