The Balti House is one of very few late night curry houses in Nottingham. The prices are ok, and if you have an interest in seeing faded photographs of the restaurant staff with famous football players of days gone by, then this might be the place for you.
It seems to me that The Balti House has everything going for it...apart from the food. The location is fairly good, close to Hockley and only 5 minutes or so walk from the Market Square. So, what's wrong with the food? Well, it's not that there is anything terrible about any of it, but i've never eaten anything there and thought "Wow!" when i've tasted it. The curries have always seemed to me not too dissimilar from ones that I can cook at home...and call me old fashioned, but when I go out for a meal, I want to be paying to eat something that I couldn't make at home. I just can't quite put my finger on what it is that is missing from the food here. Fresh coriander perhaps? Maybe they are actually healthier and contain less ghee / oil and salt...I don't know. All I know is, something is missing.
Still, given the other options for a late night curry near Nottingham city centre, you could do worse. Noor Jahan on Mansfield Road, or the disgusting Sapna on St James Street are both worse than here. If you are in the area at the end of a night and you don't fancy pizza / kebab / chips, I guess you could do worse than give The Balti House a try. After all, what I appreciate in a curry may be different to what you do, and you might rate this place more highly than I do. read more