13 restaurants · updated November 2026
The Best Indian Restaurants in Manchester
Manchester's Indian food has three faces: the Curry Mile in Rusholme with its grills and sweet counters, the Northern Quarter's cheap rice-and-three cafes, and a newer crowd of street-food canteens and stylish dining rooms across the city centre and the southern suburbs.
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City centre 5Rice and three 2Curry Mile and suburbs 6
City centre
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Asha's
Michelin Guide listedAn upscale room with cocktails and the only Indian restaurant in Manchester to appear in the Michelin Guide.
Details, rating and dishesMapSources: manchestersfinest.com, manchesterwire.co.uk
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A Gujarati vegetarian canteen that brews its own beer. Cheap, quick and very good.
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Street-market dishes and tiffin trays from a family-run kitchen.
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Delhi flavours and fusion with good cocktails.
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A long-running North Indian house with some Nepali touches.
Naan
Bhindi Masala
Kachori
Butter Chicken
MomosRice and three
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A Northern Quarter canteen dishing up rice and three curries since 1984.
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A tiny lunch spot with honest curries. Bring cash.
Lassi
KadaiCurry Mile and suburbs
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The standout on the Curry Mile, with charcoal grills and a menu of street snacks.
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The longest-running curry house on the Curry Mile, with a sweet counter by the door.
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A Didsbury favourite for South Indian cooking.
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Mumbai curries and snacks in a cosy suburban room.
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Vegan dishes from western India.
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Nepali and Indian cooking, famous locally for its butter chicken.
Samosa Chaat
Chole Bhature
Vada Pav
Dabeli
Dal MakhaniHow we chose
Picked from Manchester's Finest, Manchester Wire and OpenTable's Manchester guide. Places named by two or more are marked high confidence. Restaurants change, close and lose or gain stars, so check before you travel. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
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