Coulsdon & nearby suburbs →
A small cluster of long-running curry houses around Coulsdon, Purley and the Surrey border. Good for weeknight takeaways and low-key Friday dinners, with a gentle bias towards veggie mains and rice-led dishes.
Beta · Vegetarian & GF-friendly curry guide
Find curry that actually loves your gut back.
Local Curry is a small, opinionated guide to vegetarian and gluten-free-friendly curry in the UK. We're a veggie family starting close to home in South London & Surrey, eating our way through real neighbourhood curry houses and writing up the ones that actually work.
Vegetarian & vegan-friendly focus
GF-aware where possible
No sponsored listings
UK cities & suburbs
Everything here is a work-in-progress beta. Some pages are half-built while we quietly test menus, talk to staff about gluten, and cook the same recipes again at home.
Start here
London veg & GF-friendly curry →
Early notes on London spots that work for vegetarians and gluten-aware diners. Expect thali plates, South Indian options and rice-heavy menus rather than just one token veg curry.
Home recipes from our kitchen →
Straightforward recipes for chana masala, dhal, veg biryani and weeknight curries. Nothing cheffy – just the things that keep getting cooked in a South London kitchen where everyone is veggie and at least one person is gluten-free.
What makes Local Curry different?
We start with lived reality, not listicles.
No "Top 50 curry houses" churned out from a spreadsheet. We begin with the places we actually eat at – and only write up somewhere once we've tried it, or heard the same recommendation from several trusted people.
Vegetarian & gluten-aware by default.
We look for menus where vegetable dishes feel intentional, not an afterthought, and where rice-led mains are naturally gluten-free. Menus change and kitchens vary, so we always suggest you double-check ingredients, especially if you're coeliac.
Slow, human-paced updates.
Local Curry is a side project, not a content factory. The map will grow slowly as we revisit old favourites, discover new places, and refine recipes that actually get cooked on school nights.
No ads. No sponsored spots.
Listings can't be bought. If somewhere appears here, it's because we think it deserves a quiet nod for veg & GF-friendly diners – not because anyone paid for a logo.
Know a great veg & GF-friendly curry house?
Live near a curry house that actually looks after vegetarian or gluten-aware diners – not just with one sad veg option, but with proper choice and staff who care?
We'd love to hear about it. We can't promise to list everything, but your tips help decide where we eat next.
Suggest a curry house → No forms of payment accepted. Just good recommendations.