15 restaurants · updated November 2026
The Best Indian Restaurants in Seattle
Seattle's best Indian food is spread out. The city has a handful of strong dining rooms in Pioneer Square, Capitol Hill and Fremont, but the deepest bench is on the Eastside, where Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland and Issaquah cook for the tech crowd that moved there from India.
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Modern Indian 4South Indian 4North Indian and Pakistani 4Street food and casual 3
Modern Indian
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A Seattle institution in an old brick building, with a rotating menu that cooks closer to Indian home food than most restaurants manage.
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Dishes from across India in a warm room, with good vegan and alcohol-free menus.
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Meesha's more polished sibling, cooking nostalgic dishes with a fresh hand.
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A cocktail bar with South Indian and Sri Lankan food. Come for the fried chicken and a drink.
Misal Pav
Shrimp Masala
Chicken Tikka
Bhel PuriSouth Indian
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Kerala cooking with real depth. The gunpowder dosa is the single best thing on the menu.
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Kathakali's smaller South Indian sibling, quicker and cheaper.
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More than forty kinds of dosa at a casual counter.
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A dosa specialist whose paper roast is thin, crisp and enormous.
Parotta
Idli
Pani Puri
DosaNorth Indian and Pakistani
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A big, busy Redmond room with some of the best North Indian cooking in the region.
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Family-run Pakistani cooking. The lamb dum biryani has a serious local following.
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A lively dining room with a huge curry menu and a constant line for takeout.
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A long-running U District favourite with a wide menu. The coconut fish curry is the dish.
Bhindi Masala
Naan
Butter ChickenStreet food and casual
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Cheap, fast kathi rolls and chaat, and some of the best soft serve in town.
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A basement favourite for Nepali and Tibetan momos alongside Indian curries.
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A branch of the Ahmedabad vegetarian chain, good for Mumbai street snacks.
Aloo Tikki
Momos
Medu VadaHow we chose
Picked from The Infatuation Seattle and Seattle Met's guide to Indian food in Seattle and on the Eastside. Places named by both are marked high confidence. Restaurants change, close and lose or gain stars, so check before you travel. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
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