Berwick restaurant wins NEBA award for third-year in a row - plus victory for Morpeth establishment
Two restaurants specialising in Bangladesh cuisine have scooped awards at this year’s North East Bangladeshi Awards.
Amran’s in Berwick has been a staple of the town over a number of years, with that restaurant once again scooping an award at the North East Bangladeshi Awards (NEBA).
Amran’s won Northumberland’s Best Indian Restaurant at the 2026 NEBA ceremony, continuing the restaurant’s legacy of coming away with silverware.
And now, the newest restaurant in the business, Kaani by Amran’s in Morpeth, has also scooped an award - less than twelve months from opening up in the town centre.
Kaani by Amran’s opened up in the building that was once Tandoor Mahal on Bridge Street on December 1 and just eleven months on, scooped the award for Best Indian Restaurant in the Northern Vale.
“The NEBA awards have been going on for five years, and this is the third time we have won an award,” Zak Ahmed said. “We were honoured to receive an award for Bangladeshi cuisine for the third year in a row for Amran’s.
“And in Morpeth, we’ve only been open a year so we’re honoured to receive that award as well.”
Many of us, likely without even knowing it, would have sampled Bangladeshi cuisine at some point in our lives.
Most traditional Indian takeaways or curry houses are operated by people with Bangladesh heritage and those behind Amran’s and Kaani by Amran’s are keen to promote British Bangladeshi cuisine in everything they do.
“We want to give exposure to British Bangladeshi cuisine. Our logo and restaurants are all green and red and we want to promote Bangladeshi food.”
The success of their venture into Morpeth town centre has allowed them to expand further, with a new takeaway, Kaani Express, to open at Brunton Park, serving Newcastle and its surrounding areas.
“We were trusted by the previous owners of Tandoor Mahal to continue their legacy and heritage and we’d just like to thank the whole local community for supporting us in Morpeth.
“We know people travel from around the county to visit Amran’s in Berwick or Kaani in Morpeth and we couldn’t have won these awards without their support.”