I'm away seeing my family and have just had an awesome curry from Curry Queen in Norwich.
Thinking we should have a thread about our fovorite curry houses. Especially for those of us travelling for work or riding
So - where's your's and why is it so good?
Kashmir, Bradford.
Surly often uninterested staff, dirty premises, spectacular curry.
Memory banks here... Used to pick up baltis from a balti house in Moseley, Clifton Road, I think, somewhere towards the railway in Moseley!!
Regularly went to a curry house in curry mile Manchester, but can't remember the name. ❓
Top of the list........ Kash curryhouse, Bradford.
Kahns in Bayswater was .......interesting
Surly often uninterested staff, dirty premises, spectacular curry
Usually the way. The best places when I lived in Brum were the ones that did Katlama and samosa starters and barfi for deserts. Menu was about 6 variations of curry and 6 variations of Balti. Hate all these tourist places you see now with endless menus and over complicated food.
Shish Mahal
and
Mother India (the Mother India cafe is especially good, tapas meets curry house, means you can mix and match and try loads of different curries)
For Glasgow
'The Indian' in Leigh or it's mother house, 'The Spice Lounge' in Culceth.
Astounding food.
Madhuban - Liss
+1 for the Madhuban in Liss, my local curry house.
+1 for Mother India.
Also, Kalpna in Edinburgh. Proper authentic veggie South Indian.
Balti Towers - fantastic Birmingham Balti house in Burton on Trent...
Zolsha in Knaresborough and Sartaj in Harrogate - both better than any I have tried in nearby Bradford.
findo_gask - Cheers ! I will try Kalpana next week.
Tayaabs in Whitechapel. Family run business been going for 50 years or more. Honest, simple, amazing food at silly low prices, so good there are queues out of the door and down the street quite often. I doubt there are more than a dozen places in the whole UK that can compare really.
Mr Safety - do you have any knowledge of the Thai cafe in "The Cut" near Waterloo station?
We used to go for lunch when I worked on Stamford St at IPC.
A green painted building. Very cheap. Very low rent. Very ace food.
Lahore Kebab House just off Commercial Road.
I'm afraid I don't, Brant, sorry. I think I did eat at a fish place in that area a few years ago, can't quite remember. And there's a nice Turkish place, Tas, round the back next to the railway line.
Curtisthecat; there are some really great little places in that area (I avoid Brick Lane as it's simply too touristy and poncey); proper tatty, and the 'service', while polite, may not quite be up to Michelin standards, but the food is top-notch. You can stuff yourself for a tenner, easily.
For those in Bournemouth...
Winton Tandoori, Winton - Brilliant 'neighbourhood' curry house. Never had a bad meal here.
Indi's, Westbourne - Upmarket Indian fusion cuisine, but they do all of the classics too. Additionally, they have the best wine list/alcohol selection of any Indian restaurant I've ever been in.
Shahee Mahal in East Molesey - recommend Peshwari & Nobabi Chicken dishes
Also Sulamania just on the Colne road out of Burnley.
It's frighteningly authentic. Slightly scary. Very cheap. Amazing.
Sheesh Mahal in twickenham. The gourmet night first Tuesday of every month are out of this world.
[i]'The Indian' in Leigh or it's mother house, 'The Spice Lounge' in Culceth.
Astounding food.[/i]
Another recommendation for both of these.
The Kabul Express (formally Falah) on Gregory Blvd in Nottingham serves incredible Afghani food very cheap. Expect to pay £5 each for some of the best curry you've ever tasted! Melt in your mouth Lamb beautiful fragrant rice and Nan breads the size of dustbin lids.
Warning!- no beer and it really doesn't taste as good when you get it as a takeaway.
Mirch Masala in Tooting/Norbury/Southall great food crap surroundings.
Lahore Kharai - Tooting ace Indian cafe
East Molesey, Cocum the new one in Bridge Road loads better than Sahee Mahal South Indian food, really light, aromatic sauces. You should try it Teef!
it really doesn't taste as good when you get it as a takeaway.
I have noticed that in several places.
Lahore down Ladypool road in brum. A self service place but the food is tip top. 😀
Pretty much anything down Ladypool road for that matter.
