Lilu Indian Fine Dining Restaurant

Lilu on Highcross Street is widely regarded as one of Leicester's finest Indian restaurants, run by a Gujarati family whose cooking is directly inspired by their mother — a first-generation immigrant with an undying love for her craft. The kitchen is led by chef Amardeep Singh Anand, Asian Chef of the Year 2012 and a quarter-finalist on MasterChef the Professionals. The tasting menu at £59 per head is praised as "an absolute bargain for the quality" — dishes like keema naan, Red Leicester cheese naan and stilton naan appear alongside beautifully presented tandoori and curry courses, all made without artificial colourings or additives, using fresh and organic ingredients. Reviewers regularly describe it as "the best Indian restaurant we have visited, on all counts in over twenty years." One of central Leicester's most distinctive dining destinations.