Pontcanna, Indian Restaurant Guide

Keralan-born Anand George’s “outstanding, innovative” cooking has attracted a large following over the last 15 years for this first-floor venue whose “tasty menu is a cut above the usual curry-house fare in terms of variety and quality”. The chef, who trained with India’s notable Raj group, also owns a trio of more casual street-food-style outlets in Cardiff under the Tukka Tuk banner.

2022 Review: Raising the bar for local Indian eateries since it opened in 2007 (there's also a Penarth spinoff), this reliably packed venture – often drawing the local academic set – has a winning menu of thalis and other Keralan fare not always to be found at your average subcontinental.

Nisha Katona’s Liverpool-based operation has two branches in London (Charlotte Street and Westfield Stratford) offering her “very tasty” Indian street food – “with the occasional hint of raw spice”. The Lancashire-born former barrister launched the business in 2014 and now has 28 outlets around the country, whose “enjoyable, authentic food” is “really great for a chain”.