Online ordering for Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Leicester

Updated 13 November 2026. Source: the Food Standards Agency register, pulled on 12 November 2026. Coverage is the Leicester City local authority area; we do not name any business. Whole-area figures are on our Leicester page.

In short: Leicester has 41 FSA-registered premises with curry, tandoori or similar words in the name, most in LE3 (12) and LE4 (12). A Leicester Indian restaurant can take direct orders with Chefzi: £9 to £49 a month per location (ex VAT), 0% commission ever, and the first month is free with no card.

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 39 with a numeric rating, 25 (64%) are rated 5 and 2 (5%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. 1 more are awaiting inspection or publication.

For comparison, among all 542 takeaways in Leicester with a numeric rating, 72% are rated 5. Among the 15 rated takeaways on this list, 53% 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 38 of the 41 (93%). Three districts, LE3, LE4 and LE5, hold most of the list.

Leicester Indian and Pakistani names in numbers

Per 10,000 residents the count is 1.10, against 0.64 for the UK as a whole, which is above the national rate. The population used is the ONS estimate of 383,116 for the council area. By raw count, Leicester is 10th of the 363 UK council areas for these names and 1st of 35 in the East Midlands.

LE3 is the district where the name is most common relative to local food premises (7%); LE2 is the lowest of these four at 2%. The area-wide share is 3.1%.

Inspection dates tell a second story. Of the 42 premises on this list with an inspection date, 33% were inspected in the 12 months to 13 November 2026, against 32% of all takeaway and restaurant premises in the area; the median gap since the last inspection is 15 months against 16.

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.
• 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.

In Leicester 72% of rated takeaways have a 5, a higher share than in Birmingham, Manchester or Bradford on the same register, so ratings are common currency here. Keep your own rating visible and your menu clear.

Late-night hot food in Leicester

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 Leicester 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. 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. 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. With their permission, tell regulars about the page by SMS or email (how, Plus and Pro).

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

This is an illustration, not a measured figure for Leicester. We have no published average order value for Leicester Indian and Pakistani restaurants, so it uses £25, the default in our commission calculator, and a round 45 orders a week. Put your own numbers in.

Move 45 weekly orders (roughly 195 a month at £25, £4,875 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 £819 at 14% (£683 plus £137 VAT) or £1,755 at 30% (£1,462 plus £292 VAT).

With Chefzi the 195 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 Leicester City, 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.