Bollywood Cafe Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I was only in the LA area for two days & when I travel I always go for Indian. Bollywood Cafe thoroughly pleased. I ordered the chicken vindaloo (and verified I wanted it "hot"), an order of samosas, two naans, and two orders of rice, which turned out to be more than enough for my party of two at about $25 total.

The vindaloo was great: wonderfully flavorful curry, good quality meat (mixed white and dark), and hot enough to let you know you're alive without trying to prove anything. (I'm one of these people who grows chili's in the backyard and tosses them into take-out, leftovers, etc. if it's not spicy enough). The samosas were crispy and nicely tasty with the coriander/cilantro and mango chutneys. There was a goodly amount of saffron in the rice and the naan were definitely up to snuff. You have to order the rice, it's not an automatic side. It's better than any rice I've made at home but if I lived in the area I might experiment, so I suppose this could be a neat option. (It seems some reviewers below found this arrangement disingenuous; the staff took care to let me know when I ordered).

It was extremely busy when I came by. They took about 15 phone orders while I waited for my carry-out, and the small but classy dining area was full. So I was impressed both by their efficiency and by their friendliness, not just with the customers but with each other: you can tell this is a...

This is a nice and cosy Indian restaurant, the decor has a retro vibe with very nice table settings, cloth napkins and table cloths, the staff was very pleasant and paint with us, I don’t love cilantro (coriander) and I forget to ask for it to be removed when ordering, I asked a couple of minutes later and they accommodated me.

We ordered, the Onion Pakora was good one was a little more well done then the other.

The Garlic Naan was incredible, lots of garlic, the crispy bottom and the soft and chewy bread, I’m drooling as I write this, get this naan.

I love Peshwari Naan, it was good to try different takes, this was more coconut with less raisin based, it was less sweet then other peshwari then I tried.

The dishes were amazing, a little bit more then we could finish. The rice was so good as well, I don’t think enough focus is ever put on the rice because it’s a little over shadowed by the curry, but there rice was...

I wish I had an option for ZERO starts I would have gone with that option. Here’s how my FIRST visit at this location was like:

I and my two friends decided to go to an Indian restaurant, get some samosa appetizers and good old fashioned chai. See that we’re three people so ofcourse we were going to order multiple appetizer options alongwith chai. Immediately, we were told that the restaurant doesnt serve chai alone. Which is when we brought to his attention that hey we’re ordering appetizers too and that too multiple ones. He then responded saying yeah the restaurant doesnt serve only appetizers either its a part of the rule. He was super disrespectful about it and we had to leave to restaurant as a result. A fellow indian treating other indians like his!! I’m so upset and would never recommend this place to anyone. If you are craving good indian food and good service PLEASE DO NOT GO...