THE son of Glasgow curry king Satty Singh is to take over one of Scotland's top Indian restaurants.

Ryan Singh has been given charge of Roti in Edinburgh city centre , the sister restaurant of the award winning Oloroso eaterie.

Ryan is the manager of Mister Singh's India in Elderslie Street, Glasgow - a nominee in the Evening Times Favourite Business Award at next week's Glasgow Business Awards - but this week makes the move to the capital.

The move will see Roti take on Mister Singh's India's style of dressing waiters in kilts, and Ryan has been told by its owner to shape the business as he sees fit.

The owner is Edinburgh restaurateur Tony Singh, who is Ryan's cousin.

Ryan says he will retain all Roti's original chefs and staff while bringing a touch of his own influences to the 100 place restaurant and wine bar.

Tony will remain in an associate chef capacity at Roti.

He has chosen to transfer the business to his cousin after deciding to focus on the development of Oloroso and look at further investment opportunities in the city.

Tony Singh said: "It makes perfect sense to hand over the management and ownership of Roti to such an experienced and legendary Indian restaurateur - to keep it in the Singh family is an added bonus!

"I'm confident that with Ryan at the helm Roti will go from strength to strength."

Tony has independently owned and run Roti since it opened to critical acclaim in 2006.

Ryan Singh added: "I'm looking forward to building on Tony's phenomenal success with Roti and bringing a wee bit of Mister Singh's Indian' to Edinburgh's Indian restaurant scene.

"The opportunities in Edinburgh are massive, whereas we have reached saturation point in Glasgow."

Mister Singh's India, which has been in operation for 40 years and is the cornerstone of Satty Singh's Curry Empire, is one of the firms in the running for the Favourite Business title at the Glasgow Business Awards, which are sponsored by Bank of Scotland Corporate with the Evening Times as media partner.

The business is up against some other city institutions. They include: Slater Menswear, Powerleague, McGhee's Bakery, M&D's Funpark and Rainbow Room International.

The winners will be announced at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on October 23.