Online ordering for Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Derby

Updated 13 November 2026. Source: the Food Standards Agency register, pulled on 13 November 2026. Coverage is the Derby council area; we do not name any business. Whole-area figures are on our Derby page.

In short: The FSA register lists 25 premises in Derby with Indian, curry or tandoori in the name, most in DE23 and DE21. A Derby Indian restaurant can keep regulars ordering direct on its own Chefzi page: £9 to £49 a month per location, excluding VAT, 0% commission ever, and a free first month, no card needed.

The register lists 25 premises in Derby with "tandoori", "balti", "karahi", "masala", "biryani", "tikka", "curry", "Indian", "Pakistani", "Lahore", "Karachi", "Peshawari" or "Punjab" in the business name, 17 of them registered as takeaways and 8 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in DE23 (9), DE21 (5), DE24 (4), DE1 (3). That is 3.9% of the area's 635 takeaway, restaurant and café premises, against 2.2% across the UK, so the word is more common here than in the UK as a whole.

That makes Derby a place where a direct ordering page earns its keep: the same few streets hold a lot of curry-named premises, so being easy to find and easy to order from is the whole game.

What the FSA register shows for Derby Indian and Pakistani names

This is a name-keyword count, not a census. It only finds premises whose registered name includes one of those words, so it misses Indian and Pakistani restaurants with other names, and it counts anything with the word in it, whatever it sells. We look at takeaway and sandwich shop premises and at restaurant, café and canteen premises only, and we do not name any business.

Of the 23 with a numeric rating, 8 (35%) are rated 5 and 3 (13%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a lower share than the 50.4% of all rated takeaways in Derby that hold a 5. A further 2 are awaiting inspection, awaiting publication or exempt. A rating is a snapshot of one inspection, and the FSA says so on every record.

Where they cluster

DE23 holds the most, 9 of the 25 (36%), and the premises sit across 7 postcode districts in all. A zone per district lets you charge a small fee for the close streets and a higher minimum for the outer ones, in Chefzi's delivery zones.

How Derby compares with the council areas next to it

The five nearest council areas by the centre of their food premises, with the same name-keyword count:

Derby has more of these names than any of its five nearest neighbours.

Derby in the wider picture

Derby has 297 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 338 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 54 of 363 UK council areas, and 3 of 35 in East Midlands. Across all rated takeaways in Derby, 50.4% hold a 5 against 62.0% across England, and 7.4% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.8%. Derby is part of Derbyshire, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts.

Derby against the UK: the numbers

Per 10,000 residents the count is 0.91, against 0.64 for the UK as a whole, which is above the national rate. The population used is the ONS estimate of 275,344 for the council area. On the register, only 33 council areas have more of these names than Derby; within the East Midlands it ranks 3rd of 35.

Across the area 3.9% of takeaway and restaurant premises carry one of these words. In DE23 that rises to 7%, while in DE1 it is 1%.

Inspection dates tell a second story. Of the 25 premises on this list with an inspection date, 32% were inspected in the 12 months to 13 November 2026, against 29% of all takeaway and restaurant premises in the area; the median gap since the last inspection is 16 months against 18.

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.

How a direct ordering page helps here

• Zones that match the map. The premises are concentrated in DE23 and DE21, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Derby fits the spread.
• Put your link where customers already look. Put the link on your Google Business Profile (how), and print a QR code for each bag (QR kit).
• Separate collection and delivery hours. Stop delivery when your last driver finishes and keep collection open, or the other way round, so your ordering hours follow how the kitchen works.
• Text your regulars with their permission (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro) when you launch a new dish or a weekday offer.
• Pause ordering on a busy Friday, and mark a dish out of stock when it runs out, so nobody orders what you cannot cook.

Late-night hot food in Derby: what to check

Between 11pm and 5am, supplying hot food or drink counts as late night refreshment under the Licensing Act 2003, and the local council issues the licence. Derby's council publishes its process here: Derby council licensing page (checked 13 November 2026). Check it before you open your ordering hours past 11pm.

Our late night refreshment licence guide sets out the England and Wales rules. In Chefzi, collection hours and delivery hours are separate settings, so you can match whatever your licence allows. This is general information and not legal advice.

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. Set required choices for the way your customers order, and set your delivery zones by postcode district or radius.
3. Add your ordering link to your Google Business Profile (how) and a QR code to every bag (QR kit).
4. Once customers agree to hear from you, send them the link (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro).

For more, see the Indian restaurant page, the commission calculator and our guide on moving customers from Just Eat to your own site, and the Derby location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

A worked example for a Derby Indian restaurant

This is an illustration, not a measured figure for Derby. We have no published average order value for Derby Indian and Pakistani restaurants, so it uses £25, the default in our commission calculator, and a round 40 orders a week. Put your own numbers in.

Say 40 orders a week, about 173 a month, move from Just Eat to your own Chefzi link. At £25 each that is £4,325 of sales a month. Just Eat's published partner rates (read 12 November 2026, details) are 14% when you use your own drivers and 30% when it delivers, plus VAT. On those 173 orders that is £606 plus £121 VAT, £727 in all, at 14%, or £1,298 plus £260 VAT, £1,557, at 30%.

With Chefzi the 173 orders carry 0% commission and the bill stays at the flat plan price: £22 a month on Plus (£19 billed annually), per location, excluding VAT. We have not modelled card processing fees on either side, and the example ignores orders that remain on the marketplaces.

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 Derby City, business types Takeaway/sandwich shop and Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, name search for "tandoori", "balti", "karahi", "masala", "biryani", "tikka", "curry", "Indian", "Pakistani", "Lahore", "Karachi", "Peshawari" or "Punjab", extract 13 November 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Derby council licensing page linked above: https://www.derby.gov.uk/licensing/alcohol-licences/premises-licences/ (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.