A Bucks restaurant has been named best for Indian cuisine in the home counties in the British Indian Good Food Guide 2025.

The independent guide celebrates excellence far beyond the capital as 100 top restaurants are recognised nationwide based on cooking quality, flavour clarity, consistency and hospitality.

Sindhu by Atul Kochhar at The Compleat Angler in Marlow has been listed as the best home counties Indian restaurant.

It is the only Bucks restaurant to feature in the top 100 list.

The restaurant pays homage to Chef Atul's 'love of southern India' explains Sindhu's website.

It adds: "Sindhu celebrates the very best of traditional Indian cuisine in a contemporary manner. The menus feature ever evolving regional dishes that are prepared using rich Indian spices and the finest British sourced ingredients.

"The result is a totally unique and innovative style of modern Indian fayre."

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This year, Raval Indian Brasserie & Bar in Newcastle–Gateshead is named the Guide’s highest honour, National Champion 2025, placing the North East at the forefront of modern Indian gastronomy.

Positioned beside the Tyne Bridge, moments from the Glasshouse International Music Centre and Hilton, Raval impressed with refined technique, a tasting-led menu, and warm, down-to-earth hospitality, a dining experience that feels elevated yet welcoming and unpretentious.

Sindhu is also located by a bridge, Marlow Bridge, its website states that it has 'breathtaking views across the Thames'.

The guide calls Indian cuisine a national success story.

It states that Indian restaurants contribute billions to the UK economy, with more than 10,000 venues nationwide serving a cuisine enjoyed by nearly 90% of Britons each year.

Whether fine-dining destinations, cherished curry houses or modern street-food specialists, Indian cuisine remains a defining part of the UK’s cultural identity.