UK Curry Price Index

Demo edition

UK Curry Price Index — demo edition: 87 venues and 383 priced items this week. Figures shown are illustrative; live values are for subscribers.

Demo figures — illustrative, not live

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£8

Median (demo)

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£3.50 – £10.75

Lower / upper quartile (demo)

Venues

383

Priced items

+0.8% week on week (demo)+3.4% year on year (demo)

Median price trend — demo series

illustrative

Subscribers see the live weekly series with quartile bands and venue counts, plus dish-level movers.

What this index prices

Curry mains at pubs, restaurants and takeaways — chicken tikka masala, korma, bhuna, madras, balti, jalfrezi, house curries and katsu curry; curry sauces and sides excluded.

Sample of the basket (4 of 15 items shown, demo prices):

Chicken Tikka Masala · 10 venues · £10.50Curry · 9 venues · £1.75Mild Curry · 7 venues · £1.75Chicken Curry · 6 venues · £5.75

Demo edition. Live medians, quartiles, week/year movement, the full basket, history and PDF/Excel downloads are available to subscribers only. Subscribe to receive the full edition by email weekly or monthly for 12 months and unlock this page.

Official comparison. ONS CPI restaurants & cafés annual inflation (2026 SEP): +1.3% (previous month 1.3%).

Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0

Establishments: Food Standards Agency (OGL v3.0). Inflation comparison: ONS (OGL v3.0). Menu prices, classification and indexes © DishMark.