India Palace, Restaurant, Toronto

India Palace Description

India Palace Restaurant is a moderately priced casual restaurant located in the Entertainment District area of Downtown Toronto. India Palace Restaurant specializes in indian cuisine and features a casual atmosphere.

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India Palace Reviews

I have been a regular at India Palace for about four years. I used to go to the other restaurant next door, Little India, but didnt think the food was that great....it was ok, and the place was always packed and the service was ok. One day I decided to go into India Palace when Little India was packed. It was very quiet that evening in India Palace, so I wondered why Little India was packed and this restaurant right next door wasnt. I quickly figured out that the people eating next door were getting the short end of the stick. India Palace had amazing food, and FRIENDLY and fast service. I came back again and again, introducing friends to the amazing food. I go every two weeks for dinner or lunch and now most of the staff knows me by name! They are so friendly and treat me so well. I have seen them be as friendly with other regulars as well. There is nothing better than an amazing meal with amazing and friendly service. I have probably eaten there close to 90 times since I discovered this Queen Street gem and I have never been disappointed!

Yesterday I came by India Palace for their authentic lunch buffet. I have been to over 10 Indian restaurants in the city and I have to say I was very impressed with the meal I had with my colleague. From the décor to the service to the food itself, India Palace ranks among the best in the city. The most important aspect of a good restaurant is, of course, the food. The India Palace buffet has many different dishes (I believe 25-30 items including the salads & desserts). There were a few dishes that need to be mentioned. The samosas tasted great. They were stuffed with potatoes, peas & some carrots. Flaky on the outside and delicious on the inside. I have had a number of different butter chicken dishes throughout the city. This place takes the cake. The butter chicken was the softest and most tender chicken I have ever tasted. It was served with only the best white meat available (unlike some other places that serve the dark meat in their butter chicken). It tasted like it should. The lamb vindaloo was exceptional. It had just the right amount of spice and the lamb was cooked perfectly. Their naan bread served as a great way to eat up all the sauces my plate accumulated as I piled several dishes on my plate at once. The saag paneer, chicken curry, shrimp curry & butter chicken sauces were all great. For all of you vegetable lovers, you will not be disappointed here. There are many vegetarian dishes available at the buffet that include: veggie pakoras, salads, chick peas, palak paneer, Aloo Gobhi Masala and more. I always go for a Mango Lassi when I visit an Indian Restaurant. The one at India Palace tasted great. It was very smooth, had a strong mango flavour & was an excellent compliment to Indian spices in all of the buffet dishes. I will certainly come back soon.

Recently I strolled past India Palace on Queen St. West and I figured I would stop by and sample their lunch buffet, as I had previously seen them on the MenuPalace.com directory. It was an intimate restaurant with a simple yet charming décor, but the service I received was both very friendly and professional. I have eaten at numerous Indian restaurants throughout Toronto, but India Palace has by far the most tender and delicious Butter Chicken dish that I have ever tasted. They offer roughly 20 to 30 different items and dishes, which are all very authentic. I recommend the Samosas, all their Curry dishes, but I also particularly enjoyed their Jumbo Prawn Masala, Beef Vindaloo and their Chicken Tikka Masala. The Naan Bread was very fresh and made for a great sponge to soak up all the wonderful flavours. I enjoyed a fresh and smooth tasting Mango Lassi, which was one of the better ones I have experienced. I would highly recommend India Palace on Queen St. West, as this restaurant is definitely a hidden gem.

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India Palace Menus

Appetizers Soups India Palace Special Mixed Platters India Palace Dinner Special India Palace Tandoori *Specialties Lamb or Beef Chicken Specialty Vegetarian Dishes Seafood Breads Rice Salads Desserts Drinks

Appetizers

Samosa
Flaky Pastry Stuffed with lightly spiced
peas and potatoes.
$3.49     

Vegetable Pakoras
A combination of vegetables fried and a
chick-pea flour.
$3.49

Onion Bhajia
Onion Fritters ( Best with drinks and Aperitifs).
$3.49

Vegetable Spring Roll
Filled with Indian style vegetables and fried.
$3.49

Chicken Pakoras
Chicken marinated with spices and batter fried.
$5.95      

Chicken Cocktail Kabob
Chunky peaces of chicken reshmi kabob cooked in
light gravy with diced onion, tomatoes & green
peppers.
$5.95

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Soups

Vegitable Soup
$ 2.95     

Mulagatawny soup
A popular Indian soup with chicken
and vegetables served hot to your taste.
$ 3.49

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India Palace Special Mixed Platters

Veggie
Samosa, onion bhajia, veggie pakoras and spring roll
$4.95     

Non Veggie
Samosa, chicken pakoras, reshmi kabob and veggie pakoras
$5.95

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India Palace Dinner Special

A superb combination  of tandoori  chicken, reshmi kabob ,
lamb tikka, jumbo prawn, lamb kadai gosht, vegetables of
the day, pulao rice and naan bread. You will call this a
real feast.
For One $15.95
For Two $29.95     

