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Best Indian

That Annapurna Cafe is underground is part of its charm. Nestled in the heart of Capitol Hill, it's unassuming and easy to overlook, but certainly worth the trip downstairs. Dim lighting and candlelit tables put the focus on the food, which is delectable. Rich and flavorful without being heavy, the curries (coconut is a standout) are the perfect...

The buffet is not typically a hallmark of quality restaurants, but here you have it. With a menu that can lead down so many intriguing paths — do you go with a spicy curry? A basmati rice with potatoes? An uthappam Indian-style pancake? — the buffet allows you to survey one interesting creation after another. The dinner hour also is perfectly su...

Once you're tucked into this comfy little den in South Beach, you'll forget about the riffraff and party buzz outside on the dingy sidewalks of Washington Avenue. The lights are low, the candles are lit, and it's time to order some nan. If you've worked up an appetite paddling on the surf a few blocks away, Guru's cool mango lassi with sweet car...

Southern Indian cooking has finally come into its own in the New York area, not just a dish or two on a mainly Mughal menu, or a shop that sells dosas, utthapams, and idlies, but little else. Newark Avenue in Jersey City has become a powerhouse of regional southern Indian cooking, one of its most ardent proponents being Deccan Spice. Encompassin...

It looks like a restaurant on a movie set. There are bare, mango-colored walls, a single flat-screen television playing Bollywood, and a sheet of printer paper taped up asks the customer in big font: "Please Don't Waste Food." That's about all you get for decor. The rest is the food. It's divided into meat and vegetables, each filled with spicy,...

Situated a couple of blocks west of the fire station at Dorsey Lane and Apache Boulevard in Tempe, this family-owned eatery recently expanded and serves up bursting-with-flavor Indian and Pakistani food courtesy of chef and matriarch Farah Khalid. Her homespun recipes (many vegetarian) are across-the-board dynamite, including chapli kebab (spicy...

Shri Balaji Bhavan's sparse atmosphere and counter service don't dissuade Houstonians in search of delicious and authentic Udipi-style cuisine. The place is always packed with people sitting at feast-laden tables. Prices are so reasonable here, you can generously feed a family of four for around $50. It's so delicious that even meat lovers don't...

When the front doors open and the angle and breeze are just right, the subtle but unmistakable aroma of garam marsala floods the strip mall at Delmar Boulevard and Interstate 170 like one of those plug-in atomizers set to "India." (Somebody needs to get on the stick and invent that.) House of India is the senior-citizen siren of St. Louis Indian...

A modern twist on the standard Indian restaurant, India's Rasoi offers a sleek, colorful atmosphere and serves up equally bright dishes, not the least of which includes a "Bollywood Popper," an Anaheim pepper stuffed with shrimp in a coconut sauce. Or try a unique fusion dish, the spicy "Calcutta Fish and Chips" that demonstrates the wonderful i...

Sitting on the eastern end of the Delmar Loop, Gokul is a 100 percent vegetarian restaurant that offers both a set menu and an all-you-can-eat buffet. It is wondrous. For a mere $6.99 the lunch buffet is one of the best deals in town with no less than ten main dishes that are always accompanied by many fried appetizers and side dishes as well as...

We were all a bit traumatized when word came that House of India was closing after a small fire a few months back. Thankfully, Riverfront Times' Best Indian Restaurant of 2012 came back better than ever, complete with new carpeting! The University City staple has sat atop the ranks of St. Louis' Indian cuisine for seventeen years, and it shows n...

Indian cuisine is often a favorite of those who enjoy dishes that leave a fiery, burning sensation, and in this respect Mayuri doesn't disappoint. A fearsome serving of lamb vindaloo and the Andhra chicken both are listed as extra spicy on Mayuri's sprawling menu, and either choice might force you to surrender to a glass of cold milk or a scoop ...

Sitting in a nondescript building on Olive Boulevard, Spice-n-Grill is easy to drive past and never give a second glance. Oh, the misfortune. There are only a few small tables for dining in, so this is primarily a takeout kind of place that features Indian and Pakistani staples. Popular favorites, like chicken tikka masala, chana masala and saag...

Don't judge a book by its cover: Remember that adage when you pull up to Haveli and discover yourself on a relatively isolated stretch of Page Avenue. Rest assured, the trip will have been worth it once you go inside. The menu here is classic Indian fare with a wide selection of chicken, lamb and vegetarian dishes. Goat curry, rich and gamey, de...

