Ziya Restaurant in Manchester

I don’t often leave reviews but the food was outstanding and the best curry I have had in a long time. Shared a chicken jalfrezi and chicken rogan josh with my partner. Both dishes came out piping hot, large portions and plenty of meat that literally fell apart. Will definitely return here again.

Food was tasty but quite hot and spicy. Ambience was good although the music was bit jarring at times. Toilets could be cleaner.

Beautiful and tasty Indian food Highly recommend :)

Great evening at Ziya. The staff were very attentive, the menu had a wide selection and the food was amazing. The atmosphere was relaxed and there was an excellent male vocalist who added to the ambience. Our first time time at Ziya and hopefully not our last. Thank you all so much 😊

My favorite restaurant in Rusholme. Food is always fresh and delicious. Quick service and reasonably priced.

Lamb roghan josh was amazing. Food was hot. Service was v fast. Chicken kolhapuri and chicken chilli were great. Lamb and chicken buryani were served in mini pressure cookers. However I would just say that biryani is meant to be in layers where meat is cooked like a curry and then topped with boiled rice, coriander and mint with kewra essence mixed with egg yellow colour on top . In pressure cooker rice were more like just lamb cooked with rice.

Akshata manager she takes care everything, she cared every minute

We actually came to go to a restaurant over the road but it was incredibly busy. We happened across Ziya as it smelled delicious whilst we were reading the menu outside. We were not disappointed at all! Plenty of vegetarian options and they were cooked to desired spice. Naan breads and rice were delightful. The staff were all very pleasant helping us choose dishes we had never eaten before and all of them having time for our 3 month old daughter who wasn’t happy to dine at our preferred time 🤣😂. Cannot recommend this restaurant enough. 5* from Scotland!

Amazing vibe and great food I had in the whole Manchester. The staff was grt and very interactive and when we came here there was live band happening too. Must try VADAPAV here guys.

Since I'm Pakistani I would suggest it is not good for us because we've a different taste It wasn't a good experience

The menu is extensive, showcasing a wide range of traditional Indian dishes. Whether you're a fan of spicy curries, tender tandoori meats, or flavorful vegetarian options, there's something to satisfy every palate. The flavors were perfectly balanced, and the ingredients were fresh. The staff is incredibly friendly. The food is exceptional, the service is top-notch, and the atmosphere is inviting. Must try Lamb Shank Rogan Gosht. Highly recommend giving this restaurant a try. You won't be disappointed!

Amazing place lovely people delicious food. Love it

Want to feel home and cozy this is a place where service meets lip smacking cuisine...The key is also in their consistency which just gets better in every visit...Also reach out to Akshata one of the best managers out there to elevate your experience

Mouth watering and finger licking food. Great ambience. Had a scrumptious meal here. Indian food served at a different country is just amazing. Warm staff. Nothing but just love for this restaurant❤️❤️❤️

The lamb curry clefitico was delicious.

Amazing food and the staff where lovely!!!

Great food and staff . Brilliant visit again, back soon

Great service, unreal food and a lovely touch with the live music! Would definitely come back here

A lovely evening out! Beautiful live music, gorgeous food and staff that couldn’t be more helpful. £20-£30 per person was brilliant value too!!

One of the best place on curry mile..Awesome food and service.Would definetely recommend.

Amazing food and service. Love the live music

Delicious food and friendly service

Lovely restaurant - the service was super fast and friendly and the food was tasty! I would be happy to go again!

A beautiful meal, great service and a lovely atmosphere complimented by a singer/ guitartist

Went with a large party of 14+. Great food lots of variety, fresh, spicy and just can’t fault anything. Service was top notch and they had a live singer too.

Value for money here is excellent. Large portions, very reasonably priced, and absolutely delicious.

Been there back to back for my birthday this year and last year - doesn’t disappoint! Brilliant food. Shout out to Anusha, excellent service.

Went there last week - they have best food in the town and specially Sandy is there who makes your experience even more better

Amazing food, super friendly staff. The best Indian restaurant I’ve visited.

Awesome food , very tasty and authentic Indian food and flavors

Food was delicious, service was quick,staff were very friendly. Only thing that wasn't pleasant the scene where I sat. It felt like I was watching a clutter under the stairs. Apart from this I can't fault this place. Hopefully they'll do something about it. Value for money. Recommended.

The food was amazing . Loved the sharing platter and the chaat platter. Authentic taste. The service was excellent

Excellent meal but was quiet but then Sat lunch to be exoected. Great service from Kishan.

plas i have zia in chorlton the food its relly trsty its relly nice plas open one thre for us

Anusha thank you so much for the wonderful hospitality and service really liked the food always fun to be in ziya

The biryani was served very fresh in a pressure cooker, with the steam still in it and the server lifted the whistle to remove the steam. It can't get more fresh than that and I didn't expect that at all. And the quantity was more than enough for two to share comfortably so it's great value! The biryani tasted very good as well.

A lovely place for a long overdue catch up with friends. The food was lovely

Great restaurant, food and service. As part of the curry mile I'd recommend. We'll be trying them all tho!! This is however one that I'd go back too. The only downside to the mile is the rubbish parking!! Be prepared to park a couple of streets back and walk down.

very delicios food great atmosphere and freindly staff would definitely reccomend for a night in rusholme!!

