Online ordering for Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Liverpool

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

In short: Liverpool has 38 FSA-registered premises with curry, tandoori or similar words in the name, most in L9 (5) and L13 (5). A Liverpool 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 22 with a numeric rating, 7 (32%) are rated 5 and 5 (23%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. 16 more are awaiting inspection or publication.

For comparison, among all 478 takeaways in Liverpool with a numeric rating, 43% are rated 5. Among the 18 rated takeaways on this list, 28% 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 20 of the 38 (53%). L9, L13, L15 and L1 have five each, so there is no single hotspot: the list is spread across 13 postcode districts.

Liverpool against the UK: the numbers

Set against population, Liverpool has 0.63 Indian and Pakistani-named premises for every 10,000 residents, close to the UK figure of 0.64 (ONS mid-2025 population estimate for the area: 507,915). Ranked on the same count across 363 council areas, Liverpool comes 16th nationally and 2nd of 35 within the North West.

L9 is the district where the name is most common relative to local food premises (6%); L15 is the lowest of these four at 3%. The area-wide share is 1.8%.

Inspection dates tell a second story. Of the 32 premises on this list with an inspection date, 25% were inspected in the 12 months to 13 November 2026, against 20% of all takeaway and restaurant premises in the area; the median gap since the last inspection is 42 months against 48.

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

• 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.
• 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.

A striking share of this list is still awaiting inspection: 16 of the 38 premises, well over a third. Many of your neighbours have no rating to show yet. Show yours if you have it, and see our food hygiene rating guide.

Late-night hot food in Liverpool

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 Liverpool 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. 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 Liverpool 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 Liverpool Indian restaurant

This is an illustration, not a measured figure for Liverpool. We have no published average order value for Liverpool 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.

Suppose 45 orders a week (about 195 a month, £25 each, £4,875 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 195 orders cost £683 plus £137 VAT, £819 in all; at 30% they cost £1,462 plus £292 VAT, £1,755.

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 Liverpool, 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.