Anarkali Indian Restaurant 7013 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038

"Absolutely shocked there aren’t lines out the door for this place. Had some of the best South Asian food I’ve ever had here. Went looking for Thali which is a variety of dishes served on a single platter. To start, the service was fantastic, every one from host to the servers were incredibly helpful and friendly. Told the server we wanted Thali which wasn’t on the menu and he recommended a larger version of it, the dinner for two but made it for three since there were three of us. As you can see it included a lot of food, three meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, rice, naan, daal, plus soup and samosas to start. Total only came out to around $120 including tip. Literally not one bad dish. Loved the chicken vindaloo and the tandoori was the best I’ve ever had. But the korma was also rich and complex and the daal was so flavorful and I typically don’t care for daal. All in all an incredible meal with great service at very fair prices. Will def be back."

"What a hidden gem !! Delicious, full of flavors and spices authentic Indian food. Highly recommend lamb biryani and assorted naan breads. Vegetable samosas are fantastic with delicious sauce."

"first and foremost the hospitality is always amazing. the only thing better than the hospitality is the food. been here and ordered online as well numerous times and was always pleased. love the tandoori chicken with every cell of my body. and i’m usually vegetarian lol."

"It’s a big disappointment for us tonight at this restaurant which boasted celebrating 40 yrs in LA. Our family of 5 went to this place around 6.40PM and ordered food by about 7PM. We had to wait for 55 minutes for the food to be served. Curries taste was below expectation with less salt and very low spice, despite we requested for medium spice. Rice pudding was served as a desert and unfortunately I returned it back as I found a hair string in the desert. It gave me a feeling that having served customers for 40 years management became complacent and stopped caring about quality and customer satisfaction."

"Delicious food and great portions! The owner is really nice and welcoming and the restaurant itself is clean. I’m vegan and there were tons of options too. We got the garlic naan, butter naan, vegetable samosas, paneer, chicken tikka masala, vegetable tikka masala, tofu coconut curry, chicken and lamb tandoori, and rice pudding. The tikka masalas were on the sweeter side, but still really good. Would definitely come again when visiting LA!"