Indian
Bhojanic Buckhead
3400 Around Lenox Road, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-841-8472
After many construction and permitting delays, Decatur’s beloved progressive Indian restaurant finally launched its second location in spring 2013 in Buckhead’s Shops Around Lenox, near Lululemon Athletica.
Website: http://bhojanic.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Bhojanic Decatur
1363 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA, 30033
404-633-9233
Most metro-area Indian restaurants that offer honed, regional cooking tend to be vegetarian, but New Delhi native Archna Becker and her family serve meat dishes made with extra attention.
Website: http://bhojanic.com
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Cardamom Hill
1700 Northside Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-549-7012
Chef-owner Asha Gomez takes her singular cooking in two directions. She re-creates the dishes of her childhood in Kerala, and she marries the flavors of the Indian South with the American South.
Website: http://cardamomhill.net/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Indian, Restaurants
Chai Pani
406 West Ponce de Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-378-4030
Chai Pani has been packed daily since its opening last year. Attribute the response in part to the care that owners Meherwan and Molly Irani take with the food: The kitchen grinds its own spices and makes sauces from scratch, a rarity among typical Indian restaurants.
Website: http://chaipanidecatur.com/
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Kathmandu Kitchen & Grill
926 Montreal Road, Clarkston, GA, 30021
678-732-3449
Beyond the chicken tikka masala, many of the curries and soups have a subtler heat and simpler spicing that reflect the cooking of India’s neighbor, Nepal.
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Kusum Foods
2899 North Decatur Road, Decatur, GA, 30033
404-296-3338
What this Gujarati vegetarian establishment lacks in size, it makes up for in cheerfulness. Decide on your meal by peering into the vegetable curries kept on a small steam table.
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Lazeez Tava Fry
4650 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Norcross, GA, 30093
770-939-1221
Interwoven among Lazeez’s typical Indian-restaurant dishes are Muslim specialties from India’s western state of Gujarat. Go on the weekend for green gosht, a mesmerizing goat curry.
Website: http://lazeeztavafry.com
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Paradise Biryani Pointe
1540 Avenue Place, Atlanta, GA, 30329
404-228-8382
Modest, modern, and able to blend authentic culinary traditions with strong management, this second location of a small Indian cafe (the other is in Alpharetta) is part of a national chain but a good fit for the Emory Point mixed-use development across from the CDC.
Website: http://www.gabiryani.com/emory/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Druid Hills/Emory
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Saravana Bhavan – Decatur
2179 Lawrenceville Highway, Decatur, GA, 30033
404-636-4400
What elevates this place from other Indian restaurants is the “Saravana Special Meals: Limited Quantity,” the menu’s Anglicized term for a thali, a round platter holding a dozen portions of fragrant curries and soups.
Website: http://saravanabhavan.com
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Saravana Bhavan – Johns Creek
10820 Abbots Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA, 30097
404-477-5577
What elevates this place from other Indian restaurants is the “Saravana Special Meals: Limited Quantity,” the menu’s Anglicized term for a thali, a round platter holding a dozen portions of fragrant curries and soups.
Website: http://saravanabhavan.com/
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Vatica
1475 Terrell Mill Road, Marietta, GA, 30067
770-955-3740
Home-cooked vegetarian Gujarati food comes your way on a creaky cart and will keep coming until you say “no more.” The menu changes every day.
Website: http://indiagourmet.com
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Zyka
1677 Scott Boulevard, Decatur, GA, 30033
404-728-4444
True-minded cuisine from Hyderabad is meat-friendly and complex, producing a wide range of curries and chicken dishes dyed a characteristic red. You’ll love the saffron-scented ice cream.
Website: http://zyka.com
Category: Indian, Restaurants
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