The Indian Room

The Indian Room is the most considered Indian dining experience in Munich — a fine-dining room on Belgradstraße in Schwabing-West built around the courtly cooking traditions of Lucknow, Hyderabad, and Rajasthan rather than the curry-house default that dominates the city. The kitchen takes heritage seriously: slow-cooked dum biryani, kebabs from a proper sigri grill, dal makhani held overnight, and a vegetarian programme that reads as carefully as the meat side. The room itself is dim, gold-accented, more dinner-out than tandoori-takeaway, and the wine list takes Indian food seriously enough to pair Riesling and Pinot Noir against it. The address Munich's Indian-food regulars send their visiting families to.