Royal India Köln — Restaurant in Cologne

Favorite Vegetarian/Vegan Restaurant!!

If you are looking for authentic homestyle Indian food then this is the right place! Nostalgia hit hard the moment I took the first bite of Dal and Rice. I have eaten at various places in NRW region but have never come across such a nice nice and warm "homestyle" Indian restaurant. If you're reading this, please visit this place and try the "all you can eat" buffet priced at 14€ (weekends). The owner is a very friendly person and serves food as if he's doing a "service to the society". This Indian gesture is reminiscent of my home. Regarding the food, it is a great bargain to eat such healthy and nutritious food as much as you want for 14€ (on weekdays, it is around 10€). All of it is very delicious! I took 3 servings of almost everything and ate to my heart's delight. They accept EC cards ONLY along with cash (bargeld). Shower some love to this place coz I feel it is very underrated. As an Indian, I feel this is a hidden gem.

P.S - If you're a vegan or vegetarian, this place is...

I would recommend this restaurant to everyone who visits or lives in Cologne.

This place reminded me of a good vegetarian restaurant in my hometown in India. The food was delicious, the staffs were really polite and the restaurant is really kept clean and smells amazing with the scents of incense sticks. We ordered Aloo paratha and Malai Kofta as the main course. The Malai kofta was the best one I have had in any Indian restaurant in Germany. We also ordered Nimbu Pani(Lemon juice) Indian style, which was really refreshing too. And finally, as dessert, we ordered the 2 varieties of Barfi which they prepare themselves at the restaurant. Both were really tasty. I do not live in Cologne, and I came across this restaurant by chance during a visit, and it has been a delightful experience (also since it is generally difficult to find authentic Indian...

Good food, the only problem I have is with the authenticity. Very, very homely taste, reminded me a bit of home. Ordered a Day menu, which came with a dal makhni, which wasn't truly a dal makhni, rather mixture of other lentils, the second dish was a subzi, which would still pass as a subzi, the raita was alright, roti authentic, very very home-like, and the kheer was also good but too sweet for my liking. The pricing overall was pretty good. All of this was 8,90€. If you want to eat something which is close to what people cook in India, this place is recommended. Not a place for authenticity...