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Indian Restaurant Reviews => Highly Recommended British Indian Restaurants => Topic started by: Paul1980 on September 22, 2010, 03:07 PM
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I am going to Manchester for the weekend in 3 weeks can anyone recommend a good BIR from past experience?
I am staying next to Piccadilly square so right in the center.
Thanks
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That'll be one for Razor, he's a Manc; PM him...
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Hi Paul,
Yep, as VC says I'm a Manc but I don't really bother with curry houses in town. A friend of mine recently visited the Shalimar Restaurant and she said that it was really good. The Shalimar is situated in the Northern Quarter (in between Picadilly and the M.E.N) on High Street. The Northern quarter is an awesome area for cafe bars, restaurants of all different nations, ranging from Brazilian, to Iranian, to Malaysian, to well,,,,,,anything really.
You could also try the curry mile on Wilmslow rd in Rusholme but, you can easily become overwhelmed by the sheer amount of restaurants there, and there is no guarantee that you will pick a good one. It's gone down hill a bit over recent years.
One that I use more than the others is The Mughli. I'm not saying that it's the best curry that you'll ever eat but, I've never been disappointed with them. Quite an extensive menu too.
Are you actually staying in the city centre Paul, or outside it? Let me know, and I may be able to suggest something better for you.
Ray :)
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Have been to the Grand Buffet on Whitworth St it was terrible wouldn't recommend it.
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Paul1980,
can't help on the ctr. went to the gaylord once which was very good but i don't think it's there anymore.
if u have wheels then hilal is well worth a visit. i've only been to the one in warrington but Timperley is the HQ so should be just as good.
link http://www.hilalrestaurant.co.uk/ (http://www.hilalrestaurant.co.uk/)
seven spices from the currycouncil looks worthy too given the gaylord connection
http://www.currycouncil.com/2008/01/seven-spices-restaurant-cheadle-hulme.html (http://www.currycouncil.com/2008/01/seven-spices-restaurant-cheadle-hulme.html)
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From Piccadilly Gardens you are only a couple of minutes walk from Chinatown, top food even if it isn't Indian.
Cheers
CoR
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I am staying at the Britannia in the center next to the train station. I will give the Northern Quarter a go as I would like to have an Indian one night and something else the other.
Do you know of any good late night bars Razor? or must do's when visiting Manchester?
Cheers
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Hi Paul
The obvious must do; visit the theatre of dreams, get on the museum tour and see why everyone hates us hahaha ;D
Obvious not to doo's; Keep away from the City of Manchester Stadium, or as we call it, the Council Tax Stadium. Nothing to see or do there, empty trophy cabinets aren't much to look at ;)
As for bars, depends what your after really mate? Get yourself in the Printworks, smack next to Victoria station, can't go wrong in there. Allsorts to do, bar's, restaurants, cinema. Little bit pricey, but so is most of central Manchester.
If you get over to the Oxford street area, near the Uni, there are loads of little venues, catering for the student budget, like comedy stores and places for new up and coming bands. You just have to look for them or follow some spotty long haired student, who stinks of 'Joop' (Why do they wear that stuff?)
Canal street (not my cup of tea) is highly amusing and full of colourful character's. Yeah it's in the gay village, but the majority of people who go there aren't gay, and everyone seems to have a good night? Just got to be open minded, and expect the unexpected lol.
It really depends on what kind of night your after, if you can let me know that, then I can be a bit more specific for you.
Let us know how you get on mate.
Ray :)
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Oh my god - who recommended the Hilal?
Garbage if you really appreciate authentic asian cuisine.
I have been in twice - with a 20 year gap in between - and it was still crap.
OK I suppose if you don't know any different 1!
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Oh my god - who recommended the Hilal?
Garbage if you really appreciate authentic asian cuisine.
I know nothing about this particular restaurant but where does 'authentic asian cuisine' come into it? Most people want BIR which is about as far from that as you can get.
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Oh my god - who recommended the Hilal?
Ghoulie,
i can only vouch for the one in warrington. clearly you are not a fan of BIR.
i've been in it for well over 20 yrs on a regular basis and as i'm sure you really already know - it's not crap.
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even before I was introduced to the real stuff in the middle east ('76-'84) - I tried the Timperley Hilal - and it was garbage compared to the other Indian restauarants at the time and here i am talking pre 1975 !! (Hlilal Timperley was opened 1969 - a very poor 2nd to the Taj Altrincham which I vsisted in @ 1963 - so my 'indian palate' goes back a fair ways)
Seems to me nowadays - any Bangladeshi who has done a stint as a waiter and can raise a few bob in his community will try and open his own restaurant or takeaway with the one sauce sorts out all approach - not for me thank you SS - I want a good meal when i go out - and the more authentic the better - and I don't mean the michelin star nouvelle cuisine Dilli Altrincham approach either - far too prententious now - BUT - when it 1st opened - excellent - and soon after - within a year - off on the 'nouvelle' tangent
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Jerry - not tried the Warrington one - and don't intend to. I hear there is a very good Indian at Stockton Heath which I may check out.
