The Cambridge Curry Community

Its been quite a while since my last visit to Zara. Located at the Great Shelford train station, the place absolutely blew me away last time  with its trendy modern interior, its fine Indian cuisine and all the bells and whistles you'd expect from a high end restaurant. I can see why it is currently  no1 on our Cambridge Curry Crew Facebook poll  and The English Curry Awards 2015 winner for the East Of England.  My last visit was a long time ago now  so I was keen to see if Zara was still as good as I remember.  I went with my good friend Jim, who just so happens to be a wheelchair user. This puts a new challenge on a place like this as it doesn't just have to prepare fine food and offer an excellent customer service, but it also has to be accessible for everyone.  Something which I thought might be an issue for an old building attached to the station of such a small size. Getting in proved mildly challenging for my friend. There was no need for a r

A big farewell to the short lived Indian restaurant in Trumpington - The Zahza Grill.  Not long after my second review of the restaurant and winning the Tifin Cup, the place closed its doors on Monday 28th September. There are currently no plans to reopen it. I wish them the best of luck in the future.  How many more places will open and fail at this so called cursed tandoori? In the past several years it has been a Spice Merchant, a Bollywood Spice and now a Zahza Grill.