It's no secret that Nottinghamshire has some top-rated Indian restaurants - from traditional old-school curry houses to stylish contemporary dining. That said there's some hot competition in Derbyshire and Leicestershire so it's quite some feat that eight out of the 10 finalists in the English Curry Awards' East Midlands region are based in our jalfrezi and bhuna loving county.
The nominees for Curry Restaurant of the Year will be attending an awards ceremony in Birmingham in August, where the winners will be announced.
The finalists are:
- Lime Indian restaurant and takeaway, Upminister Drive, Nuthall
- Noor Jahan, Mansfield Road, Nottingham
- Chaska, Lenton Boulevard, Lenton
- Haveli Mewar, A52 Radcliffe Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent
- Aziz Khan, Compton Acres shopping centre, West Bridgford
- Chand Indian Cuisine, Toothill Road, Mansfield
- Jhinook, Central Avenue, Workshop
- Mughal Rasoi, King Street, Southwell
They will be going head-to-head in the battle of the bhajis with Leicestershire's Avatar Dining in Market Harborough and Curry 2 Nite in Castle Donington.
There was victory for Nottingham in the 2022 awards when Nawaab Saab was declared Curry Restaurant of the Year for the East Midlands. The restaurant in Nuthall is no stranger to awards, having been crowned Outstanding Restaurant of the Year at the 2021 awards.
Vi-Va Indian Street Food in Hockley, was highly commended in the Street Food Restaurant of the Year category. The restaurant opened in Goose Gate in January 2020 unaware of what was to come when the coronavirus>Covid pandemic hit the UK.
