El-Habib's used to be the Evershine, but has had a slight face-lift and redecoration. (But the menus are identical to the old ones, with The Evershine tip-exed out and El-Habib written on top in felt tip!) The prices are pretty much as they were a year ago, but the curries slightly better.

We started with onion bhaji (80p), chicken pakora (£1.50), and vegetable samosas (40p). The pakoras were merely average, the batter crisp but the chicken bland. The onion bhaji were above average, but nothing special, as were the samosas.

I had chana and spinach for my main course, and it was excellent, nicely spiced, great consistency, with chick peas I could actually taste. The dall tarka was well above average too, with its own unique flavour as opposed to the overwhelming taste of ghee which masks some dall tarka dishes. The chicken masala and chicken rogan josh dishes were average fare.

We finished off with coffee which has improved from the terrible swill they served us last time. Unfortunately, they do not sell barfi.

All in all we considered the night a pleasant curry experience. El-Habib's isn't the best restaurant in the city, but the service is fast, friendly and efficient, and it serves well above average curries at reasonable rates.