First Indian restaurant we tired in area. Food was very good, fresh, tasty. After ordering your…read moremain dish you have access to buffet with various sides. Atmosphere was lovely and host/owner was fantastic. Five star for customer service! Will for sure return.

3 words: All. Vegetarian. Buffet. At lunch, you eat off the buffet exclusively and for dinner you…read moreget to order an additional main course and eat off the buffet for your sides. Buffet includes: samosas, pakoras, dal, palaak paneer, a mushroom dish, two types of rice (regular and biryani-style,) several salads, a handful of desserts, roti, and probably some other stuff I can't remember. There are lots of meat-based main dishes at dinner or you can order more of the vegetarian options. There are also your usual naan options (regular, cheese, and garlic) as well as various lassis. Lunch is 11€ and dinner is between 11 and 18€ (before drinks, bread, etc.) The guy who runs this place is super friendly and speaks perfect English. They also host events with Bollywood dancers, yoga, meditation, etc. You can follow their facebook page for more info on that stuff. I'm a big fan! Side note: They do not accept credit cards so bring your cash and/or restaurant tickets.

This is probably my favorite Indian restaurant. Amazing and original flavors in a great atmosphere…read more Highly recommended for vegetarians as well.

From the owner: Venez découvrir les cuisines régionales de l'Inde dans une ambiance de bistro !read more

Nice people, bad food. Meat not fresh, rice reheated and clumpy, Lassi was basically just milk…read more Avoid.

Excellent, friendly service. The server knew what vegan meant so I didn't have to do much…read moreexplaining. One of the best biryanis I've had. Thumbs up!

From the owner: Charmes indiens Situé en bordure de Rhône, ce restaurant propose une cuisine indienne de qualité…read morequi marie fort bien les épices. Vous pourrez y déguster des plats typiques cuits dans le tandoor (four traditionnel indien), des légumes, de la volaille, de l'agneau ou des fruits de mer avec mention spécial pour le Kofta curry (boulettes de viande avec sauce au citron, gingembre et coriandre) et les beignets d'aubergines. Le service est très sympathique, assuré par un personnel habillé en costumes traditionnels. Toute une ambiance.

Had a good meal here. Courteous staff, clean place, well prepared food. They however do not have a…read morelot of vegetarian options. We just had a choice of 2 entrees. A bit disappointed. If they could increase their offerings and offer plain rice with their entrees as most Indian restaurants do, this would be a restaurant to contend with.

We stopped in without a reservation and we're so grateful they could seat us. The meal was…read moredelicious! We shared the chicken tikka masala and the saag. It may be the best Indian/Pakistani food we've tasted. You won't be sorry to try this place!

Delicious food, fantastic service. Wonderful vegetarian options…read more Went on a Sunday and ordered weekend specials with friends and we all shared everything -- can't recommend this enough! Make sure to finish with the café gourmand or chai gourmand, c'est excellent !

The food was great!! We are from San Francisco and Miami and loved the authentic environment and…read morefood. The butter chicken and vegetable samosas were to die for! Fresh ingredients and the oil used was new which makes the friend samosas delicious and light. They served some chips and sauce to wet the pallet and the owner was a delight. I definitely recommend if you are staying in the Lyon area.

Best pakora in town, good fries too. These guys have been at it for years, and somehow always…read moremanage a smile despite the insane amount of business they do. Very often the atmosphere inside is quite packed, but I've had more than one fun conversation with people I've met there due to the limited seating. I grew up in Asia, if you're not used to (real) hot sauce, opt for the Pili Pili (which is quite good), but if you want to become a hiccuping dragon, their hot "sauce indienne", like their pakora, is excellent.

Very good "Tandoori poulet" with exotic spices. Not expensive. :) There is some place inside to…read moreseat.

We came to Lyon for a couple of days to visit a friend. After a horrible day of delays and…read morecontinuous problems, we wanted a good meal. This restaurant came to us by surprise. We hadn't tried Indian food before. Just arriving there a nice mood could be breathed on the environment. The combos they have are real combos: 3-4 dishes plus desert and side dish... We definitely recommend the Tandoori Chicken, the Cheese Nan (Cheese Pancake), the Chicken Curry, the Plaow (Basmati Rice) and the Halwa (sweet sponge with vanilla cream) made our dinner the best we've had in some time. The staff (Indian and Asian, as the restaurant had a fusion of Asian and Indian food) were really kind, funny and smiley. The perfect English of the Indian gentleman serving us was very helpful.

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Since we arrived in Lyon about 2 years ago we basically were told that there is no reasonable…read moreIndian in Lyon. This must have been a mistake. While having a pleasant evening walk in the vieux Lyon we pulled up Yelp and looked for a nearby Indian. We ended up at royal Indian and had a pleasant surprise. Despite fact that they ran out of the meat samosas the main dish was delicious and truly spicy ( read the French don't eat spicy so it's rare to find) . it was quiet busy and there was only one staff person serving but she was extremely friendly..... Will be back here....

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Amazing service, amazing ambiance, and truly the best indian food i've ever had in my life. I got…read morethe palaak paneer and cheese naan and I think it healed something deep within me.... i am a changed person after eating here. I will take the spirit of this food with me whenever I go. Also amazing restaurant name

Best Indian food in France - as an indian I recommend this place for food , service and ambiance…read more Do not go to any other india place