If you want to have a meal that will put a little spice in your life, try one of the Indian restaurants in Boston. Indian cooking is a great experience and many of the restaurants fall in the lower price ranges. Most do not require reservations, but call anyway. You can always ask if they anticipate a wait. The prices are mostly from the dinner menu, so lunch should be an even bigger bargain. Life is for trying new things. Go for it.
Bhindi Bazaar
95 Massachusetts Ave,
Boston Massachusetts 02115
Phone: 617-450-0660
Fax: 617-450-0320
Lunch Sun-Sat: 11:30am-3pm Dinner Sun-Sat: 5pm-11pm
Bhindi Bazaar is one of the Indian restaurants in Boston that features the cooking of Southern, Northern, Eastern and Central India. The atmosphere and style is casual and the prices are great. A dish from Southern India would be something like Chicken Kastoori, which is a curry dish, for $12.00. Northern India would be something like Rogan Josh which is a lamb curry with tomatoes and onions and spices for $13.00 and from the East and Central comes Dohi Macchi which is salmon in a yogurt sauce that is flavored with turmeric for $14.00
Bombay Club
57 JFK St.
Cambridge, Boston Massachusetts 02138
Phone: 617-661-8100
Fax: 617-661-6956
Daily: 11:30am-11pm
Prices at this Indian restaurant in Boston are in the middle range. It is a great casual and family place. The menu features a 10 Course Luncheon Buffet weekdays from 11:30 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. for $8.95 and brunch on the weekends for $11.95. Their regular items includes Tandoori Chicken for $15.50 and Tandoori Shrimp Shashlik for $17.50. They have well over a dozen vegetarian choices and nothing is over $20, with the possible exception of some of the fish dishes which are based on the market price for that day.
Bukhara
01 Centre St,
Jamaica Plain, Boston Massachusetts 02130
Phone: 617-522-2195
Fax: 617-971-0890
Bukhara is one of the Indian restaurants in Boston when the prices are extremely reasonable. It is a casual, family friendly place to get some good food such as Jhinga Curry which is a shrimp curry for $15.50 or Lamb marinated in vinegar & spices for $13.50. They also have a large selection of vegetarian dishes.
Cafe Of India
52A Brattle St
Cambridge, Boston Massachusetts 02138
Phone: 617-661-0683
Daily: 11am-11pm
Cafe Of India is one of the Indian restaurants in Boston that has a modern, casual atmosphere and style with prices in the middle range. The menu features such items as Fresh jumbo shrimp, Tandoori style for $17 and Barbequed boneless white meat chicken for $15. It is also a place where vegetarians would feel right at home.
Desi Dhaba
401 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, Boston Massachusetts 02139
Phone: 617-547-4121
Fax: 617-547-4123
Desi Dhaba is one of the Indian restaurants in Boston where the prices are in the middle range and the style is casual. They have a great Lunch Buffet daily for $7.95. The regular menu has such items as 16 vegetarian dishes, Tandoori Salmon for $12.95 and Shrimp Curry for $12.95.
Mantra
52 Temple Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
Phone: 617-542-8111
Weekdays: 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10pm Sat: 5:30pm-10:30pm
Mantra is one of the Indian restaurants in Boston that is on the high end of the price scale. It has muted lighting, with candles on the tables and a dressy/casual dress style. The menu features items such as a lunch buffet for $11.95, a special pre theater menu with items costing $39.95 and regular items such as Rack of Lamb for $39.00 and Organic Chicken Breast for $26.00.
Rangoli
129 Brighton Ave
Allston Boston, Massachusetts 02134
Btwn Harvard Ave & Linden St
Phone: 617-562-0200
Rangoli is one of the Indian restaurants in Boston in the mid price range. Think dressy casual. The menu features items like a Rice and lentil pancake topped with onions, peppers & coriander for $ 8.50 and 3 different curry dishes.
Tamarind Bay
75 Winthrop St,
Cambridge Boston Massachusetts 02138
Phone: 617-491-4552
Fax: 617-491-4525
Lunch Buffet Mon-Fri: 12pm-2:30pm Sat-Sun: 12pm-3pm
Dinner Daily: 5pm-10:30pm.
Tamarind Bay is a modern bistro style Indian restaurant in Boston with a casual style. The prices are in the mid range. Weekday lunch buffet is $8.95 and on weekends, $9.95 per person. Some of their regular items are button mushrooms that are stuffed with homemade cheese and then grilled in tandoor for $12.50 and Malabar Fish Curry for $
16.50
