The 10 Best Indian Restaurants in Pattaya (2026)

"Mantra opened in 2005 and has spent the next two decades becoming the standard against which other Pattaya restaurants are measured."

The restaurant occupies a sprawling space at the Amari Pattaya on Beach Road, with the dining room organized around six visible cooking stations - Japanese sushi/sashimi/robata, Indian tandoor and curry, Chinese dim sum and wok, Italian wood-fired pizza and pasta, Mediterranean charcoal grill, and a raw seafood bar. The format is unusual: rather...

Order: Sunday Champagne brunch (10:00-15:00), Tandoori mixed grill platter from the live tandoor, Wood-fired Margherita pizza

"Edge sits on Level 14 of the Hilton Pattaya - the hotel's all-day dining flagship and one of Pattaya's most consistently praised hotel buffets."

The Hilton itself occupies the top of the Central Festival mall complex on Beach Road, which means the building is taller than its floor count suggests (the mall floors below are themselves substantial), and Level 14 actually delivers genuine bay views from a real elevation. The restaurant is divided into two dining environments: an air-conditio...

Order: Saturday + Sunday Weekend Brunch (12:00-15:00, ~1,400-1,500 THB), 7 Days 7 Themes Buffet by the Bay (evening, rotating theme), Premium Seafood Buffet (selected evenings)

"Indian by Nature is the rare Pattaya restaurant where the consensus opinion - 'best Indian in town' - is now backed by the strongest possible institutional endorsement: inclusion in the 2026 MICHEL..."

The restaurant has earned this recognition through 22 years of consistent operation. Founded in 2004 in the Chateau Dale Complex on Thappraya Road in Jomtien (the same complex that houses Bruno's, the city's first independent fine-dining restaurant), Indian by Nature has been led from the kitchen by Executive Chef Av Khanijou since opening. Chef...

Order: Kashmiri Fish (Chef Av's monthly special when in season), Crab Masala (whole crab with aromatic spice paste), Chicken Tikka (tandoor-cooked, served in flame pot)

"Palace Restaurant occupies the ground floor of Royal Garden Plaza on Beach Road - one of the most central tourist locations in Pattaya, with the highest foot traffic from Beach Road and Walking Str..."

The decision to put a serious Lebanese-Indian halal restaurant in this location was strategic and correct: Pattaya hosts substantial Muslim visitor traffic from Malaysia, Indonesia, the Middle East, and Bangladesh, and prior to Palace's 2014 opening (approximately), there were limited halal-certified options in the central tourist zone. The dual...

Order: Lebanese mezze platter (mixed), Mixed grill platter, Lamb biryani (clay pot)

"Alibaba Tandoori & Curry Restaurant is Pattaya's oldest Indian restaurant - opened in 1984 and operating continuously at 1/13-14 Central Pattaya Road for over 41 years."

That kind of longevity in a city with high restaurant turnover is itself a quality signal: the restaurant has survived multiple economic crises, political instabilities, the COVID-19 closure period, and changing tourism patterns by maintaining consistent quality. The cuisine is predominantly Mughlai - the refined imperial cooking that emerged fr...

Order: Lamb biryani (dum-style), Mixed tandoori platter, Butter chicken with garlic naan

"Govindam fills a specific gap in Pattaya's restaurant ecosystem: 100% pure vegetarian Indian cuisine with proper Jain food preparation."

For visitors observing strict vegetarian or Jain dietary practices, finding genuinely-no-cross-contamination Indian food in tourist cities is harder than it should be - many 'vegetarian-friendly' restaurants share kitchen equipment with meat preparations or use animal-derived ingredients that escape casual vegetarianism. Govindam is the answer i...

Order: Rajasthani thali (full Rajasthani vegetarian set), Masala dosa, Paneer tikka masala

"Dawat Halal Food is the answer to a question Pattaya rarely asks: 'where can I get authentic Bangladeshi food in this city?' The substantial Bangladeshi visitor population and resident community in..."

Dawat fills this gap while also serving as a credible halal Thai and Indian restaurant - a tri-cuisine operation that on paper sounds compromised but in execution serves each tradition with attention. Located at 397/25-26 Moo 10 Pattayasaisong Road in central Pattaya, the restaurant has built a reputation through 8+ years of operation. The Bangl...

Order: Bangladeshi-style chicken biryani, Kacchi biryani (slow-cooked goat), Beef curry (Bangladeshi)