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Eating, drinking, nightlife and entertainment
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People come from miles around to eat in the
Indian restaurants
on the Belgrave Road - though the opening of lots of Balti places in the Highfields area has provided some intense competition. The most famous of the Belgrave Road restaurants is
Bobby's
, no. 154-156 (tel 0116/266 0106). Run by Gujaratis, this moderately priced place is strictly vegetarian and uses no garlic or onions; if you're here on a weekend, try their delicious house speciality,
undhyu
, or the multi-flavoured
Bobby's Special Chaat
. Excellent alternatives include the
Thali
, at no. 49 (tel 0116/266 5888), which specializes in set
thali
meals, where several different dishes, breads and pickles are served together on large steel plates, and the
Chaat House
(tel 0116/266 0513), south of
Bobby's
on the same side of the road at no. 108. The latter does wonderful
masala dosas
and other south Indian snacks - legendary cricket captain Kapil Dev and his Indian team ate here when they were on tour. In the city centre, and diversifying from the Asian restaurants, there's an outlet of that ultra-reliable chain
Pizza Express
on King Street (tel 0116/254 4144), plus the top-notch
Opera House
, 10 Guildhall Lane (tel 0116/223 6666), in lovely old premises and with an imaginative, wide-ranging menu.
As for pubs , the Rainbow & Dove , on Charles Street, attracts real-ale enthusiasts, the Charlotte , on Oxford Street, features bands most nights and the Magazine , Newarke Street, is a favourite student haunt. Amongst a deluge of new city-centre cafAŠ-bars, one of the trendier, clubbier spots is Tabasco Jaz on Albion Street.
The
performing arts
come up trumps in Leicester at the excellent Phoenix Arts Centre, Newarke Street (tel 0116/255 4854,
), which features a first-rate mix of comedy, music, theatre and dance, whilst doubling up as an independent cinema. The city's main concert hall is De Montfort Hall, on Granville Road (tel 0116/233 3111,
) - adjoining Victoria Park at the end of New Walk. Other useful information
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