You hear the name and you think, Pan Asian, you think Japanese with Korean and Vietnamese with…read moreThai, but it's actually an Indian restaurant. While there are a few of these to be going along with, Asian Fusion is certainly a worthy little contender. The most noticeable thing about this place is just how fresh the food tastes. A pet peeve of mine is oily curry, much of which I've encountered on the Curry Mile, so it was refreshing to see my dopiaza not swimming in ghee, as chunky and as slightly dry as I like my curries. And the rice didn't experience that stale, slightly chewy texture I find in a lot of restaurants. The ambience isn't altogether up to scratch as a little overlighting overwhelms the cosy slightly, but with attentive and friendly staff and such yummy dishes it's worth looking past. It'll easily match up to the best curry experiences you've had and it's certainly worth considering if you're an Indian food junkie.

Now called Mint Lounge. Iqqi is back with a great new chef…read moreand a brilliant menu. This is our favourite curry house - so good I take curry from here to my son 200 miles away!

I've been in here way too much. I've had the occasional snack, the typical drunk feast... and when…read morehungover, curry for breakfast. The people that work here are extremely nice, and have given me free food on numerous occasions. This is my personal favorite takeaway on the Curry Mile. I highly recommend coming here! I still occasionally crave this place now that I'm back in America.

Yelp isn't the only site I use to find places to eat, I'll admit. It's a good one, but when I'm…read morethinking of going somewhere I'll tend to cross-reference the Yelp score with reviews from a couple of other places, most notably Tripadvisor (for my sins). Normally these sites tend to agree with each other, so when I saw that Tripadvisor said Sangams was the best Indian restaurant in Manchester, I was intrigued to say the least. I had to check this out! I popped in to try their lunch menu (£7 for poppadoms, a rice or naan, and a curry). To my substantial surprise Sangams was outstanding. I had assumed that their lunch food would not be their best stuff, but wow! And if I was right, double wow! It was impressive from the start, the poppadoms were freshly cooked and actually tasted cooked not reheated, they even had areas where they had browned a little. The portion of rice was huge (enough for safely two people) and tasted pretty good and the curry was great. Another huge portion (frankly, almost enough for two again!) and had seriously good quality meat in it. The meat actually had some substance to it and for once I felt like I was eating some proper cooking. There was plenty of meat too, which is an area the mile often lets you down in. All this for £7, and at a lunchtime when the restaurants rarely aim to impress. What does this tell us? 1. The mile does have some surprises left 2. Sangams may not be the best in the city, but it's a lot closer than you think 3. Yelp has the very very very rare blind spot Seriously people, check it out, and be shocked and awed. (By the way, the decor is much lighter and nicer than the outside looks)

Vindaloo is amazing spicy but overly hot to the point you cant taste the spices used…read moreSaag lamb meat was soft and cooked well Peshwari naan is my my favorite with the sweet desiccated coconut complement the hotness of vindaloo Service was good we were assist quite fast, staffs and possible owner also checks the people of they are okey Ambiance was okey but the choice of music is very traditional which is not for everyone.plus ambiance is a big dark and gloomy due to all dark color contrast

There is no doubt that this is the best Nepalese restaurant in Manchester. You have to look past…read morethe no-frills decor, because the main focus is on the quality of the cuisine here. Some of the best dishes I've had here are Bhotowan Chicken, Chicken Khorsani and Fish Tikka. What I love about a lot of the dishes are that they're spiced correctly - in other words, they're hot! If you're suffering you can always order yourself a Tiger beer or a Mango lassi though. The staff are always smiling and friendly, and have never, to date, got the bill wrong. Comes highly recommended, and voted but Harden's as one of the best of its kind in the country.

Paan House looked pretty exciting, with some curries I'd never heard of (one of which turned out to…read morebe sheeps' brains, luckily before I'd ordered it). Unfortunately I was pretty disappointing by the watery and bland chicken dopiaza and aloo gobi I chose. The peshwari naan wasn't the off-putting pink colour you get in some curry houses, but also lacked flavour. Definitely not worth a trip from further afield and I probably won't bother again even though it's in my neighbourhood.

Incredible value for money and real, authentic (delicious) Pakistani and Indian food. This is not…read moreyour (sub) average pizza-curry-kebab-fried chicken takeaway. This is a genuine unearthed diamond (incredibly popular, locally). Everything is cooked fresh on the premises and free a delivery service is available. Tip for the top - if there are three or four of you, then a set meal for two will more than suffice. A wealth of delicious starters, poppadoms, breads, dips, salads, two curries, rice and a drink. All delivered to your door for less than £20. You'll still be eating the leftovers the next day (the best bit!).

Namaste Nepal is located in the heart of West Didsbury and is run by the daughter of the owners of…read morethe Great Kathmandu restaurant. The Neon signs and safe interior are clearly not the reason locals and people further afield are drawn into the restaurant. It's the wonderful quality of the Nepalese cuisine and the friendly staff and ambiance. I always get very excited with Nepalese food, because the flavours, although similar to Indian, seem so much deeper as they mix sweet, spicy and unusual savoury ingredients particularly well. There are 2 dishes that I always have to order, without fail. The first is their famed starter, Momocha: steam-cooked dumpling filled with minced lamb and served with a spicy sauce; positively delectable. The second is Himalaya Chicken: boneless chicken in a cashew, fresh cream and mango sauce. Sounds simple but delivers a multitude of rich flavours to your tongue, I can't recommend it enough. The portions are large, the accompanying wine list has been well selected and it's likely to cost you less that £20 including 2 courses. Fantastic value.

