Khan’s

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN’s is a handy little corridor of a takeaway on Smithdown Road that comes as a convenient foody stopover if you need to grab some grub and shove it between your jaws.
Smithdown has a lot of student-​friendly eateries but sometimes you don’t wish to waste precious minutes choosing things like toppings, bread or type of coffee when you can just pour a plastic box of fries down your throat and be done with it. An excellent place to go when you realise you’re out drinking but haven’t eaten at all.

I was starting to think I couldn’t possible indulge in anymore Indian food. I convinced myself I’d reached a limit for the week. I can’t possibly have Indian for the fourth night in a row, can I? And then I stumble upon Khans!
This lovely little restaurant and takeaway offers all your typical Indian cuisines. I was a little concerned it wouldn’t be a patch on nearby Saffron but it’s certainly classed as competition. Efficient service, friendly staff, and clean tables. The onion bhajis are exquisite and the chicken madras… very spicy!
I’ve never ordered in from here but I could imagine it would be very busy and thus take awhile! So my advice is to leave your humble abode and pop down and give the staff a wave, or pre-​order on the telephone.

Khans is in essence an Indian café which turns its hand to all sorts and this in keeping with the traditions of most places along the Smithdown road. Khans’ serves up all kinds of foods from Curry to the kind of fry up you would expect to see in a greasy spoon café. So one thing you can say about here is that it is unique and thus manages to stand out from the menagerie of eateries which clog up this student hub.
Khans is not only varied in what it serves but it is consistent in the quality of it too I have eaten a range of things from the menu and have always been impressed by what I have been given.
As well as this Khans is a nice place to eat in the décor is nice and you always feel comfortable, I can safely say I have never been to anywhere quite like Khans and this means I will always remember it and always return.

We’re creatures of habit, and I’m no exception… I usually order Indian from the same few takeaways in Liverpool but I noticed that Liverpool is absolutely saturated with Indian takeaways so I thought I’d branch out and try a few different ones.
I’ve ordered from Khan’s twice, the second time I ordered because the first time was pretty exceptional. My order was delivered before the expected 45 minutes and the food was great. Unfortunately the second time wasn’t such a great experience. It was a Saturday night so I expected it to be busy, I was told it would be an hour which is reasonable for a weekend.
I sat waiting for my order, an hour came and went, so an hour and a half after ordering, I called up to check where it was, and they sat it was about to go out with the driver. I sat and waited again, thinking that it would be worth the wait — by this time my tummy was rumbling and I was getting grumpy. An hour later the driver appeared on my door, he was greeted by an almost vicious Jemma demanding an explanation, and all I got was «It’s a Saturday night, what do you expect?» I ignored his comment and ran inside to devour the yummy food I’d been waiting for.
This time the curries were watery and greasy… I was not happy. At this point my dogs were salivating, so I gave up on the dodgy curry and fed them a bit of rice, even they had a suspicious look when eating it. I was so disappointed after a promising first meal. From now on I’ll stick to my regulars!