Online ordering for Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Sheffield

Updated 13 November 2026. Figures come from the Food Standards Agency register as pulled on 12 November 2026. The page covers the Sheffield local authority area, and no business is named. The whole-area picture is on our Sheffield page.

In short: Sheffield has 39 FSA-registered premises with curry, tandoori or similar words in the name, most in S6 (6) and S7 (5), and customers can switch between them in a tap. A Sheffield Indian restaurant can keep repeat orders direct with Chefzi: £9 to £49 a month per location (ex VAT), 0% commission ever, first month free.

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 32 with a numeric rating, 10 (31%) are rated 5 and 2 (6%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. 7 more are awaiting inspection or publication.

For comparison, among all 556 takeaways in Sheffield with a numeric rating, 58% are rated 5. Among the 16 rated takeaways on this list, 31% 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 18 of the 39 (46%). S6 and S7 lead, followed by S10 and S1, so delivery areas around them overlap with the most curry-house-named neighbours.

Sheffield against the UK: the numbers

Set against population, Sheffield has 0.60 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: 579,517). On the register, only 13 council areas have more of these names than Sheffield; within Yorkshire and the Humber it ranks 3rd of 16.

Across the area 1.7% of takeaway and restaurant premises carry one of these words. In S7 that rises to 6%, while in S9 it is 2%.

On freshness, 17% of the 35 dated records were inspected in the last 12 months, compared with 29% across all 2,052 dated takeaway and restaurant premises in Sheffield. The median time since inspection is 21 months for this list and 17 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

• Separate delivery and collection hours, so you can close delivery when the last driver finishes and keep collection open.
• 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.

Seven of the premises on this list are still awaiting their first rating. Until one arrives, your own ordering page, with clear prices and photos, is the thing customers can judge you on. See our Sheffield page for the whole-city picture.

Late-night hot food in Sheffield

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 Sheffield 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. 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. Make the key choices required so every ticket is complete.
3. Point your Google Business Profile at the page (how) and tuck a QR code into every order (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 Sheffield 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 Sheffield Indian restaurant

Treat this as an illustration, not a measurement for Sheffield. No published average order value exists for Sheffield Indian and Pakistani restaurants, so we assume £25, the default in our commission calculator, and a round 35 orders a week. Swap in your own figures.

Suppose 35 orders a week (about 152 a month, £25 each, £3,800 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 152 orders cost £532 plus £106 VAT, £638 in all; at 30% they cost £1,140 plus £228 VAT, £1,368.

With Chefzi the 152 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

• 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 Sheffield, 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.