UK equivalent of regular US 'chicken curry'?

I'm not big on Jalfrezi and the curries with chunks of peppers and things in.  I love really spicy food, but I tried some Vindaloo and thought it was nasty. It wasn't the crazy-hot spiciness that threw me for a loop, just something about the taste of it. I normally just stick with the tikka masala and thai curry sauces, but I like to give them a bit of an extra kick. One thing that I die for at our local Indian takeaway are their Punjabi chips... oh man, they burn my face off but they are soooooo addictive. How do they make their chips so spicy and tasty? DH can't handle them, which means more for me! 

Not sure about this... would an Indian restaurant do a Chinese or chippy-style curry?

I am positive our local curry house has ''chicken curry'' on the menu but not 100% sure what the sauce is like..

Pubs'll offer "Chicken Curry" and Indian Take Aways, depending on which ones you go to.  The sauces you'll find in "chicken curry" tend to be just that a mild to medium heat curry sauce (there will be small to  no "bits" in it)...  Also, some dish names can be altered slightly depending on the region of India they're from; our local Indian that we prefer calls Korma Kurma.   

I agree with Tykeman to find ones you like start with the mild ones and work your way through.  Different Curry Houses / Indian Take Aways will all cook differently, so what may taste great in one, may taste totally different in another - again down to regional recipes.

If you can get your hands on a copy of a BH&G cookbook they have a recipe for Curry Sauce - I believe (sorry can't be arsed to go look it up) it starts with making white sauce. Its really quick & easy to make, plus you can alter the recipe to compensate for taste.