The bar at Enter Via Laundry serves Indian chaat (snacks) and inventive cocktails.

This ambitious Carlton North fine diner is loosening things up with its new front bar

Walk-ins,Indian street snacks and an open door:it’s an all-new era at Carlton North fine-diner Enter Via Laundry.

  • Emma Breheny
Chip butty with butter chicken gravy at Derrel’s.

Nine of Sydney’s best Indian eateries and restaurants

From crowd-pleasing biryani and naan to new-wave creations such as chai lamingtons,Sydney’s Indian restaurants cater to every palate.

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Fish nadan,a crowd favourite from the Rochester Hotel.

The hot new (and upcoming) Indian restaurants you need to know about right now

A wave of young chefs is transforming the city’s Indian dining landscape. We find out why,and reveal the best places to try it.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Kale chips battered in chickpea flour,with beetroot puree and drizzled with a trio of chutneys.
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This thrilling modern Indian restaurant is an excellent addition to Lygon Street

And its “unreasonably authentic” menu is different to the classic Australian-Indian dishes you might expect.

  • Dani Valent
Mango lassi dessert from Aanya,a new fine-diner with Indian flavours.

Butter chicken pizza or Indian fine dining? The dead end of Smith Street is about to get glitzy

Turn left for a pub-pizzeria,right for contemporary chef’s table dining when two dramatically different Indian restaurants open in the same building.

  • Emma Breheny
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Ravnish Gandhi with his parents Jaspal and Arvind Gandhi.

Melbourne Indian hospitality royalty open new bigger,brighter bayside restaurant

Cafe Southall,the follow-up to beloved restaurant Bombay by Night,has moved to a bigger spot near the sea. And it’s sparked excitement in the kitchen.

  • Emma Breheny
Snacks at the bar will include rissois,a Goan bite similar to a croqutte.

Secretive restaurant Enter Via Laundry will soon add a bar – and a front door

This bold Indian restaurant has always had an air of mystery. But owner Helly Raichura is about to pull back the curtain and invite guests in for a drink.

  • Emma Breheny
Chip butty with butter chicken gravy.
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Sydney needs more places like this where you can BYO for free and dip hot chips in butter-chicken gravy

Late-night curry canteen Derrel’s might be Sydney’s most unique – and kitsch –takeaway shop.

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Babaji’s Kerala Kitchen opens second restaurant in lush Warburton.

This newly hatted Indian restaurant just opened a second location

The setting on Melbourne’s fringe feels like a tropical hideaway,the perfect backdrop for Babaji’s coastal cuisine.

  • Emma Breheny
Mischa Tropp is about to open his first permanent restaurant.

A beloved Fitzroy bar is a hot new address for saffron martinis,dosas and Indian disco

A trailblazing young chef has transformed Mono XO into an affordable late-night hangout serving his favourite south Indian dishes.

  • Emma Breheny