Akrams Oasis in Rusholme was good while it lasted ( I knew Akram personally and if you asked for Asian cuisine there - you got it !)- sadly Akram went bust - maybe too many fingers in too many pies and a lot of 'personal' problems.
It is incorrect to say i am not a fan of BIR - I just prefer the good ones as opposed to the rubbish ones where everything tastes the same - or they take lazy short cut chances - the one at the end of my road used to do a brilliant dish - chicken with minced lamb in a very tasty sauce - the minced lamb has now become pieces of scrunched up seekh kebab - nothing like the same - and another one not to visit in my book
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I just prefer the good ones as opposed to the rubbish ones where everything tastes the same
Ghoulie,
i can very much relate to this. i only rate 2 off TA for example in warrington. not aware of better restaurant in Stockton Heath but it's now a different place with lots of new restaurants, bars, loud music.
the trouble is as you point out - it is becoming much harder to find genuinely good BIR's and even when you do the consistency tends to often drop off.
never really rated Rusholme - always felt you needed word of mouth. had 1 very good curry and at least 3 off poor all from different establishments. we no longer travel for curry down to fear of disappointment.
only recent venture was to billycat's Heswall Tandoori which did not disappoint - so they do exist - just too many imposter's obscuring the view.
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i've been in it for well over 20 yrs on a regular basis and as i'm sure you really already know - it's not crap.
A nicely executed kick in the Ghoulies there Jerry! ;D
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now SS - you wouldn't want to be doing that I can assure you - as a long time biker I have been round the block more than a few times and handle those situations as required as and when they occur - and as a recent (27.10.10) ?s donator to this site in deference to the good work / words here - would prefer a little more respectful response to my posts
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as a long time biker I have been round the block more than a few times and handle those situations as required as and when they occur
And here, by way of proof, is a video of some of the 'ardest bikers you will ever see :
http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/georges-blog/back-in-my-day/5720.html (http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/georges-blog/back-in-my-day/5720.html)
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as a long time biker I have been round the block more than a few times and handle those situations as required as and when they occur
And here, by way of proof, is a video of some of the 'ardest bikers you will ever see :
http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/georges-blog/back-in-my-day/5720.html (http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/georges-blog/back-in-my-day/5720.html)
Never understood that sport. Why use a bike when you're pushing or carrying it most of the time? ???
I can easily do that terrain on my mountain bike and probably never come of once...albeit at a slower pace. :P
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now SS - you wouldn't want to be doing that I can assure you - as a long time biker I have been round the block more than a few times and handle those situations as required as and when they occur - and as a recent (27.10.10) ?s donator to this site in deference to the good work / words here - would prefer a little more respectful response to my posts
As you're a newbie Ghoulie I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you overlooked the smilie at the end of my sentence. Wouldn't want to get off on the wrong foot would we?
Oh, and if you want to know what I think about bikers, see South Park season 13 episode 12 (title: The F Word). Pretty much sums 'em up. ;)
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Secret Santa,
you can't be from the midlands. there you can't grow up without a liking for 3 cylinder jobbies (not kettles) and the later 4 stoke versions, mini's and of course curry.
ice was always the biggest problem i found.
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let you off SS - I've moved on to a trike nowadays - Billy Connolly started me into trikes !
I now have a 3.5 litre rover engined trike
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Hi
Did we ever come to an answer to this? As I need to fined a BIR that can do both. Now a trike sounds fun, not sure about the kilt though! Lol
Regards
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Interesting talk about the Hilal. My love for curry started with takeaways from the Hilal (Timperley) from a very early age.
I have to say the most incredible dish they do is the Chicken Madras. If you try it you won't be disappointed IMO.
I moved to the South Warrington area 20 years ago, where there is another Hilal (exact same menu/recipes).
There was a third one near Wilmslow but I never went to that.
Sadly the Stockton Heath one closed a couple of years ago, now it is another Indian called Indish (not tried yet).
I'll start another thread to talk about Warrington TA/Restaurants.
Richard
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One of the best Indian (Nepalese actually) restaurants in the Greater Manchester area is without doubt the Jai Kathmandu Palatine Road, Northenden.
I would also highly recommend the Swadesh in Bowdon and the Seven Spices , Cheadle Hulme (the latter guys ran the Gaylord in Spring Gardens, M/Cr).
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Interestingly, talking to an Indian guy (customer) in the Jai Kathmandu in Northenden a week ago, he told me the excellent Seven Spices (owners were originally the Gaylord proprietors in Manchester) in Cheadle Hulme had closed down 3 months ago - probably due to the popularity of the Aamchi Mumbai and the Tiffin Room.
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Premier Masala in Chorlton is a fantastic TA!
http://premiermassala.com/
True BIR taste!
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