Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Indian

Vegetarian Indian food menu offering dishes like soy meat tikka, eggplant keema curry with minced gluten meat, and tikka with soy ham. Almost all dishes can be made vegan. Location is in Yotsubashi at 大阪府大阪市西区北堀江1-3-7 倉商ビルB1, Yotsubashi station exit 6. Uses no onion or garlic (只在五葷不含素食咖喱大阪). Gluten-free options. Has menu in Chinese. Also sells natural cosmetics and toothpaste from India. Payment in Yen only. Confirmed open December 2021. Open Mon 11:00am-3:00pm, Tue-Sun 5:00pm-10:00pm, Wed-Sun 11:00am-3:00pm. Kitchen stops 9pm.


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82 Reviews

First Review by David Ward

vannyy.o

Points +1697

Vegan
18 Jul 2024

Nice Indian food!

Vegetarian Indian restaurant with a lot of (labeled) vegan options! Food tasted really delicious, also the vegan Spinach Naan (you won’t taste the spinach).

許朝榮

Points +26

Vegan
30 Jun 2024

印度素食~無五辛的好選擇,給5顆星

Very delicious, and kindly,
And no five pungent vegetables.
Introduce with all Vegetarians.

Updated from previous review on 2024-06-30

ルカス

Points +51

Vegan
06 May 2024

Had a great time

The staff is really nice and the food came really fast. I had the dinner set with vegan options, for the price you pay you get a huge amount of things, everything tasted fresh and the spice level was perfect for me to enjoy it. Definitely worth a visit!

Pros: Friendly staff, Great variety, Fair prices

ManushriDave

Points +11

Mostly Veg
28 Apr 2024

Amazing pure veg and vegan food

This is a branch of Iskon. Food is real good and the bestttt veg food I ve had in Japan.

楊慧台

Points +53

Vegetarian
26 Mar 2024

Yeong

Food was good , service excellent , quite a few options for 6 people

Pros: Good service, Variety of choice

Eleallen

Points +36

Vegan
21 Feb 2024

UNREAL CURRY!

Best curry I’ve ever had, so authentic! They will make any of their set menu or al a carte vegan, and it is sooooooo good!

tainagm

Points +101

Vegan
19 Dec 2023

Best Indian food we’ve ever had

Amazing dinner/lunch vegan set! We’ve tried the Accha set, the curry set and the vegan pizza set. It’s difficult to choose which one is the best. Super friendly and kind staff as well.

RyanHagel

Points +242

Vegan
21 Nov 2023

Amazing Authentic Indian. Make sure you get the vegan naan

Loved it! great price and high quality.

Haarithan

Points +59

Vegetarian
10 Nov 2023

Friendly owners, tasty, superb food!

The owner invites you with utmost politeness and joy. Must visit if you're in Osaka.

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-10

Pros: Customer service, Food , Location

RainbowTrainy

Points +1228

Vegan
17 Sep 2023

Average Vegan Indian

Quite average Vegan food.

Nan is not vegan, so I got a lunch set with a salad, soup and two curries with chapati.

The flavour was alright, but not anything mind blowing. It's nice if you're in the area, since everything's easily made vegan.

Our waiter wasn't that attentive, and forgot some of our order and some food arrived much later than the other. Same song playing on repeat pretty loud, so that was annoying as well.

I'm not returning!

Updated from previous review on 2023-09-16

Pros: Vegetarian venue, caters easily to vegans , Wide selection and clearly marked menu

Cons: Flavour profile quite bland, Waiter wasn't that attentive , Small venue (fit max 20 pp)

AdrianHerrero

Points +54

Vegan
14 Sep 2023

Riquisimo

Muy barato y todo está buenísimo, repetimos en naan, el curry es tremendo 👌

Updated from previous review on 2023-09-14

Pros: Buenisimo, Barato

bigasparagus

Points +418

Vegan
25 Jul 2023

YUM

GRRRAAAAHHHHHHHHGHH really good portions of really good foods for very good prices

RalphWoods

Points +1056

Vegan
18 Jul 2023

Small and Authentic Family Restaurant

Only a few tables, no glitz or glamour and a kind of a bare bones operation that suggests authenticity. The family who runs it were very polite and helpful.

The menu is only small with 4 daily curries on offer, but that’s enough. Most of the menu revolves around set combos. Food was good. Price was cheap. Felt good.

