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The Best Indian Restaurants in Adelaide for a Spicy Feast
From comforting curries to spicy rice dishes and garlic naan, these are the best Indian restaurants Adelaide has to offer.
Few cuisines know how to integrate spices and comforting flavours into their dishes quite like Indian food. Spices mingle and mix together to create a fusion of intense flavour is a joyful experience from that very first bite in an experience like no other.
Whether you’re wanting a comforting winter feed or a cooling, refreshing dessert, these are the best Indian restaurants in Adelaide that promise not to disappoint.
The Logical Indian
Named Best Indian Restaurant in South Australia at the 2025 Restaurant & Catering Awards for Excellence, The Logical Indian serves up the vibrant flavours of Tamil Nadu’s Coromandel Coast right on Hutt Street. Crowd favourites like mixed dhal, paneer butter masala, aloo jeera — and yes, butter chicken — hit every note between bold, soulful, and downright addictive. Tradition meets today’s foodie vibe, and every bite proves why this South Indian spot is a must on your Adelaide dining radar.
202 Hutt Street, Adelaide
Daughter in Law
Daughter in Law is all about serving ‘unauthentic Australian Indian’ food and desserts. Their restaurant is bright, lively and full of character, and is a quirky spot to enjoy a long lunch or dinner date. Their cocktail list is as unique as their interiors, with house-made drinks that you won’t find elsewhere. As for the food menu, you’ll find classics like Lamb Rogan Josh, dhal, and their delicious ‘unauthentic’ butter chicken.
290 Rundle Street, Adelaide
Laxmi’s Tandoori Indian Restaurant
Laxmi’s Tandoori Indian Restaurant is an inner-suburban gem that’s family-owned and run. Using traditional methods of cooking with a tandoor, the food here is authentic, spicy, and full of flavour. Plus, they were awarded the title of the bets Indian restaurant in Adelaide in 2023 at the Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence in South Australia.
Their classic tandoori dishes include chicken tikka, fish tikka, garlic prawn tandoori and if you’re feeling like a little bit of everything, a mixed tandoori platter. Make sure you order some of their traditional curries to go along with your meal, too, as they’re absolutely delicious.
Laxmi’s Tandoori Indian Restaurant also had a Sunday buffet between 5-7pm. What better way to end a week than with an Indian feast?
295 Glen Osmond Road, Glenunga
Indian Delights
This restaurant is named fittingly, as they’re serving up some incredible Indian delights that have us salivating. Indian Delights, located on Pulteney Street, is a gorgeously traditional Indian spot in Adelaide to add to your dining hit list. You must order either the cheese naan or paneer naan (or both) to go alongside your curry of choice for a unique spin on the classic comfort bread. Feel like trying something that’s not usually on the cards for you? Their goats curry is a must.
445 Pulteney Street, Adelaide
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