The winners for this year’s Asian Restaurant Awards has been announced with multiple Greater Manchester restaurants taking home a prize. Over 100,000 online votes from members of the spice loving public determined the finalists and judges from the Asian Catering Federation (ACF), with the winners revealed this week (August 27) at a gala dinner and presentation ceremony at the Hilton Manchester.
The Asian Restaurant Awards cover the complete range of Asian and Oriental cuisines: Bangladeshi, Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Middle Eastern, Pakistani, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Of the Greater Manchester restaurants crowned winners for this year’s Asian Restaurant Awards, it was Bardez, which has restaurants in Rusholme and Didsbury, named ‘Manchester Restaurant of the Year’. Winning the award of ‘Restaurant of the Year’ in the North West was Ayaan’s in Bolton, which is said to be a favourite of boxer Amir Khan.
But that was not all for the region as Indian restaurant Sai Surbhi, located in Urmston, was crowned ‘Newcomer of the Year’ in the North West. Plus, its sister site in Preston received the accolade of ‘Indian Restaurant of the Year’ in the North West.
In 2022 and 2023, the Curry King Award went to Shabbir Hussain of Akbar’s Group, which has a restaurant on Manchester’s Liverpool Road, however the award went to Zameer Khan, CEO of International Restaurant, Bolton, this year. In addition, other establishments near Manchester also won awards including Kebabish Original in Blackburn, which was named ‘Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year’ in the North West, and Sigiriya Grill in Knutsford, which was named ‘Newcomer of the Year’ for Sri Lankan cuisine.
You can find the full list of winners for Asian Restaurants Awards here. Asian food lovers can also nominate their favourite restaurants in this year’s Asian Curry Awards, being held in London in November, here.