Akash, Filton Avenue

Akash
522 Filton Ave, Bristol BS7 0QE
no website, but you can find their menu on http://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-akash-bristol/menu

We had such a #gastrobragging time planned over the weekend but we were foiled on Saturday with both our sets of plans.


Our first plan to visit Bakers & Co for brunch was foiled by this chap demanding to come with us on our bimble down Gloucester Road. This meant a change of plans to visit our favourite doggy friendly Boston Tea Party on the corner of Nevil Road instead of trying out the much hyped San Francisco inspired brunch joint. We will make it there one day!

Our second change of plans came in the form of Bristol Bootlegger postponing their opening until Thursday 17th April. So we were left looking for an alternative Saturday night plan. We had spent the day in the garden so we were looking for something low key. We decided to visit our favourite local curry house as we hadn't been in a while as we've been so busy trying out new places.

Akash does most of its trade through takeaway and I think that's normal for the area we live. It's a shame it's not more busy in the restaurant as the food really is great. I've done a few birthdays and work do's at Akash and each time it's been exceptional. They have opened specially for us at lunchtimes for work events and also early evening for birthdays (to suit small people eating times) and have been fantastic catering for us. They are happy to work with you to make it a successful event; happy to take orders/deposits in advance if required. I would highly recommend them for any event you have especially as they are walking distance from places such as the MoD, Airbus, HP and UWE.

As soon as we walked in the door we were greeted like old friends and were immediately asked where our furry four legged pooch was. He normally comes with us when we visit and sits quietly under the table snagging cucumber slices. We sat at our usual table and beers were delivered promptly along with some poppodums. We sat looking at the menu and although we eat there regularly we can never decide what to have as it's all so yummy.

In the end I decided on some old favourites; prawn puri to start. I sometimes ask for this as a main as it is so nice. Freshly cooked puri filled with a delicious medium spiced prawn curry. It's a meal in itself and a great option for a main course as you don't need any extras.

For main I decided to have a mixed vegetable bhaji with a starter portion of chicken tikka and a stuffed paratha to share with the table. I love the vegetable bhaji here, it's got a great spicy kick which you don't normally find in other places. I also had a small taster of the other mains on the table; a spiced up lamb passanda and a chicken tikka jalfrezi.

The lamb passanda was a hit after trying a similar experiment at another local curry house and being given a far too hot dish and the chicken tikka jalfrezi was a surprise as we were expecting a dry dish. This was quite a hot gravy with plenty of spice from the chilli and sour from the lemons.

Other dishes we highly recommend are the lamb rogan josh, chicken ceylon, chicken dupiaza and the lamb sagwala.

We managed to eat nearly all the food and the small bit leftover was bagged up for us to take home with a few poppodums thrown in for free. We were also treated to a free ice cream to finish off our highly enjoyable meal.

Akash is great value for money, they do a few different meal deals. The £10 deal is very good value; 2 poppodums, main, rice and bread. There is also a £15 deal (2 poppodums, starter, main, side, rice and bread), a couple of set menus and a new thali deal for week days. If you around North Bristol and hankering for a curry then I suggest you check out Akash.