 Rachel Hore from "The Guardian" newspaper wrote, "Sparky characters, exuberant idiom and rich detail combine to make this an enjoyable slice of Desi life, Manchester style".Ziauddin Sardar named "The Curry Mile" one of the books of the year in "New Statesman Magazine" and wrote, ""The Curry Mile" by Zahid Hussain tells the story of a young, rebellious Muslim woman who is forced to rescue her father's restaurant business in Manchester's Asian area.Squabbling families with overbearing fathers, neighbourhood business feuds, charlatan mystics, music and mayhem - all human life is there".