Online ordering for Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Salford

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

In short: the register lists 20 premises in Salford with "tandoori", "balti", "karahi", "masala", "biryani", "tikka", "curry", "Indian", "Pakistani", "Lahore", "Karachi", "Peshawari" or "Punjab" in the business name, 12 of them registered as takeaways and 8 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in M27 (5), M6 (4), M28 (3), M50 (2). That is 2.6% of the area's 777 takeaway, restaurant and café premises, against 2.2% across the UK, so the word is about as common here as in the UK as a whole.

Customers who search for a curry in Salford meet a crowded field. Your own ordering page gives them a direct route to your kitchen without a marketplace between you and the customer.

What the FSA register shows for Salford Indian and Pakistani names

Read this as a name-keyword count, not a census. A premises is counted only if its registered name contains one of the words, so Indian and Pakistani restaurants with other names are missed and any place using the word for something else is included. Only takeaway, sandwich shop, restaurant, café and canteen premises are counted, and no business is named.

Of the 16 with a numeric rating, 3 (19%) are rated 5 and 2 (12%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a lower share than the 42.4% of all rated takeaways in Salford 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.

The districts where they sit

M27 holds the most, 5 of the 20 (25%), and the premises sit across 8 postcode districts in all. Set a delivery zone for each district you serve with its own fee, minimum order and time, so the busy streets near M27 do not set the terms for everywhere else.

How Salford 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:

4 of the five neighbours have more of these names than Salford, and 1 have fewer, so the field here is mid-sized. Neighbouring set-ups: Indian restaurant ordering in Manchester.

Salford in the wider picture

Salford has 333 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 444 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 40 of 363 UK council areas, and 7 of 35 in North West. Across all rated takeaways in Salford, 42.4% hold a 5 against 62.0% across England, and 4.9% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.8%. Salford is part of Greater Manchester, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts.

How common Indian and Pakistani names are in Salford

Per 10,000 residents the count is 0.67, against 0.64 for the UK as a whole, which is close to the national rate. The population used is the ONS estimate of 297,004 for the council area. By raw count, Salford is 54th of the 363 UK council areas for these names and 10th of 35 in the North West.

M27 is the district where the name is most common relative to local food premises (5%); M50 is the lowest of these four at 2%. The area-wide share is 2.6%.

Inspection dates tell a second story. Of the 20 premises on this list with an inspection date, 40% were inspected in the 12 months to 13 November 2026, against 35% of all takeaway and restaurant premises in the area; the median gap since the last inspection is 14 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 Salford kitchens

• Zones that match the map. The premises are concentrated in M27 and M6, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Salford fits the spread.
• 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.
• Tablet offline? The Chefzi Orders app rings until someone accepts or rejects. If the device is offline, Chefzi texts the restaurant and then calls.
• Take party and office orders in advance. The catering feature lets customers book big orders for a date and time, with the notice you set, in their own section of the menu.
• Put your link where customers already look. Add your ordering link to your Google Business Profile (how) and a QR code to every bag (QR kit).

Late-night hot food in Salford: 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. Salford's council publishes its process here: Salford 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. Book a short call: we enter your menu with you and aim to have your ordering page live within 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 Salford location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

What Chefzi does not do

• Delivery: you run your own drivers. Chefzi has no courier integrations.
• No kiosk and no CRM.
• Pre-order lead time is one setting per location, not per dish.
• Marketplace orders still pay the marketplace's commission. Chefzi helps you move regulars across; it does not change what Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats charge.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), authority Salford, 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.
• Salford council licensing page linked above: https://www.salford.gov.uk/licensing-and-permits/apply-for-a-premises-licence/ (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.