South Indian Dosas at Benne

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Butter chicken that earns its fame, a tandoor running hot, and the rare gift of easy parking on date night.

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

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