Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed twelve “Indian” places in Bentleigh that we could not match to any real Indian restaurant, with addresses, dish prices and seat counts we cannot stand behind, and it claimed we had tested every option. It has been rewritten from scratch. Every venue below was confirmed at two independent sources, and every price was copied from the venue’s own menu or ordering page on 1 October 2026.
Bentleigh’s Indian kitchens sit mostly on Centre Road, the suburb’s shopping strip, with one on Patterson Road beside Patterson station. Community context: at the 2021 Census, 634 Bentleigh residents, 3.5 per cent, were born in India, the third most common country of birth after Australia and China, and Hindi was used at home by 218 people. These are kitchens cooking for a mixed suburb, and the menus show it: butter chicken and rogan josh sit beside Punjabi breads, and the dosa is a short drive away.
This guide keeps to places whose own websites publish a menu we could read, so you can see what a feed costs before you ring. Three are in Bentleigh itself. Vandana’s is further east along Centre Road in neighbouring Bentleigh East, and Spice Coconut is up North Road in Ormond, inside the 5 km delivery radius its own site says covers Bentleigh. Prices are the ones each venue printed on 1 October 2026; give the menu a squiz before you order, because they move.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Order this | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The lowest butter chicken price here | Maharani Indian Restaurant | Chicken Mumtaz (butter chicken) | $16.90 |
| Curry with the bread thrown in | Swaad India’s Zest | Butter chicken with 2 naan, 2 roti or rice | $29.95 |
| A Punjabi bread plate | Sanjha Chulha | Chana bhatura thali | $16.50 |
| Takeaway tandoori in Bentleigh East | Vandana’s Indian Restaurant | Half tandoori chicken (4 pieces) | $14.00 |
| A South Indian dosa | Spice Coconut | Dosa thali | $22.95 |
Swaad India’s Zest — Shop 9, 271-275 Centre Rd, Bentleigh VIC 3204
Swaad’s own ordering page prices its curries as a meal: the butter chicken, thigh or breast, is $29.95 and comes with two naan, two roti or rice included. The same page carries a banner for 10% off cash takeaway, says it opens six nights with Monday closed, and lists a no-onion, no-garlic version of the butter chicken at the same $29.95; the home page lists meals suited to vegan, FODMAP, gluten-free and nut-free diets. On the menu: bhagare baingan ($28.95), a Hyderabadi dish of eggplant cooked in a coconut sauce with curry leaves, and a biryani of vegetables, paneer, chicken, lamb or goat at $23.95, served with raita.
Start with: butter chicken with two naan, $29.95.
Maharani Indian Restaurant — 65 Patterson Rd, Bentleigh VIC 3204
The one off Centre Road: Maharani’s own site places it on Patterson Road, “right next to Patterson train station”, open seven days from 5:00 till 10:30pm. Of the butter chicken prices in this guide, Maharani’s is the lowest: Chicken Mumtaz, its name for the dish, is listed from $16.90, tandoori chicken pieces finished in a tomato and cashew sauce. On the menu: samosas, two to an order from $6.90, deep-fried pastry around spiced potato and peas; dal makhani from $15.90, lentils cooked with tomato and spices; lamb vindaloo, the hot one, from $16.90; and garlic naan from $3.50.
Start with: two samosas and the Chicken Mumtaz, $6.90 and $16.90.
Sanjha Chulha — 477 Centre Rd, Bentleigh VIC 3204
Listed by the Shop Bentleigh traders’ directory and AGFG at 477 Centre Road, Sanjha Chulha’s ordering menu has an “All Day Specials” section built around breads. On the menu: the chana bhatura thali ($16.50) pairs spiced chickpeas with bhatura, a puffed deep-fried bread you tear and dunk, served with yogurt and pickle; the Amritsari kulcha thali ($18.50) centres on kulcha, a stuffed tandoor bread associated with Amritsar. Beyond the breads there is butter chicken at $19.00, dal makhani at $17.00, a half tandoori chicken at $15.50 and lamb biryani at $19.00.
Start with: the chana bhatura thali, $16.50.
