indian restaurant bangkok, where are the real cheap Indian restaurants? No tourist spot please!

[marcofunny]

all the cheap Indian restaurants in Bangkok sucks and all the good ones are very expensive, I realized that even some of them are using ready preheated microwave dishes,I recommend you try some of the Arabic restaurants in soi Nana, they have some cheap Indian dishes which tastes great for very affordable price, for example dal soup and chicken curries and tandoori are available at most of those Arabic restaurants.

I am looking for a restaurant which servers the same type of fresh Indian mamak food in Kuala lumpur, any one got idea ?

my own recommendation is Petra restaurant which is a Yemeni restaurant which has some delicious Indian dishes, the Nan bread is freshly baked in a coal oven, best dishes are Nan soup, Chicken tandoori and chicken grill very outstanding as for the price it s around 500 Baht for 3 dishes.

Edited December 5, 2015 by marcofunny

[gemguy]

You mean you desire to be the one and only white face or obvious non local in the restaurant....lol

You may have to request special pre-scheduled reservations and pre-arranged accommodation needed to suit your agenda.

The tourists are everywhere while many are also looking for real cheap Indian food restaurants.

Cheers

[smokie36]

all the cheap Indian restaurants in Bangkok sucks and all the good ones are very expensive, I realized that even some of them are using ready preheated microwave dishes,I recommend you try some of the Arabic restaurants in soi Nana, they have some cheap Indian dishes which tastes great for very affordable price, for example dal soup and chicken curries and tandoori are available at most of those Arabic restaurants.

I am looking for a restaurant which servers the same type of fresh Indian mamak food in Kuala lumpur, any one got idea ?

my own recommendation is Petra restaurant which is a Yemeni restaurant which has some delicious Indian dishes, the Nan bread is freshly baked in a coal oven, best dishes are Nan soup, Chicken tandoori and chicken grill very outstanding as for the price it s around 500 Baht for 3 dishes.

Oh dear oh dear.....try Indus Suk Soi 26...weekend brunch is 625 Baht.

Its all cooked to order and you can have as much as you like.

This is "great" Indian food.

[saakura]

All around the Hindu Temple on Silom there is a range of Indian restaurants. I have not tried any of them except for a South Indian Vegetarian, that was cheap and very homey, good food and many things I've never seen or tried since was brought to my table as per my order. On casual glancing around about 6 months ago, I didn't see the place, I ate there almost 10 years ago, so it likely isn't there. But the area is very promising, definitely worth an investigation.

It is much easier to access than Pahurat and has just as many Indian eateries on Silom there and especially on the cross street where the temple is located, actually there is quite a range of cuisines to be found in the numerous restaurants on that cross street, I seem to recall an Iranian place, a Burmese place and a few Indian joints, all looking very authentic non-dumbed down for timid palates.

Maybe others can make specific recommendations.

The one you are talking about is the Chennai Kitchen. It has shifted to a larger place in the same road but on the opposite side (opposite the temple entrance but further down the soi)

[TEFLKrabi]

I would be happy to find a genuine Sri Lankan restaurant

There used to be some really good places around the bottom of Baiyoke Sky due to the abundance of Indian shops. Sri Lankan, vegetarian, South Indian.

[ricklev]

Manel Lanka is extraordinary! Can't say it enough! I have been eating the 100 baht set menu there at least once a week for the last 5 years. Every time I have it's one of the best meals I've ever had.

[nazree360]

all the cheap Indian restaurants in Bangkok sucks and all the good ones are very expensive, I realized that even some of them are using ready preheated microwave dishes,I recommend you try some of the Arabic restaurants in soi Nana, they have some cheap Indian dishes which tastes great for very affordable price, for example dal soup and chicken curries and tandoori are available at most of those Arabic restaurants.

I am looking for a restaurant which servers the same type of fresh Indian mamak food in Kuala lumpur, any one got idea ?

my own recommendation is Petra restaurant which is a Yemeni restaurant which has some delicious Indian dishes, the Nan bread is freshly baked in a coal oven, best dishes are Nan soup, Chicken tandoori and chicken grill very outstanding as for the price it s around 500 Baht for 3 dishes.

Oh dear oh dear.....try Indus Suk Soi 26...weekend brunch is 625 Baht.

Its all cooked to order and you can have as much as you like.

This is "great" Indian food.

Im Malaysian and if there is a shop selling mamak food .....would appreciate if you could pm me the location cheers mate

[TheKnave]

Indian restaurants are concentrated in two areas - downtown Sukhumvit, where you can expect to pay tourist prices for modest portions of variable-quality food, and areas such as Phahurat and Chakraphet, Indian merchant areas located at the far end of Yaowarat in Chinatown. These latter areas are more modestly priced and more casual, cafe-style places, but your problem, unless you are staying around KSR, is access; they are served only by local buses or taxi/tuktuk, and traffic can be a nightmare. Best of the bunch in my opinion is Royal India, long-established, supplies Indian sweets to hotels too, but it can be a bitch to find. Google it or find in Lonely Planet.

