Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page was produced by a template that invented its venues. It listed twelve “Indian” places in Altona, from Nell on Station Street to Gus Pantry on Barkly Terrace, that the template made up, gave them a postcode (3024) that is not Altona’s, recommended dishes such as mushroom pasta and a charcuterie board, and claimed we had tested every option. It has been rewritten from scratch. Every place below was checked on 1 October 2026 against independent listings and, where it was loading, its own website or ordering page, and every price was copied from the venue’s own website or an online ordering page named below.
Altona is a bayside suburb with a small Indian-born community, and its Indian food comes from a short list of kitchens. The two in this guide are on Harrington Square and Pier Street, and the rest of the choice lies west, in Altona Meadows and Laverton, where the menus lean south: dosa, Andhra-style biryani and Tamil Nadu curries.
Community context: at the 2021 Census, 156 of Altona’s 11,490 residents, 1.4 per cent, were born in India, against 4.0 per cent for Victoria; the most common languages at home after English were Maltese, Italian and Greek. Next door in Altona Meadows, 493 of 18,479 residents, 2.7 per cent, were born in India.
Most searches that land here are about delivery and food parcels, so this guide says who delivers to Altona, what a feed for two or a family-size biryani costs, and where the weekend dosa is. Menus move, so give the ordering page a squiz before you set out.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Start with | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai-style curry in Altona | Oye Bombay | Butter chicken thali | $29.45 |
| A takeaway feed for two | Oye Bombay | Meal for two | $71.05 |
| Vegan butter chicken on Pier Street | The Spice Yard | Vegan butter chicken | Not online |
| A weekend dosa | Akshaya Tiffins And Biryanis | Masala dosa | $13.99 |
| Biryani for the whole table, delivered | Biryani Nation | Pachi mirchi biryani, family size | $85.00 |
Oye Bombay — 23 Harrington Square, Altona VIC 3018
Oye Bombay calls itself a “specialty Indian restaurant”, and its menu takes the name seriously: butter chicken is billed as “Authentic Mumbai style”, the biryani as “a classic representation from Md. Ali Road, Mumbai”, and the Indo-Chinese dishes sit under a “Mumbai style” heading. On its TuckerFox online ordering page the butter chicken is $25.90, the Mumbai chicken biryani $23.35 and garlic naan $5.60, and for a single takeaway the butter chicken thali ($29.45) bundles a large butter chicken with a samosa, rice, naan, salad and a can of soft drink. The meal for two, $71.05, adds both veggie and meat curries, boondi raita and pappadums, which makes it the nearest thing on this list to an Indian food parcel.
On the menu: vada pav sliders ($18.30), Mumbai’s potato-fritter-in-a-bun street snack, here in mini buns.
Start with: the butter chicken thali, $29.45.
The Spice Yard — 75 Pier Street, Altona VIC 3018
The Indian restaurant at 75 Pier Street. The Australian Good Food Guide lists it with halal, vegan and gluten-free options, BYO and functions, and names vegan butter chicken as the dish it is best known for. Its DoorDash listing offers delivery or takeaway and points to onion bhaji, paneer pakora, chicken pakora and amritsari fish to start. Its own website was not loading when we checked on 1 October 2026, so we have no prices from the venue itself and quote none here.
On the menu: amritsari fish, named for the Punjabi city of Amritsar: fish fillets in a spiced gram-flour batter, fried crisp and served with lemon.
Start with: the vegan butter chicken, the dish AGFG lists it for.
Akshaya Tiffins And Biryanis — 42 Alma Avenue, Altona Meadows VIC 3028
In South India a “tiffin” is a light meal or snack, and the dosa, idli and vada that go with the word are the heart of this Altona Meadows takeaway. On its own ordering site most of the dosas sit on a South Indian breakfast menu that runs on Saturdays and Sundays, for pickup: the masala dosa, a crisp fermented rice-and-lentil crepe folded around spiced potato, is $13.99, the ghee podi dosa, brushed with ghee and dusted with a dry spice powder, is $14.99, and two idli with two chitti vada, small lentil doughnuts, are $13.99. Through the week the biryani menu does the work: chicken dum biryani is $18.99, butter chicken $17.99 and onion pakoda, crisp onion fritters, $9.99.
On the menu: punugulu, deep-fried balls of dosa batter, listed with mirchi bajji (battered green chillies) on its street-snack menu.
