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Live list:

Akbar's ♦ Asha's ♦ Dishoom ♦ EastzEast (Blackfriars) ♦ Indian Tiffin Room ♦ Lal Qila (Rusholme) ♦ Lal Qila/Imli (town)? ♦ Mowgli Street Food ♦ Mughli ♦ Rajdoot ♦ Sangam (town) ♦ Scene ♦ Wah Ji Wah ♦ Ziya ♦ Zouk

Closed:

Al Bilal ♦ Al Nawaz ♦ Ashoka ♦ Bollywood Masala ♦ EastzEast (Princess Street) ♦ Hanaan (Rusholme) ♦ Karims ♦ Khan Ba Ba ♦ King Cobra ♦ Lal Haweli ♦ Lights Of India ♦ Punjab ♦ Royal Naz ♦ Sangam (Rusholme) ♦ Shahenshah ♦ Shahi Masala ♦ Shezan ♦ Spicy Hut ♦ Shaandaar ♦ Shimla Pinks ♦ Swadesh [now Sangam] ♦ Zaika (Rusholme) ♦ Zaika (town)

Where: Central Manchester

Features: Classier joints with better food but higher prices.

Places to go: Historically, a dead heat between Akbar's, at that time the brash newcomer which is almost always crammed full, and Shimla Pinks, old hand which was awaiting new venue for re-launch.  Shimla Pinks shut, Akbar's alienated some, the choice expanded enormously and the competition is a lot more even.  Hard to say these days, basically.

Do say: So many.  Which would you recommend?

Don't say: I prefer Rusholme - it's the neon and the tradition.

Reviewed: Akbar's ♦ Asha's ♦ EastzEast (Blackfriars) ♦ Indian Tiffin Room ♦ Lal Qila (Imli)? ♦ Mowgli Street Food ♦ Rajdoot ♦ Sangam (formerly Swadesh) ♦ Scene ♦ Wah Ji Wah ♦ Zouk

No longer with us: Ashoka ♦ Bollywood Masala ♦ EastzEast (Princess Street) ♦ Gaylord ♦ Hanaan ♦ Karims ♦ Khan Ba Ba ♦ Lights Of India ♦ Shimla Pinks ♦ Spice ♦ Taj ♦ Zaika

Where: Rusholme

Features: Lots of restaurant choice, neon heaven, quality on the decline, food hygiene and fraud controversies.

Places to go: Al Bilal and Lal Haweli are old favourites that don't seem to have gone downhill too much.

Do say: I love the smell of Rusholme in the morning.

Don't say: The Curry Mile is old hat these days.

Reviewed: Lal Qila ♦ Mughli ♦ Sangam ♦ Ziya

Not yet reviewed: Tabak ♦ Any others?

No longer with us: Al Bilal ♦ Al Nawaz ♦ Hanaan ♦ King Cobra ♦ Lal Haweli ♦ Punjab ♦ Royal Naz ♦ Shaandaar ♦ Shahenshah ♦ Shahi Masala ♦ Shere Khan ♦ Shezan ♦ Spicy Hut ♦ Zaika

Reviews welcome.  [Heaton Tandoori anyone?  Gurkha Grill?  The Great Kathmandu?  Nawaab in Levenshulme?]