There are quite a few Indian restaurants in Los Angeles. The quality of the food and service offered in the restaurants varies greatly. Below is a list of seven of the best Indian restaurants that Los Angeles has to offer.
Bombay Palace
www.bombaypalace.com/
8690 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 659-9944
Bombay Palace in Beverly Hills is my favorite Indian restaurant in Los Angeles. The food is excellent and the service is attentive. The restaurant decor is beautiful. Bombay Palace is a more upscale restaurant. Many of the customers are dressed up for fine dining. True to the Los Angeles ever-casual style in every situation, you will find some customers dressed casually.
Every item on the menu at Bombay Palace is absolutely delicious. This is the type of restaurant where you can feel secure in ordering anything off of the menu. The northern Indian style cuisine at Bombay Palace will not disappoint.
The pricing is very reasonable for the high quality food and upscale atmosphere. Two people can eat a nice dinner for thirty dollars. Bombay Palace offers a nice lunch buffet for $8.95 per person on weekdays and $11.95 per person on weekends.
The Clay Oven
14611 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
(818) 995-1777
The Clay Oven in Sherman Oaks is a popular Indian restaurant in Sherman Oaks. Customers can dine inside the nice but casual restaurant or dine outside on the patio. Dinner is nice on the patio at night served by candlelight.
There is a large vegetarian selection as well as plenty of meat dishes. This is another restaurant where everything on the menu is delicious. The Galub Jamun dessert is excellent.
Prices at the Clay Oven are similar Bombay Palace. A dinner for two will cost you around thirty dollars. The Clay Oven offers a lunchtime buffet for around ten dollars. The lunch buffet does not have a large selection, but the food is good and all you can eat.
Bombay Cafe
www.bombaycafe-la.com/
12021 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 473-3388
Bombay Cafe offers cuisine from north, south, and central India. Bombay Cafe is a casual restaurant.
Many Indian food lovers enjoy Indian food from different regions of Indian. Bombay Cafe has a selection from different regions, which makes dining with a group that has different tastes easy. The naan and the Aloo Paratha are great.
A meal and drink at Bombay Cafe will run anywhere from twelve dollars to twenty dollars per person. Some of the vegetarian dishes are a little cheaper.
Royal Delhi Palace Cuisine of India
www.royaldelhipalace.com/
22323 Sherman Way, Suite 11
Canoga Park, CA 91303
(818) 992-0913
Royal Delhi Palace has great food and great service. The upper scale atmosphere with good service is perfect for the business meeting, romantic date or even a nice night out with the family.
The northern style Indian food is mouth watering good. A large menu selection offers many choices. The vegetable korma and and chicken tikka are very tasty.
Dinner prices will run fifteen to twenty dollars per person. Some vegetarian dishes are cheaper. The all you can eat lunch buffet is a great value at $7.95 per person on weekdays and $9.95 per person on weekends. The weekend buffet includes champagne.
Great Indian Cafe
12321 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 761-8140
The Great Indian Cafe in Studio City offers great tasting and inexpensive Indian food. Casual but pretty, the ambiance is nice. The menu is large and includes many vegetarian items. The prices are cheap at under ten dollars a person. The only bad thing about this restaurant is parking. On Friday and Saturday nights, parking can be difficult.
Surya India
www.surya-india.com/
8048 W. 3rd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 653-5151
Surya India is a nicely decorated upscale Indian restaurant with reasonable prices. At approximately thirteen dollars a person, the customer will enjoy a nice authentic Indian meal.
Tantra
www.tantrasunset.com/
3705 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(323) 663-8268
Tanta is quite different from most Indian restaurants in Los Angeles. Think Indian restaurant meets hip Hollywood club and you have Tantra. Tantra serves Americanized Indian food. If you are looking for traditional Indian food, this is not the place for you. This restaurant is more about the atmosphere with its’ club atmosphere and full bar. The food is good, but not what one normally thinks of when they think of Indian food.
Tantra tends to attract a young, party type crowd. Prices range from about ten to fifteen dollars a person, not including drinks at the bar.
Tantra is not the place for everyone. I have included it because it is a popular place. Early to middle twenty something’s who are looking for a club scene that offers different food, tend to love this place.
