Amritsari Kulcha at Ustaad G76

Butter chicken poutine, paneer tacos and spiced cocktails in Surrey's slickest Indian lounge, open until 3am.

Newton's 4.7-rated pure-veg temple: a dosa longer than the table, six little steel bowls, and zero pressure to be elegant about it.

Crispy, forearm-length dosas and midnight filter coffee until 3am, for the night that isn't over yet.

A dum biryani lid that opens in a cloud of saffron, a mandi built for two, and the kitchen open until 2am on weekends.

The legendary Chennai tiffin institution arrives in North Delta with crispy dosas, a filter coffee ritual, and an unlimited weekend thali that earns the drive.

Delhi golgappa you pop one at a time, a mithai counter glowing with barfi and jalebi, and a 4.5 from regulars who know their pani puri.

One of Vancouver's highest-rated Indian spots on The Drive, where street-food snacks flow into proper cocktails and a room that hums.

South Indian dosas with a cocktail list built for spice, low lighting, and 2,300 reviewers who've already figured this out.

Where Pondicherry's centuries-old French-Indian love affair lands in Hastings-Sunrise, with a coconut tequila chaser.

Gary, Anu, and thirty years at the stove make Langley's top-rated Indian worth every minute of the drive.

A sleek Coquitlam bistro with a 4.5 across nearly a thousand reviews, because the lamb biryani has something to say for itself.

South-west Indian coastal cooking, Vancouver Foodster Curry Challenge winner, in a Surrey room where coconut and tamarind run everything.

House-ground spices, dum-steamed goat biryani, and a 4.7 rating that makes two thousand Googlers sound completely reasonable.

Named after an epic, delivering on it: North Delta's 4.6-rated Hyderabadi dum biryani, sealed under dough and saffron-stained.