Online ordering for Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Birmingham

Updated 13 November 2026. This page reads the Food Standards Agency register as it stood on 12 November 2026. It covers the Birmingham local authority area and names no business. For the area as a whole, see our Birmingham page.

In short: Birmingham has 126 FSA-registered premises with curry, tandoori or similar words in the name, most in B8 (11) and B11 (9). A Birmingham Indian restaurant can give regulars its own ordering page: Chefzi plans cost £9 to £49 a month per location, excluding VAT, with 0% commission ever and a free first month, no card needed.

What the FSA register shows

This is a name-keyword count, not a census. It finds only premises whose registered name includes one of those words. It misses Indian or Pakistani restaurants and takeaways with other names, and it may include places that use a word for something else. We left out retailers and mobile caterers.

Of the 107 with a numeric rating, 38 (36%) are rated 5 and 24 (22%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. 19 more are awaiting inspection or publication.

For comparison, among all 873 takeaways in Birmingham with a numeric rating, 43% are rated 5. Among the 34 rated takeaways on this list, 24% are, which is below that figure. These are small samples, so treat the gap as a pointer and not a verdict on any business.

Where they are

The top four postcode districts hold 34 of the 126 (27%). B8, B11 and B12 stand out, so a delivery zone around them can overlap with dozens of other curry-house-named premises.

Birmingham against the UK: the numbers

Per 10,000 residents the count is 0.81, against 0.64 for the UK as a whole, which is above the national rate. The population used is the ONS estimate of 1,176,960 for the council area. Birmingham has more of these names than any other UK council area on the register, and ranks 1st of 30 in the West Midlands.

B8 is the district where the name is most common relative to local food premises (8%); B11 is the lowest of these four at 4%. The area-wide share is 2.7%.

On freshness, 55% of the 95 dated records were inspected in the last 12 months, compared with 45% across all 3,522 dated takeaway and restaurant premises in Birmingham. The median time since inspection is 11 months for this list and 14 for the whole area.

Population figures are ONS mid-2025 estimates; every other figure comes from the same FSA register pull as the tables above. Small samples move a lot from one inspection to the next, so read the shares as a guide to where the pattern is, not as a verdict on any business.

What this means for your online ordering

• Spice level and extras as required choices. Modifiers can be required, so you can make heat level a required single choice, and rice, naan and side dishes a pick-several choice with a minimum and maximum. The ticket shows each choice on its own line.
• Pause ordering and mark dishes out of stock when the kitchen is busy or an ingredient has run out.
• Take cash as well as card. Cash on collection and cash on delivery are both available, and card payments are on Plus and Pro.
• Tablet offline? The Chefzi Orders app rings until someone accepts or rejects. If the device is offline, Chefzi texts the restaurant and then calls.

This is the biggest list for any single council on these pages. With this many names on the register, a dish photo and a clear spice level on your own page matter more than a lower price.

Late-night hot food in Birmingham

Birmingham City Council licenses late night refreshment under the Licensing Act 2003. Its Statement of Licensing Policy (the version we read on 11 November 2026 is headed as an interim policy dated 2020, so check for a newer one) defines late night refreshment as the supply of hot food or drink to the public, for consumption on or off the premises, between 11pm and 5am, with mobile units included. The council keeps a public register of premises licences, so you can check what applies to your own street. Set your online hours inside your licence.

How to start

1. Send us your menu on a short call. We build it into Chefzi with you, and you should be live in 24 to 48 hours.
2. Make the key choices required so every ticket is complete.
3. Put the link on your Google Business Profile (how), and print a QR code for each bag (QR kit).
4. Text your regulars (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro) with their permission.

For the rest of the story, see the Indian restaurants page, the Birmingham page, the commission calculator and moving customers from Just Eat to your own site. If your food is halal, say so in words you can stand behind: see halal menu wording.

A worked example for a Birmingham Indian restaurant

These are assumed numbers, not Birmingham data: with no published average order value for Birmingham Indian and Pakistani restaurants, the example takes £25 (the commission calculator default) and 35 orders a week. Use your own.

Suppose 35 orders a week (about 152 a month, £25 each, £3,800 in sales) shift from Just Eat to your own Chefzi link. Just Eat's published rates (read 12 November 2026, details) are 14% with your own drivers and 30% when it delivers, plus VAT. At 14% those 152 orders cost £532 plus £106 VAT, £638 in all; at 30% they cost £1,140 plus £228 VAT, £1,368.

On Chefzi those 152 orders cost no commission. The flat Plus plan, which includes card payments, is £22 a month (£19 billed annually) per location excluding VAT, however busy the month is. Payment-provider card fees are left out of both sides, and any orders that stay on Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats still pay their commission.

What Chefzi does not do

• It does not set up delivery for you: you run your own drivers, and Chefzi has no courier integrations.
• It has no kiosk and no CRM.
• A pre-order lead time is set for the whole location, not for one dish.
• Orders placed on Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats still pay those apps' commission. Chefzi helps you move regular customers to your own site.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), authority Birmingham, name search for words such as "tandoori", "balti", "karahi", "masala", "biryani", "tikka", "curry", "Indian", "Pakistani", "Lahore", "Karachi", "Peshawari" or "Punjab", extract 12 November 2026, restaurants, cafés, takeaways and other catering premises only. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Birmingham City Council, Statement of Licensing Policy (PDF): https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/831/licensing_act_2003_-_statement_of_licensing_policy.pdf (read 11 Nov 2026).
• Licensing Act 2003, Schedule 2: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/schedule/2 (read 12 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 12 November 2026.