The Lapsi spice Multicuisine Restaurant

Head down London Road towards the city centre and you'll find yourself at a place that's clearly struck a chord with Derby diners—nearly 190 five-star reviews don't lie. This is unpretentious, serious cooking: the kind of multicuisine restaurant that knows its lanes and sticks to them rather than diluting everything. You're getting proper curries, biryanis and tandoori work here, the sort of food that tastes like someone actually knows what they're doing in the kitchen. It's the type of spot locals keep coming back to because the spicing is balanced, the portions are decent, and there's no nonsense on the menu—just good food at reasonable prices.