Indian restaurants in Singapore City
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Tiffin Room
A Raffles institution to rank with the Long Bar and Bar & Billiard Room, this priceless dining room, complete with lazy ceiling fans, takes our prize for best buffet in town. The largely North Indian food is superb and the temptation to overeat almost irresistible. The tourist-friendly reduced chilli content is the only disappointment.
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Kinara
Take a riverside table or eat inside the renovated shophouse, decked-out like a haveli (ornately decorated Indian residence) with copper, iron, teak and sandstone. Try the tandoori hari machli aftab (boneless fish tikka marinated and cooked in the oven).
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Banana Leaf Apolo
Supremely tourist-friendly restaurant famed for its fish-head curry (dig into the delish meat on those fishy cheeks!). Can’t face a fish face? Standards like rogan josh (tomato and red-pepper lamb curry) and lamb vindaloo (spicy Central or South Indian curry) are less confronting.
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Samy’s Curry Restaurant
For 25 years the ceiling fans have spun above Samy’s munificent curries in this leafy, open-walled, timber-shuttered colonial throwback. Recent renovations have removed some of the charm but the fish-head curry is still sublime. Come early for a verandah table.
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Countryside Cafe
A relaxed, friendly and cosy shophouse eatery ostensibly aimed at the local backpacker crowd, but attracting a broad range of people with its well-priced Western and Indian food (excellent veggie burgers), eager service and cheap beers ($6.50 for a pint of Tiger – about half the price of a city pub!). The Countryside’s smart interior design, with its bookshelves and small wine collection, add a touch of charm not usually found in your average traveller joint.
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Anjappar
Originally from Chennai, this restaurant dynasty has spread to Singapore and proved extremely popular for its outstanding Chettinad cuisine, from the deep south of India. Favourites are the mutton uppu kari (a dry, spicy mutton curry) and the chicken nattu koli masala (chicken in a spicy gravy), the latter guaranteed to have you bathing in a sweat of chilli bliss.
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Mango Tree
An oasis of sophistication among the general Marine Cove brashness in East Coast Park, Mango Tree is a small, stylish beachfront eatery specialising in coastal Indian food, mainly from Goa and Kerala. The outside tables are nice if it’s breezy, but the ambience can be spoiled a little by the nearby bars, so it’s better to head inside.
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Samundar
It boasts one of those vast menus that can drive you mad with indecision, but stick with the tandoor menu and you won’t go wrong (unless you’re vegetarian – but even then you have 15 choices). Order three days in advance for the special sikandari raan (marinated leg of lamb) – a snip at $84.
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Kashmir
From the moment a waiter brings a bowl of warm water and a towel to your table for you to wash your hands, you suspect you might be in for a good meal and excellent service – and you are! Stick with the Kashmiri specialities (marked with a maple leaf) and you’ll walk out a very happy person.
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Vansh
An unusual Indian restaurant, in that it's ditched the usual Indian decor in favour of an eye-catching modern design with recessed, cushion-laden seating, Vansh's take on the cuisine is equally impressive. The tandoor offerings are superb - or go on Sundays for all-you-can-eat kebabs and beer.
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Saffron Bistro
Saffron Bistro offers a modern take on classic Indian dishes, its chefs using less oil for a healthier product. The lamb vindaloo will clear the humidity from your nasal passages; the cheesy palak paneer will have a more calming effect.
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Andhra Curry
No-frills restaurant that prides itself on fiery recipes from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Order up some Hyderabadi biryani (oven-baked rice with vegetables and meat). Masala tea helps quell the fire in your belly. On Sunday nights it’s mayhem!
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Lucky Prata
You’d have to be extremely lucky to get a table at this joint during lunchtime. If you do, thank your lucky stars, roll up your sleeves and tuck into roti prata and teh tarik (‘pulled’ tea).
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Ganges
The Ganges' cool granite floors and calm sensibilities are a departure from the grimy streets downstairs. Once you've chilled-out, flow like a river towards the burgeoning buffet and load-up your plate.
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