24 March 2026
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Few cuisine types have influenced British culinary culture as much as Indian cooking. From your local curry house to MICHELIN-Star restaurants, Indian food is an ever-present and beloved by many. In Ireland too, Indian cuisine has seeped its way into the dining scene and added a welcome hint of spice. Once thought of as somewhat homogenous, India’s regional specialities – from Kerala to Punjab, Rajasthan to West Bengal – are now more widely known and appreciated.
Here, we’ve gathered together every Indian restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Great Britain & Ireland.
Two-MICHELIN-Star Indian Restaurants
The two restaurants leading the way in Indian cooking are London’s Gymkhana and Birmingham's Opheem, both holding Two MICHELIN Stars. Showing the great diversity of the British Indian restaurant scene, the two operations differ dramatically in their approach. Gymkhana focuses on traditional recipes, the kind you may have tried at other restaurants on this list, but executed with a level of technical skill that has rarely been achieved. Opheem, meanwhile, takes a much more creative approach and would better be described as ‘Indian-influenced’, such is the amalgamation of styles present in Chef Aktar Islam’s dishes.
One-MICHELIN-Star Indian Restaurants
Cementing its position as the best city outside India for Indian cooking, London is home to all seven of the UK’s One-MICHELIN-Star Indian restaurants. Each one takes a slightly different approach to the cuisine, but they all add something to the rich tapestry that is the city’s dining scene. They are:Amaya
Ambassadors Clubhouse
Benares
Jamavar
Quilon
Trishna
Veeraswamy
You can read more about each of these MICHELIN-Starred restaurants at our guide to The Best Indian Restaurants in London.
Bib Gourmand Indian Restaurants
Indian cooking has long been a cuisine type that lends itself well to wallet-friendly dining. Based on judicious use of spices and layers of flavour, it makes great use of vegetables and less glamorous cuts of meat.It should therefore come as no surprise that, as well as several of the cheapest MICHELIN-Star restaurants serving Indian cuisine, there are also a host of Indian Bib Gourmand restaurants in the UK. As with the Stars, many of these are in London:
Café Spice Namasté
Dastaan
Empire Empire
Gunpowder Spitalfields
Hoppers
Kricket
Tamila
Outside of the capital, value can also be found at: Angeethi by Sagar Massey in Cardonald, Jai Ho in Bishop's Cleeve, Prashad in Drighlington and Purple Poppadom in Cardiff.
MICHELIN Guide Recommended Indian Restaurants
Other Indian restaurants in the UK that have impressed our Inspectors enough to make it into our MICHELIN Guide selection are:Asha’s, Birmingham
Bhoomi Kitchen, Cheltenham
BiBi, London
Bombay Bustle, London
Brigadiers, London
Chutney Mary, London
Darjeeling Express, London
Heritage Dulwich, London
Kanishka, London
Madhu's Southall, London
Memsahib’s Lounge, Cheltenham
pahli hill, London
Pravaas, London
Prithvi, Cheltenham
Tamarind, London
Tamarind Kitchen, London
The Tamil Prince, London
Yaatra, London
Zaika, London
Indian Restaurants in Ireland
Despite much of the MICHELIN Guide selection of Indian restaurants being concentrated in London and the UK as a whole, Ireland is not lacking in fantastic Indian eateries. Four out of five are located in or near Dublin, proving that the capital is the place to be for delicious Indian flavours. Here are all the MICHELIN Guide's Indian restaurants in Ireland:Ananda, Dublin
Chakra by Jaipur, Greystones
Pickle, Dublin
Rare, Kinsale
Rasam, Dun Laoghaire
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Hero Image: A vibrant spread of dishes from Bombay Bustle, an Indian restaurant in London. © Bombay Bustle
