What do you think is a reasonable price at an Indian restaurant nowadays.
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nickyboy
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Glossop has two Indian restaurants. One is your old skool flock wallpaper places. Tasty food if a little "traditional", mains are about £6. The other is a modern Indian, nice styling, nice presentation, some more innovative dishes. Mains are about £10
Nigel-YZ1
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About £9 round here for a main.
CanucksTraveller
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In Hertfordshire a small town restaurant that also does takeaway will charge around 5 pounds for a standard like a chicken Madras, up to about 7 to 9 pounds for special dishes. 3 pounds for rice. That sounds fairly average I think.
Depends on a lot of things though, some Indian restaurants bill themselves as finer dining with more innovative dishes and they'll be priced accordingly, some will have really high rents. There is no typical Indian restaurant in a way, any more than there's a standard English restaurant. I ate in Bombay Brasserie in London a few years ago, Indian meal for two, 120 pounds. It was good, but not that good. I think I was paying their rent mainly.
Depends on a lot of things though, some Indian restaurants bill themselves as finer dining with more innovative dishes and they'll be priced accordingly, some will have really high rents. There is no typical Indian restaurant in a way, any more than there's a standard English restaurant. I ate in Bombay Brasserie in London a few years ago, Indian meal for two, 120 pounds. It was good, but not that good. I think I was paying their rent mainly.
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Well...the last Indian meal I had was in Dudley, and I think two of us ate ourselves mad and spent less than £20. Between us, not each.
That's for poppadums, starters, main course, veggies and naans. And possibly kulfi.
That was a non-licensed Balti place, so we took our own beer.
Looking at the local takeaway, onion bajii, chicken tikka massala, some veggies and naan / rice / other starchy thing, you'd easy get change from £18. The local restaurants charge much the same, and about £4 a pint for Kingfisher or Cobra.
That's for poppadums, starters, main course, veggies and naans. And possibly kulfi.
That was a non-licensed Balti place, so we took our own beer.
Looking at the local takeaway, onion bajii, chicken tikka massala, some veggies and naan / rice / other starchy thing, you'd easy get change from £18. The local restaurants charge much the same, and about £4 a pint for Kingfisher or Cobra.
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Oh, and TVC is right. We've driven to Leicester for a curry before.
A lot of the veggie dishes are incredible, even for someone (like me) who doesn't actually like vegetables all that much.
I have very fond memories of paneer tikka and dum aloo.
A lot of the veggie dishes are incredible, even for someone (like me) who doesn't actually like vegetables all that much.
I have very fond memories of paneer tikka and dum aloo.
NorthernDave
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Of course, the cost can also be influenced if you go with a couple of mates and an acquaintance who orders the sharing starter for himself, then the chef's special main, a veritable piggery of sides and drinks Kingfisher like he's trying to drown in it.
And then suggests it would be easier just to split the bill 4 ways....and gets away with it!
And then suggests it would be easier just to split the bill 4 ways....and gets away with it!
NorthernDave
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He only got away with it as I'd nipped to the loo - the first I knew of it was when the usual £15 for my share had morphed itself into over £20 - and he'd already left.
It hasn't happened again
It hasn't happened again
Bazzer
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Where did you go to? Prices at The Raj in Culcheth have increased since they moved premises, both for eating in and takeaways. The latter is around £18 for 4 poppadoms and two mains with rice. For eating in, IIRC Bombay 8 near Burtonwood/Gemini was cheaper than The Raj, or was last time we were there.
For eating in, both myself and Mrs B have been happy with the service in both places every time we have been. (Which has been a number of times).
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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£20-25 a head in Hammersmith. Papadums, a main (£8-12), pilau rice, and a couple of beers or so. In a smart restaurant in central London, the sky's the limit.
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wormo
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I go Bombay 8 at Gemini, just had a takeaway from burtonwood which was £20 for 2.
4 corn on the cobs from the allotment is all i paid for tonight's meal . I got one back as a starter followed by a chicken main dish with bread stuff . He was slack on the beer but i can forgive him for that as he was also feeding his family at the time .
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It was Indian food btw .
The joys of living next door to a chef
It was Indian food btw .
gaz71
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Its between £7 & £9 for a main course around here.£14 seems very steep.
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