This was our third visit to the Westgate, situated next door to the Shish Mahal and a stone's throw from the Bee Hive pub, in eighteen months. On our first visit I wrote: "We... had a dreadful curry, every dish flavoured with something that tasted suspiciously like tomato ketchup." The next time we dined here, the food was better: "They must have brought in a new chef because things have improved dramatically." Well, sad to report, they must have sacked the chef: we wouldn't recommend this restaurant to serious curry fans.

Our starters, it must be said - though they took a while to arrive - were well above average. The onion bhaji (80p) were crisp and spicy, and the mushroom bhaji (£1.30), while not exactly succulent, were tasty and nicely cooked. The chicken pakora (£1.30) was deemed "superb", piquant, succulent, and beautifully spiced.

The sag aloo was the best of the four: a good portion of medium hot spinach with perfectly cooked potatoes. The tarka dall was only average, tasting predominantly of ghee and chilli. The chicken dhansak was above average, a good portion of chicken in a sour sweet sauce. However, the vegetable dopiaza gets my vote as the very worst curry I've ever had the misfortune to sample in Bradford. It was an almost tasteless mess of vegetables in a gelatinous tomato sauce, more like bolognese topping than curry. I had about four mouthfuls, and then gave up. Even the slop on offer at the Alhambra II was better than this dish.

(For two of the vegetable dishes we were charged only £2.50 - the price listed as that of the veg side dishes, but we think this was a mistake. The last time we had sag aloo here it was eighty pence dearer.)

We finished with awful coffee.

All in all, a vast disappointment.

The Westgate, next door to the Shish Mahal and a stone's throw from the Bee Hive pub, is another standard curry house at the cheap end of the scale. We came here over a year ago and had a dreadful curry, every dish flavoured with something that tasted suspiciously like tomato ketchup. They must have brought in a new chef because things have improved dramatically. We kicked off with onion bhaji (80p), mushroom bhaji (£1.30), Potato bhaji (£1.30), and spicy chips (90p). The onion bhaji was a trifle bland, but the mushroom bhaji was excellent. The chips were undercooked. The potato bhaji was of the sauce variety, hot, spicy and very enjoyable. Very much a mixed bag in the starters department - which turned out to be true of the main course.

As can be seen from the ratings, the meat eaters were well satisfied with their dishes. The portions were very good, with plenty of the respective meat per dish. The vegetarians fared less well. While the portions could not be criticised, a couple of the dishes (the bhuna and the rogan josh) were almost identical, but for an added topping of peppers and tomatoes to distinguish the rogan josh. The saag aloo was mild and sickly, as if the spinach had been hanging around for a while. The service was reasonably fast (the starters arrived in ten minutes, the main course in twenty-five) and friendly, and while the restaurant itself was on the well worn side, who gives a damn?

We feel this is another one of those restaurants which will have its regulars who swear by its cuisine. Meat eaters are certainly well catered for, at least on our night there. We'll be back in a few months to see if things have picked up in the vegetarian department.