Online ordering for Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Bradford

Updated 13 November 2026. Figures come from the Food Standards Agency register as pulled on 12 November 2026. The page covers the Bradford local authority area, and no business is named. The whole-area picture is on our Bradford page.

In short: Bradford has 56 FSA-registered premises with curry, tandoori or similar words in the name, most in BD7 (11) and BD8 (6). A Bradford 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 52 with a numeric rating, 19 (37%) are rated 5 and 7 (13%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. 4 more are awaiting inspection or publication.

For comparison, among all 639 takeaways in Bradford with a numeric rating, 53% are rated 5. Among the 30 rated takeaways on this list, 13% 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 28 of the 56 (50%). BD7 alone holds about a fifth of the list.

Bradford Indian and Pakistani names in numbers

Per 10,000 residents the count is 0.82, against 0.64 for the UK as a whole, which is above the national rate. The population used is the ONS estimate of 557,758 for the council area. Ranked on the same count across 363 council areas, Bradford comes 7th nationally and 2nd of 16 within Yorkshire and the Humber.

The word is most concentrated in BD2, where 10% of the district's food premises carry it, and thinnest in BD3 at 3%. Across the whole area the share is 2.8%.

On freshness, 52% of the 46 dated records were inspected in the last 12 months, compared with 44% across all 1,652 dated takeaway and restaurant premises in Bradford. 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

• Separate delivery and collection hours, so you can close delivery when the last driver finishes and keep collection open.
• Pause ordering and mark dishes out of stock when the kitchen is busy or an ingredient has run out.
• Table bookings for a sit-down room. A guest can request a table and you confirm it; there is no card deposit on a booking.
• Tablet offline? The Chefzi Orders app rings until someone accepts or rejects. If the device is offline, Chefzi texts the restaurant and then calls.

See our Bradford page for the whole-city picture and our guide to Ramadan and Eid online ordering for the busy weeks.

Late-night hot food in Bradford

Under the Licensing Act 2003, a person provides late night refreshment if, at any time between 11.00 p.m. and 5.00 a.m., they supply hot food or hot drink to the public from any premises, whether for consumption on or off the premises. That applies to takeaway and delivery. In Bradford the licence comes from the local council. Check your own licence hours before you take collection or delivery orders late at night, and set your online hours inside them.

How to start

1. Book a short call: we enter your menu with you and aim to have your ordering page live within 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. Once customers agree to hear from you, send them the link (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro).

For the rest of the story, see the Indian restaurants page, the Bradford 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 Bradford Indian restaurant

This is an illustration, not a measured figure for Bradford. We have no published average order value for Bradford Indian and Pakistani restaurants, so it uses £25, the default in our commission calculator, and a round 20 orders a week. Put your own numbers in.

Move 20 weekly orders (roughly 87 a month at £25, £2,175 of sales) from Just Eat to your own Chefzi link and the maths is this. On Just Eat's published partner rates (read 12 November 2026, details), 14% with your own drivers and 30% when it delivers, plus VAT, you would pay £365 at 14% (£305 plus £61 VAT) or £783 at 30% (£652 plus £130 VAT).

On Chefzi the same 87 orders carry 0% commission. You pay the flat plan: Plus, which adds card payments, is £22 a month (£19 billed annually) per location, excluding VAT, and it does not change if the month is busier. Card processing charges depend on your payment provider and are not modelled on either side. Orders customers still place through Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats keep paying those apps' commission; the example only covers the ones you move.

What Chefzi does not do

Delivery stays yours: Chefzi has no courier integrations, so you use your own drivers. There is no kiosk and no CRM, and a pre-order lead time applies to the whole location rather than to a single dish. Orders that still arrive through Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats keep paying those apps' commission; Chefzi's job is to help you move regulars to your own page.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), authority Bradford, 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.
• Licensing Act 2003, Schedule 2 (provision of late night refreshment): 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.