The finalists in the 6th annual Leicestershire Curry Awards 2023 were announced live on BBC Radio Leicester on 31st July 2023. As you’d expect, there were big smiles all around. A huge congratulations to each and everyone of you. Roll on the the 25 September.

BEST STREET FOOD
Desi Street Food (8 Pocklingtons Walk, Leicester LE1 6BU)
Chatwala – Gipsy Lane (184-186 Gipsy Lane, Leicester LE4 6RG)
Momma’s Kitchen (16 Allandale Road, Stoneygate, Leicester LE2 2DA)
Indian Rooster – Queens Road (80 Queens Road, Clarendon Park, Leicester LE2 1TU)

BEST TAKEAWAY
Hot Potato Shop (102 Belgrave Road, Leicester LE4 5AT)
Papadoms (19 Linden Drive, Lutterworth LE17 4SS)
Hannans Spicy Cuisine (4A Ayston Road, Uppingham, Oakham LE15 9RL)
Bombay Bites – Evington Road (194 Evington Road, Leicester LE2 1HN)
Anika Balti Express (266 Narborough Road, Leicester LE3 2AP)

BEST CATERING
Gokul Foods (3 Syston Street West, Leicester LE1 2JU)
Chef’s Flavour (Memory Lane, Leicester LE1 3UL)
Roti & Co (182 Gipsy Lane, Leicester LE4 6RG)

BEST VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT
Udupi Shivalli (21 Welford Road, Leicester LE2 7AD)
Desi Bites (113 – 115 Melton Road, Leicester LE4 6QS)
Herb (96 Granby Street, Leicester LE1 1DJ)
Tangoe Restaurant (80 Gipsy Lane, Leicester LE4 6RE)
Mithaas Restaurant (103-105 Narborough Road, Leicester LE3 0PA)

BEST PUB RESTAURANT
The Broadway Bar & Grill (263-265 Abbey Lane, Leicester LE4 5QH)
The Owl & Pussycat Pub (298 Melton Road, Leicester LE4 7SL)
The Woolpack Bar and restaurant (109 Catherine Street, Leicester LE4 6EP)
Gurkha Curry (2 Kerrysdale Avenue, Leicester LE4 7GJ)
The Taj Bar and Grill (16-18 Hinckley Road, Leicester LE3 0RA)

BEST NEW RESTAURANT
Avatar Dining – Lutterworth (16 Market Street, Lutterworth LE17 4EH)
Bikaneri Bar & Restaurant (Unit C6, The Crescent, Lancaster Road, Hinckley LE10 0AW)
What A Shot (29 Lewisher Road, Leicester LE4 9LR)
Twenty 1 (7 The Sidings, Green Acres, Leicester LE4 3BR)
Indiana (26 Granby Place, Leicester LE1 1DeE
Momma’s Kitchen (16 Allandale Road, Stoneygate, Leicester LE2 2DA)

BEST FINE DINING RESTAURANT
Indian Vojon (10-12 Bank Street, Lutterworth LE17 4AG)
Avatar Dining – Market Harborough (113 St Mary’S Road, Market Harborough LE16 7DT)
Delhi Spice (55 Wood Street, Earl Shilton, Leicester LE9 7NE)
Chutney Ivy (41 Halford Street, Leicester LE1 1TR)
Heritage India (328-330 Welford Road, Leicester LE2 6EH)
Spice Bazzar (326 Welford Road, Leicester LE2 6EH)

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR
Dine India (62 Main Street, Countesthorpe, Leicester LE8 5QX)
Indian Fusion (123 Main Street, Markfield LE67 9UW)
Silchar Indian Dining (13A Lower Bond Street, Hinckley LE10 1QU)
Passage to India (1-3 Cropston Road, Anstey, Leicester LE7 7BP)
Spice of India (1151-1155 Melton Road, Syston, Leicester LE7 2JS)
Mumbai Inn (1 De Montfort Street, Leicester LE1 7GE)
Chutney Ivy (41 Halford Street, Leicester LE1 1TR)
Kayal (153 Granby Street, Leicester LE1 6FE)