The last days of the Raj, in Gatesheads Low Fell is excellent. It is my favourite in the Newcastle area.
There is a place on main street in Newton Stewart that is very good too, I went there after riding Kirroughtree. I can't remember the name as I was just thinking about filling my face!
East Molesey, Cocum the new one in Bridge Road loads better than Sahee Mahal South Indian food, really light, aromatic sauces. You should try it Teef!
I will - next weekend
over there were they belong
Tayyabs in London, Whitechapel. Avoid the minefield of Brick Lane and take a wee detour to Aldgate East/ Whitechapel for this place. BYO, and usually rammed; starters are epic; mains are very good.
Conventional curry in the Pimlico/ Victoria area: Millbank Spice on Vauxhall Bridge Road. Conventional curry done well, with good service.
+1 for kashmir in Bradford, but bridge balti in Sowerby Bridge do some stunning take aways. Outside of Yorkshire, Memorys of Nepal in Reading is one i remember fondly and the palace in west drayton.
Will people stop mentioning Tayaabs? There's a reason there are huge queues. Keep schtum!
another nomination for mother india in glasgow
over there were they belong
Can I have fun with this one? Please? Oh go on???!?!
Will people stop mentioning Tayaabs? There's a reason there are huge queues. Keep schtum!
Sorry.
Oops!
Balbirs in glasgow is/was better than Mother India. Mmmmmmmmmmm curry. I´m at least 4hrs in a car from the nearest curry place and I guess it´ll be rubbish. First stop after getting off the plane in Scotland is always Balbirs!
Karachi, Bradford, for cheap and chearful.
Punjab, Lister Hills, Bradford, for la-di-da.
For Glasgow, the Wee Curry House in Ashton lane (I think it's the same folk that own Mother India). Small menu, but everything tastes so fresh.
Mother India's Cafe is my favourite in Glasgow. I've never tried Balbir's but have heard very good things.
For those in the London/South East area I've found The Surrey Palace in Ewell was excellent.
Price of Bengal in North Walsham, north of Norwich-NEVER had better, ever!
Local Helsby Spice is always grand, speed dial on the phone!
Best curry ever was at The Dhabba in Merchant City, Glasgow. Really tasty and better than Mother India IMHO. Try it.
Miah in Guildford has never disappointed but only does takeaways.
Mmmm feeling hungry now.
Eastern Eye, Albert Rd Southsea. For the south coast massive.
dhabbas and mother india are ok, i've been underwhelmed by balbirs each time i've been there. TWCH for the win 8)
The Marharaja on London Road in Liverpool.
Lahores on ladypool rd brum really good
Planet India in Brighton. Great Gujarati food, proper beer selection (including Trappist), reggae on the sound system.
Surprised nobody's mentioned Diwana, around the corner from Euston Station.
+1 for the Dhabba in Glasgow I was there on Saturday.
The Pir Palace in Uddingston is also great, food is unbeliavable if you can live with the sticky carpets and 15 year old wallpaper!
York Spice funnily enough in York, great little curry house with a couple of decent pubs nearby,some different cdjshes from the normal
The Viva Goan, just outside Calangute towards Candolim. Bit far to travel for what looks like a transport caff but hells bells, the curries in there are the real thing, plus....
2 starters,
2 mains,
1 keema rice (it's all you need for 2)
2 garlic naans,
5 Kingfisher beers,
£4.40 each.
I felt like a burst couch.
Another vote for the Spice Lounge in Culcheth, astounding food.
Also the Malanchoo in Earlstown. Staff are very friendly, food is excellent and they do free delivery for take-away. Strongly recommended.
How many people had a curry last night as a result of reading this thread???
I did!!
Azram's Sheesh Mahal in Leeds. Happy days 🙂
Another vote for Mother India, both the cafe and main restaurant. Garlic pittas are excellent and there's a lamb leg dish for two, the remains of which are usually carted up the road in a doggy bag.
Arti in Leeds.
azeems in keighley... BYO beer.
go for a handi, either lamb or fish... world class.
will be back in london on weds, first stop jai krshna in turnpike lane, veg gudjarati place, cheap and simple, BYO. it's been 2 years since my last decent ruby, i might just cry...
