80-82 Walworth Road,
Elephant & Castle,
London,
SE1 6SW
0872 148 6588
Add a User Review for
Ivory Arch
Add your own review of this
I forgot to put that the food is very delightful and my favourite is the Lamb Bhuna, tender sweet meats with plain rice and there chunky side salad is just mouth watering to think of now.
I look forward to this re-opening whenever it is, the new colour on the outside is a interesting choice.
I just hope that the Ivory Arch doesn't lose that spark it used to have before its club days. The hospitality and its comfort it gave me after those hard days at work.
I am very glad that the club business has been cleared and that the business seemed to have learnt but I just hope it will bring that unique X factor it had and become one of these intimidating places to eat food and drink.
Really, I got a wonderful taste. They know how to cook. The food is served hot n nicely with decoration.
Its a small eating house, its neat & clean, you can see into the kitchen which also looks clean. The food is very good and you can watch the news while your eating. The vegetarian section is very good, I'm sure you'll enjoy eating here. And they allow you to bring your own wine, they have a very good delivery service.
I've enjoyed reading about the Ivory Arch and its history. I remember the Ivory Arch having a very big profile in South London. I also know the owner, he really has a connection with the people of the Elephant & Castle. I've eaten @ the Ivory and can testify the food is delicious.
Ivory Arch has a long history. It started in 1986 as a Asian take away Curry House, the first curry delivery service in the Uk. Then it it developed into a fully licensed restaurant(in 1989).
In 1998 a group of black Business people started organizing dinner parties at the Ivory Arch, this proved to be very popular. After 1998 It became The Famous Ivory Arch Club, specially in the Black, West Indian community. Lots of Reggae Stars and Djs would come here to eat then stayed on for the after party.
Ivory Arch was the first Indian Restaurant that was also a Reggae Club in the UK and possibly the world. This carried on till October 2006 when Ivory Arch closed. It remained closed till October 2008, a two year period.
Now that Its open again, only as a restaurant & take away service,
I'm sure Ivory Arch will continue to make waves again. I'm a great fan and a friend of the owner who champions the Elephant & Castle.
Ivory arch was the lick! It will never be forgotten.
Ivory Arch is a terrible place. It's a place full of wannabe gangsters who think nothing of having at go at you to increase their reputation. The sooner Ivory Arch gets its licence revoked the better!
The views contained in these user reviews are not endorsed by View in any way and are provided by users who wish to publish their independent views of the respective establishment.
Archive
View past user reviews for this venue/film.