Thought I'd start a new thread as the [url=http://viewtopic.php?t=195734old one[/url seems to have died a bit of a death and was making the place look untidy.

Visited the Westgate this evening and was a little disappointed, the Onion Bhaji's were nice and crispy and, although my Chicken Masala contained a fair portion of meat the taste was a bit bland.

My friend has some vegetable effort (dopiaza I think) and she claimed it was a load vegetables chucked into a thick tomato soup, and looking at it I think she may have had a point!

Some people I know swear by it, others can't stand the place - I'm undecided after a couple of visits and think I'll leave it a while before I go back.

I've not had a bad curry in there, but I've only been 3 or 4 times. I imagine like most of the Manningham curry places there's a fair amount of variability. Just a question of luck really.

The Westgate is utter e.

IMHO of course.

Ok... I'm being overly harsh since I've only been once but I wasn't impressed. Too many other really good curry options in Bradford for me to bother wasting my time again at a place that was such a huge disappointment.

The best at the moment has to be the Punjab Sweet House and Grill Centre on Listerhills Lane, a sensible distance from the fighting Cock. Seems to be the real deal with lots of Asian families, Sihk and Muslim eating there. The K2 on Lumb Lane has been a favourite of me and my mates for years but I haven't been for a while.

Must try Sweet Centre near the Fighting Cock.

Because it's only a short walk?

Yes and it despite its good reports I've never been. Any decent curry house that is in easy reach of Bradford's best pub gets my vote.

Any chance of a bit of curry and a match in mid/end of September? Last decent length of time spent in Bradford before disappearing up north forever...

I reckon so.

I've got it on a good source that the K2 next door is the better bet nowadays, I'm sceptical - I used to be a regular at the Sweet Centre after football and never came away disappointed.

Probably have to be the first weekend of the play-offs if you want a home game - 22nd September ish - I'll provisionally clear the diary!

Found the [url=http://www.bradfordcurryguide.co.ukThe Bradford Curry Guide[/url while looking for somewhere new to go tonight.

It's a reasonable site but it's hideously out of date for quite a few places. Some of the reviews of well known restaraunts are several years old.

Have never been to a curry house in Bradford,would love to try one, having moved up from Brum a few years ago i could recomend a few down there.

Whereabouts are you ?

On a quiet evening I'd say you can't go far wrong with Omar's www.omars.co.uk/index.php For a slightly cheaper one in more basic surroundings there's the Karachi but this can be a bit inconsistent. The International is passable and not bad even on busy nights. Does occasionally go mad with the salt though. For the true whitey experience try the Aagrah in Shipley.

On a quiet evening I'd say you can't go far wrong with Omar's www.omars.co.uk/index.php For a slightly cheaper one in more basic surroundings there's the Karachi but this can be a bit inconsistent. The International is passable and not bad even on busy nights. Does occasionally go mad with the salt though. For the true whitey experience try the Aagrah in Shipley.

Quote ="Bullseye"On a quiet evening I'd say you can't go far wrong with Omar's www.omars.co.uk/index.php For a slightly cheaper one in more basic surroundings there's the Karachi but this can be a bit inconsistent. The International is passable and not bad even on busy nights. Does occasionally go mad with the salt though. For the true whitey experience try the Aagrah in Shipley.'" The Aagrah in Shipley was pretty poor last time I was there. Akhbars Leeds rd. the best to date Naan breads like dustbin lids The 3 singhs, Sticker Lane, is also worth a punt

Quote ="Bullseye"On a quiet evening I'd say you can't go far wrong with Omar's www.omars.co.uk/index.php For a slightly cheaper one in more basic surroundings there's the Karachi but this can be a bit inconsistent. The International is passable and not bad even on busy nights. Does occasionally go mad with the salt though. For the true whitey experience try the Aagrah in Shipley.'" The Aagrah in Shipley was pretty poor last time I was there. Akhbars Leeds rd. the best to date Naan breads like dustbin lids The 3 singhs, Sticker Lane, is also worth a punt

Aye, had a proper look last night and noticed that.

I might get in touch with them and ask if they'll fund some research to get their site back up to date!

tbh, something of a replacement for it was in my mind when I started the original curry thread. I have the attention span of a goldfish however.

Akhbars is whitey paradise IMO (the number of Asian diners there notwithstanding). There are far better, far cheaper.

Agree with AP on the Westgate. Food wasn't great and the upstairs filthy. Also surrounded by prosies.

Agree with Bullseye on Omars. Thanks to Omars my eldest will now eat curry and personally I've never been dissapointed there.

Karachi can be variable but its best not to expect the best from a small curry house.

I wasn't hugely impressd with International on the first couple of evening visits but I've had 4 daytime visits in the past 6 weeks and its been very good each time. Hmmm, may go on Saturday.

Used to regularly go to Habibs on a dinnertime for the buffet and, as buffets go, that wasn't too bad.

For something fancy theres always Mumtaz. The food has always been very good but the prices are a bit prohibative.

Psssh. Mumtaz schmumtaz. It ain't what Bradford curry houses are about, IMHO. And 5 thumbs down for the Nawaab. Not only does it pretend to be posh, both times I have been there I've waited over 2 hours to get my food, and one of the times it was the wrong dish. GRRR!

I tried Mister Khan's out the other night (just above International on the opposite side of Morley Street) and it was OK, nothing special and the fact it had a tv blaring out some music channel or other means it's somewhere I probably won't be visiting again, even though I find International a bit hit and miss I'd still rather cross the street and go there.

Slightly off-topic, and totally against the spirit of this thread, has anyone been to the Cocina Mexican restaraunt on Manningham Lane in recent times? I've made a pledge to myself to eat things other than curries when dining out in Bradford and that's somewhere I've always fancied trying.

One of those places I've always meant to go but have never got round to it. Apparently it's good but a bit 'Tex Mex'; I imagine authentic Mexican cookin is a bit hard to track down in Bradford...

I think it's very good. I've not been for a year but I've never had a bad experience in there. The enchiladas are excellent.

I've been in with two Americans now at different times and both rated it, though it wasn't as hot as either were used to.