11 restaurants · updated November 2026

The Best Indian Restaurants in Sydney

Sydney's Indian food is split between Harris Park, the city's Little India near Parramatta, and a string of modern restaurants in Surry Hills, the CBD and the North Shore. Cleveland Street and Newtown fill in the middle with friendly, good-value curry houses.

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Hatted and fine dining 3 Modern and fun 4 Harris Park and regional 4

Hatted and fine dining

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Urban Tadka
Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hat (ten years running)
Terrey Hills, Sydney, Australia
A Northern Beaches restaurant set in the bush, with a long run of awards and a Good Food Guide Chef Hat ten years in a row.
Gosht khurmani kormaSeafood curriesTandoori
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: concreteplayground.com, sitchu.com.au
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Abhi's
SMH Good Food Guide hat (2025)
North Strathfield, Sydney, Australia
One of the oldest Indian restaurants in Sydney and still one of the best, with dishes from Delhi, Chennai and Goa.
TandooriGoan seafoodChennai classics
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Nilgiri's
Cremorne, Sydney, Australia
A North Shore institution run by chef Ajoy Joshi, who also teaches cooking classes.
Vegetarian thaliTandoor-smoked broccoli
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: concreteplayground.com

Modern and fun

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Don't Tell Aunty
Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
A loud, playful restaurant that calls its food 'unauthentic' and means it as a boast.
Colonel Tso's cauliflowerPapdi chaatYoghurt kebab
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: concreteplayground.com
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Foreign Return
Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
Regional dishes you rarely see in Sydney, in a room built for a good night out.
Lucknow goat kebabKhichdiRegional curries
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: concreteplayground.com
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Masala Theory
Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
Neon, cocktails and bold, modern plates.
Potato dumpling slidersRegional specials
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: concreteplayground.com
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Pinky Ji
Sydney CBD, Sydney, Australia
A lively CBD bar and restaurant made for groups.
Chef's selectionCocktails
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: concreteplayground.com, sitchu.com.au

Harris Park and regional

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Billu's
Harris Park, Sydney, Australia
The Harris Park favourite for families, with a newer sibling, Spiced by Billu's, in Barangaroo.
DosaBiryaniGoan fish curry
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Chatkazz
Harris Park, Sydney, Australia
A vegetarian Mumbai street food hall with more than two hundred dishes.
Pani puriPav bhajiPaneer tava pulav
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: concreteplayground.com, sitchu.com.au, eatdrinkplay.com
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Malabar
Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
A long-running South Indian restaurant with six kinds of dosa.
DosaSouth Indian banquet
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: concreteplayground.com
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Delhi 'O' Delhi
Newtown, Sydney, Australia
A warm neighbourhood favourite where the owner likes to steer guests past the usual dishes.
CurriesHomemade naan
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: concreteplayground.com

How we chose

Picked from Concrete Playground, Sitchu and Eat Drink Play's Sydney guides, with Good Food Guide hats noted where the sources mention them. Restaurants change, close and lose or gain stars, so check before you travel. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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