Best Indian restaurant in or near Leicester

[Fazzer 7]

Looking for recommendations for a good authentic one please.

[westernpark]

Authentic- Mithaas. 

[SpacedX]

Sigh. Prince of Punjab.

 

Thought I'd get it out of the way. 'Wellens syndrome' - as obligatory as inflatable dinosaurs,the frankly bizarre and utterly unfunny fixation with Rachel Riley, and "swap the family stand for the Kop". 

 

Paddy's Marten Inn, though not as good as it once was is as authentic as it gets. There's also a vegetarian place on Belgrave Road, which is excellent. Forget the name though. 

 

EDIT: Shiv Sagar - just come back to me. 

Edited 3 July 2022 by Line-X

[Bellend Sebastian]

Paddy's Martin Inn is still great, but I have to say I've been very impressed by the Taj (the old Tamarind on Hinckley Road) since that opened.

 

Indian people go there to eat and that's always a good sign

[TiffToff88]

Red Rose - Syston 

 

Vishal - Catherine Street

[isaidno]

Paddy Martin's or Shivali on Welford Road for a vegetarian option. 

[Unabomber]

Anyone in Ashby area Little India is world class. 

[Samilktray]

Himalaya at the Crown Hills pub is the best in Leicester comfortably 

[Bayfox]

1 hour ago, TiffToff88 said:

Red Rose - Syston 

 

Vishal - Catherine Street

Paddy's gone down hill.

 

Red rose was awful the other week. Bang average. Had better meals in saffron ivy next door last couple of times.

 

Clowes is still the one to beat food wise, but it's hot as **** and feels a bit like sitting in a transport cafe, same could be said of paddy's as well.

 

Oddly the sizzlers at the melton are top draw. But again as a venue it leaves a little to be desired.

[Arkie Bennett]

Tried the Owl and Pussycat the other week after several years of being urged to by my colleague. She was spot on, it's great.

[Parafox]

Wish we had decent ones in Hinckley. The best, probably, is Silchar. Recent change of chef and much improved as long as you eat in. TA's are a bit hit and miss.

[Steve_Walsh5]

Royals Leicesters- Lockerbie Walk

 

The Broadway- Abbey Lane

[Kopic]

Chef and Spice.

[Wymsey]

Gurkha Embassy, Syston.

[Libertine]

Anyone been to Memsaab since it reopened on Vaughan Way? Loved it at Highcross, looks mega pricey though.

[don_danbury]

4 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Gurkha Embassy, Syston.

i had a king prawn curry from there. really bland and expensive imo

[hejammy]

15 minutes ago, Kopic said:

Chef and Spice.

Lol hopefully this is sarcasm, would struggle to be in the top Indian buffet restaurant never mind anything else. As far from authentic as can be 

[Lako42]

Could be looking at a new page record.... 

[Bellend Sebastian]

27 minutes ago, hejammy said:

Lol hopefully this is sarcasm, would struggle to be in the top Indian buffet restaurant never mind anything else. As far from authentic as can be 

That's pretty much what I thought but the paying public seem to love it.

 

Out of interest, where is there a good Indian buffet these days?

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

Wish we had decent ones in Hinckley. The best, probably, is Silchar. Recent change of chef and much improved as long as you eat in. TA's are a bit hit and miss.

You not been the new one that's moved in to where Rossini's was in The Crescent? UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[hejammy]

18 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

That's pretty much what I thought but the paying public seem to love it.

 

Out of interest, where is there a good Indian buffet these days?

I'm not sure there's such a thing as a good Indian buffet to be honest. Feast India isn't terrible. Jimmy Spiced in Birmingham used to be OK. 

[Big Dave]

32 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

That's pretty much what I thought but the paying public seem to love it.

 

Out of interest, where is there a good Indian buffet these days?

I tend to avoid buffet restaurants these days.  The food is not usually as good as a traditional restaurant, and is not always hot as is sometimes hanging around for a while.  Also, never really get the point in going to a restaurant, then you serve yourself. 

[Big Dave]

In Market Harborough, Cinnamon Lounge food is excellent, but lacking a little in atmosphere.  Avatar also very good, but the best (imo) is severest Lounge.  Excellent food which has a Nepalese twist.

[Swarles Barkley]

3 hours ago, Bayfox said:

Paddy's gone down hill.

 

Red rose was awful the other week. Bang average. Had better meals in saffron ivy next door last couple of times.

 

Clowes is still the one to beat food wise, but it's hot as **** and feels a bit like sitting in a transport cafe, same could be said of paddy's as well.

 

Oddly the sizzlers at the melton are top draw. But again as a venue it leaves a little to be desired.

Sizzler is now Mother India in case anyone is trying to find it

[Bellend Sebastian]

1 hour ago, Big Dave said:

I tend to avoid buffet restaurants these days.  The food is not usually as good as a traditional restaurant, and is not always hot as is sometimes hanging around for a while.  Also, never really get the point in going to a restaurant, then you serve yourself. 

Many moons ago I used to be a fan of the Shimla Pinks lunchtime buffet. It was good value, and basically an opportunity to eat A LOT of Seekh Kebab followed by a couple of helpings of whatever three or four curries they were doing which were always tasty, and then stink the office out and do sod all work for the rest of the day.

 

Was never a fan of it in the evenings though - mentally over priced. I think it's still going, but no idea what it's like these days