Today we had a birthday party at ur restaurant the food was delicious❤️❤️

The food was very spicy and I didn't like it. I got the review but it was disappointing

One of the best curry's on the mile.

Food is okay much better options. The restaurant passes it self as halal however no certification of halal food provided.

I've had the pleasure of visiting this restaurant over the course of many years and each time the food has always been excellent. For my most recent visit the staff were great - friendly and accommodating. The food was as usual, superb. I always enjoy the Saag Lamb and Cheese Kulcha. I also had the Seekh kebabs on this visit, which were fantastic. I really can't recommend this restaurant enough, you won't be disappointed!

The food was delicious very homely feel, Anusha tended to our table was very sweet and gave us great suggestions.

Fantastic Indian Afternoon Tea. Great Experience!

Amish’s very good waitress amazing service, food was great

Yet another wonderful visit with some top quality food and service. I keep comming back as it's the best place in the area these days. Highly recommend and will keep returning

The food was wonderful. Both the vegetarian and non vegetarian options are good.

Highly overrated restaurant. We had ordered prawns, chilli chicken, Amritsari fish - which were really disappointed. Fish was very oily, Chilli chicken and Prawns were too hot to tolerate. Then we ordered Hakka noodles, which were not spicy but very salted. Pani puri was ok but you will 4 small puri in one portion, which is very expensive. Ordered Tandoori roti, which was looks like made from old dough. We were very disappointed and had really very bad experience.

Afternoon tea for 4 was tasty and full of flavour. We had a veg and non veg options. Jelibi was okay but could be improved in terms of taste and size. We recommend for masala dosa you offer sambar dal to compliment this dish. Car was parked in side street which allowed for free parking for 3 hours.

Fantastic food, nice people, the live music was appreciated although the guy was not such a great singer

Excellent friendly service. Great food and great value for money

Very welcoming and friendly. The food was excellent. Would highly recommend giving them a try! It also smells heavenly inside!

I ordered Dal and bombay potatoes but it's not authentic test. Even garlic naan and butter naan also uncooked when I tell them they apologised . So many mustered seeds in all itmes. Chefs don't know about real test of indain food. Chefs dont know how many spices need in curry. The staff are lovely and helpful. But I dont recommend if you try properly indian test. Because they don't have proper indian test in any vegetarian items.

The food and service was excellent. They cater to different requirements with lots of vegan, vegetarian and meat options, so it is perfect for everyone.

This is our second visit, with our friends from the United States. The food is amazing, just the broccoli is a bit too spicy for us. The chicken curry is very tasty! Our favourite definitely would be the starter, we ordered another one after our first bites. The place is clean and tidy. Can’t wait to visit again!

Great restaurant in the famous Curry Mile. The chef does specials and it’s well worth straying out if your comfort zone. He does not disappoint. Our waitress Krithi was charming and knowledgeable. Cocktails go well with the curries! We keep going back. Oh and Sunny who played guitar provided a great sound track to the meal. Tastefully done and he has a lovely voice.

I have left positive reviews in the past, today for the 1st time I’m leaving a negative review. Myself and other half, family have been going to Ziya over a number of years now, always had a positive experience and loved the authenticity of the Indian food here. However, on the last 3 occasions we have visited I have been quite disappointed with quality of the food. I’m assuming there has been a chef change? The food is not seasoned well, curries are greasy, the rice isn’t well cooked. We didn’t even eat any of our food today. I’ve bought it home so I can try and do something with it because I hate wasting food. Won’t be visiting here for a while as we did give it the benefit of doubt on 3 separate occasions. The staff serving are absolutely lovely, but the food doesn’t reflect the service unfortunately. I’ve also noticed the hygiene rating displayed at the front of the restaurant is no longer @ 5, it’s a 4? Again, I wanted to give them the opportunity so I looked online to see what areas they failed to achieve the 5.the food standards agency rating is 3 online…so disappointing.

Food is really good especially the butter chicken! The members of the staff were very accommodating and friendly as well. We were a slightly large group when we went to eat here and the server made sure to take note of our requests when she got our orders (i.e. less spicy, etc). If you’re looking for authentic Indian food, I would highly recommend this restaurant

Stunning food and amazing service from Dev and his team, especially the manager whose name escapes me but she ensured we had a brilliant time. The whole atmosphere of the restaurant made this rainy day in Manchester bright and positive! All the staff are so happy and friendly, it was an extremely busy night which was obviously with the amount of customers and takeaways they were packing but it looked completely effortless for the staff - this is such a great sign of a successful restaurant that puts their team and customers first. The food was absolutely exceptional, paneer which melts in your mouth, paratha so flakey and rich gravy in the lamb dish, it’s everything you want and MORE. We are planning our next trip as soon as possible. Brilliant night - made our whole WEEK!

Apart from the lack of parking space, it is superior to other Indian cuisine restaurants. For now, it is one of the top five best restaurants I've eaten at in Manchester.

