Kayal Restaurant Nottingham

You'll find Kayal tucked into Broad Street's restaurant row, but this isn't another generic curry house. It's the real deal: properly executed Keralan cooking that tastes like it's come straight from the backwaters. The seafood is the star—their fish curries are briny and layered with coconut and spice—but the vegetarian dishes hold their own brilliantly. The room's warm without trying too hard, the service is genuinely warm, and people keep coming back because the food's honest and the prices don't require a bank loan.