Vegetarian Combo ( Thali)
This is a real feast for veggie lovers!! Delicious combination
of four different vegetables with salad and aloo paratha. Served
with pulao rice, raita and chef's special dessert.
$11.95

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India Palace Tandoori *Specialties

*Tandoori, unique to Indian cuisine is a clay oven
to cook bread and cook meats. All tandooridishes served
with naan bread and salad.
Tandoori Chicken Full:
$17.95
Tandoori Chicken Half:
$10.95     

Reshmi kabob
Minced chicken  marinated in fresh ginger, onion and
spices, threaded on to skewers and grilled in our
tandoori oven.
$9.95

Chicken Tikka
Boneless pieces of white meat chicken, marinated overnight
with spices grilled over clay oven.
$ 10.95

Sabjee Tikka
Fresh colliflower, brocolli, green pepper, onion, tomatoes,
marinated with traditional tandoori sauce & cooked in a  clay oven.
$9.95

Jumbo Prawn Tandoori
Large, juicy jumbo prawn cooked in our tandoori oven and
marinated in delicious spices and yogurt.
$15.95

Spring Lamb Tikka
Boneless spring lamb, marinated with fresh ginger, garlic,
spices and yogurt.
$ 11.95

Paneer Tikka
Home made cottage cheese, marinated in yogurt & special spice
and cooked in tandoori and served with vegetables.
$9.95

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Lamb or Beef

Curry (Lamb or Beef)
Chunk of meat cooked with traditional spicy sauce
$10.95     
            
Bhuna ( Lamb or Beef)
Hot and spicy made with fresh ginger, garlic,
tomatoes and thick sauce
$10.95     

Rogan Josh ( Lamb or Beef)
An exotic kashmiri specialty of meat cooked in a
rich almond sauce
$10.95

Vindaloo (Lamb or Beef)
Lamb or Beef cooked in a red, hot and spicy curry sauce
$10.95

Balti Karahi Gosht (Lamb or Beef)
Your choice of lamb or beef, cooked with fresh ginger,
garlic, tomatoes, green pepper, onion and medium spice
$10.95

Saag Lamb or Beef
Lamb or Beef cooked with chopped fresh spinach
$11.95

Lamb or Beef Korma
Chunks of meat cooked in mildly spiced cashew nut
and cream sauce with saffron
$10.95

Lamb or Beef Nillgiri
Boneless lamb or beef cooked with fresh mint, cashew
nuts and spices
$10.95    

Lamb or Beef Saliboti
Boneless lamb or beef cooked in a special sweet and
sour sauce with aromatic spices and garnished with
matchstick potatoes
$11.95
      
Lamb Pasanda
Roasted spring lamb cooked with a yogurt based cashew nut
sauce and mild spice.
$11.95
      
Lamb Tikka Masala
B.B.Q. boneless spring lamb cooked in a delicious sauce with
julienne capsicum and tomatoes
$11.95

Lamb or beef Dhansak
Boneless lamb or beef cooked in Indian lentils using special
blend of spices with sweet and sour taste
$10.95

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Chicken Specialty

Butter Chicken
Boneless, tender, white chicken cooked
in a mild, creamy tomato sauce with a
mellow flavour. Good for all ages.
$10.95     

Balti Chicken Jalfrezi
Boneless white meat cooked tomatoes,
onion and green peppers
$10.95

Chicken Tikka Masala
barbecued  boneless chicken tikka,
cooked in a delicious medium
spice sauce
$10.95

Chicken Korma
Popular in the courts of Nawbabs. Chicken
cooked in a mild, creamy sauce with cashew nuts  
and saffron.
$10.95

Chicken Vindaloo
Chunks of chicken cooked in a fiery-red,
hot curry sauce with chunks of potato
$10.95

Madras Chicken
A medium-hot curried chicken, cooked in an
onion sauce with a touch of coconut and
curry leaves
$10.95

Saag Chicken
Boneless chicken cooked in a fresh
spinach
$10.95

Chicken Dhansak
Boneless chicken, white meat cooked in
Indian lentils using a special blend of
spices with sweet and sour taste
$10.95

Ginger Chicken Pepper Fry
Hot and spicy boneless chicken, white meat
cooked with fresh ginger, sun dried chilies
and special spices.
$10.95

Mango Chicken
Boneless chicken marinated, fried and
cooked with fresh mango, red peppers
and special spices.
$10.95

Chicken Curry
Boneless chicken, white meat cooked in a
thick sauce with ginger, garlic and special spices.
$10.95

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Vegetarian Dishes

Palak Paneer
Fresh spinach cooked with cottage cheese
$7.49     

Eggplant Bharta
Grilled and mashed, then cooked with fresh
tomatoes, onion and spices
$7.49

Chana Masala
Garbanzo peas cooked with tomatoes,
herbs and spices
$7.49

Daal
A golden puree of lentils with spices
and herbs
$6.99

Aloo Gobhi Masala
Potatoes and cauliflower cooked with
ginger, garlic and spices
$7.49

