A POPULAR York curry house has been judged among the best in England.

Bombay Spice in Goodramgate has won the Outstanding Restaurant of the Year in the English Curry Awards 2024.

The regular award winner has also won Dining Experience of the Year for the Yorkshire and Humber Region.

The accolades, in the 13th annual such awards, follow the restaurant being a finalist in the English Curry Award in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.

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It has also won in the awards in 2015 for Team and Service of the year and in 2016 for Best restaurant of the Year in Yorkshire and England. It also was a finalist for chef of the year in 2016.

Restaurant manager Mohammad Ali Akbar said: “We Believe we won because we provide true authentic Indian food. Our food brings people together, ensuring the flavours speak for itself.

“We use fresh produce and provide consistency in the flavours and the cooking method. We know our customers enjoy the food we provide through there positive feedbacks personally and through reviews left via digital platforms.

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“We try to personalise the service we provide to our customers by having day-to-day interaction with them. Our customers keep coming back to try our food plus they get an excellent customer service by our front of house staff members. 

Mohammad continued: “Winning awards like this is important to us as it helps recognise all of our hard work we all put in as a team within the business.

“We won because our customers had an excellent food experience at Bombay Spice, they enjoyed the unique flavours from our food, the ambience and atmosphere we great for them, and the personal interaction we have with them.

“Our customers voted for us because it's a way for them to give back, to show their love and support. Lastly, winning awards like this helps attract new customers who are not local to us or even if they are, they may have never been to Bombay Spice.”

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He added: “We thank all of our customers for showing us love and support through the years and we hope they continue to do so. To all those who have never been to Bombay Spice in York, please come visit us if you are in search of  trying some authentic Indian food, believe me you will not be disappointed! We hope to see some returning faces and some new faces.”

Bombay Spice is also a Tripadvisor favourite, with the reviews website awarding it 4.5 stars out of five, ranking it 59th out of 714 York Restaurants. Google awards it 4.2 stars out of five, based on 778 reviews.