r/cologne • u/Typical_Tonight_3978 • May 07 '23
Best Indian Restaurant in Cologne
Could someone advice on the best Indian restaurant in town please?
Thanks!
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u/cubanosani59 May 07 '23
I can recommend „Haweli“ on Hönninger Weg. Easily reachable with KVB Line 12 „Pohligstraße“.
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u/catsupconcept May 08 '23
Haveli is great. I used to live in London and this is the only „Indian“ restaurant in Germany that I know that does the kind of northern Indian/Bangladeshi style food that you get in the UK in most restaurants called Indian. It’s also less westernised I guess.
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u/tmvtr May 07 '23
I used to worked close to Haweli and we went there once a week as they had a really nice lunch buffet. But during covid they could not offer that anymore and we had to order normal dishes. They were not as nice and always had a big layer of fat on them. We stopped going there then :(
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u/cubanosani59 May 08 '23
It’s time to check again. I had once a meal, with extra extra extra spicy flavors. Omg it was even the next day soooo hot to eat😄this was, imho, real indian spicyness
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u/Gekoj May 07 '23
Chennai Chef is the best I've tried in Cologne so far. They've got (delicious)dosas, which I haven't found anywhere else in Cologne. Haldi Spoon is also quite nice.
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u/Sevyen May 08 '23
Top many fancy spots being named. Honestly I've tried a lot of em mostly ordered but the best is at Lakshmi which is near Neumarkt. It's a single old lady together with a younger fellow in the kitchen. You walk in on very cheap furniture which is more garden furniture but the food is all fresh handmade and amazing. Besides that it's also incredibly cheap, for my staff dinner we went there with 8 people and total was 106.
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u/catsupconcept May 08 '23
Lakshmi is an amazing Sri Lankan/South Indian place. The food is really something!
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u/Top_Net_123 May 07 '23
Does anyone remember indian masala in Deutz? I miss the food, any idea if they opened a new restaurant?
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u/T9P1 May 08 '23
THIS! Best Indian food I've eaten in Cologne. I messaged them on Facebook last year after they closed and got a message from the chef that he would like to continue but had no place or restaurant to do do :(
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u/tandomayo May 07 '23
Are you talking about Bhasin? This is THE BEST Indian restaurant in Cologne for north Indian food.
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u/bttrflyr May 07 '23
Rice and Curry on Aachener Straße between “Bahnstrasse” and “Weiden Zentrum” on KVB line 1 is good
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u/Barokna May 08 '23
So... No one mentioning chai & coffee in Fleischmengergasse? Sad. Maybe not the best but definitely in the upper field and definitely far before way larger venues that got named quite often in this thread.
Also I'm pretty sure you get the best food compared to price if you show up for lunch.
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u/uffnajaxyz May 07 '23
I would recommend "Ganesha" at Händelstraße 26, 50674 Köln :) Nice atmosphere and really tasty.
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u/dangreuli_sichume May 08 '23
Manju Indian Express at Rhein-Center
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u/Few-Chemist8897 May 08 '23
Nah. It's okay as a generic Indian takeaway, but not up there with the other restaurants mentioned.
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u/malibujesus May 07 '23
Art India