9 restaurants · updated November 2026

The Best Indian Restaurants in Vancouver

Vancouver's Indian food has two centres of gravity: the city itself, where Vij's helped invent modern Indian cooking in Canada and a new generation now cooks with BC seafood and produce, and Surrey, home to one of the biggest Punjabi communities outside India.

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Modern Indian 4 Downtown and the West End 5

Modern Indian

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Vij's
Georgia Straight readers' poll winner
Cambie, Vancouver, Canada
The restaurant that made Vikram Vij and Meeru Dhalwala famous, and still the readers' favourite Indian restaurant in the city.
Lamb popsiclesSeasonal curries
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: straight.com, indie88.com
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Kavita
Vancouver Magazine Gold, Best Indian (2026)
Kitsilano, Vancouver, Canada
Chef Tushar Tondvalkar cooks regional Indian dishes with BC ingredients. A new name that has already won a lot of praise.
Regional fish currySlow-cooked meats
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Lila
Main Street, Vancouver, Canada
Creative, plant-forward cooking in a small Main Street room.
Garam masala jackfruitLingcod in ginger coconut curry
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Peya
Hastings-Sunrise, Vancouver, Canada
Playful dishes from the east side, with real technique behind them.
Fig and goat cheese samosaRabbit biryaniTandoori Cornish hen
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Downtown and the West End

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Tasty Indian Bistro
Yaletown, Vancouver, Canada
A busy, modern room with a local following and branches in Delta and Abbotsford.
Tandoori lamb chopsPaneer tacos
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Delhi 6 Indian Bistro
Downtown, Vancouver, Canada
Old Delhi flavours in a small, polished downtown room.
Mango prawn curryGoat curryRasmalai
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Sula Indian Restaurant
Main Street, Commercial Drive and Davie, Vancouver, Canada
Bright, spicy cooking and good cocktails at three locations.
Railway vada pav slidersPaneer butter masala
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Davie Dosa Company
West End, Vancouver, Canada
A South Indian dosa bar in a former Italian restaurant on Davie.
DosaSouth Indian cocktails
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Gurkha Himalayan Kitchen
West End, Vancouver, Canada
Nepali and Indian cooking with very good momos.
ChatpateLamb chili momoJackfruit curry
Details, rating and dishes MapSources: opentable.com.mx

How we chose

Picked from OpenTable's Vancouver list, the Georgia Straight readers' poll and Indie88, with Vancouver Magazine award notes where restaurants have won 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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