Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page was produced by a template generator. It listed ten “Indian food” venues in Boronia, with addresses, prices, seat counts and dishes such as mushroom pasta and fish specials, that the generator made up, and it said the places had been visited personally, which was not true. It has been rewritten from scratch. Every place below was checked against its own current website or menu and a second, independent listing on 1 October 2026.
Boronia sits 29 km east of the CBD in the City of Knox, running up into the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, and its Indian kitchens are set up for takeaway: all three below take orders through their own websites. Two are on Boronia Road, at numbers 143 and 144, and the third is on Alchester Crescent. This guide pairs them with two neighbours that fill the gaps: South Indian dosa in Wantirna South, to the west, and Nepalese momo in Bayswater, to the north.
Community context: at the 2021 Census, 669 Boronia residents, 2.8 per cent of the suburb’s 23,607 people, were born in India, the most common birthplace after Australia, England and China. Gujarati (0.8 per cent) and Hindi (0.8) were both among the top languages used at home other than English, which is worth knowing when you read Lala’s Kitchen’s menu below.
A quick primer for the board. North Indian, and Punjabi food in particular, is the food of the tandoor and the wheat field: tandoori chicken, naan, dal makhani, butter chicken. South Indian food is built on rice and lentils: the dosa, idli, vada and sambar. Gujarati cooking, from India’s west coast, leans vegetarian. Every price below was copied from the venue’s own menu or ordering page on 1 October 2026, so give it a squiz before you order; menus move.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Start with | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A cheap weekday lunch in Boronia | Great Indian Wave | Choice of lunch (curry, rice, pappadum) | $10.00 |
| A Gujarati and Punjabi kitchen | Lala’s Kitchen | Butter chicken with rice, takeaway box | $15.90 |
| Delivery to Boronia, The Basin or Bayswater | Royal Spice | Meal Deal 1 (two curries, rice, naan) | $50.00 |
| South Indian dosa | Dosa Hut Knox, Wantirna South | Masala dosa | $16.99 |
| Nepalese momo | Cinnamon Cafe & Bar, Bayswater | Steamed momo (8 pcs) | $18 |
Great Indian Wave — 1/144 Boronia Rd, Boronia VIC 3155
Its own ordering site calls it an “Indian Takeaway in Boronia”, and the menu is built for that: a lunch deal listed for Tuesday to Friday, 11am to 2:30pm, at $10.00 for a lamb, beef or chicken curry or vegetables with rice and pappadum, and single packs served with rice, naan and pappadams, $18.50 for the veggie pack and $22.50 for the meat pack. Butter chicken is $20.00, described as boneless chicken simmered in a tomato sauce and finished with butter and cream, with garlic naan at $4.00. The non-vegetarian Great Indian Wave Pack, $80.00, bundles pakora, tandoori chicken, butter chicken, rogan josh, mixed veggies, rice, raita, naan and gulab jamun.
On the menu: railway chicken, $20.00, cooked here in a tomato and onion gravy. The name is usually traced to the curries once served on India’s railways.
Start with: the $10.00 choice of lunch, if you can get there on a weekday.
Lala’s Kitchen — 143 Boronia Rd, Boronia VIC 3155
Also on Boronia Road, at number 143, and the kitchen on this list with Gujarati roots, by its own account. Its site says the restaurant is named after its chef, Ashvinbhai Patel, known as “Lalabhai” in Anand, Gujarat, and lists Punjabi, Gujarati, Kathiyavadi and South Indian food among what it cooks for catering. The online menu runs from takeaway rice boxes (650 ml, butter chicken with plain rice $15.90, dal makhani with rice $13.90) to the full menu: butter chicken $23.50, tadka dal fry $19.00, and kaju curry, “cashew nuts cooked in a special gravy”, $22.50.
On the menu: aloo tikki chaat, $14.50: a crisp spiced potato patty under yoghurt and chutneys, a street snack from North India.
Start with: the $15.90 butter chicken rice box for a takeaway night, or the kaju curry for something less familiar.
Royal Spice Indian Restaurant — 14B Alchester Cres, Boronia VIC 3155
A pick-up, dine-in and delivery kitchen whose own site lists the suburbs it delivers to: Bayswater, Bayswater North, Boronia, Croydon, Croydon South, Kilsyth and The Basin. On its linked ordering page, butter chicken is $17.50, the lowest of the three Boronia menus, with chicken jalfrezi (sauteed with tomato and capsicum in an onion gravy) also $17.50, daal makhani $15.00 and plain naan $3.00. Meal Deal 1 is $50.00 for butter chicken, lamb rogan josh, rice, two naan, raita and pappadums.
On the menu: tandoori chicken, $16.00, described on the menu as whole chicken marinated in yoghurt, herbs and spices and cooked in the tandoor, the clay oven that gives the dish its charred edges. The site itself picks out the fish vindaloo, $20.00, cooked in vinegar and chilli.
Start with: Meal Deal 1, $50.00, for a delivery night in.
