Indian Restaurant in Leicester: What Makes Herb a Must-Visit

Leicester has a huge number of Indian restaurants – it's one of the city's genuine culinary strengths. That also means "Indian restaurant in Leicester" is a crowded search, and worth narrowing down before you pick where to eat.

What most Indian restaurants in Leicester actually serve

Most Indian restaurants in the UK, Leicester included, lean towards a North Indian and Punjabi-influenced menu: rich gravies, naan, tandoori grills. It's a broad, familiar style, and there's a reason it's popular – but it's also only one part of what "Indian food" actually covers.

Where Herb is different

Herb focuses specifically on Kerala cuisine – South India's southwest coast, with a completely different set of building blocks: coconut oil instead of ghee, curry leaves and mustard seed tempered into almost every dish, and rice and lentils rather than wheat and dairy as the everyday staple. The whole menu is vegetarian, and most of it is vegan or easily made so.

What makes it a must-visit rather than just another option

• A coherent menu – everything reflects the same regional tradition, rather than trying to cover several cuisines at once.
• A head chef who cooks from that tradition specifically – Ramdas Krishna leads the kitchen, working from Kerala household recipes rather than a generic template.
• A central location – 96 Granby Street, a few minutes' walk from Leicester railway station.
• Consistency – reflected in a strong, ongoing base of guest reviews across both branches.

What to order

First-time visitors tend to do well with a dosa or a Kerala thali – see our guides to dosa varieties and what a Kerala thali actually is for more detail before you visit.

Visit Herb in Leicester

Herb is open daily from 12:00 PM – see the full Leicester restaurant page for hours and booking.