Clearly raising the standard in Rusholme, this stylish time-honoured family restaurant on the famous Curry Mile serves authentic Mughlai-cuisine from the northern regions of India and Pakistan. The street food tapas style menu focuses on freshly prepared traditional and contemporary dishes and features an extensive range of vegetarian, chicken and seafood options with succulent biryanis, mouth-watering grills and home-style curry dishes. The menu uses only Halal meats, with celiac and lactose-intolerant friendly dishes. Open until 01:00 during the week and 02:00 at weekends.

Legendary Bollywood singer and cook, Asha Bhosle (who inspired the Cornershop hit "Brimful of Asha"), opened her first Modern Indian restaurant in Dubai back in 2002, spawning ten further branches in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Birmingham and, since 2015, this stunning £2m high-end restaurant on Peter Street, Manchester. Spread over two floors, it is sultrily lit with boudoir-style drapings, gold finishings and deep okras, whilst the menu offers classic curries, tandoor kebabs and creative dishes, all created using spices which are grinded using Asha's family's traditional Masala recipe.

The out-of-this-world £4.5 million Thai and Indian Asian fusion restaurant near the Etihad Stadium in Miles Platting, just 10 mins taxi ride from Piccadilly Station, is the most spectacular restaurant and bar to have ever opened in Manchester. Like something out of a James Bond movie, the incredibly impressive dining arena is without doubt one of the best in Europe and was designed by Miguel Cancio Martins, the design house behind the famous Buddha Bar in Paris, the Alain Ducasse Crystal restaurant in Marrakech and Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, John Malkovich and Mick Hucknall's Man Ray in Paris. All meats used are Halal.