We last visited this restaurant a little over six months ago, and then we wrote: "We enjoyed our meals on our last visit to this restaurant, and this time was no exception. The Shah Jehan is an up-market establishment serving a high standard of curry; the décor and atmosphere of the place is pleasant and authentic, without suffering from ethnic overkill."

Since then it's changed its name to Omar Khan's, but the chefs, staff and owner, remain the same. The reason for the change was that imitators were opening and using the original Shah Jehan's name. (The Shah Jehan on Manchester Road is not affiliated to Omar Khan's, as we mistakenly report in the Manchester Road's Shah Jehan review elsewhere in the Guide.) The only change is that now the menu is more varied.

We started with onion bhaji (£1.50), chana poori (£1.75), and aloo tikki (£2.00). They were all of the high standard we've come to expect from this restaurant. The aloo tikki contained mashed potato instead of deep fried slices, and was piquantly and subtly flavoured; the onion bhajis we very spicy and crisp, while the chana poori was distinctive - almost Mexican in its mild chilli flavour.

A distinctive feature of the new menu is that, in the vegetarian section, there is a list of ingredients which can be ordered in any combination, which makes a pleasant change. I ordered black-eyed beans (lobia) and paneer. They had run out of lobia, so I had chick peas instead. The chana was a little overcooked and mushy for my taste (otherwise I would have awarded the dish nine points) but its flavour, and the quality of the paneer, was superb. MichaelH ordered mutter paneer and red lentils, and thought it, "Superb. The combination worked well, and was at once subtle and nicely fiery. Very distinctive." The palak and chick peas was also very much enjoyed: the spinach cooked to perfection and highly spiced. We ordered all the dishes apna-style, and they were hot without being overly so.

The service was fast, efficient and friendly, and the atmosphere, though the restaurant was very quiet when we dined, pleasant and relaxed.

Again, we recommend this restaurant very highly. It's a bit pricier than your average run-of-the-mill Bradford establishment, but well worth the extra cost. A must on all curry aficionado's itinerary.

(Dishes do not come with rice or chapattis, which must be ordered separately: chapattis 30p, plain rice £1.00, pillau rice £1.50, nan £1.50, garlic nan £1.60.)

We enjoyed our meals on our last visit to this restaurant, and this time was no exception. The Shah Jehan is an up-market establishment serving a high standard of curry; the décor and atmosphere of the place is pleasant and authentic, without suffering from ethnic overkill.

We started with onion bhaji (£1.50), chicken pakora (£2.00), sabzi pakora (£1.50), and paneer and chick pea roll (£2.00). They were all of a high standard - though there might have been more paneer in the latter.

I sampled a palak paneer, and it was very good: this restaurant has a way of cooking spinach that doesn't reduce it to a mush - it was well-textured, spicy without being too hot, and as ever, here, the paneer was excellent. The multani murgh, diced boneless chicken in a sweet, delicately spiced sauce, was described as, "divinely sweet and aromatic" and scored highly. The murgh tikka makhani was also much enjoyed, a dish consisting of chicken cooked in fresh double cream, ground cashews and almonds. The balti dall was of the toor variety, firm and fleshy with excellent taste, and the portion was generous. The only poor dish of the night was the balti aloo chana: the sauce was bland, gelatinous, and tasted more like stew than curry. Very disappointing. On the mediocre side was the murgh palak paneer, which was described as: "Having no variety, and the spinach lacked substance. I've tasted far better here."

We finished with good coffee and After Eight mints - we would have preferred barfi, but unfortunately this restaurant doesn't serve them.

All in all, another very good meal - with one startling exception - and we'd heartily recommend the Shah Jehan if you're looking for a pleasing up-market curry experience.

(Dishes do not come with rice or chapattis, which must be ordered separately: chapattis 30p, boiled rice £1.00, pillau rice £1.50, nan £1.50, garlic nan £1.60.)

The majority of Indian restaurants in Bradford occupy the cheaper end of the market - unlicensed establishments without table-cloths, or knives and forks, and where the price of the curry includes three chapattis. At the other end of the scale are the restaurants like the Nawaab, the Bombay Brasserie, and the Shah Jehan, among others. These places are certainly up-market in terms of décor; they serve drinks, boast table-cloths and knives and forks, and the price of the cheapest meal, with a starter, is around £8 to £10. The burning question is, how do their curries compare with the cheaper competition?

On this showing, very well indeed.

We started with murgh Pakora (£2.00), and paneer and chick pea roll (£2.00), which while very tasty - the pastry was a delight - contained no paneer.

The main dishes were very good indeed - in fact, mine was one of the best I've ever sampled. The balti palak paneer came in a generous portion and was medium hot with a fragrant array of individual spices, and the paneer was heavenly, big portions, light and tasty. The chicken in the murgh bhuna was described as tender, succulent, and the portion was good, but lacking in taste. The murgh pathia made up for this with a particularly strong taste, although perhaps a little too much tomato.

We didn't have time for coffee (£1.50) or sweets.

We'd heartily recommend a visit to Omar's Shah Jehan for an up-market curry, a little more expensive than average, but well worth the price.

(Chapattis, etc, are not included in the price of the meal, and must be ordered separately: chapattis 30p, nan £1.50, garlic nan £1.60, popadoms 30p.)

We ordered three starters: sabzi (mixed vegetable) pakora (£1.50), murgh (chicken) pakora (£2.00), and onion bhaji (£1.50). all three were very good, crisp, fresh and highly spiced - they went well with popadums (30p each) and the pickle tray (90p).

We had to wait a while after our starters for our main dishes to arrive (forty minutes, which we felt was a bit long) but they were worth the delay. I had a mushroom and aloo rogan josh, again highly spiced, with a thick, rich sauce, perfectly cooked, and a generous portion. The balti mushroom paneer earned a rave review from TraceyH: the best curry she had sampled in a long while. The murgh jalfrezi likewise garnered praise, a rich and fully textured dish rated as one of Ian's highest scores. The saag aloo was rated by MichaelH as average for Bradford, which still made it an excellent dish (everyone else who dipped in liked this curry.) His only gripe was the quantity, smaller than those of everyone else.

Overall, we rated the standard of the dishes among the best we've sampled for a long time: they were far richer, and often thicker, than the standard Bradford fare, and while they were approximately twice as much as we've been used to paying, we felt that they were well worth the extra cost. The Shah Jehan perhaps isn't the place to come to after a few pints, but for a quiet, high quality curry in intimate surroundings, the restaurant will be hard to better.

(The dishes did not come with chapattis, rice or nan breads, which had to be ordered separately: chapattis 30p, plain rice £1.00, and nans from £1.50.)