Coastal Goan Plates at Sula on Davie

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

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

Named for chef Tushar Tondvalkar's mother and the Marathi word for poetry, Kavita's Ammakase tasting earns both meanings course by course.

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

Satnam Singh's polished Yaletown Indian room, where the tandoor and the cocktail program are locked in a tie for the highlight.

A decades-long West Broadway fixture serving Kashmiri and Mughlai recipes nobody else in the city is cooking.

Vikram Vij's legendary modern Indian room, where the wine-marinated lamb popsicles have been redefining romance since the '90s.

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

North Van's quietly confident Indian room: rogan josh, naan from the tandoor, and an underground parking situation nobody warns you about.

Named for Old Delhi's postal code, this candle-lit Fairview bistro turns chaat and kebabs into a full stylish occasion.

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

The Karma Indian Bistro team opened their 20 seat Kitsilano dosa room in August under a new name, and the fermented dosas were worth both the wait and the rebrand.

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

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