Indian restaurants in Scotland
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Wee Curry Shop
Great home-cooked curries. It's wise to book – it's a snug place with a big reputation, a limited menu and a sensational-value two-course lunch.
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East India Company
This basement Indian restaurant is one of the best spots in Central Scotland for a curry. Sumptuously decorated to resemble a ship’s stateroom, with portraits of tea barons on the wall to conjure images of the days of the clippers, it offers exquisite dishes from all parts of India. There’s a buffet dinner available Monday to Thursday (£8.95), but go à la carte and savour the toothsome flavours.
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Suruchi
A laid-back Indian eatery with handmade turquoise tiles, lazy ceiling fans and chilled-out jazz guitar, Suruchi offers a range of exotic dishes as well as the traditional tandoori standards, many with a Scottish twist. An amusing touch is provided by menu descriptions translated into broad Scots ('a beezer o' a curry this…gey nippie oan the tongue').
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Mother India
Glasgow curry buffs are forever debating the merits of the city's numerous excellent south Asian restaurants, and Mother India features in every discussion. It may lack the trendiness of some of the up-and-comers but it's been a stalwart for years and the quality and innovation on show is superb. It also makes a real effort for kids, with a separate menu.
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Omar Khayyam
This is a modern Punjabi restaurant with attentive, waistcoated waiters, stylish modern decor and an unusual water feature trickling away in the middle of the dining room. The food is always fresh and flavourful, ranging from old favourites such as chicken tikka masala to more unusual dishes like Kabul chicken (with chick peas, cumin and coriander).
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Roti
This is no ordinary Indian restaurant but an intimate, minimalist space with low lighting, colourful drapes and the hot pink of fresh fuchsia flowers. The menu is intriguing, offering dishes that lie well off the beaten curry trail, such as lamb and mint broth with herb dumplings and Goan fish curry (sour, salt and sweet all at the same time).
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Raj
Run by celebrity chef Tommy Miah (author of True Taste of Asia ), the Raj is an atmospheric curry house overlooking the Water of Leith and serving Indian (including Goan) and Bangladeshi cuisine. Specialities include the tongue-tingling green Bengal chicken (marinated with lime juice, mint and chilli) and spicy Goan lamb garam fry.
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Mosque Kitchen
Sophisticated it ain't – expect shared tables and disposable plates – but this is the place to go for cheap, authentic and delicious homemade curries, kebabs, pakora and naan bread washed down with lassi or mango juice. Caters to Edinburgh's Central Mosque, but welcomes all – local students have taken to it big time. No alcohol.
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Dakhin
This south Indian restaurant breathes some fresh air into the city's curry scene. Dishes are from all over the south, and include dosas – thin rice-based crêpes – and a yummy variety of fragrant coconut-based curries. If you're really hungry, try a thali: an assortment of Indian 'tapas'.
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Dil'se
Dundee loves a curry, and nobody does it better than this sleek modern Bangladeshi restaurant most of the way up Perth Rd. The bold, contemporary approach extends beyond the delicious old favourites to new dishes, such as Mas Bangla, which brings the subcontinent to Scots salmon.
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Jahangir
The food is good, but it’s worth going to this curry house for the décor alone – pure Hollywood Moghul, with a turbaned doorman, an over-the-top tent, and a tinkling fountain inhabited by live goldfish and carp (no, they’re not on the menu).
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Sam’s Indian Cuisine
The stylish decor in Sam’s is a cut above your average curry shop, and so is the food – lots of fresh and flavoursome spices and herbs make dishes such as jeera chicken (cooked with cumin seed) really zing. Wash it down with Indian Cobra beer.
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Mr Singh’s
Fine curry house with a terrific-value buffet lunch (£6). Four-course buffet dinner is £12 on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. Dishes from all over India, including Goanese, Punjabi and Biryani dishes.
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Shapla Tandoori Restaurant
Head upstairs and choose a table by the window, where you can enjoy a curry with a splendid view over the river. You can get a three-course lunch for £6 from noon to 2.30pm Monday to Saturday.
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Stornoway Balti House
Most restaurants in Stornoway are closed on Sundays. This is one of the few options for a sit-down meal.
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Kalpna
A long-standing Edinburgh favourite, Kalpna is one of the best Indian restaurants in the country, vegetarian or otherwise. The cuisine is mostly Gujarati, with a smattering of dishes from other parts of India. The lunch buffet (£7) is superb value.
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