Sorry Last Days of the Raj Gateshead is very ordinary indeed - no better than an average takeaway in Teesside and certainly not as good as Khans on Linthorpe road or Borough rd Middlesbrough. I have to say that recently I have tried 3 fairly central curry houses in Newcastle & they were all rubbish

Angus Di Griso, Guisborough,

Is it still there I wonder? BOMBAY NIGHTS, Green St. Green (the one near Farnborough KENT!. Most certainly a winner! Living in Scottsdale Arizona my chances of finding a half decent Indian is low!, However, Delhi Palace in Tempe is probably No.1 (or should I write #1) in the Phoenix area. Bernard

Bernard, Scottsdale, USA

If you're in Portsmouth then you must visit The Bombay Express in Albert Road Southsea, superb food and you can bring your own wine............happy days

Simon Newsham, Portsmouth,

I really miss great Indian restaurants of the UK. I moved away 4 yrs ago to Vancouver, Canada and there just isn't great curry here. One has to go to a 'high end' restaurant and be prepared to queue for 2hrs for good Indian food (and then it's some strange fusion style and not authentic simple food)

Wendi, Vancouver, BC,

If you want good indian/pak/bangla food, then its simple. If you want authentic, aim for restaurants full of people from those regions. If you want something aimed more at the west with a nod to authenticity then look for a mix of east/west people. If you want meat/veg covered in curry gravy..well

David Joots, Farnborough,

Without a doubt - Tayyabs and Lahore Kebab - brilliant authentic Pakistani food.

Claire, London,

Why do you not list West Yorkshire when this is the curry capital of England, mainly Bradford.
you should visit 'the Karachi', 'Akbars' or 'Aagrah' just to name a few. These are all in Bradford. I have never had a decent curry anywhere ouside West Yorkshire!!!

christian lambert, York, North Yorkshire

I agree with those who mentioned Lahore Kebab in Whitechapel which I have to say is excellent similiarly so are Karahi King & Five Hot Chillies in Wembley. Dont expect silver cutlery, china plates, attentive staff or fancy locations just great tastey food.
Michelin stars are for chefs with big egos.

Ush Patel, London, England

Lahore Kebab House and Tayyab (which are close to each other in Whitechapel), are far superior to Tamarind. You won't get lobster on the menu, but you will not be able to go wrong with the menu.

denis, london, uk

Tayyabs in Whitechapel, on the doorstep of the City of London is better than most if not all of the above and at a price that most of can afford.

Ashiq, London,

Agree fully with Doug & Tom regarding the Mumtaj, however The Chlli Raj in St Albans is also very good & worthy of a visit.

Stuart, St Albans,

As a resident of Lancashire, it pains me immensely but even I have to admit that Bradford is the Capital of Curries in the world. Ye I ambeing serious as someone who has extensively lived in India Bombay, Delhi and Ahmedabad.

With the Mumtaz being the "Jewel in the Crown".

Mo Patel, Bolton, Englad

You will find the best curry in the whole of England, infact the world in my mums kitchen, bradford. Authentic, delicious and quite simply the BEST!

Maya, Bradford, England

Come on guys, where is Saleems, Ladypool Road, Birmingham on this list?! When the roof fell in about 20yrs ago, people jst kept on eating because the food was so good!

Vik, Belfast,

All you curry lover's...... visit Leicester and try Feast India...(Melton Rd). Your taste buds are in for a treat!

Ashok, Leicester,

Is it me, or do all curries taste the same these days? We moved to Fareham from Sheffield in 98. We have 9 curry houses within 2m of each other and if you ordered the same dish from each, I would defy you to tell them apart.

Anybody remember the Curry Centre in Sheffield?

Mike Hartley, Fareham, Hampshire

how can you claim tamarind has the best curry. do they even serve curry ? or is it english sauce

carlos, london,

Masooms in Goring, Oxfordshire is the best around these parts! A hot and spicy duck dish the name of which I can't remember worth the trip alone.

Monika, Wallingford, Oxfordshire

you cannot beat the curries which bradford dishes out.pay a visit to mumtaz,akbars,international,kashmir,karachi,sweet centre,westgate.britain wake up,days of the mcdonald curries is over.these restaurants do more meals in a day what others do in a year!

rab, bradford, uk

how did the indian ocean restaurant get the top in the north, Ive been there and to several other indian restaurants in the North. Its not even near the top!!

richard, Rochdale, Uk

Akbars in Bradford is a worthy contender, they are consistantly good and very affordable. Can anyone recomend a good traditional curry house in Essex?

Darren, Tiptree, England

I thoroughly recommend the Bengal Tiger, Carter Lane, in the City near St Pauls. There is an extensive range of exotic in-house specialities - but they have perfected signature dishes such as Murgh Tandoori, Rogon Josh and Lamb Madras. Getting the basics right is the key to culinary success.