Dosa Hut Knox — 199 Stud Rd, Wantirna South VIC 3152
None of the three Boronia kitchens above lists a dosa on its online menu, so this is the move for South Indian. The chain’s own page for Boronia calls its Knox branch “just a short drive away from Boronia” and offers delivery and takeaway to the suburb. A dosa is a crepe of fermented rice and lentil batter cooked until crisp: the plain dosa is $11.99, the masala dosa, folded around spiced potato, is $16.99, and the item the menu lists as the 70mm plain dosa is also $16.99.
On the menu: idly and vada with sambar, $10.99: one steamed rice cake and one savoury lentil doughnut with a tangy lentil broth. Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani, cooked “in authentic Dum style” (sealed and slow-cooked), is $21.99.
Start with: the masala dosa, $16.99.
Cinnamon Cafe & Bar — 1/63 Stud Rd Service Rd, Bayswater VIC 3153
An Indian and Nepalese cafe that serves brekkie and coffee as well as curry, and the reason to cross into Bayswater is the momo. Momo are Nepalese dumplings, steamed and usually served with a tomato-based chutney: here 8 pieces are $18 steamed, or $18 as jhol momo in a coriander and chilli soup. The curry list covers the Indian side, with butter chicken at $21 and goat curry, Nepalese-style on the bone, at $21. A lunch pack (half rice, half a curry of your choice and a can of soft drink) is $15.
On the menu: chicken choila, $16: Nepalese-style garlic chicken with beaten rice (flattened, dried rice flakes), salad and chutney.
Start with: the steamed momo, $18.
Also listed in Boronia
Two more Indian restaurants appear in food directories at Boronia addresses, but we could not read a current menu from either on 1 October 2026, so they are not in the picks: Vatika Indian Cuisine, which Everything Indian lists at 1/218-224 Dorset Road, and Shan E Punjab, which the Australian Good Food Guide lists at 240 Dorset Road.
Quick answers
Where can I get Indian takeaway in Boronia?
Three Boronia kitchens take takeaway orders through their own websites: Great Indian Wave (1/144 Boronia Road), Lala’s Kitchen (143 Boronia Road) and Royal Spice (14B Alchester Crescent). Two low-cost feeds: Great Indian Wave’s Tuesday-to-Friday lunch at $10.00 and Lala’s 650 ml dal makhani rice box at $13.90.
Which Indian restaurants deliver to Boronia?
Royal Spice’s own website lists Boronia, The Basin, Bayswater, Bayswater North, Croydon, Croydon South and Kilsyth as its delivery suburbs. Dosa Hut’s own Boronia page offers delivery and takeaway to the suburb from its Knox branch at 199 Stud Road, Wantirna South.
Is there a South Indian restaurant near Boronia?
Dosa Hut Knox, 199 Stud Road, Wantirna South, just west of Boronia, has a full dosa menu: plain dosa $11.99, masala dosa $16.99, idly and vada with sambar $10.99. None of the three Boronia kitchens in this guide lists a dosa on its online menu.
Which Indian restaurants are on Boronia Road?
Two: Great Indian Wave at 1/144 Boronia Road and Lala’s Kitchen at 143 Boronia Road, both in Boronia. Royal Spice, the third Boronia kitchen in this guide, is at 14B Alchester Crescent.
Where can I get Gujarati food in Boronia?
Lala’s Kitchen, 143 Boronia Road. Its own site says its chef comes from Anand, Gujarat, and lists Gujarati, Kathiyavadi and Punjabi food among what it cooks for catering. Its everyday online menu is mostly Punjabi-style curries and tandoor dishes, so ask about Gujarati dishes when you ring.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read each venue’s own website or the online ordering page its website links to, and copied every item and price exactly as printed. Great Indian Wave’s prices come from the menu feed behind its own ordering site; Lala’s Kitchen’s and Royal Spice’s from the ordering pages their own sites link to. We confirmed each address at a second, independent source: the Australian Good Food Guide, Zest, Sources or OpenStreetMap. Zest gives Royal Spice’s number as 16 Alchester Crescent; we have used 14B, the address on Royal Spice’s own site. Population, birthplace and language figures are from the ABS 2021 Census QuickStats for Boronia; the distance and neighbouring suburbs are from Wikipedia. Delivery-app prices were not used. Online prices can differ from counter prices, and deals come and go. The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of dish, not the venue’s own food.
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Sources
- Great Indian Wave: greatindianwaveonline.com.au and its ordering menu; address also at AGFG and OpenStreetMap
- Lala’s Kitchen: lalaskitchenboronia.com.au and its ordering menu; address also at AGFG
- Royal Spice: royalspiceboronia.com.au and its ordering page; also at Zest
- Dosa Hut Knox: branch page, menu and Boronia page; address also at Sources
- Cinnamon Cafe & Bar: cinnamonindian.com.au and its menu; address also at OpenStreetMap
- Vatika Indian Cuisine: Everything Indian; Shan E Punjab: AGFG
- Boronia population, birthplaces and languages: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
- Boronia location and neighbours: Wikipedia
