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Post by PariS on Jun 13, 2011 11:30:58 GMT -5
Does anyone have a good recommendation for Indian food in Paris? We're taking our daughter's family with us in December, and they've heard Indian food is sooo much better in Europe than what we get around here. I get the impression it's better in London than Paris, but no matter, they still want to test it out. I've scoped out a place near our apartment called Sabraj--anyone familiar with it?
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Post by Jody on Jun 13, 2011 15:14:07 GMT -5
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Post by PariS on Jun 13, 2011 15:54:21 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, Jody. I think I'm going to have to dissuade them  Doesn't sound worth the trek across town with the little ones! |
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Post by sdtraveller on Jun 13, 2011 22:52:58 GMT -5
A few years ago, we went to a nice Indian resto on Boulevard Saint-Michel between the Les Gobelins and the Saint-Marcel metros. It was on the side of Bvd S-M closer to rue Poliveau. Still there? I don't know. But it should about a mile (+/-) from your apartment.
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Post by phread on Jun 14, 2011 0:34:38 GMT -5
Hi there. I have not yet found a good indiam restau in Paris, although I have looked. There is a place in London, however, tnat is almost worth the Eurostar.....
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Post by geordy on Jun 14, 2011 6:50:51 GMT -5
Wasn't Anne looking into this a few years ago? If I recall correctly her daughter wanted Indian for her B'day dinner?  Don't remember how it turned out as we have the same B'day so I was in Paris! ;D |
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Post by Anne on Jun 14, 2011 7:52:23 GMT -5
Of course you were Geordy, we met for Sunday lunch the very next day in a brasserie near Montparnasse !
After looking at all the fancy Indian places in Paris, we finally ended up going to Arti, 173 rue Lecourbe, 15th arr because daughter wanted to be close to her apartment as she was going out to a concert just afterwards. We loved the food, and she has been going back with friends quite regularly in the past two years. It's North Indian food, not a fancy place but a simple neighborhhod restaurant, very busy on evenings.
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Post by PariS on Jun 14, 2011 9:38:06 GMT -5
Thanks so much, sdtrav and Anne--I will look both these spots up as possibilities! I'd much prefer a place that someone I "know" has been to, since I know next to nothing about Indian! (I know naan, and that's about it! The few times I've had Indian food, others have ordered for me and I have no idea what I ate!)
Phread--I'm very intrigued! We have been tossing around the idea of a quick trip up to London so Dana can see her friend, so that actually might work!
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Post by suzanne on Jun 14, 2011 9:45:02 GMT -5
I've never eaten Indian food in my life. Sweetcarolineinparis.com has a blog about a place called Saravana Bhavon, 170 Rue du Faubourg, Metro Gare du Nord.
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Post by PariS on Jun 14, 2011 11:46:33 GMT -5
Suzanne, Indian food mustn't be too big here in So. Cal! The few times I've had it have been elsewhere. Saravana Bhavon is mentioned in the link from Jody, and does sound like one of the better options from what I've read. Thanks!
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Post by mossie on Jun 14, 2011 13:19:50 GMT -5
You need Kerouac to advise you here. The address should be 170 rue du Faubourg St Denis and it is just beside Gare du Nord a few doors up from the junction of rue de Dunkerque and rue La Fayette. Google Earth is what you need and that shows a different name, although it does list Saravanaa Bhavan at that address. In its favour it is in the ethnic Indian/SE Asian area, so should be authentic All very confusing I'm afraid, and that is not Paris' best area. I'm just not into Indian food, so cannot help there. |
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Post by suzanne on Jun 14, 2011 14:28:49 GMT -5
We spent the last weekend in May in Vancouver, B.C. I've never seen so many ethnic restaurants. We were looking for meat and potatoes and kept coming upon Indian and Chinese.
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Post by Darcy on Jun 14, 2011 20:48:26 GMT -5
Thanks for asking this question, Annette! I love Indian food after being introduced to it by a fellow student while at university in Toronto, many, many years ago. Now that I live in a metropolitan area again, I'm really enjoying Indian/Asian food again. Haven't found a French resto here yet!  I will check out the places that Anne and Suzanne suggested, thanks. Mossie, I find that part of Paris fascinating. I've walked from Metro Chapelle down to Passage Brady where I buy Indian spices at 1/16th (I did the math) the price I pay in the US! I like poking around in the shops and I found a good place for lunch at the corner of rue de Dunkerque and rue d'Alsace, La Vie en Train (French not Indian). After walking all morning, those chairs that are actually very comfortable train seats were a welcome sight. Although India is a country that is near the top of my bucket list, I do understand that most people are not as fond of the idea as I am. |
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Post by kerouac on Jun 15, 2011 9:54:27 GMT -5
Little India is definitely in the Faubourg Saint Denis area, but none of the restaurants are really fancy -- they are mostly destined for the community, but just like Passage Brady 20 years ago, Parisians are now settling into the restaurants drooling. The fantastic aroma as I walk through the area practically makes my head spin.
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Post by PariS on Jun 15, 2011 16:33:52 GMT -5
Kerouac, I don't need fancy, just really good food!
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Post by Darcy on Jun 15, 2011 23:01:24 GMT -5
Annette, I know we're both eagerly awaiting a suggestion or two from Kerouac and I agree with his comment on head spinning aromas. Mmmmm..... good!
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Post by denise on Jun 16, 2011 3:58:44 GMT -5
You need Kerouac to advise you here. The address should be 170 rue du Faubourg St Denis and it is just beside Gare du Nord a few doors up from the junction of rue de Dunkerque and rue La Fayette. Google Earth is what you need and that shows a different name, although it does list Saravanaa Bhavan at that address. In its favour it is in the ethnic Indian/SE Asian area, so should be authentic All very confusing I'm afraid, and that is not Paris' best area. I'm just not into Indian food, so cannot help there. >>"Saravana Bhavon"<< We had lunch at the above Indian restaurant in March (it must be the same one) and it was excellent. At the side of Gare Du Nord on Rue Faubourg St Dennis. It was excellent I would go back. Tasted much more like the authentic Indian food I am used to. It is a vegetarian Indian restaurant. unpretentious and inexpensive. I had a dosa, and Michael had something else I cannot remember the name of. It consisted of a large pancake or nan and then selections of different curries and chutneys plus rice. We also had a nice dessert. Unusual in Indian restaurants. ( the Paris influence!) I live in an area where there is a high Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani population, so I am used to authentic curries. Plus we have the famous "curry mile " in Manchester. I would agree that in the main the Indian food in Paris is relatively bland to our taste.. Although we have had a good meal in the Passage Brady at the other end of rue Faubourg St Dennis (around number 43) nearer to metro Strasbourg St Dennis. I would agree that this is not the "pretty, pretty" area of Paris, but I think rue Faubourg St Dennis is very interesting at both ends. I love the market Street at the Strasbourg St Dennis end and of course there is the Porte st Dennis, Arche. Incidentally, Michael got an excellent haircut at the Gare du Nord end of rue Strasbourg St Dennis, near the restaurant, in a Turkish barber when we stayed for a month. Denise Love from England |
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Doesn't sound worth the trek across town with the little ones! 
Let the riot begin! LOL - 
hahahha