Namaste Nepal on Burton Road is the ultimate neighborhood favorite in West Didsbury for brilliant,…read moreauthentic Nepalese food. The staff are exceptionally warm and welcoming, and the relaxed vibe makes it just incredible. The portions are ample enough to share or takeaway. Incredible flavors that pop in your mouth with every bite.

Really disappointed in this place, which we were so excited to try and walked 3 miles to get to on…read morean (of course) sprinkling mancunian afternoon. Chicken tikka masala tasted like butternut squash. Is this supposed to be the dominant flavor of a dish which I've been eating my whole life? It was weird. It also lacked any hint of heat. Garlic naan had no hint of garlic. Perhaps our waiter forgot that we specifically asked for garlic, which leads me to the biggest downer of this visit: customer service. Service was BAD. We were two of the four customers in the entire restaurant and everything was so slow to come out, drinks were forgotten, and no one ever came to ask if we might need anything else. We basically got unwanted houseguest vibes. So all in all, a disappointing stop to curry mile. I hope the other restaurants are better. This wasn't worth the mileage on my sneakers.

I don't eat Indian food very often but when some friends suggested we go to Curry Mill in…read moreManchester and had a place in mind, I thought why not? I was pleasantly surprised. The food from start to finish was not only not crazy spicy or hot (unless you wanted it that way) but simply delicious. We ordered a variety of appetizers and entrees and each was super tasty and flavorful. Service was great, especially considering we were a table of 26 and a lot to deal with. There are scores of Indian restaurants to choose from on the Curry Mile, but I would definitely take family or friends here on my next visit to Manchester.

Spicy Hut is simply outstanding. I've been a number of times and so have family, friends and…read morefriends of friends and I've yet to hear anything other than glowing feedback about this small but perfectly formed Indian on the curry mile. If that isn't enough to get you interested, then perhaps their list of awards will, including National Curry Chef 2004 and the Gold Award for Manchester's Environmental Business Pledge. The first thing you'll notice is the presentation and professionalism of all the staff that work here. The decor isn't anything spectacular, but when the food and service is as good as it is here, it doesn't really detract from the overall experience in my opinion. If you want to get the proper Spicy Hut experience, then you have to order one of the restaurant's Sizzlers and Sizzling Shashliks. Flambeed at your table, the taste can't be beaten. My favourite dish of late though is the Lamb Mirchi Charm, prepared with honey, hot Spices, fresh Green Chillies and peppers to give a hot and sweet taste. It's got some kick to it but the honey balances out the flavours perfectly.

I think this place is outstanding too. However, I want to make it clear from the off that I am…read morejudging it only in relation to other restaurants on the curry mile, and not to other curry houses in Manchester. The best curry houses are simply not on the curry mile. The top three ar Akbars in Castlefield, Moon in Withington and East z East near Oxford Road. This though, is one of the better curry vending establishments on this mile long stretch of curry vending establishments. Vindaloos are hot, Kormas are mild. It annoys me when a Vinda is not hot enough and when people say (i never get ne myself) that the Korma is spicy. this place has got both just right, at opposite ends of the spectrum. And better than that, the hot curries here are not just tomato sauce and chillies, but actually have great unique flavour as well. You cant ask more. Spicy Hut? Sounds like an inauthentic option because of its English name, but its the best in Indian food available on this illustrious mile.

This is definitely one of my favourite places to go for a curry in Manchester, so much nicer than…read moreany of the food you would find in rusholme in my opinion. The style is nepalese so you will find some different dishes on the menu compared to the standard curry house selling kormas to vindaloos. All the food appears to be cooked fairly freshly, with peppers found within the sauces still having crunch to them, and onions still looking fresh. I fully recommend the Lamb Karahi dish, and the Muttar Paneer is an awesome vegetarian dish, oh and the poppadoms are fantastic with spices cooked through them with lovely dips to go with them. Beer prices are reasonable, although higher in cost than a pub, but thats usually to be expected in restaurants. All in all i fully recommend trying out the third eye, and you can always go out in didsbury for a few drinks afterwards.

A recent discovery for me is this beautiful Indian restaurant, which I rank up there with the best…read morein Manchester, situated in the heart of Didsbury Village. Curries are without doubt my favourite food, so I've had a good few and since working for Yelp I have set myself the task of really locating the finest curry houses in Manchester. The Original Third Eye fully deserves to enter in at the top, alongside my other favourites, Punjab in Rusholme, Moon in Withington, and The Original Lal Qila on Deansgate. See my list for the run down. The name Original Third Eye comes from one of the finest restaurants in Kathmandu, though it is also a reference to the concept of the all Seeing Eye, a central emblem of Buddhist thought that is depicted on many temples and shrines throughout Nepal. The restaurant itself is large, and spacious, with authentic decoration and a smart, but still nicely informal, table arrangement. The food is literally unbelievable. Needless to say they sell all the usual traditional curry dishes, including an extensive fish list, but the main specialties are something new and unusual, a curry with a little something extra, taking it to that next level of joy and producing happiness and glee in their very consumption. The kidney kebab starter for example, combines classic kebab spices with beautiful marinated lamb kidney. Also beautiful is the Third Eye Tangri, which mixes chicken with minced lamb and nuts, a surprising and beautiful combination. In terms of mains, go directly to either the seafood menu or the Third Eye Specials section, on which everything is gorgeous. The piece de resistance, is the Murghi Masala, a whole chicken marinated in wonderful spices. This dish is so precisely crafted, that you in fact need to give 24 hours notice, and at least two people need to share it. I think that epitomizes this restaurant's absolute class. So I end on that note.