Online ordering for Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Hounslow

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

In short: Hounslow has 46 FSA-registered premises with Indian, curry or tandoori in the name, most in TW3 and TW4. A Hounslow Indian restaurant can take direct orders on its own Chefzi page: plans run from £9 to £49 a month per location (ex VAT), commission is 0% ever, and the first month is free with no card.

The register lists 46 premises in Hounslow with "tandoori", "balti", "karahi", "masala", "biryani", "tikka", "curry", "Indian", "Pakistani", "Lahore", "Karachi", "Peshawari" or "Punjab" in the business name, 14 of them registered as takeaways and 32 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in TW3 (18), TW4 (8), TW13 (6), TW5 (4). That is 5.4% of the area's 858 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 Hounslow 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 Hounslow 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 36 with a numeric rating, 11 (31%) are rated 5 and 4 (11%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a lower share than the 55.6% of all rated takeaways in Hounslow that hold a 5. A further 10 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

TW3 holds the most, 18 of the 46 (39%), and the premises sit across 8 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 Hounslow 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:

1 of the five neighbours have more of these names than Hounslow, and 4 have fewer, so the field here is among the bigger ones nearby. Neighbouring set-ups: Indian restaurant ordering in Ealing and Indian restaurant ordering in Hillingdon.

Hounslow in the wider picture

Hounslow has 249 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 609 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 81 of 363 UK council areas, and 17 of 33 in London. Across all rated takeaways in Hounslow, 55.6% hold a 5 against 62.0% across England, and 7.5% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.8%. Hounslow is part of Greater London, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts.

How common Indian and Pakistani names are in Hounslow

Per 10,000 residents the count is 1.54, against 0.64 for the UK as a whole, which is above the national rate. The population used is the ONS estimate of 299,486 for the council area. Ranked on the same count across 363 council areas, Hounslow comes 7th nationally and 2nd of 33 within London.

TW4 is the district where the name is most common relative to local food premises (12%); TW5 is the lowest of these four at 6%. The area-wide share is 5.4%.

These premises are more recently inspected than the area as a whole: 46% inspected within a year (46 dated records) against 38% overall, with a median of 14 months since inspection against 21.

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 TW3 and TW4, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Hounslow fits the spread.
• 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.
• 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.

Late-night hot food in Hounslow: what to check

Serving hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am normally needs a late night refreshment licence under the Licensing Act 2003, issued by the local council. Hounslow's council publishes its process here: Hounslow 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. With their permission, tell regulars about the page by SMS or email (how, 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 Hounslow location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

A worked example for a Hounslow Indian restaurant

This is an illustration, not a measured figure for Hounslow. We have no published average order value for Hounslow Indian and Pakistani restaurants, so it uses £25, the default in our commission calculator, and a round 30 orders a week. Put your own numbers in.

Suppose 30 orders a week (about 130 a month, £25 each, £3,250 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 130 orders cost £455 plus £91 VAT, £546 in all; at 30% they cost £975 plus £195 VAT, £1,170.

On Chefzi the same 130 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 Hounslow, 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.
• Hounslow council licensing page linked above: https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/alcohol-premises-licensing/late-night-refreshment-licence (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.