Very lovely food, good portion sizes, and very filling. Staff were absolutely lovely, they forgot a small part of our order, and gave us some complimentary chips whilst we waited. Great atmosphere, live music was brilliant.

Food and atmosphere was perfect. Absolutely lovely place, the staff were so friendly, definitely recommend and would go again!

Genuinely one of the best curries I have ever had. Impeccable flavours and such a wonderful atmosphere, especially the live music :)

Been twice now, with a big group both times, the staff have been absolutely lovely, and the food is just amazing. Really accommodating and great place. 10/10 would definitely recommend. Going again ❤️

Had the pleasure of visiting Ziya for a splendid birthday party! The warm ambience mingling with the soft strains of live music playing in the background was an absolute bliss. But of course, the star of the show is the food - which without a doubt was really really nice, the lamb curry being the highlight for me. Would also totally recommend having the unlimited pani puri plate! I will certainly be back in the near future. Thank You Team Ziya 💕

Great food. Our party of 11 ordered five different dishes times two plus rice and naan. All delicious. Highly recommend.

What an excellent Indian restaurant. One of the highlights of the curry mile. Everything was amazing but the Biryani was one of the best I have tried. Can’t wait to visit again. The staff were incredible. Polite, professional and great service.

Amazing food excellent service 😊

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful 5 stars from Mr & Mrs Light 👌🏼👌🏼

Lovely food and great service would recommend!!

I tried many Indian restaurants in Manchester but ziya's food without doubt it's the best vegetarian Indian food with spicy taste 😋 We tried basil paneer & veg munchurian starter,panner kadhai sabji & Dal palak . Everything taste so delicious. Chef gives us complimentary small stuffed naan for little baby so appreciate 🙏😊

Had a family meal here last night and it was absolutely gorgeous. Fresh, piping hot and delicious, reasonably priced too. Staff were very attentive and friendly will definitely be back. 💯

I didn’t get my popadom basket but I got the dips??

Always a good experience here, the staff, the food is always great

service was good and employees were amazing

Excellent dining experience including mixed meat starter for 2 and a couple of curry dishes. Friday night they had a singer with an acoustic guitar who has actually quite a good performance! Unexpected bonus in a curry house. My medium needed to be a bit hotter but that is personal preference, can't standardise

Great staff service very friendly and I really enjoyed the food and experience

Amazing Indian food and excellent service. Loved it..

Great food, plenty of vegan options, staff very helpful. Food very reasonably priced. Will definitely return

Incredible food, best I've ever had l, hands down, lamb chops beautiful, nann bread incredible! Amazing customer service also live music

yummy food, v flavourful, great service & live music on the night we went in - would recommend

Lovely evening, the food was fantastic, served was excellent - we really enjoyed; thank you Ziya, evening perfect for us 👍

Lovely food especially all the starters and the staff were amazing

Lovely food. Great service by Kishan . Recommended.

Really enjoyed our meal here. Best Indian we’ve had in a long time and probably the best in Manchester. Really enjoyed the lamb biryani, chicken madras and peshawri naan. Will be back again

Absolutely delicious food and wonderful service. Staff made some amazing recommendations and it truly was service with a smile. The food is so fresh and so flavourful. Definitely will be back!

Tried meat platter one of the worst platter I ever tried. Lamb shank came very cold and curry for awful. Agree meat was nice soft and tasty. Pani puri is not up to the expectations Ambience was good but spoiled by a karaoke night. Only customer service was great. They really did a good job from our phone call until we checked out.

First visit to Ziya but I can safely say it will not be the last. Superb food. Great staff. Spotlessly clean. We don’t live local but is well worth the drive and look forward to our next visit.

Absolutely delicious food, beautifully served. The flavours of the spices were amazing. Lovely to see the restaurant so lively. Thank you

A last minute meal, and it didn’t disappoint. The food and staff cannot be faulted. Service was attentive and the food did not disappoint. Definitely worth a visit.

Enjoyed the live music, waitress was attentive.

One of the best Indian Restaurant in the heart of the city. I went there with my mom, its her 3rd visit in the UK and according to her Ziya is the best restaurant she had dinner in 2024 so far. Being a saturday, we had to restrict ourself to vegetarian food (yeah we are authentic indian 😂😂😂😂…. flexitarians). We had pani puri, veg manchurian, veg kolhapuri and garlic naan. Everything literally everything was close to what we get in India….. would highly recommend Ziya if you are an avid fan of Indian cuisine. Will visit again to munch on non vegetarian food and satisfy my taste buds…. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Perfect spot to taste Indian cuisine at its finest.

The atmosphere and the service are perfect and the foods were really nice! Highly recommend Tandoori King prawns and daal Tarka! Strawberry Lassi was also really nice! Had an extremely good experience!

Excellent food, we always visit when in Manchester. Great speedy service and very polite staff.

I have never been to a more wonderful Indian restaurant. I am so happy I found this place. The restaurant is so clean, bright, and comfortable. Staff are so friendly. Great prices for a lot of food. Highly recommend this place. Delicious.

Ambiance and food was amazing!! The staff who served and looked after us was very welcoming, friendly and made us feel at home. Thank you to this amazing team!

Very tasty food and attentive service thank you