Online ordering for Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Ealing

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

In short: The FSA register lists 54 premises in Ealing with Indian, curry or tandoori in the name, most in UB1 and UB6. An Ealing 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 54 premises in Ealing with "tandoori", "balti", "karahi", "masala", "biryani", "tikka", "curry", "Indian", "Pakistani", "Lahore", "Karachi", "Peshawari" or "Punjab" in the business name, 10 of them registered as takeaways and 44 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in UB1 (17), UB6 (8), W5 (7), UB2 (6). That is 4.1% of the area's 1,312 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.

If you run an Indian or Pakistani restaurant here, other premises with the same word in their name are likely to be near you, and a customer scrolling a delivery app may see several of you at once. Your own ordering page is the one place where no rival is listed beside you.

What the FSA register shows for Ealing 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 50 with a numeric rating, 17 (34%) are rated 5 and 16 (32%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a lower share than the 41.7% of all rated takeaways in Ealing that hold a 5. A further 4 are awaiting inspection, awaiting publication or exempt. A rating is a snapshot of one inspection, and the FSA says so on every record.

Which postcode districts have the most

UB1 holds the most, 17 of the 54 (31%), and the premises sit across 8 postcode districts in all. Where several curry-named kitchens share a district, a short delivery time and a clear minimum order do more to win a repeat customer than a deeper menu.

How Ealing 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:

Ealing has more of these names than any of its five nearest neighbours. Neighbouring set-ups: Indian restaurant ordering in Hounslow.

Ealing in the wider picture

Ealing has 324 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 988 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 43 of 363 UK council areas, and 11 of 33 in London. Across all rated takeaways in Ealing, 41.7% hold a 5 against 62.0% across England, and 19.8% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.8%. Ealing is part of Greater London, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts.

Ealing against the UK: the numbers

Using the ONS estimate of 387,072 residents, that works out at 1.40 Indian and Pakistani-named premises per 10,000 people, compared with 0.64 across the UK, so Ealing sits above the national rate. Ranked on the same count across 363 council areas, Ealing comes 5th nationally and 1st of 33 within London.

Across the area 4.1% of takeaway and restaurant premises carry one of these words. In UB1 that rises to 10%, while in W5 it is 2%.

On freshness, 50% of the 54 dated records were inspected in the last 12 months, compared with 45% across all 1,312 dated takeaway and restaurant premises in Ealing. The median time since inspection is 12 months for this list and 13 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

• Zones that match the map. The premises are concentrated in UB1 and UB6, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Ealing fits the spread.
• Text your regulars with their permission (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro) when you launch a new dish or a weekday offer.
• Spice level as a required choice. Mild, medium or hot can be a required choice on every curry, with rice or bread as a second choice and extras at a surcharge. The ticket shows each choice on its own line.
• Take cash as well as card. Cash on collection and cash on delivery are on every plan, and card payments are on Plus and Pro.
• Sell the set meal as one item. A meal for two or a family feast can be one menu item with a required choice for each curry, rice and side.

Late-night hot food in Ealing: what to check

If you sell hot food or drink after 11pm and before 5am, the Licensing Act 2003 treats it as late night refreshment, so you normally need the council's licence. Start from the council's licensing section: Ealing council licensing (checked 13 November 2026).

The general rules for England and Wales are in our late night refreshment licence guide. Chefzi lets you set collection and delivery hours separately, so your ordering hours can follow whatever your licence conditions say. This is general information, not legal advice.

How to start

1. Put your menu into Chefzi on a short call with us. We set it up with you and aim to have you 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. 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 more, see the Indian restaurant page, the commission calculator and our guide on moving customers from Just Eat to your own site, and the Ealing location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

A worked example for an Ealing Indian restaurant

These are assumed numbers, not Ealing data: with no published average order value for Ealing Indian and Pakistani restaurants, the example takes £25 (the commission calculator default) and 40 orders a week. Use your own.

Move 40 weekly orders (roughly 173 a month at £25, £4,325 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 £727 at 14% (£606 plus £121 VAT) or £1,557 at 30% (£1,298 plus £260 VAT).

On Chefzi the same 173 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 Ealing, 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.
• Ealing council licensing page linked above: https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201086/housing/3306/private_rented_property_licensing (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.