New Desi Dera

This place was recommended by a friend, so we went to try it and boy what an experience. Parking is easily available on side streets after 6pm. Place is decent nothing extravagant in terms of seating. We ordered the mix platter for 4 and the lamb charsi Karahi with garlic coriander naan. Mix grill had lamb chops, seekh kebab, lamb and chicken tikka, fried fish and chicken wings. Everything was fresh and tasty. Loved all the meat. It was tender, juicy and very tasty. The charsi lamb Karahi, however hit the spot differently. Its possibly the best Karahi I've ever had. Tender pieces of meat, freshly cooked. No meat smell, no chewy old meat. It was just fresh, tasty, authentic Karahi, and with the garlic coriander naan it went perfectly. I have to say what an experience and what a hidden gem. Highly highly recommended. .

Really good food and service. We orderd the mix platter for 4 and 2 x 0.5kg Karahis. Strongly recommend the charsai lamb karahi. Price was also reasonable. Make sure you also check out the desi Tea.

Both the Lamb and Chicken Karahi were delicious! Fresh, mouth watering and flavorsome Also had their Chicken Kebabs and they were extremely juicy and so yummy!! Staff was really helpful and professional.

Overall, the food was really solid — the slight char added a nice smoky kick. If you’re not into that kind of char, just let the kitchen know ahead. Both the wings and lamb chops were super tasty and juicy.

You can get a very good taste of pakistani/punjabi cuisine here. The food tastes really delicious and the staff is very customer friendly. The environment is good for sitting of family or with a group of friends. It takes around 30-40 minutes to get your order (still worth it) but you can pre-book on a phone call and save your time by 20-25 minutes. I recommend charsi tikka, white chicken and lamb karahi. They give you freshly baked pakistani bread (chapati) with dinner. The environment is quite clean as the staff is efficient and responsive. Worth a visit for all those who want the taste of pakistani cuisine. (The people in the photos have consented for them to be made public)

Lovely large family restaurant in Normanton Road which serves traditional Pakistani curries and dishes. Its was quite late around 10pm most restaurants were closed but this place was busy which only meant one thing good food!! There is large seating area to accommodate more than 100 people. Staff were very friendly when requesting a different seating position they were happy to accommodate us all. Seating was very comfortable and table was spacious for 6 people. We went for traditional mix grill with additional kebabs and chops, with chicken and meat karahi dishes, cod masala fish and pilau and plain rice and to relax it all a jug of Mango Lassi. Starters didn’t take too long and arrived hot, sizzing and full of flavour. Positions were generous and enough for the six of us as we ordered extra items. We had to remind staff about the drinks and mango lassi guess they were super busy but we got the drinks in the end. The 1kg meat came in a large wok pan which was too much for us and the 1/2 kg of chicken was in a smaller wok. I feel when you don’t know the sizes staff should shown the dish sizes or have some illustrations. We had so much food left over hence had to do takeaway afterwards. The karahi dishes were lovely, hot, sizzling, full of flavour and spice just the way us Bengali’s like it. We enjoyed our meal and didn’t feel rushed and staff again very kind and helpful. Lovely food, lovely place and lovely staff

10/10 food,service and wonderful atmosphere. Lovely service from the Afghan brother himself walid who kept us all comfortable and good. Would highly recommend to come down with family and friends!

We ordered lamb karahi, chicken karahi and lamb and chicken biryani, Both Karahi were yummy and tasty but biryani was like tahri, taste was not good at all. So, need to improve their biryani. Overall it was good experience.