The Adyar Cafe
South Indian cooking on Lincoln Highway in Exton, the dosa-and-idli kind. One of the busier Indian kitchens out this way.
Indian in the burbs
Every indian spot we vouch for, across every town we cover. Cross a town line for the good ones. That's the whole point.
The picks
- The Adyar Cafe
- Best Bakery
- Bhatti Indian Cuisine
- Biryani Bowl
- Blue Taj
- Coatesville Community Market
- Cross Culture Indian Restaurant
- Dawat Indian Cuisine
- Deccan Flavors
- Ekta Indian Cuisine
- Green Chili Indian Restaurant
- India Garden
- Kokarako Grill and Chaat Corner
- Lassan Indian Traditional
- Lilly's Authentic Indian Cuisine
- Masala Symphony
- Masala Twist
- Masala Zone Authentic Indian Cuisine
- MV Tandoor
- New Hope Spice Lover
- Nirvana Indian Bistro, Bryn Mawr
- Noor N Spice Kitchen
- Saffron Indian Kitchen
- Southern Spice Exton
- Srinagar Indian Cuisine
- Sultan Indian Cuisine
Best Bakery
An Indian bakery that's been on West 2nd Street since 1985, its case stacked with flaky khari, toast, and fresh biscuits. Cash only, so hit the ATM before you go.
Bhatti Indian Cuisine
Indian cooking with a Nepali streak. Butter chicken and biryani share the menu with lamb choila and chicken sekuwa, both served with puffed rice, and the kitchen will do vegan or gluten-free versions on request. BYOB.
Biryani Bowl
Halal Indian kitchen on North Broad where the goat biryani is the dish reviewers single out, with South Indian and Indo-Chinese plates filling out the rest of the menu. The same family caters up to 1,000 guests, and the kulfi is worth remembering on the way out.
Blue Taj
The white-tablecloth end of Ambler's Indian food — a 4.8 on East Butler. Order family style and lose track of whose naan is whose.
Coatesville Community Market
Coatesville Community Market is an Indian restaurant on Lincoln Highway. Curries and biryani off the Route 30 strip.
Cross Culture Indian Restaurant
The dressed-up Indian option on West State, equally serious about the vegetarian half of the menu. The full bar is a recent addition; the kitchen never needed the help.
Dawat Indian Cuisine
Modern Indian in the 201 2nd Ave plaza, running the tikka-masala-and-biryani standards with a lighter, contemporary hand. Bring an appetite for the naan basket.
Deccan Flavors
Indian restaurant on West Lincoln Highway named for the Deccan plateau, which tells you the kitchen leans Hyderabadi. Biryani is what to order.
Ekta Indian Cuisine
Indian kitchen in the small run of shops on West Lancaster Ave, and the only one of the four Ektas outside the city. Curries, biryani and mango lassi, with pickup and delivery inside a five-mile radius.
Green Chili Indian Restaurant
Takeout Indian on the West End strip — tandoori chicken fired over charcoal in a proper clay tandoor. Pickup only, so order ahead, and put the homemade pistachio kulfi on the ticket.
India Garden
The clay tandoor runs on natural wood charcoal and the spice scale climbs from mild to 'Indian Hot' — take the top rung at its word. The menu reaches well past tikka masala, out to goat biriyani with the bones left in.
Kokarako Grill and Chaat Corner
Indian grill and chaat counter off the Pottstown Pike on Tabas Lane. Street-food chaat, biryani, and tandoori plates you order at the counter.
Lassan Indian Traditional
Traditional Indian on Woodbine Avenue in Narberth. Tandoor plates and curries done straightforward, no frills.
Lilly's Authentic Indian Cuisine
Indian cooking on West Avenue running the full board of curries, tandoori, and biryani. Reliable heat if you ask for it.
Masala Symphony
Indian cooking on East 1st Avenue, from curries to tandoor plates, dine-in or takeout. Plenty of vegetarian options and a lunch crowd that knows it.
Masala Twist
Indian cooking on East Broad, from the curries and biryani to the tandoor. One of the more reliable Souderton dinners when you want some heat.
Masala Zone Authentic Indian Cuisine
North Indian cooking on Horsham Road, heavy on the tandoori and biryani. Order takeout when you want dinner with some heat behind it.
MV Tandoor
Traditional Indian cooking on Cambridge Lane, and it's BYOB — bring a bottle and let the tandoor do the rest.
New Hope Spice Lover
Avinash and Khushbu Singh run this small Indian kitchen off Bridge Street, pulling tandoori chicken and dal makhani out of a 900-degree clay oven with heat levels that go up to X-HOT if you ask for it. It's BYOB, so walk something back from Triumph before you sit down.
Nirvana Indian Bistro, Bryn Mawr
The Bryn Mawr room of a six-location Indian kitchen, and the one location of the six with a liquor license, with a $10 corkage fee if you bring a bottle anyway. The menu runs past tikka masala into Nepali steamed momos.
Noor N Spice Kitchen
A halal kitchen on East Main where kacchi biryani and Bihari kebabs share the menu with Philly cheesesteaks and wings. The tandoor runs till midnight most nights, later than just about anything else in Lansdale.
Saffron Indian Kitchen
The Butler Avenue Indian kitchen that made Ambler a curry town. The lunch buffet has a constituency.
Southern Spice Exton
Indian cooking on Woodcutter Street in Exton, curries and tandoor plates. It shares the little Woodcutter cluster with Hakata and Buddy's.
Srinagar Indian Cuisine
Kashmiri and North Indian cooking on N Essex Ave, named for Kashmir's summer capital. Come for the rogan josh, the biryani, and a genuinely deep vegetarian half of the menu.
Sultan Indian Cuisine
Indian BYOB on West Main where the tandoori naan comes out baked fresh. Tikka masala and lamb vindaloo anchor the menu; Tuesday is the kitchen's day off.
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