Start with: the masala dosa on a weekend, $13.99.
Biryani Nation — 6 Lohse Street, Laverton VIC 3028
The Laverton kitchen is the one that answers “Indian delivery in Altona” on its own terms: its ordering page lists Altona as a delivery area, with an $8 delivery fee and a $27 minimum order. Biryani is the point. The pachi mirchi biryani, which the venue describes as an “Authentic Andhra Pulao With A Twist” cooked in a green-chilli gravy, is $19.95 for a regular, $85.00 family size and $115.00 jumbo, and AGFG lists pachi mirchi as what the restaurant is best known for. Butter chicken or paneer is $18.95 regular or $25.95 large, and the ordering page describes a kitchen that specialises in “Biryani, varieties of Dosas, Indo-Chinese specialties”.
On the menu: pachi mirchi means green chilli in Telugu, and the venue’s own description promises “Heat & Hotness”.
Start with: the family-size pachi mirchi biryani, $85.00, for a household order.
Also nearby, without a price
Kolapasi Indian Kitchen, 56 Woods Street, Laverton, leans on Tamil Nadu dishes: its own site lists chicken chukka biriyani, a goat roast and chicken pallipalayam, and explains that “Kolapasi is how we say “Hungry” in South India”. Its online ordering page did not show prices when we read it, so it is not in the quick picks.
Quick answers
Where can I get an Indian food parcel or family pack in Altona?
Oye Bombay, 23 Harrington Square, lists a meal for two at $71.05 (samosas, veggie and meat curries, naan, rice, boondi raita and pappadums) on its TuckerFox ordering page. Biryani Nation in Laverton, which delivers to Altona, sells its pachi mirchi biryani in a family size at $85.00.
Which Indian restaurants deliver to Altona?
Biryani Nation’s own ordering page lists Altona as a delivery area with an $8 fee and a $27 minimum. Oye Bombay takes delivery orders through its TuckerFox ordering page, and The Spice Yard on Pier Street is listed on DoorDash for delivery or takeaway.
Is there an Indian restaurant on Pier Street in Altona?
Yes: The Spice Yard, 75 Pier Street. The Australian Good Food Guide lists halal, vegan and gluten-free options and names vegan butter chicken as its best-known dish. Its own website was not loading on 1 October 2026, so we could not check its prices.
Where can I get a dosa near Altona?
Akshaya Tiffins And Biryanis, 42 Alma Avenue, Altona Meadows. Its own ordering site lists a masala dosa at $13.99 and a ghee podi dosa at $14.99 on a South Indian breakfast menu that runs on Saturdays and Sundays, for pickup.
What is pachi mirchi biryani?
A biryani built around green chillies (pachi mirchi in Telugu). Biryani Nation in Laverton describes it as an Andhra-style pulao in which the meat or vegetables are cooked in a green-chilli gravy; a regular is $19.95.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read each venue’s own website or online ordering page and copied every item and price exactly as printed. Akshaya’s prices come from the menu feed behind its own ordering site (eatatakshaya.com.au), and Biryani Nation’s from the menu data on the Laverton ordering page linked from biryanination.com.au. Oye Bombay’s own website carries its address and menu images uploaded in 2020, and its “Order Online” button points to a domain that did not resolve, so its prices come from its TuckerFox ordering page; prices on other delivery apps can differ. The Spice Yard’s own website was not loading, so it appears without prices. We confirmed each address at a second, independent source: the Australian Good Food Guide, DoorDash or OzFoodHunter. Census figures are from the ABS 2021 QuickStats for Altona and Altona Meadows. The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of dish, not the venue’s own food.
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Sources
- Oye Bombay: oyebombay.com.au contact page and about page; prices from its TuckerFox ordering page; address also at AGFG and DoorDash
- The Spice Yard: AGFG, DoorDash and OzFoodHunter; own site thespiceyard.com.au (not loading on 1 October 2026)
- Akshaya Tiffins And Biryanis: eatatakshaya.com.au and its menu feed; address at DoorDash and OzFoodHunter
- Biryani Nation: biryanination.com.au and its Laverton ordering page; address also at AGFG
- Kolapasi Indian Kitchen: kolapasi.com.au and AGFG
- Census: ABS 2021 QuickStats, Altona and Altona Meadows
