Why are Indian takeaway food so expensive in Ireland?

Tar.Aldarion · 20-01-2015 01:29AM

eviltwin wrote: »

Why is it impossible to get a vegetarian Korma here too. Very annoying.:mad:

You can't really mention choosing not eating meat to the philistines here.
But any Indian will just cook you a veggie korma when you ask. It's nearly always on the menu anyway

BeerWolf · 20-01-2015 11:11AM

I don't mind going if it's a GOOD restaurant... such as Cinnamon Gardens in Ashbourne, great staff and dining area and high quality food, not the jarred crap you often find in other so called "restaurants" that is pretty often in Chinese takeaways.

That being said, I do agree that they are very expensive.

Of a simple dish for €9 here in Ireland you could get that in Asia for €1, and in MUCH bigger portions.

Alternatively, OP, Supervalus are selling Chicken Tikka Masala, Korma and Jalfrezi for €5 [used to be €4] per tray... and they're just as good as restaurant quality... and pick up a pack of 2 naans for €0.79 ["Pana"] --- nice budgeting for some decent stuff.

The_Captain · 20-01-2015 12:47PM

tecknika wrote: »

Is there a reason why Indian food in Ireland so expensive here. I have made many trips to Manchester and Liverpool many times and always enjoy going for Indian food, its good value and the prices on an average Restaurant/Take Away are around 1/3 of that of an average suburban Restaurant/take away in Ireland. Is this due to having a small Indian population compared to the UK because the population here has increased a fair bit as has the number of Indian places yet the prices are still really high.

Demographics mainly I would think.

There's an awful lot of people of Indian/Pakistani extraction in the UK, so there's going to be far more Indian food available.

More supply, lower prices; with a much wider scale of quality from top-level food to dirt cheap takeaway curries.

The only actual Indian takeaway I know of in Ireland is the one on Hanlons corner. Everything else is a sit-down restaurant where you'll pay restaurant prices.
In somewhere like Liverpool, you have Indian takeaways set up like chippers here.

jimgoose · 20-01-2015 12:50PM

I like an Indian feed-up now and then, I do. The local one here is indeed a full restaurant and the takeaway is a little pricey, but not anything like as bad as it was a few years ago. And the food is outstanding.

Egginacup · 20-01-2015 12:53PM

cloud493 wrote: »

So many nice indian places to eat in Liverpool/Mersyside, I've never found anywhere here thats even half as good

You should go to Rusholme in Manchester. The Curry Mile they call it.

Robsweezie · 21-01-2015 11:37PM

in my local it's 10 euro for chicken tikka masala without rice.sound reasonable to you?

on average it would cost 20-25 for the stuff I would get. rice, chips, naan bread and maybe an onion bhaji or two, you get two for 4 quid.

Cienciano · 21-01-2015 11:48PM

Any of the absolute dirt cheap indians in England I find terrible.
This place is amazing, here's an example of sit in menu prices in case anyone is wondering:
http://www.akbars.co.uk/bradford/akbars-bradford-menu

Why are Indian takeaway food so expensive in Ireland?

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