Shapla Spice Restaurant

Shapla Spice sits on Church Street in the centre of Ripley, a short walk from the Market Place, and has built up one of the strongest reputations of any Indian restaurant in the Amber Valley borough. It trades as a sit-down restaurant rather than a pure takeaway and is consistently ranked among the top handful of Ripley restaurants on Tripadvisor, with several hundred reviews and a rating around 4.4.

The cooking is traditional Bangladeshi-style Indian — the full house, balti, biryani, tandoori, korma, jalfrezi and madras line-up plus a longer chef-special section and a vegetarian list. Reviewers single out the distinctive spice blends and the freshness of the herbs, and the restaurant makes a point of accommodating dietary requests and milder preparations on request. Service is attentive without being formal, the dining room is comfortable and table-cloth tidy, and there is a takeaway and delivery service through their own line as well as the usual aggregator apps.

For sit-down regulars, Shapla Spice is a fixture of Ripley's evening trade; for collection or delivery it sits handily on the central Church Street stretch.