Good to see this thread back again...cant we get it made a sticky.?
Anyhow sorry if its already been mentioned but went to the new Nawaab bottom of tong street, the one that used to be lapwater hall...all i will say is that it was expensive, tried floggin us 2 x little bottles of water at £2 quid each rather than the jug of water i asked for and the food was nothing to write about hence i havnt given a good description...still £40 for 3 starters and 2 main meals....nothing special and no alcohol !!
My advice is dont bother...On the plus side...did the sweet centre on lumb lane last week and cannot fault it...half the price of Nawaab and food was superb.

I've been to the Shimla in Shipley. Found it a bit mild to be honest. It was one of those that people on here in the past referred to as "aimed at whitey", much as I disagree with that whole thing.

Ordered a fairly hot curry and it was still mild. Tasted alright, but it was all a bit too fancy looking instead of just being good food.

What happened to AP and his 'Asian people don't use cutlery' attempts at inclusiveness?

Mine made my cry.

It had two chillis on the menu, not even 3.

Maybe I'm just soft!

I was actually warned beforehand that I should order hotter than I wanted as they tended to run a bit mild, and I still found it not enough.


The one thing I did enjoy about the Shimla was they had some other Naan. It's been a while since I went now, but I think it was a Chilli Naan or something? And it was excellent. Truly excellent.

If having a curry outside the "curry heartlands" just ask for your meal to be "desi style" that should sort out the mildness problem.

Anyone been back to the Shama in Bingley since it re-opened?

Off to the new Aagrah tonight (by Thornbury Roundabout). Not that impressed by the old one tbh but willing to give it a shot.

Is it in the same place?

Recent visit to Akbars The Cafe down Leeds Rd one afternoon whilst feeling peckish. Just had one dish : lamb shank in a sauce not tried before. Cant remember the name.
Akbars have always put on some "different" optional dishes. It was certainly different and delicious + excelent Naan.
Swish place and decent service but its expensive! £12.95 for my one dish.

Took wife and daughter to Aakash in Cleckheaton one satuday night a month ago and opted for the Buffet menu at £13.95. The reason for my choice was to give every one their own choice of eating
As buffets go it was pretty good with 10 starters and about the same mains, with half a dozen sweets.
It's convenient to get what you want , as much as you want and when you want, and the process is ambient with guests but there is a horrendous lack of individual ingredient taste in dishes that have been allowed to stew for even a short time.
They do have an a la carte menu which we haven't tried.

2 weeks ago,wife and I went early doors (6:30pm) at Aagrah, Thornbury. where the sevice and kitchen was up to speed.
Poppadums were complimentary with 4 dipping sauces/chutneys
Mixed starters for two :Lamb Kebabs, Lamb chops, tandoori chicken, fish and vegetable pakoras with a much more varied salad than usual.
A Thali of 4 small dishes : prawns, lamb, chicken & lentils in varying sauces
for me and a Chicken Madras for the wife. All most acceptable in quantity and freshness.
The bill was £25.75 which we found reasonable.
The service was interesting in that it was absolutely spot on to what I would expect from a top restaurant anywhere. Efficient and timely, neither arrogant nor subservient, intiuitive to the customer's ambience in finishing dishes.
Might be different of course in really busy times, I dont know.

Aagrah was pretty much as the above poster has said. Really nice food.. without being mindblowing. But service etc, spot on

Make your own, it's better.

That's ok for poor people.

It probably is.
It also tastes better and you know what's going in it.
Ya never know what muck and cheap ingreadients these places use.

I have a veg curry in the Kashmir a couple of years back. It was pretty bloody obvious then, everything was in the half centimetre cubes you get in packets of frozen mixed veg from t'corner shop.