Apna Shalimar

Apna Shalimar sits on the High Street in central Burton-upon-Trent — close to the Market Place and a few doors down from the better-known Tandoori Palace. The restaurant runs as a traditional Indian and Pakistani-style curry house, with both a sit-in dining room and a takeaway counter. Halal status is confirmed in the record.

The menu covers the standard British curry-house spine — chicken tikka masala, korma, bhuna, madras, jalfrezi — alongside more Punjabi-leaning karahi and balti builds that point to the kitchen's Lahori roots. Tandoori starters are charcoal-grilled to order and rotis and naans come off the tandoor rather than from a packet. Pricing fits the typical Burton High Street range, sitting alongside the Manzil Gold and Apne India operations rather than the cheaper Branston Road shops.

It's a useful central option for the lunchtime and early-evening curry trade — close enough to the Market Place to walk from any of the High Street pubs, and on a stretch where parking is at meters rather than the residential rings. Not to be confused with the long-running Apne India Cuisine on Branston Road, which is a separate operator.