Robert Duffield, LONDON EC4,

Mumtaz in Bradford is wonderful as is Veeraswamy just off Regent st, London. Having moved to Devon some 12 years ago, have yet to find anything resembling Indian/Pakistani food in the whole of the south west. Help! Can anyone recommend anywhere - I've lived in India and love the cuisine.

annie, devon,

The Ashoka restaurant in Sheffield is well worthy of note. I do believe it was mentioned in your top 10 in 2007. My wife and I have been going to this Sheffield institution since the late 60's. Consistent tasty food (and yes we have been to India before!).

William, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Have you tried Cafe India Glasgow

marian vaughan, Epping, usa

I recently ate at the Rajpoot in Bath, I have to disagree heavily with this article! My friends and I tried a few different dishes including their speciality ones and although mostly tasty, the meat wasn't of the greatest standard and the bhona was very bland. My preference is Jaipur in Corsham

Sam Clarke, Corsham, England

Er, what about the Khanum in Selly Oak?

Amo, Wolverhampton,

You've left out some hidden gems in Derby. There's Anoki on London Road, great food, excellent service. And the other is Hana Puri, a small but excellent curry house in Westfield shopping centre. I tried the Tava, luvly!!!
Judges should travel alot more.

Adam, Derby, England

mem-saab northampton - we had a birthday dinner there the food was not to liking - the quality of the dishes was poor. We have eaten in better restaurants in the east midlands leicester hosts alot of good indian curry houses. Northampton is not a curry hot-spot at all!

rita, leicester, uk

Saachin in Newcastle should be on the list. Fantastic. Akbar in Manchester great food and always crowded. Come on judges get aroun more.

Sue, Spain,

I can't believe that The Masala Zone restaurants weren't mentioned. I've been eating curry for around 50 years , these are some of the best places in London to get fabulous curries at fabulously reasonable prices. I'm a diabetic (type 2) and they even have Auryvedic diabetic meals!

Gloria Goodman, Toronto, Canada

Lasan in Birmingham - 1 ok meal, 1 absolutely awful, cold food served after a 90 minute wait. And does no-one like Veeraswamy? Just of Regent St I think - outstanding.
I live in Birmingham - Saleem's or Imran's on Ladypool Road
(part of the so-called Balti Triangle) great food and great value

sue, Birmingham,

Nice to see the Times is shaking off it's 'London-centric' reputation and making the effort to appeal to the whole of the UK. I live in Glasgow and can't wait to try my 'local' Indian the Cinnamon Club. Now if I can just find the time to make that 400 mile trip... Good journalism?

Lindsey, Glasgow,

having been spoiled by some wonderful Indian meals in the 70's where the prices per head you mention were unheard of, I now have a set of test dishes, Prawn Patia, well done is rare as is a good old - fashioned Chicken Vindaloo thickened with onions NOT Flour(heresy but it happens sadly)

peter c, Devizes, wessex

Like a few of your commentators it has to be Tayyabs (Fieldgate Street, East London). Exceptional authentic indian food at very reasonable prices. Its a place where you can eat with locals and thats saying something in this climate.

Johnny, Ealing, UK

I wasn't aware that Aberdeen was in Glasgow.

Noel Kelso, manchester,

Balti Night, Swinton. Salford Curry Chef of the Year 2005.

Simply awesome.

oli, manchester,

I have been to Tamarind and really loved it, but Moti Mahal in Covent Garden is even better - I don't know why Tamarind has a Michelin star and Moti Mahal doesn't!

Kate, London,

I visited Bath (I live in New Zealand), and was fortunate enough to chance upon Rajpoot. What can I say, I was blown away by the most excellent curry I had. It was so impressed that I had my photo taken with the waiter! I also visted a curry house in Lye, near Stourbridge, which was equally as good!

Ken Southall, wellington, New Zealand

The Spicy Hut in Rusholme, Manchester. No 'top ten' can possibly be complete without its inclusion. The standards of cooking and presentation are as good as you will find. As for price, it will beat most of the above.

Steve Buckel, Braunau-am-Inn, Austria

The Gulshan in Bilston is the best curry house in the Midlands as all our friends will testify,

David, Brinsford,

I think this competition needs to be divided into two parts. Traditional Curry houses which serve a menu we all know at prices we all love and Contemporary Indian Cuisine which involves booking a table and applying in vain for a new mortgage.

Joe, Croydon, England

No mention of any restaurants in the Leeds/Bradford area? How about the Karachi Club in Bradford - one of the original curry houses first established in the 1950s. Rick Stein features their lamb spinach curry in his Food Heroes book - it is sublime!

Claire, Brough,

Does the UK stop at the A1 coming East - nothing mentioned for the whole of East Anglia - do people think we don't have any taste out here?

R.Dunn, Great Yarmouth, England

Birmingham's curry houses in Moseley are worth a mention (& a visit)

I love Al Frash in Ladypool Road, Birmingham’s Balti Triangle.

The food is wonderful, great staff, a great place!

Dee7, Midlands,

if you have a chance, try ANAKA in Goodmayes high road, London (just down from the underground station). It does a wonderful fish dish, very delicately spiced and gets my vote any time. Relatively undiscovered as yet so it could just be worth a visit...

