Outside Tuk Tuk in Tollcross

Tuk Tuk

Edinburgh


One of Edinburgh’s livelier Indian restaurants, Tuk Tuk serves street-food-style Indian dishes in spacious surroundings with vintage Bollywood posters on the wall. The menu boasts classics such as channa puri (curried chickpeas with flatbread) and an excellent signature 'railway station' curry (lamb on the bone, as served on Indian railways). Popular with bigger groups and pre- and post-theatre crowds.


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