Independent Indian restaurants and takeaways in Leeds

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Restaurant · Kirkstall

Arusuvai is a South Indian restaurant at 41-43 Commercial Road in Kirkstall, Leeds, specialising in Tamil cuisine. It opened in January 2025 in the former Gallery FortyOne premises and is run by chef Raj Chinnadurai, who is originally from Chennai. Its name is a Tamil word meaning 'six tastes', a reference to the six flavours of Tamil cooking.

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Restaurant · Headingley

De Baga is an independent modern Indian restaurant at 9 Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. It serves Goan and regional Indian dishes with a contemporary approach, including small plates, sharing bowls, biryanis, breads and desserts, and has an open kitchen. The business also runs a second restaurant in Chapel Allerton.

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Restaurant · Chapel Allerton

De Baga Mehfil is an Indian restaurant and cocktail bar on Stainbeck Lane in Chapel Allerton, owned by Mandeep Singh. It opened in 2022 as the second De Baga site — the original opened in Headingley in 2019 — and took the name De Baga Mehfil in June 2024 to give the Chapel Allerton branch its own identity. It remains a two-site, one-owner local operation rather than a chain. Executive chef Clive Silveira, who trained in Goa, leads a menu of modern Indian and Goan-influenced dishes alongside a cocktail list, with a resident DJ at weekends. The Headingley original won Taste of the Year (North of England) at the 2022 Asian Food & Restaurant Awards, and the Chapel Allerton site holds a 4.5-star rating from more than 240 OpenTable reviews.

Restaurant · Chapel Allerton

Fusion Spice is an independent Indian restaurant and takeaway at 219 Stainbeck Road, Leeds. It trades as Fusion Spice Leeds Ltd, incorporated in August 2022 and registered to the same address, and is classified at Companies House as an unlicensed restaurant and café. In its own listing description it says it was founded in 2021 and takes pride in finding flavours from around the world to share with the Leeds area. The menu runs through the familiar curry-house range — korma, madras, vindaloo, bhuna, chicken tikka masala, dhansak, pasanda, pathia and makhani — and orders can be placed through the restaurant''s own website for collection. Listings give its hours as from 4.30pm Monday to Saturday and from 3.30pm on Sunday, and record a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5.

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Takeaway · Otley

Jewel of Mumbai is an Indian takeaway and restaurant at 42 Bondgate, Otley. Two companies are registered at that address: Jewel of Mumbai Otley Ltd, incorporated in August 2024, and Jewel of Mumbai Cuisine Ltd, incorporated in June 2026. Its own description covers biryanis, tandoori dishes, curries and freshly made naan, with charcoal-grilled and clay-oven items among the starters and separate vegetarian, non-vegetarian and seafood starter sections. It opens late afternoon and evening only, takes orders through its own website as well as the main delivery platforms, and works on a bring-your-own-alcohol basis. It carries a 4.8-star Google rating from around 264 reviews.

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Restaurant · Armley

Little Indian Kitchen is an Indian restaurant and takeaway at 67 Tong Road, Farnley, in Leeds LS12. Its Uber Eats listing gives its cuisines as Indian, vegetarian and Asian, opening hours of 4pm to 10.30pm and a 3.9-star rating from 92 reviews. The menu is arranged in sections including a curry meal deal, classic curries, biryani, sides and sundries, with dishes such as royale butter chicken and lamb biryani. The Little Indian Kitchen Ltd was incorporated on 3 January 2024, with a single director, Sameerah Anwar Mitha, and a registered nature of business of SIC code 56290, "other food services". Its registered office is in Bolton rather than at the Leeds shop. Leeds City Council inspected the premises on 2 July 2025, rating hygienic food handling "Very good" and both cleanliness and management of food safety "Good".

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Restaurant · Wetherby

A vegetarian Indian restaurant on Bank Street in Wetherby, trading through Mango Vegetarian Limited, which was incorporated in January 2008 and is registered under the classification for unlicensed restaurants and cafés. Rekha Harish Sonigra has been the sole director since incorporation. The kitchen leans South Indian: dosas sit alongside curries, wraps and Indian desserts including kulfi and shrikhand, with vegan options marked and dishes cooked to order from an open kitchen. Sugarvine's listing describes it as family-run, with the chef's daughters working front of house, and notes that heat levels and dietary requests are adjusted dish by dish.

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Restaurant · Takeaway · Horsforth

Moghul Restaurant and Takeaway is an Indian restaurant at 8-9 The Green in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves a menu of traditional and contemporary Indian dishes, cooked to order using fresh herbs and spices, and offers dine-in alongside collection and delivery. The restaurant opens for evening service seven days a week.

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Restaurant · Chapel Allerton

Rasoi Stories is a family-run independent Indian restaurant on Harrogate Road in Chapel Allerton, housed in the area's former police station — a Grade II-listed building whose original features are still on show. Head chef Azad Singh trained in Delhi hotels including The Oberoi before moving to the UK in 2011, and his menu draws on regional Indian cooking, from Delhi street food to Rajasthani, Mumbai and Goan dishes. It holds a 4.5-star rating from more than 200 TripAdvisor reviews and a Travellers' Choice award, and the Yorkshire Evening Post rated the food 9 out of 10, calling it a 'local gem'. Open Tuesday to Sunday evenings, it offers vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options alongside a full bar and private dining.

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Takeaway · Chapel Allerton

An independent, pure-vegetarian Indian takeaway on Newton Parade, at the Chapeltown Road end of the Chapel Allerton ward. It is a single-site collection-and-delivery kitchen serving Punjabi and North Indian street food — samosa and aloo tikki chaats, kulchas, parathas and vada pav — with vegan-friendly wraps and a paneer tikka pizza. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, afternoon into the evening.

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Restaurant · Chapel Allerton

An Indian and Pakistani street-food restaurant and bar on Stainbeck Lane — the second Leeds site for The Cat's Pyjamas after its Headingley original. It opened in October 2022 in the former Black Market premises, part of the Grade II-listed Stratford House. The menu spans regional street food — pani puri, chaat, saag paneer, butter chicken, a Keralan seafood curry — with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes labelled, served alongside bottled beers, cocktails and lassi. It holds a 4-out-of-5 food hygiene rating.

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Restaurant · Headingley

The Cat's Pyjamas is an independent Indian street food restaurant on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. Inspired by India's roadside food vendors, it serves small plates and street bites with dishes drawn from Delhi, Goa and Kerala, tandoori starters and curries, plus vegetarian and vegan options. Food is available to collect or for delivery.

Restaurant · Pudsey

The Funky Indian is a family-run bar and restaurant at 116–118 Richardshaw Lane, Stanningley, with two rooms and an outdoor area. It trades as Funky Indian Ltd, incorporated on 22 September 2021, with Syed Shelim Hayder Ali as its sole director. CAMRA records it as serving food with a Panjabi twist. The menu runs from tikka and samosa starters and thali sharing boxes to Panjabi gyros and smash burgers, alongside what it calls Naan'izza — naan pizzas built on a base of masala chips — and desserts including gulab jamun and cheesecakes. It stocks imported Indian beers and does not serve cask ale. It opens on Wednesday to Sunday evenings and closes on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Restaurant · Headingley