Masala

Masala is one of the standout Indian and Bangladeshi rooms on the dense Curzon Street curry strip behind the Wardwick. The management team has more than forty years of restaurant experience across Derbyshire and Leicestershire, and the kitchen draws on long-established regional family recipes rather than the standard high-street curry-house template, with locally sourced ingredients across the menu. The room won Best International at the Derby Food and Drink Awards in 2017 and sits in the top twenty of Derby restaurants on Tripadvisor with a 4.6 score across several hundred reviews. Reviewer feedback consistently picks out the freshness of the cooking and the warmth of front-of-house service. Halal is offered and the dining room takes bookings alongside the takeaway and delivery trade, with online ordering through the restaurant's own site.