Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Leicester
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Leicester restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 5 restaurants in Leicester and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Leicester restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Leicester Restaurants
1. John's House
British, Modern restaurant in Mountsorrel
139-141 Loughborough Road - LE12
“The on-site farm is great for a wander” before or after a meal at John Duffin’s family-owned venue, which uses produce from the surrounding property where he grew up (and you can also stay in one of his family’s converted cottages). A renowned culinary spark in part of the Midlands with a dearth of decent eateries, all reports applaud it as a “gem with superb food” and “such friendly staff” too.
2. Kayal
Indian restaurant in Leicester
153 Granby St - LE1
This “excellent South Indian” near Leicester Tigers’ Welford Road stadium is “the real deal”, and “never disappoints” with its “superb food served by a wonderful team”. Top Menu Tips – “the fish curry is a delight, as is the masala dosa”.
3. Tandem
Indian restaurant in Leicester
59-59a Highcross Street - LE1
2021 Review: Cyrus Todiwala OBE, the acclaimed Bombay-born TV-chef behind London’s Café Spice Namaste, has chosen a Grade II listed building in the city-centre for his first restaurant outside London; and will feature five separate areas over two floors, including a bar, casual dining and fine dining room. For the town with the biggest Diwali festival outside India, Leicester has always curiously lacked a go-to Indian dining destination – maybe this is it?
4. Bobby’s
Indian restaurant in Leicester
154-156 Belgrave Rd - LE4
“Incredible Indian street food” has been enjoyed at this Gujarati vegetarian fixture on Leicester’s ‘Golden Mile’ since 1976, when it was opened by the late Bhagwanjibhai and Manglaben Lakhani. Now run by their son Dharmesh, it has been refurbished taking inspiration from the classic Bollywood film ‘Bobby’, the source of its name.
5. The Joiners
British, Modern restaurant in Bruntingthorpe
Church Walk - LE17
With its oak beams and flagstone floors, this family-run rural gastropub between Leicester and Lutterworth continues to win a solid thumbs up from Midlands-based reporters in our annual diners’ poll. The fairly traditional, bistro-style cooking (e.g. chicken liver parfait, steak or seabass, panna cotta) is in a more ambitious mould than typical pub grub.
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