Indian Restaurants in Hale Barns
1. Indian Affair
Indian restaurant in Manchester
46 Blossom Street - M4
“Very good, fresh food” helps win high ratings for this bright, white-walled Ancoats Indian, which first opened its doors in September 2024 (it’s the spin-off of their older sibling in Chorlton). The breezy, attractive style is the work of Delhi-raised Harshit & Natasha Chopra whose menu puts a modern spin on North Indian dishes.
2. Indique
Indian restaurant in Manchester
110-112 Burton Road - M20
The swish inner suburb of West Didsbury has long had a pocket of well-known Manchester destinations and this contemporary curry house – where ‘Indian’ meets ‘unique’ (geddit?) – is one of them.
3. Indian Affair
Indian restaurant in Manchester
362 Barlow Moor Road - M21
“Super-friendly and very professional service with plenty of good advice” helps win praise for Harshit & Natasha Chopra’s Delhi-inspired restaurant, also complimented for its “delicious, brilliantly presented food with rich, well-balanced flavours”. It’s two years old, and they must be doing something right, as in September 2024 they launched an Ancoats spin-off.
4. Bundobust
Indian restaurant in Manchester
61 Piccadilly - M1
“These guys could turn me veggie!” – Mayur Patel & Marko Husak now have four Bundos and this was the second plank in their successful Gujarati group, which puts ‘beer and curry together at last’! “It can be a bit chaotic, but it’s heavenly food for veggies and vegans” and “never fails to deliver” a fun time too (“always enjoy coming here… it’s very fun and relaxed… you can mix and match and try a few things… also a really interesting selection of beers”).
5. Mowgli
Indian restaurant in Manchester
Unit 1, University Green, Oxford Road - M13
Nisha Katona’s Liverpool-based operation has two branches in London (Charlotte Street and Westfield Stratford) offering her “very tasty” Indian street food – “with the occasional hint of raw spice”. The Lancashire-born former barrister launched the business in 2014 and now has 28 outlets around the country, whose “enjoyable, authentic food” is “really great for a chain”.
6. This Charming Naan
Indian restaurant in Manchester
78 Sackville Street - M1
2022 Review: A curry house like no other, with the all-vegan dishes named after Smiths' songs; superfan Max Paley founded it as a delivery service from a kitchen inside the Retro music venue (address listed; sit-in dining planned for post-lockdown). Dishes include Girlfriend In A Korma and How Saag Is Now?.
7. Dishoom
Indian restaurant in Manchester
32 Bridge Street - M3
“You feel alive in the good, bustling, noisy atmosphere” of this “deservedly popular”, retro Bombay-inspired Indian: part of the phenomenally successful, national – and soon-to-be international chain – which was sold to part of LVMH in August 2025 for £300million. Like its older London siblings the site is key to its success – here it’s a grand, grade II listed former Freemasons’ Hall. “Personable service helps make any mistakes more forgivable” and the “fantastic”, “really tasty dishes” are “that bit different” and “come out quickly”. Even though it’s part of a chain, it provides an experience thought worthy of a trip (“Unfortunately the wilds of Cumbria are not great for Indian food… so the dreaded trek to Manchester is the only option… just wish it was a bit nearer”!)
8. Mowgli
Indian restaurant in Manchester
16, 37 Corn Exchange - M4
Nisha Katona’s Liverpool-based operation has two branches in London (Charlotte Street and Westfield Stratford) offering her “very tasty” Indian street food – “with the occasional hint of raw spice”. The Lancashire-born former barrister launched the business in 2014 and now has 28 outlets around the country, whose “enjoyable, authentic food” is “really great for a chain”.
9. This & That
Indian restaurant in Manchester
3 Soap St - M4
“It is what it is…” – namely “a canteen, so service and ambience are minimal” – but the “unimpeachable home-style curries” at this Northern Quarter veteran remain “the best bargain in Manchester city centre”. Their famous ‘rice and three veg’ deal racks in at an absurdly cheap £6, rising only slightly if you add meat. Watch out for the odd celeb among the social media set which likes to frequent it.
10. Royal Nawaab Pyramid
Pakistani restaurant in Stockport
The Pyramid Kings Valley - SK4
Opened in April 2025, this much-glazed 1980s landmark has, in its time, served as the HQ of the Co-operative Bank, and was converted following a £1.5million refurb into a new Indian restaurant with three banqueting suites accommodating 1,250 people plus a 400-seater restaurant. It opened too late for any survey feedback, but in his June 2025 review, The FT’s Jay Rayner was forced to rethink his prejudice against buffets (the menu format here, at £29.99 per person). “The aesthetic is classy cruise ship” and a buffet counter “so long you could run time trials down it” with 100 different dishes to a mainly British Asian crowd: the warming lights are not kind to poppadoms, but the fried items – chicken wings and samosas – turn over so fast they don’t have a chance to go soggy, while the “startling array of curries actually benefit from sitting on a gentle simmer”.
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