The Manzil Indian Restaurant

Manzil Gold has been serving Indian food on Guild Street, just off the central Burton-upon-Trent shopping core, since 1981 — making it one of the oldest curry houses still trading in the town. The dining room is contemporary and glass-fronted, set up for evening sit-in trade as much as for the takeaway counter that runs alongside it, and the menu covers both the traditional British-curry-house standards and a broader range of regional specials.

Reviews — Tripadvisor sits it among the better-rated central-Burton Indians — single out the tandoori starters, the lamb chettinad, the chicken jalfrezi and the karahi builds as the regular orders. Breads off the tandoor get the same praise as the curries, and the vegetarian section is more developed than the Branston Road competition. Service is unhurried table service rather than counter pickup, and the room is small enough to need booking at weekends.

It's the most established sit-in Indian option in this part of central Burton — the kind of place locals book for birthdays and family dinners rather than midweek collection runs — and it has held the same Guild Street pitch for over four decades. Delivery and takeaway also available.