A business offering South Asian food in South Cumbria has been named the best restaurant in town.

TripAdvisor has named The Bengal Rose as the top eatery after it ranked first out of 46 restaurants in Ulverston based on customer reviews.

The restaurant at 5 Fountain Street offers a combination of Indian, Asian, Bangladeshi, and Sri Lankan dishes, it is known for creating healthy meals and providing tasty options for those with dietary restrictions.

The Bengal Rose has been rated 5 out of 5 over 386 reviews on the world's largest travel platform.

Owner of the Bengal Rose Sanny Rahman said the team was delighted to find themselves top of the list of eateries suggested by TripAdvisor.

“We’re really, really happy,” she said. “After only being here twenty months, we didn’t expect to reach number one so quickly, especially because we are surrounded by so many good restaurants. Everyone is very pleased and we can’t wait to carry on getting better.

Manager Jac said: "We would like to thank our ever so lovely customers for always supporting us. Thank you for coming to our restaurant and taking the time to leave us a review."

As a thank you to customers, there is a 'wonderful offer of complimentary' prosecco, poppadoms and desserts this week.

The Bengal Rose opened in March 2022 and prides itself on serving an extraordinary selection of traditional favourites and speciality dishes from south Asia using special spice blends which make each dish distinctive. They offer a range to choose from so everyone can create their perfect Indian meal.

Their most popular dishes are the Chef Specials, including Fateh Special Bhuna, which is a mixed meat Punjabi dish made with garlic chicken, king prawns and lamb seasoned with a secret blend of spices and cooked with fresh herbs. As well as their best seller, the Bengal Special Murgh Massala - boneless pulled chicken and spring lamb mince cooked with bayleaf, cinnamon and garam masala for a mouthwatering taste.

The spices are freshly pounded, fried in ghee to bring out their flavour and combined with fresh herbs and ingredients.

In the last two months alone, customers who visited the restaurant left TripAdvisor reviews describing the food as ‘delicious’ and ‘cooked to perfection’. There were also comments that ‘highly recommend’ visiting, while one review said: “I can’t praise it highly enough!”

Through December 2023 and January 2024 alone, The Bengal Rose has been described as a ‘special restaurant’ and ‘one of the very best’, customers said they were ‘very impressed’.

Reviews praised it for having the ‘best Asian food in the area’ as well as ‘fantastic service’.