Vegetable Jalfrezi
Mixed vegetables cooked in a dry sauce
with tomatoes, onion and green pepper
$7.49

Kaju Matar Paneer
Green peas cooked in a dry sauce with
cottage cheese and roasted cashew.
$7.49

Vegitable Korma
Mixed vegetable cooked with cashew
nuts and creamy mild sauces.
$7.49

Paneer Makhni
Home made cottage cheese cooked
in a creamy butter sauce
$7.49

Vegetable Vindaloo
Good news fpr veggie lovers !
Mixed vegetable cooked in a red hot
fiery thick sauce and potatoes.
$7.49

Malai Kofta
Smashed home made cottage cheese
balls with raisins, deep fried and
dumplings in a creamy cashew nut sauce
$7.49

Okra Do-Piazza
Baby garden fresh okra cooked
with garlic, ginger, onions and
tomatoes.
$7.49

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Seafood

Jumbo Prawn Masala
An exotic dish of large juicy prawn sautéed with ginger,
golden fried onions and thick curry sauce
$15.95     

Sweet 'n' Sour Fish Curry
Fish cooked in sweet 'n' sour golden sauce with spices
$12.95

Fish Lababdar
Fish cooked in coconut milk - quite spicy !
$12.95

Shrimp & Fish Vindaloo
Shrimp and fish cooked in a red-hot,
spicy curry sauce
$11.95

Shrimp Saag
Shrimp cooked in a fresh spinach
$11.95

Shrimp Jhalfrezi
Shrimp cooked in a medium spices with onions,
tomatoes and green pepper
$11.95

Shrimp Malai Curry
Bengali Style Shrimp cooked in coconut milk
with a mild curry sauce. Exceptionally good!
$12.95

Telapia Fish Fillets
Boneless Fillets of Telapia Fish cooked with
green onions, ginger, garlic and special spices,
served with polau rice.
$13.95

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Breads

Naan
Light and fluffy bread prepared in our tandoori oven
$1.95

Kashmiri Naan
Naan Stuffed with dried fruits and nuts
$3.49

Garlic Naan
Naan Stuffed with fresh garlic
$2.99

Garlic Kulcha
Naan stuffed with fresh garlic, coriander and mango powder
$3.49

Roti
Whole wheat flaky bread
$1.50

Aloo Paratha
Puffy pastry filled with smashed, spiced potatoes
$2.99

Onion Kulcha
Delicious tandoori bread baked and stuffed with onion and roasted cumin
$3.49

Special Naan
Stuffed with chopped chicken and baked with our tandoori oven
$3.49

Plain Paratha
Multi-layer flaky whole bread
$2.49

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Rice

Pulao Rice
Basmoti rice seasoned with spices and steamed
$3.49

Kashmiri Pulao
Long grain basmoti rice cooked with fruits and nuts.
$5.95

Peas Pulao
Basmoti rice cooked with green peas, onion and spices.
$3.95

Steamed Rice
Steamed long-grain basmoti rice
$2.95

Vegetable Biryani
Basmoti rice, stir fried with mixed vegetables
$7.95

Chicken Biryani
Boneless chicken marinated with spices and cooked with basmoti rice
$8.95

Lamb or Beef Biryani
Chunks of beef or lamb, marinated with spices and steamed with rice
$9.95

Shrimp Biryani
Shrimp cooked in basmoti rice and seasonings
$10.95

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Salads

Fresh House Salad
Romaine Lettuce, red onions, tomatoes, cucumber with home made dressing
$1.95     

Cucumber Salad
Diced onions, tomatoes cucumber with lemon and dressing with Indian spices
$2.50

Mango Chutney
Sweet mango relish
$1.95

Pickles,  Mango or Lime
$1.50

Papad
Lentil crackers
$1.00

Raita
Homemade yogurt with grated cucumber
$1.95

Plain Yogurt
Home made yogurt
$1.50

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Desserts

Gulabjamun
Milk dumpling dipped in sugar syrup
$2.95     

Rasmalai
A Bengal specially made with a cottage cheese ball soaked in sweetened cream
$3.49

Kheer
Rice pudding
$2.95

Kulfi
Indian ice cream made with creamy sweetened milk and frozen in tight moulds
$3.49

Mango Ice Cream
$3.50

Vanilla and Chocolate Ice Cream
$2.50

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Drinks

Mango Shake
Milk with pure mango pulp
$3.50     

Mango Lassi
Yogurt shake with pure mango pulp
$3.50

Lassi (Sweet or Salted)
Refreshing yogurt shake, sweet or salted
$2.75

Soft Drinks
$1.50

Juices (Mango or Orange)
$2.50

Perrier Water
$2.00

Spring water (355ml)
$1.50

Ice Tea
$1.75

Masala Chai
Spiced, aromatic tea
$1.95

Regular Tea or Coffee
$1.50

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