Balti Tower

Balti Tower has been running on Station Street, between Burton-upon-Trent railway station and the Cooper's Square ring, for more than thirty years — the kitchen team travel in daily from Birmingham, which is a useful indicator of how seriously the operation takes its balti work. Birmingham is the historic home of the balti and the shop's ownership is rooted in that tradition, with the menu structured around proper karahi-cooked balti builds in the original sense rather than the British-curry-house catch-all that the term has become elsewhere.

Reviewers single out the balti dishes themselves — lamb, chicken tikka, and a chilli-heavy chef's special — and the freshness of the naan breads off the tandoor. The standard British curry roster (korma, bhuna, jalfrezi, madras) fills out the rest of the menu, alongside tandoori starters and biryani plates. The dining room is small and busy at weekends; collection and delivery run alongside the sit-in trade.

It's halal-noted on the record, and the Station Street pitch makes it convenient for both the railway-station trade and the central-Burton residential streets. One of the more reliable old-school Indians in central Burton-upon-Trent.