Nottingham, Indian Restaurant Guide

“Freshly cooked food to a high standard” and “really excellent service from Monika and Sunny” make the Anand family’s Punjabi specialist stand out from the crowd on Nottingham’s ‘Madras Mile’ of curryhouses.

“Nottingham’s best Indian” and the most-commented-on restaurant in the city centre: Amita Sawhney’s “buzzy, friendly and efficient” fixture continues to inspire nothing but praise for producing “wonderfully flavoursome, yet refined, dishes time and time again”. Is it “the attention to detail and woman’s touch seemingly so apparent in the meet and greet, presentation… even down to the Molton Brown in the toilets?”. “I’ve eaten at many Indian restaurants all over the world, including renowned Michelin-starred ones in London. This is right up there, and at a decent price”.

The “creative and well-cooked food” at the Aziz family’s third Nottingham venue is inspired by the flavours of Kashmir and Lahore. A “well-run establishment” in a “beautifully converted former NatWest building”, it provides a “great all round experience”. Top Tip: “the goat curry is a favourite”.

Impressive marks, if on limited feedback, on this gourmet Indian, which set up shop in 2014 on Nottingham’s trafficky Maid Marian Way, and has won a firm local following for its decadent, if not too subtle, dishes; off-shoot Maharaja’s Retreat opened five doors down, in May 2019, replacing a seafood joint which stayed open for barely a month.

Tom Brooke, launched this 70-seater in Nottingham in September 2019 by splitting his existing Red Dog Saloon site (sibling to the well PR’d one in Shoreditch, as well as three others around the country) into two. The all-day format will offer Indian small plates cooked on a charcoal BBQ, with influences from Middle Eastern countries such as Persia, Turkey and Lebanon.