Frequently Asked Questions

HALAL & DIETARY

  • Yes, completely. Every protein we serve — chicken and paneer — is HMC certified halal. We don’t serve alcohol, and there are no non-halal items anywhere on our menu. You can eat here with full confidence.

  • HMC stands for the Halal Monitoring Committee — the strictest halal certification body in the UK. Unlike some other certifiers, HMC requires hand slaughter without pre-stunning, with a trained Muslim slaughterman present for every individual animal. It’s the gold standard for halal, recognised and trusted by mosques and the Muslim community across the UK.

  • Everything. Our chicken is HMC certified, our paneer is vegetarian, and we don’t use any non-halal ingredients anywhere in our kitchen. No cross-contamination concerns.

  • No. Tikkas is fully alcohol-free.

  • Yes. All five of our signature tikka flavours — Angara, Classic, Lassuni, Hariyali, and Malai — are available with paneer tikka. The rice bowl, wrap, and standalone tikkas can all be made vegetarian.

  • Unfortunately no. The vegetarian tikkas are made with paneer, which is dairy.

  • Our tikkas, rice bowls, salad bowls and tikkas & chips are naturally gluten-free. The wrap uses a flour tortilla, so that’s not suitable for gluten-free customers. If you have a serious gluten intolerance or coeliac disease, please let us know and we’ll advise you carefully.

  • We do not use nuts in any of our tikka marinades. Please speak to a member of our team before ordering if you have any allergies. We take allergens seriously and can walk you through our ingredients in detail.

  • It depends on what you choose. We have five flavours ranging from mild to hot. Malai is silky and creamy with no heat. Hariyali is herbaceous and zesty. Lassuni is garlicky with mild warmth. Classic is a medium, well-rounded tikka. Angara is our hottest — fiery and bold. You can mix flavours in one order, so you’re in control of the heat.

  • No. We don’t use any artificial colours or flavour enhancers. Everything is made fresh daily with real ingredients.

Frequently Asked Questions:

THE FOOD

  • A tikka is a traditional South Asian dish of marinated meat or paneer, skewered and grilled at high heat. The word literally means “chunk” in Urdu and Hindi. At Tikkas, we marinate our chicken or paneer in one of five signature flavours and cook them fresh every day.

  • We have five: Angara (hot and fiery), Classic (the original), Lassuni (garlicky goodness), Hariyali (herbaceous and zesty), and Malai (silky cream).

  • Our rice bowl comes with zeera (cumin) rice, pieces of your chosen tikkas, fresh salad, and your choice of up to two sauces. It’s filling, fresh, and built to keep you going through the afternoon.

  • Our salad bowl comes with a salad base mix of cos lettuce and red cabbage, pieces of your chosen tikkas, extra fresh salad toppings, and your choice of up to two sauces. It’s filling, fresh, and built to keep you going through the afternoon.

  • Pieces of tikkas wrapped in a grilled tortilla with fresh salad and your choice of sauces. You can also add rice or chips inside the wrap for £1.

  • We have three: mint sauce, garlic sauce and chilli sauce. The mint and the garlic sauces are made fresh in the restaurant, making them healthy and full of flavour.

  • Fries, zeera rice pot, and kachumber salad — all £2.50 each. You can also add them as part of a meal deal with a drink for £3.50 extra.

  • Everything is made fresh daily. Our tikkas are marinated and cooked the same day, our sauces are house-made, and our salads are prepped fresh every morning. We don’t use artificial colours or flavour enhancers.

  • The bowls and wraps come with about 180-210g of chicken tikka. It’s a proper, filling meal — not a snack-sized portion. You can even add extra tikkas of about 90-105g of chicken tikka for some extra protein.