There is also quite a large collection of Indian (and Pakistani and Sri Lankan) restaurants and holes in the wall in the Pratunam Market area - although not right on Petchaburi or Ratchaprarop Road but in that area. You'll find them generally in the sois between Baiyoke and Indra Regent. If you don't know the area, Soi Ratchaprarop 1 is a good starting place.

While many of them are fusion places and some of them are there to try to snag the tourists (most of whom are Asian, many from South Asia), this area and most of the food shops just bristle with authenticity. Very good eating here.

There is good reason why Indian restaurants are not more widespread throughout the city: I would hazard that 95% of Thais will not even venture to try Indian food; the nearest they get to foreign is pasta or pizza. More fool them!

There used to be an Indian canteen or two near the old GPO on New Road. Haven't been there for years so no idea if still going, but they had basic dishes: dal, ladies fingers, various veg dishes, breads, chicken curry etc, and very cheap. Down the soi to the right of the big GPO building as you face it on New Road. Again, not easy to access unless you take bus or taxi.

Indian restaurants are very widespread. Actually, though, Thais eat Indian food every day, only a large part of the time it's called "Thai food". There is a very long list of "Thai" dishes that are actually Indian and an even longer list of dishes that the Thais have adapted. Start with khao mok gai (biryani) and massaman, just as examples. Half the "Thai curries" are Indian.

The best Thai khao mok gai (purists claim) arguably is in that area near the GPO you write about, where Indian stall owners serve it up and several thousand Thais line up for it every day.

Khao mok gai is Muslim food, and mussaman means Muslim. Neither are Indian food in any meaningful sense.

I wouldn't classify khao mok gai as biryani, either, but maybe that's just me. I've had plenty of Bengali food, and although the places were Muslim-owned, the food was distinctly like North Indian.

A place that folks who were around before Soi 10 was bulldozed might remember is Malaysia Aunty. She made Indian curries, and South Indian dosa. Last time I saw her she was at the end of Surawong, almost at the river.

No takers on who occupied the building where Dosa King is? Guess it will go with me to my grave...

[ricklev]

This is the 100 baht vegetarian set at Manel Lanka.

Edited December 5, 2015 by ricklev

[TheKnave]

At least in my experience, one of the most important ingredients in Indian food is stainless steel pot scrubber shards. First found one in my curry at Indian restaurant 15 years ago in Chaweng, Koh Samui. No compensation offered...

Same deal five years ago in Nong Khai, on Prakak Road, across from the Chinese school. At least they didn't charge extra for it

Some good suggestions in this thread.

[smokie36]

all the cheap Indian restaurants in Bangkok sucks and all the good ones are very expensive, I realized that even some of them are using ready preheated microwave dishes,I recommend you try some of the Arabic restaurants in soi Nana, they have some cheap Indian dishes which tastes great for very affordable price, for example dal soup and chicken curries and tandoori are available at most of those Arabic restaurants.

I am looking for a restaurant which servers the same type of fresh Indian mamak food in Kuala lumpur, any one got idea ?

my own recommendation is Petra restaurant which is a Yemeni restaurant which has some delicious Indian dishes, the Nan bread is freshly baked in a coal oven, best dishes are Nan soup, Chicken tandoori and chicken grill very outstanding as for the price it s around 500 Baht for 3 dishes.

Oh dear oh dear.....try Indus Suk Soi 26...weekend brunch is 625 Baht.

Its all cooked to order and you can have as much as you like.

This is "great" Indian food.

Im Malaysian and if there is a shop selling mamak food .....would appreciate if you could pm me the location cheers mate

Cili Padi in Silom.

[nazree360]

all the cheap Indian restaurants in Bangkok sucks and all the good ones are very expensive, I realized that even some of them are using ready preheated microwave dishes,I recommend you try some of the Arabic restaurants in soi Nana, they have some cheap Indian dishes which tastes great for very affordable price, for example dal soup and chicken curries and tandoori are available at most of those Arabic restaurants.

I am looking for a restaurant which servers the same type of fresh Indian mamak food in Kuala lumpur, any one got idea ?

my own recommendation is Petra restaurant which is a Yemeni restaurant which has some delicious Indian dishes, the Nan bread is freshly baked in a coal oven, best dishes are Nan soup, Chicken tandoori and chicken grill very outstanding as for the price it s around 500 Baht for 3 dishes.

Oh dear oh dear.....try Indus Suk Soi 26...weekend brunch is 625 Baht.

Its all cooked to order and you can have as much as you like.

This is "great" Indian food.

Im Malaysian and if there is a shop selling mamak food .....would appreciate if you could pm me the location cheers mate

Cili Padi in Silom.

Heard they have closed

[smokie36]

That is a shame....the satay was great.

[thailanddogerator]

Where is it please ?

This is the 100 baht vegetarian set at Manel Lanka.

[thailanddogerator]

Wonderful life to eat only the Thai food that you cook not to be cheated outside <3

After almost 15 years in Thailand I have never found a decent Indian restaurant, at best only mediocre and prefer to make my own. As for Thai price, well even though the ingredients are all now readily available and a chicken madras can be made for less than 35 baht, Im afraid the going rate is reaching 200 for the curry, 70 for the rice and 40 for a naan bread. Stick to Thai food, its better and cheaper.

