Try Pind Balluchi Punjabi restaurants in India

If you are Delhi then you have to try out my all time favourite restaurant called the Pind Balluchi. I am regular at this place. If you happen to be a tourist to India, then you are in for a bargain – for about 20 American dollars, a family of 4 can easily have a good meal in a very Indian environment. Other than in and around Delhi; Pind Balluchi restaurants can be found in several places in Punjab (Chandigarh and Amritsar) and Mumbai.

Pind Balluchi Punjabi restaurant in India

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The restaurant is decorated in a typical Punjabi theme. The wait staffs wear the traditional Punjabi attire. Decorations in the restaurant include a bangle wall, Sari fabrics draped over the ceiling and covering light fixtures and cut outs in the wall adorned with traditional Punjabi suit decorations.

View from the seating area to the wait staff counter. There is an LCD mounted above it.

Great food, cozy ambiance, pind (village) feel, lovely place, nice atmosphere – this is the way I would describe Pind Balluchi.

A broad view of the bulk of the restaurant. The tree in the centre is lit up, even during the day

Seating along the wall. These are tables meant for large groups. The cups you see here are gold plated.

Food at the Pind Balluchi

Pind Balluchi offers typical Punjabi cuisine including chicken dishes such as tandoori items including butter chicken, paneer tikka, shorbas, dal and of course rotis (chapattis). Food is served on very large plates called thali’s. The word “thali” means plates.

Malai Tikka

Khadai Paneer, my all time favourite. Absolutely love it

After dinner, mouth fresheners are brought out with the bill. The one you see in the picture below consists of gur (jiggery) a prepared from whole cane sugar, and a mix of fennel seeds and sugar.

Chicken (leg) tangri kebabs

Mouth fresheners as fennel seeds, gur and tooth picks

Price:

A typical meal at Pind Balluchi will cost around 200 Indian Rupees ($4 US or Aus) per person including drinks. If you love Indian food, you will love Pind Balluchi.

Location:

You will find the Pind Balluchi restaurants at the following places in and around Delhi; Connaught Place, Dwarka, Faridabad (Haryana), Gurgaon, Indrapuram, Karkardooma, Karol Bagh, Nehru Place, Noida, Rajouri Garden, Rohini, South Extension and Mumbai (Maharashtra), Chandigarh and Amritsar (Punjab).

Would you like to try this restaurant out?  I would like to hear from you if you have you been to the Pind Balluchi?

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Above Sea Level – A restaurant and bar on the 13th floor of a Rain Tree Hotel, this establishment offers outdoor dining with a complete 360 degree panorama of the cityscape. The plates ordered from a variety menu have a contemporary presentation. 

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ItaLia Park Hotel in Chennai

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