JasmineP

Points +61

Vegetarian
20 Jun 2023

Tasty and filling

5 stars for one of the friendly staff members who explained he was travelling through briefly from India seeing how things were going and promoting charity work - alot of their profits go towards charity. I almost forgot I was in Japan if not for the few other Japanese customers, the ambience was authentically indian with relaxing music. The food arrived quickly, we went for a thali set, and it was so filling especially with the generously sized naan bread. The food was flavoursome too, despite the no onion and garlic, in the style of home cooked indian food we are used to. The only reason for lack of the 5th star is the sweet that came with it, a stale piece of cake bread, dry and chewy, not a typical indian sweet. I wonder if they had run out and this was a substitute of sorts. Overall a nice place.

vandermost

Points +1218

Vegan
27 May 2023

Osaka favorite

Fantastic cause, great food, many options and good portion sizes!

Ebsveg

Points +2366

Vegan
13 Apr 2023

Naan of your dreams

Really recommend the naan and curries if you are in the area. The spinach naan is vegan and my favourite curry was the soy tikka. Everything had a vegan alternative which I loved, and was a really great price for the food you get. I got the set menu just because it comes with a drink. They brought things out in stages i.e. entries, mains, desserts. My drink came out with desserts but maybe just specify if you want it earlier as there was only one worker so hard to grab in the middle of service.

NonstopDan

Points +1422

Vegan
06 Apr 2023

Impressive food for a good cause!

The owner uses all proceeds to run three orphanages in India. As if that’s not enough reason to come here, they have delicious vegan curries and naan. Highly recommend a visit!

cheerfulgoat

Points +263

Vegetarian
01 Apr 2023

Excellent Indian food

Some of the best food I had in Japan. Really flavorful curries, well spiced, lots of food in the cheap set meal, great lassis. Even the non-veg in our group loved it.

Serves the distinct Japanese naan (long, flat, fluffy) that I’m not used to and the sets come with naan or rice but not both. I recommend the naan.

Pros: Everything was great, Tons of options

Cons: None

IvyMinds

Points +31

Vegetarian
24 Mar 2023

Authentic indian

It's a small underground restaurant with authentic recipes. The people working at the restaurant speak English and will make any dish vegan.

If you are used to westernised curries, you might not fully appreciate the authenticity of the dish. You can expect these dishes and flavours from north India :)

Pros: Authentic indian, Good price, All vegetarian + English menu

AnitaDollar

Points +3594

Vegan
09 Feb 2023

What's not to love

My go-to uber eats option (: i love the soy Tikka salad and the vegan dumplings!

Pebbles K9

Points +299

Vegan
18 Jan 2023

Delicious Vegetarian/Vegan Indian Food

The naan 🫓 is giant and amazing. They have regular and spinach/vegan options. We got the huge 3 curry set “Achar” maybe, and it came with salad, soup, dumplings, 3 curries (there were 4 options total and you can customize spice level), rice, naan, a beverage, and a little dessert. The people were very nice and spoke/understood English.

Updated from previous review on 2023-01-18

twofus

Points +279

Vegan
17 Jan 2023

Great Indian Food

Went here a few times and the food was always very good. Nice dinner sets and a huge separate menu to choose from

Pros: many options

boldie

Points +1358

Vegan
25 Dec 2022

so yummy

went there and it’s really yummy and flavourful!! they also asked if you are vegan or vegetarian and would change accordingly which is so nice c

itsrinokt_

Points +4450

Vegan
15 Dec 2022

Average at best, was expecting more

The reviews were great and it might be popular; for me and my mom it’s not that great when we had lunch there. Portions were a bit small for typical curry house.

andrejb

Points +477

Vegan
04 Dec 2022

Huge portions of medium food

The portions were huge, even for non-japanese scales. And really reasonably priced.
Taste and quality was okay - not great, not bad. Good place for hungry backpacker but no recommendation for gourmets. ;-)

AnuradhaRangaswamy

Points +23

Vegetarian
30 Nov 2022

A boon for veg/vegan in Osaka

The place servers super tasty vegan and vegetarian Indian food with a variety of options. I toured Japan for 3 weeks and this is the best veg food I had in the whole trip. It is a 5 min easy walk from the metro station. Staff is kind and place is neat. This place is an example that vegan can be tasty and flavourful

Pros: Indian veg wonderland

Cons: None

KaFraMi

Points +332

Vegetarian
11 Jun 2022

Shama dinner

Very tasty, got to choose two out of four currys with the basic menu. Naan was spot on. Very reasonable price.

Pros: Perfect naan, Very mild curry (if you can’t handle spicy)




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