Sitting in an unassuming Maryland Heights strip mall, Raj's Rasoi serves up authentic Indian food with an all-vegetarian menu. Chef-owner Raj has put together an extensive collection of dishes (more than 60 meat-free options) from vegetable korma, mixed vegetables in a creamy tomato sauce, to mutter paneer, a blend of homemade cheese, peas, onio...

Ah, Indian food, how we do love thee! Even the names of your dishes dance on our tongue: vindaloo, makhini, jalfrezi, tikka. . . . We can almost taste the tang, the acid and spices. Saying their names, however, doesn't do them justice. You have to chow down on the makini's tender tandoori chicken in tomato sauce, feel the boneless lamb (mixed wi...

The best thing to happen to Philly Indian food since Tiffin-but for the hundredth time: Tashan is not Tiffin. The re­ference points range from Nagaland to the Andaman Islands in chef Sylva Senat’s deliciously compelling take on post-curry Indian cuisine.

To enjoy this dressy, upscale Indian restaurant, you must make reservations. Sure, you’ll be hob-nobbing with some diners whose conversations swell with pretense. But you are not here for them. No, you are here to look sexy whilst eating spicy deliciousness--a guarantee at Rasika. NB: If you don’t try the Palak Chaat or black cod, you are depriv...

At this nondescript Dot. Ave. storefront, the samosas and crispy mixed-vegetable pakoras are deep-fried pockets of pillowy goodness. And while we love getting takeout (the creamy shrimp saag travels exceptionally well), hunkering down in the tiny dining room also offers its rewards — namely, the excellent tandoori dishes. Charred to order in the...

Whereas so many Indian restaurants go to obsequious pains to make you feel like a maharaja in his or her palace, the curry-peddlers at Punjabi Dhaba zag in totally the other direction, immersing you in the sights, sounds, smells, and claustrophobia of India. You order within a few feet of steaming cauldrons and flaming pans, all while serenaded ...

Modern and upscale, this Harvard Square oasis adds inspiration to a cuisine that, in Boston, often lacks flair beyond an emphasis on ghee. Dishes are exquisitely complex and from literally all over the map (of India). Raahra Gosht is a must: lamb simmered in a wok until perfectly, and surprisingly, crisp.

Rangoli serves authentic Indian cuisine at two locations - a full service location in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and a fast-casual location in Sterling Heights, Michigan. We invite you to come enjoy excellent Indian food in an elegant setting.RANGOLI (run-goalee) is the traditional Indian art of decorating courtyards and walls of houses, places of ...

Punjabi Tandoor. Cuisine of India Best Punjabi Restaurant in San Diego, California. We Specialize in Catering!

When a place like Pavan Foods opens in a city like New York or Los Angeles, it takes about two weeks before it’s overrun by hipster foodies in search of the next great hole-in-the-wall monument to authentic ethnic cuisine. But lucky for us, we’re in Baltimore, so Pavan Foods has remained under the radar for years even though it serves some of th...

India House is the newest addition to the Fast Growing City of Folsom, CA offering authentic Indian Cuisine. India House started its operations in Jan 2005.

Ramesh and Sanjeev Sharma have been dishing out the goods at this West Side restaurant since 2006 — and the line still sometimes stretches out the door! Must be because of the freshness, flavor, and attention to detail: things like roasting aromatic spices daily, so they are always at their peak. The variety doesn't hurt either: The large menu o...

So, do we go to Mint Indian Bistro for the mango rum lassis? In part, we'll admit, but also because of the superlative curries and tandoori-style dishes and chutneys and more. And this is another Indian place that transcends its strip-center location, with just-east-of-Strip madness outside, peace and serenity (and good food) within.

For more than two decades, India's menu has been making people chuckle with descriptions as ornate as its lantern-bedecked space, which lost none of its luster when it moved across Hampden. Pakora curry, for example, is "spiced to perfection," and rajma boasts kidney beans in "delectable" gravy. What's not a laughing matter are metal bowls and p...

It used to be that going out to one of our many local Indian restaurants for a sinus-clearing curry or a crisp pakora meant you had to sacrifice atmosphere in exchange for really excellent food. Then came the rise of the fine-dining Indian restaurant in the Twin Cities. Suddenly we had delicious, inventive Indian food and ambiance to spare, but ...