Tripadvisor ranks Bradford’s top 10 curryhouses

The city is well-known for its high-quality curries and accompanying restaurants, with many businesses winning prestigious awards in the past.

All 10 curryhouses on this list have average ratings of 4.5 out of 5 but Tripadvisor ranks establishments with its popularity index.

This takes into account the number of reviews, how favourable they are and how old or recent they are.

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For example, a restaurant may have a strong average rating but this may be made up of much older reviews and its more recent judgements could be unfavourable which would impact its popularity index rating, and so its ranking compared to other food businesses.

Tripadvisor’s popularity index is updated every week, according to the review website.

Kiplings, in Harrogate Road, Greengates (Image: Other)

Taking the top spot in Bradford is Kiplings, in Harrogate Road, Greengates, with the lion’s share of its 651 reviews describing the restaurant as “Excellent” (516, 79 per cent) – the highest rating possible.

Kiplings has been going for almost 30 years, since 1994, and is named after British-Indian author Rudyard Kipling, who wrote The Jungle Book.

Ehsen Khan, 22, has been running the much-loved curryhouse since he was 14, for the past eight years, and it is very much a family affair, with his dad working in the kitchen.

Ehsen Khan, 22, who has run Kiplings for the past eight years serving some young customers (Image: Other)

The 22-year-old, who was born in Leeds and is of Pakistani origin, puts the business’s success down to the team’s ability to make every customer feel comfortable and welcome as soon as they walk in.

He said: “My secret is to make a perfect stranger feel like he is an important part of the business.

“I can always tell if someone is enjoying a meal and, if they are not, I will change it for them.

“Any customer who makes a sudden movement needs something and it's a waiter's job to get over there and find out what.”

Some of the food at Kiplings (Image: Other)

Mr Khan added: “All credit to our father Tariq who is a culinary chef in the kitchen and with us at the front of the house, we have found a winning combination that can't easily be matched.”

Cooking in the Kiplings kitchen (Image: Other)

The next two curry restaurants in the list are the MyLahore Flagship, in Great Horton Road and The International, in Mannville Terrace.

The MyLahore Flagship, in Great Horton Road (Image: Google Street View)

Second-spot MyLahore, which has four other restaurants across the north and in Birmingham, has 2,609 Excellent reviews out of 3,251 (80 per cent).

Many of the reviews mention the fantastic service of a staff member named “Abdi”, while one person said: “A warm welcome and a great experience”.

The International, in Mannville Terrace (Image: Google Street View)

The International, in third spot, is a well-known, traditional haunt in Bradford and has just opened a second restaurant in Sticker Lane.

It boasts 1,097 Excellent reviews out of 1,370 (80 per cent).

One reviewer said: “My mum had mushroom pakora, she was like a young child in a sweet shop... beautiful.

“Then we both had a lamb karahi with chapatis and naan. Meat was melt in the mouth.”

The curryhouse in fourth is another from the Greengates area.

Bhajis N Beer, in the New Line Retail Park (Image: Google Street View)

Bhajis N Beer, in the New Line Retail Park has 265 Excellent reviews from 319 (83 per cent).

Bhajis N Beer boasts a unique menu, including its own creation – the Nach Gana, which is a plum-based, sweet and savoury dish that is not available anywhere else.

One reviewer said: “Excellent menu with some great less well-known dishes.

“All freshly cooked and served with a smile.”

Mumtaz, in Great Horton Road (Image: Google Street View)

Rounding out the top five is Mumtaz, in Great Horton Road, with 495 Excellent reviews out of 545 (91 per cent).

This curryhouse began life as a tiny shop back in 1979 on the same road it stands now and quickly became famous for its authentic Kashmiri cuisine.

One reviewer travelled all the way from Birmingham to enjoy Mumtaz for their birthday dinner and said it “definitely lived up to my expectations”.

eastZeast, in Leeds Road (top-left), Shimlas, in Great Horton Road (top-right) and Lahori Gate, in Manchester Road (bottom) (Image: Google Street View)

Sixth spot goes to eastZeast, in Leeds Road, with 366 Excellent reviews out of 440 (83 per cent), followed by Shimlas, in Great Horton Road, with 1,326 Excellent reviews out of 1,681 (79 per cent) and then Lahori Gate, in Manchester Road, with 438 Excellent reviews out of 580 (76 per cent).

Sweet Centre, in Lumb Lane (top) and Jinnah, in Leeds Road (bottom) (Image: Google Street View)

Sweet Centre, in Lumb Lane is ninth, with 519 Excellent reviews out of 748 (69 per cent) and Jinnah, in Leeds Road finishes the top 10, with 766 Excellent reviews out of 1,088 (70 per cent).

Tripadvisor’s top 10 curryhouses in Bradford are as follows:

1. Kiplings, Harrogate Road
2. MyLahore Flagship, Great Horton Road
3. The International, Mannville Terrace
4. Bhajis N Beer, New Line Retail Park
5. Mumtaz, Great Horton Road
6. eastZeast, Leeds Road
7. Shimlas, Great Horton Road
8. Lahori Gate, Manchester Road
9. Sweet Centre, Lumb Lane
10. Jinnah, Leeds Road

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