Dave, London,

The Way to the Raj - Stanford le Hope. Great Restaurant that supports the local community - outstanding friendly management and staff and the Naga Chicken is transcendental!

David, Stanford le Hope, Essex

Look no further than the Jahangir Indian restaurant in St Andrews, Fife. It's almost two hours drive from me but worth every salivating mile.

James McGrath, Ardrossan, Scotland

I have echo two or three people in recommending New Tayyabs - quite sensational.

Another glaring oversight in London is Shikara on Sloane Ave, where the highly talented Hussein uses the best Naga chillis this side of Aden.

Colin, London,

Live 'n Work close to Maliks in Cookham, we take many visitors for meals. It's a good Indian food place for businesIt's got a nice decor, great fireplaces. But it's not wonderful it's good, with very attentive service.
Sure Heston Bloomenthal goes there, his two restaurants are 5 minutes up road.

step, Maidenhead, uk

Glasgow's Cinammon club in Aberdeen !

M.FERGUSON, INVERNESS, UK

I'll be brief, Brilliant is NOT Brilliant

maz, southall, middlesex

"Prince Charles popped in almost 30 years ago and was back with the Duchess last year."
A regular visitor then.

Ken Wyatt, Todmorden, UK

Tayyabs whitechapel, fieldgate st. If you do not get there early you will que for 2 hours. The local bengladesh comunity love it and swear by it. The food is cooked in front of you, the place is 100% clean and the menu simple and a delight. And the food is the best, anywhere. How it was missed!

Barry , romford, essex

Sadly, I have to disagree with that statement Daisy. I/we found the CM experience, with guests from overseas keen on an lavish Indian meal, quite underwhelming. It was far from 'Iconic'.

Richard, Woking, England

brilliant is overrated, the two kids are chavs and just cos Prince Charlie and Ramsey visited there, dont make it good!!!!

Maz, Southall,

I guess I must have gone to Cinnamon on a bad day.

My wife and I ordered a selection of starter plates, a radical idea which freaked them out a bit. I would describe it as regular Indian restaurant food served on pretentiously shaped crockery. Aberdeen has several better, I reckon.

Gordono, Aberdeen, Scotland

Babur in Brockley Rise surely.

Andrew J Iddon, London, UK

I would say Brilliant restaurant is ok..average. The cocktails are nice!
For a good quality indian need to go to Mango lounge in Windsor. The food is abit expensive but def worth the money

Sharon, Maidenhead,

Not only is Chutney Mary on Kings Road iconic, I can honestly say its the best food I have ever tasted!!

James, Fulham,

Tayyabs Fieldgate St East London

Olivia, London, UK

Mandy, No one in Manchester eats in the Curry Mile anymore apart from students. The best restaurants are in the City nowadays.

chris burrows, manchester,

Not One mention of any one Curry House in The West Yorkshire area ? This part of the world has a rich culinary association with Food from the Indian Sub-Continent .Curry Houses in Bradford, Leeds , Huddersfield and Halifax alone must surely out number those in the whole of Central London & Wales

Dan, Jalon, Spain

Chutney Mary in London is an iconic restaurant

Daisy, London,

Mysore in Newport Pagnell. Very, very good.

Newport Pagnell, not MK, Newport Pagnell, Bucks, UK

I couldn't agree more with Doug Bates of St Albans. A friend of mine hosts a gastronomic evening in Mumtaj every February and it's always a huge success.

Tom, London,

Not sure if it should be in the top 10 but the Taste of India in Bristol is well worth a visit.

Carl, Bristol,

aberdeens cinnemaon is delicous. bit pricey and cramped surroundings but i have never heard a single complaint about its food and have been there several times myself. recently won best curry house in scotland & n.ireland. well deserved but are a few i can think of not too far behind them.

Liam, Aberdeen, Scotland

Mumtaj - St. Albans. Signature dish - Lamb Nishilee. Best I've ever had (and I've been to two of the ten listed)!

Doug Bates, St. Albans,

No Bradford !!???

Col, York,

£35 a head for a curry?! What happened to Indian food being good value?

The next feature should reveal the top 10 where you can eat for under £15 a head!

Anderson, Lancashire,

Saachin's in Newcastle has been there for twenty years. Fantastic Northern Indian Food and great vibe. Denesh rocks!! Best Indian in the North.

Keith, Newcastle, UK

No Manchester?!

No Nottingham?!

Peter Fusk, Nottingham,

Very surprised to see not one restaurant in Manchester's Curry Mile (Rusholme) getting a mention!!!

Mandy Pease, Horbourg-Wihr, France

Ganapati in Peckham Rye, SE London is outstanding and totally authentic- currently living in India and it has picked the best of South Indian cuisine! Also an excellent place to try good Indian wines

Sophie, London, UK

Calcutta Club in Halstead,Sevenoaks is brilliant! The food is authentic,the prices are reasonable and the decor is on par with the city. The best bit? The food really is terrific.

Mary, Sevenoaks, uk

Veranda in Limehouse, London is excellent and good value

Anna, London, UK