Sheesh on Kirkstall Rd, Leeds.
Kashmir in Bradford
Got to say it as its slightly commercialised but the Aagrah eat-all-you-can buffet in Shipley was amazingly good. Possibly the best I've ever had. And it had jelly and ice cream for desert.
Kamraan in Halifax for excellent food despite last time I went them being in the middle of refurbishment works so I was literally sat in a building site with plastic sheets over everything for the dust. But for a fiver for 3 courses, who can complain!
Anyone else been to Mumtaz in Bradford? What a place that is!
Their turnover must be tens of millions.
Kushis in Edinburgh... Though the quality seems to have fallen a bit with the move to the new place. My mum and dad have been going there since about 1960 
the Mosque Kitchen's also very good.
Of the five in Truro (rather a lot for such a small "city") the cheapest is the best!
Spice Hut, takeaway only.
The Spice Lounge, Culcheth (near Warrington)
Just been and am stuffed full of lovely lovely curry. 😀
jewel in the crown - aberdeen. stunning.
All I'll add is don't go to Akbars in Bradford. Recent bad experience and disappointing service.
Indian Brasserie in Cheltenham is good for fresh South Indian food
Curry Corner in Cheltenham is awesome for that fine dining special occasion curry.
aisa llandudno, was amazing.... however it could have been the fact that I had been awake for 72 hours and had just run 26 miles over 10000ft of climbing that made it taste to sweet.
The Orchard Maharajah on Cuppage Terrace in Singapore.
The recently opened Mr. India in Warwick is very good too.
Anyone else been to Mumtaz in Bradford? What a place that is!
I know it's highly rated but it didn't do much for me - I guess it's very 'authentic. It was quite a few years ago but I remember having to chose from a few already prepared dishes (majority vegetarian) - prefer to be able to select from a nice long menu.
Popular Balti Restaurant in Sparkbrook Birmingham.
Table Nans, bring your own beer, open till around 4am at the weekends and last bill was only £115 for 12 off us
Can't believe Joolsburger said Mirch Masala in Norbury - small world and a great great shout: we would regularly drive there from Brighton (~50 min drive).
The other tip is a members-only club just outside Crawley called The Ram which has a restaurant and bar. The food, just as at Mirch, is properly authentic, properly delicious and incredibly good value.
Now I want curry, not spag bol 😀
The Kohinoor in Portswood in Southampton used to be pretty good!
Had a very good Nepalese in The Swan Inn in Hythe (Kent, not Hampshire!). It was very tasty, and the staff couldn't do enough for us (also a very good place to stay if you have an early train on the Channel Tunnel, or ferry from somewhere)
Our own Red Fort just outside Basingstoke is very good too - we always get free poppadums with our takeaway, and it's always very busy.
+1 for Arti in chapel allerton, leeds.
+ yet another for Mother India, Glasgow.
Down south, meanwhile... Kashmir on the Cowley Road, Oxford, is very good, but BYOB.
Also very good is our local, Out of India, on Ashby Road, Shepshed. If you get to J23 on the M1 and you find that you could murder a curry, do it... Turn off, head west for a mile and there, like a little desert mirage disguised as a converted pub, is one of the best Indians for miles around. Well, outside of Leicester, anyway. Try the chef's specials, you will be glad you did.
Cinnamon Club, Westminster. Not your [i]average[/i] curry, but very, very good.
Seven Spices in Pembroke Dock, for those of you holidaying in Pembrokeshire or waiting for a ferry to Rosslare!
Best of an average collection of small town enterprises in the south Pembs area...
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Worth a stop if youre ever in Wolves, sort of cordon bleu curry and just incredible.
East Molesey, Cocum the new one in Bridge Road loads better than Sahee Mahal South Indian food, really light, aromatic sauces. You should try it Teef!
I will - next weekend
Went to the Cocum on Saturday - food was good but service was slow and rather erratic. I think I'll stick to the Shahee Mahal.
Simla, Nottingham. Cracking!
The akbar in stapleford, it looks nothing from the outside but the food is stunning, it really is the only reason to go to stapleford!!