Indian Cuisine Moscow
KHAJURAHO
Cuisine: IndianAddress: Shmitovsky proezd, 14
Nearest metro station: Ulitsa 1905 goda
Telephone: (495) 256-7202, 256-8136
Working hours: 12.00-23.00
Additional service: delivery, parking
Average bill: £20-30
Credit cards: American Express, Maestro, MasterCard, UnionCard, Visa
Among all the variety of Indian dishes, the Russians would perhaps, prefer the Northern Indian cuisine. In the south, there are more spices, coconuts, and lightness. The abundance of spices here has a qualitative nature, instead of a quantitative one: the meals here are not too spicy, but quite exotic, while the seasonings are felt, but do not dominate. By the way, 'Khajuraho' is a well-known Indian temple complex whose walls are all covered with erotic high reliefs. The restaurant visitors especially enjoy the dish devoted to the author of ‘Kama Sutra’ and, as it are specified in the menu, to 'his creative imagination'. This vegetarian food is said to work not different than viagra, but is much more delicious. Soft light, stylish and comfortable interior, Indian show-programs with the famous belly dance - all this will certainly give a certain languor even to a look of a coldest beauty.
MAHARAJA
Cuisine: IndianAddress: Pokrovka street, 2/1
Nearest metro station: Kitai-gorod
Telephone: (495) 621-9844, 621-7758
Working hours: 12.30-23.00
Additional service: banquets, parking, take away service
Average bill: £15-20
Credit cards: American Express, DC, EC, Maestro, MasterCard, Visa
Good service and excellent food that won't disappoint spice lovers. The food is tasty especially which is cooked in tandoor. A leg of a lamb in nut sauce, chicken korma in cream and coconut milk and many other have been popular for many years and are getting better and better. The mutton vindaloo is light and lean with complex spicing for blissful burn. Music is Indian and quiet.
TANDOOR
Cuisine: IndianAddress: Tverskaya street, 31 (in the building of Chaikovsky conservatory)
Nearest metro station: Mayakovskaya
Telephone: (495) 299-8062
Working hours: 12.00-0.00
Additional service:
Average bill: £15-20
Credit cards: American Express, Diners Club, UnionCard, EuroCard, Maestro, MasterCard, Visa
Without a doubt one of the best places to go for Indian food in Moscow. This is a restaurant that is not afraid to turn up the spice factor in their meals. Although Tandoor also has an extensive and delicious Chinese menu, it is the restaurant’s Indian meals that give it its reputation. The chicken masala (£8) is one of the highlights while business lunches are great value. There are three options priced at £4, £6 and £9 respectively for a succession of courses. Occupying a large area inside the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the decor is tasteful and classy while not at all pretentious. Service is excellent with waiters that are ready and willing to handle any question, request or complaint.
VOSTOCHNAJA KOMNATA
Cuisine: Indian, CaucasianAddress: Smolenskaya square, 3
Nearest metro station: Smolenskaya
Telephone: (495) 937-8423
Working hours: 12.00-0.00
Additional service: parking
Average bill: £10
Credit cards: American Express, Diners Club, UnionCard, EuroCard, MasterCard, Maestro, Visa
Delicious food at surprisingly low prices in a cosy, stylish setting makes this the best-value Indian food in the centre. The old Shampur restaurant has undergone a makeover and changed its name, but the owner and Indian chefs remain the same. Now the prices are 30 to 40 percent lower, and Arabian, Japanese and Georgian dishes have been added to the menu.
GANDHARA
Cuisine: PakistaniAddress: Rochdelskaya street, 15/7
Nearest metro station: Ulitsa 1905 Goda
Telephone: (495) 255-9959
Working hours: 12.00-0.00
Additional service: business lunch, banquets, take away service
Average bill: £20
Credit cards: American Express, Diners Club, Eurocard, Master/Eurocard, MasterCard, Visa, Visa Electron, Visa Maestro
Gandhara was a region of north-east Pakistan which was a popular trade route and consequently a melting-pot of influences from South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe. These historical roots are mirrored in the menu of this unique restaurant which does not strictly serve Pakistani cuisine but instead meals created from a mixture of eastern and western influences. As an example, the three course business lunches with wine, beer or juice included (£8) might begin with a roast beef salad and end with daal fry with rice and naan bread. The dishes in Gandhara continue the theme of the discords harmony and the contrasts combinations. Is foie gras at all possible with borsch? But the dish also includes seafood and curry sour cream. All the fusion ideology on one plate. Even the traditional Caesar salad is different here. The interior is quite lovely: Buddha statues and excellent replicas of Gandharan art adorn the restaurant. A unique restaurant in Moscow, this is definitely one to check out.