Name This Indian Restaurant.

[top4718 838]

Can anyone remember the name of an Indian Restaurant on (I think) Westfield Terrace it used to have a bouncer on the door (a burly Indian gentleman) and a steel spiral staircase inside??

[Annie Bynnol 613]

1 hour ago, top4718 said:

Can anyone remember the name of an Indian Restaurant on (I think) Westfield Terrace it used to have a bouncer on the door (a burly Indian gentleman) and a steel spiral staircase inside??

Himalaya, or was that on Convent Walk?

Himalaya was at Convent Walk 

Edited May 24, 2023 by Annie Bynnol
correction

[Colin Foster 72]

Don't know refuse to go in any place with a bouncer on the door 

[Jim Hardie 533]

Bombay?

[Annie Bynnol 613]

You win!

[slh73 32]

It was the bombay. The owners also had khans on West Street. Used to go to the bombay all the time, it changed into a more upmarket Indian (cafe guru, I think it was called) but wasn't as good. Now a Chinese place I think, I don't venture that way very often nowadays

Edited May 25, 2023 by slh73

[pattricia 582]

13 hours ago, Colin Foster said:

Don't know refuse to go in any place with a bouncer on the door 

They had to have bouncers in the 60s as too many drunkards came out of the dance halls( City Hall and Locarno) on Friday and Saturday nights blind drunk and tried to get into these Indian restaurants.

[Anna B 1,417]

16 hours ago, Colin Foster said:

Don't know refuse to go in any place with a bouncer on the door 

Mmm interesting...

Would you not go into the Ritz or the Savoy in London? 

They have Bouncers on the door to keep the Riff Raff out,

but they're called Concierges and wear top hats. 

[Elmambo 25]

3 hours ago, pattricia said:

They had to have bouncers in the 60s as too many drunkards came out of the dance halls( City Hall and Locarno) on Friday and Saturday nights blind drunk and tried to get into these Indian restaurants.

Don't think that's true at all, few places except clubs, employed bouncers - not like today.

[top4718 838]

18 hours ago, Elmambo said:

Don't think that's true at all, few places except clubs, employed bouncers - not like today.

There were bouncers on the doors of some of  the village pubs where I grew up on weekends in the early 80's.

[YorkieontheTyne 204]

Yep.  As others have said, it was The Bombay.

[PRESLEY 1,231]

On 25/05/2023 at 14:35, pattricia said:

They had to have bouncers in the 60s as too many drunkards came out of the dance halls( City Hall and Locarno) on Friday and Saturday nights blind drunk and tried to get into these Indian restaurants.

I bet you got refused entry loads of times then.