[Alration]

No takers on who occupied the building where Dosa King is? Guess it will go with me to my grave...

Excellent place for a cut and blow and anything else you wanted. Hair Design. Used to have a stunning blonde among it's other stunners.

Edited December 5, 2015 by Alration

[Alration]

Oh wise and “one with the locals” Thailanddogerator. I am sorry my recommendations do not meet your high standards for authenticity and true grit. You must forgive me as I have only been here for 11 years, and India for two. I supposed I misjudged your oneness with the authentic Indian experience. Such places, located near a BTS station cannot be good by definition of ease of access and nearness to tourist locations. Despite there is a huge Thai-Indian community located around Sukhumvit and tonight I was the only non-Indian customer in Dosa King (which was almost full), it seems to be a fav of the local Indian ex-pat community, but you know better. Also, despite the fact that Indian staff that worked for me in the past would go there almost every night because they disliked Thai food and wanted something that tasted like home, but again you know better. Also despite the fact that Dosa King opened in 2002, a 13 year run must be due to dumb tourists and not good food. Your standards for food are higher than I am able to accommodate with my lowly recommendations, for this, I sincerely apologize and hope you discover the place you are looking for. Perhaps a local dhobi wallah will let you know a more appropriate place.

You mentioned that you didn’t want places that were “tourist hotspots” because you have a brain, it is a pity you do not also have a tongue.

You may now return to nursing your King Fisher knowing you have successfully avoided another “tourist trap” and keeping your Indian cred intact for another day.

"...and tonight I was the only non-Indian customer in Dosa King (which was almost full)..."

That sounds delightful, that's a recommendation?

[SOTIRIOS]

...the Sikh Temple...good price too....FREE....

...where....soi 6 something...ask around.....

[SoiBiker]

Another vote for Dosa King. Quite why the OP thinks it's a scam is beyond my comprehension.

[smokie36]

Another vote for Dosa King. Quite why the OP thinks it's a scam is beyond my comprehension.

The dosas are I think 125 Baht...the place I posted above is 50 Baht.

Maybe that's what he means?

Anyway its still a decent deal in my opinion.

[facthailand]

DOSA KING, yes. No better South Indian vegetarian food even in India!

[SoiBiker]

Another vote for Dosa King. Quite why the OP thinks it's a scam is beyond my comprehension.

The dosas are I think 125 Baht...the place I posted above is 50 Baht.

Maybe that's what he means?

Anyway its still a decent deal in my opinion.

If 120 baht for dinner is too much, someone's a bit of a frugal freddy.

[smokie36]

Another vote for Dosa King. Quite why the OP thinks it's a scam is beyond my comprehension.

The dosas are I think 125 Baht...the place I posted above is 50 Baht.

Maybe that's what he means?

Anyway its still a decent deal in my opinion.

If 120 baht for dinner is too much, someone's a bit of a frugal freddy.

The taxi over there would cost that much anyway.

[smokie36]

DOSA KING, yes. No better South Indian vegetarian food even in India!

Steady kid.. Its good but not that good. Edited December 5, 2015 by smokie36

[bermondburi]

It's a funny thing about Thais and Indian food. Most of them have never tried it or had the opportunity to. But I found with the wife when she started cooking it for me that her family for into it too.

She's now very positive about Indian food, complimenting the more varied cuisine.

Personally I find the difference ideas that Indian food warms the body, whereas Thai food burns the mouth. The difference between chilli and spice.

I'm no expert, but years ago I used to go to a place opposite the entrance to kaosan road opposite Gullivers, don't know if it's still there but it was good.

[TheKnave]

No takers on who occupied the building where Dosa King is? Guess it will go with me to my grave...

Excellent place for a cut and blow and anything else you wanted. Hair Design. Used to have a stunning blonde among it's other stunners.

Give the man a cigar!

Yep, truly unique, and the girls were always immaculate. Had New Year's Eve parties, and they all got dressed like supermodels, polite and gracious, invited everyone and really made a pleasant time of it.

Really miss the Thailand that made that place possible...

Good catch.

[seedy]

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[ByblosYuNaiSoi]

A fave with local Indians is, as above, in the Phahurat Indian market: Royal India has excellent dosas and sambhar, very cheap and delicious. Also, as above, near the HIndu temple off Silom. Another good dosa place. But hours are more limited. MOstly lunch.

Visit the Phahurat market and eat too. Great little samosa stand on the corner of main street and main little market soi here. Sorry, not sure of the place on the map, but south corner of India Emporium mall.

BTW, my experience with the food court in the Indian Emporium market mall up top was not good.

Stick to the street-level places.

Edited December 6, 2015 by ByblosYuNaiSoi

[CLW]

It's a little bit outside, but the canteen at the AIT / Thammasat University has several Indian / middle East food stalls.

And very good and cheap, less than 100 Baht.

Though it's a little adventure to get there...

[wow64]

In the wrong city for good indian food.. Overpriced crap.

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