Vandana’s Indian Restaurant — Shop 2/676 Centre Rd, Bentleigh East VIC 3165
The answer to “Indian takeaway Bentleigh East”. Vandana’s publishes a separate takeaway menu, and it runs a little under its dinner menu: butter chicken (Murgh Makhani) is $20.00 to take away against $22.00 on the dine-in list. On the menu: tandoori chicken, marinated overnight in yoghurt and spices and roasted in the tandoor, at $14.00 for a half (four pieces) or $25.00 for the whole bird; lamb rogan josh at $20.00; a lamb, chicken or beef biryani with raita at $20.00; and garlic naan at $4.00. Its own site says it opens six nights, 5pm to 10pm, and is closed on Tuesday.
Start with: the half tandoori chicken, $14.00.
Spice Coconut — 636 North Rd, Ormond VIC 3204
None of the four menus above lists a dosa on its own website, so this is the one outside the suburb. Spice Coconut’s own site says it delivers within 5 km of North Road, Ormond, naming Bentleigh, and that it closes on Tuesday. On the menu: a dosa is a thin crepe of fermented rice and lentil batter cooked until crisp, $14.95 here; the dosa thali ($22.95) adds two idli (steamed rice cakes) and a vada (a savoury lentil doughnut) to a masala dosa, with coconut and tomato chutney. Biryani gets a long list, from the dum biryani at $16.95 to the M.L.A Potlam biryani at $25.95, which its menu describes as an Andhra biryani wrapped in an omelette.
Start with: the dosa thali, $22.95.
Quick answers
Where can I get Indian takeaway in Bentleigh East?
Vandana’s Indian Restaurant, Shop 2/676 Centre Road, publishes its own takeaway menu: a half tandoori chicken is $14.00 and butter chicken is $20.00 to take away. Its website says it opens six nights from 5pm and is closed on Tuesday.
Which Indian restaurants are on Centre Road, Bentleigh?
Swaad India’s Zest at Shop 9, 271-275 Centre Road, and Sanjha Chulha at 477 Centre Road. Further east along the same road, Vandana’s is at 676 Centre Road in Bentleigh East.
Is Maharani Indian in Bentleigh?
Yes. Maharani Indian Restaurant is at 65 Patterson Road, Bentleigh, and its own site says it is right next to Patterson station and open seven days from 5pm. Its menu lists butter chicken (Chicken Mumtaz) from $16.90.
Does Swaad in Bentleigh do no onion, no garlic food?
Yes. Swaad India’s Zest’s ordering page says no-onion, no-garlic curries are available and lists a no-onion, no-garlic butter chicken at $29.95, with two naan, two roti or rice included.
Where can I get a dosa near Bentleigh?
Spice Coconut, 636 North Road, Ormond, lists a dosa at $14.95 and a dosa thali (masala dosa, two idli and a vada) at $22.95. Its own site says it delivers within 5 km, including Bentleigh.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read each venue’s own website or ordering page and copied every item and price exactly as printed. Swaad’s and Vandana’s menus are plain web pages. Maharani’s prices come from its own ordering site as rendered by a reader tool; Sanjha Chulha’s from the menu feed behind its own ordering site; Spice Coconut’s from the product feed behind its own Square store. Vandana’s prices are from its takeaway menu unless we say dine-in. We confirmed each address at a second, independent source: the Australian Good Food Guide, the Shop Bentleigh traders' directory or Everything Indian. Census figures are from the ABS 2021 QuickStats for Bentleigh. We did not use delivery-app prices, which can differ from the venue’s own.
Two names that people search for are not in this guide. Indian Maama had no website we could reach and no menu we could read on 1 October 2026, so we could not check it. Raju’s Indian Restaurant in Bentleigh East is listed by AGFG, but we found no menu published by the venue itself. If either publishes a menu, we will look again.
The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of dish, not each venue’s own food. Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Swaad India’s Zest: swaad.com.au and its ordering page; address also at AGFG
- Maharani Indian Restaurant: maharani.net.au; address also at AGFG
- Sanjha Chulha: sanjhachulha.com.au; address also at Shop Bentleigh and AGFG
- Vandana’s Indian Restaurant: vandana.com.au, its takeaway menu and dinner menu; address also at AGFG
- Spice Coconut: spicecoconut.com.au and its ordering page; address also at Everything Indian
- Bentleigh country of birth and language: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
