Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed nine “Indian” restaurants in Chadstone that we cannot find at any source, gave them prices, seat counts and parking tips, used a postcode that is not Chadstone’s (Chadstone is 3148), and claimed visits that never happened. It has been rewritten from scratch. Every place below was checked against its own website or ordering page and a second, independent listing on 1 October 2026.
Type “Indian food Chadstone” into Google and its own suggestions keep steering you to the shopping centre and its food court. The honest answer is shorter than the old version of this page pretended. The centre’s own food court directory lists one Indian kitchen, Chilli India, and we could not find another Chadstone kitchen with a current menu we could read. So this guide widens the circle by one suburb in two directions: a tandoor house on Waverley Road in Malvern East, the suburb directly west, that says it opened its doors 25 years ago, and a South Indian kitchen in Ashwood, directly north.
Community context: at the 2021 Census, 5.8 per cent of Chadstone’s 9,552 residents were born in India and 4.0 per cent in Sri Lanka, and 7.2 per cent gave Indian as an ancestry, against 4.3 per cent across Victoria.
A note on the map before you start. Chilli India and the centre give their address as 1341 Dandenong Road, Chadstone VIC 3148, but Wikipedia’s article on the centre places Chadstone Shopping Centre itself in Malvern East. Either way, it is the one most people mean.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Order this | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A feed inside the centre | Chilli India Chadstone | Chicken Dum Biryani | $18.99 |
| A cheap snack between shops | Chilli India Chadstone | Vegetable Samosas (1 Pc) | $3.95 |
| Tandoor cooking for takeaway | Tandoori Cottage | Tandoori Chicken, half | $14.90 |
| A sit-down banquet for four or more | Tandoori Cottage | Tandoori Banquet | $44.90 pp |
| South Indian dosai | Streets of Kovai | A plain dosai | Ring for prices |
Chilli India Chadstone — Shop B348/1341 Dandenong Rd, Chadstone VIC 3148
The only Indian name in Chadstone’s own list of food court restaurants, on the Lower Ground, and one branch of a chain whose own website lists outlets from Melbourne Central to Melton; its store blurb on the centre’s site says Chilli India was started in 2008 by a group of friends. Its pickup ordering page for the Chadstone store leads with biryani: Chicken Dum Biryani is $18.99 and Chicken 65 Biryani, made with the fried, chilli-red chicken bites called chicken 65, is $19.99. A dum biryani is rice and marinated meat layered and sealed to finish cooking in its own steam, which is why the grains come out separate and fragrant.
On the menu: Chole Bhature ($16.99), “fried flatbread with chickpea curry”, the puffed Punjabi bread you tear and dunk; the 1-Curry Combo with rice or noodles ($14.99); and the Rice & Roti Deal, one rice, one roti, one meat and one veg curry, for $20.99. A single Vegetable Samosa is $3.95 and a Mango Lassi $5.50. These are pickup prices; the delivery storefront linked from Chilli India’s website charges more for the same dishes.
Start with: Chicken Dum Biryani, $18.99.
Tandoori Cottage — 403 Waverley Rd, Malvern East VIC 3145
A dinner-only restaurant on Waverley Road, closed on Mondays, that says on its own site it opened its doors 25 years ago and calls itself “one of the few restaurants that use Charcoal Tandoor”. A tandoor is a clay oven fired far hotter than a home oven, so the takeaway menu’s first move is the obvious one: Tandoori Chicken, marinated in yoghurt and spices, is $14.90 for a half and $28.00 for a whole bird. The menu is the classic North Indian restaurant list, in plain words, which makes it an easy first order.
On the menu (takeaway prices): Murg Makhani, the butter chicken, $20.90; Lamb Rogan Josh, lamb in a yoghurt sauce, $21.90; Daal Makani, black lentils and kidney beans cooked overnight, $18.90; Bangan Bharta, eggplant roasted on charcoal in the tandoor and then cooked down with onion and tomato, $18.90; Chicken Biryani $17.90; Garlic Naan $4.50. Eating in costs more: the restaurant menu prices are separate, and it offers a Tandoori Banquet at $44.90 a head for a minimum of four people.
Start with: half Tandoori Chicken, $14.90, with a Garlic Naan at $4.50.
Streets of Kovai — 15 Cleveland Rd, Ashwood VIC 3147
The answer for anyone searching for South Indian food near Chadstone. Its own site describes it as “a South-Indian Based Restaurant located amidst the greens of Ashwood”, named for Kovai, the local name for the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, with a menu that it says “ranges from the simplest and the staple Dosai to the street famous Roadside Kalaan Fry (Mushroom fry)”, plus a Kovai-style biryani. A dosai (most menus here spell it dosa) is a thin crepe of fermented rice and lentil batter, cooked until crisp and served with sambar, a tangy lentil broth, and chutneys.
On the menu: we cannot quote prices. The Ashwood online-ordering page linked from its website did not load when we checked on 1 October 2026, and we do not copy prices from delivery apps. The restaurant’s site still lists the Ashwood branch and its phone number, 0481 373 257, so ring before you go.
Start with: a plain dosai, the dish its own site calls the staple.
Quick answers
Is there Indian food at Chadstone Shopping Centre?
Yes. Chilli India is on the Lower Ground, and it is the only Indian name in the centre’s own list of food court restaurants on 1 October 2026. Its pickup ordering page lists Chicken Dum Biryani at $18.99, Chole Bhature at $16.99 and a Vegetable Samosa at $3.95.
Where can I get Indian takeaway near Chadstone?
Chilli India Chadstone takes pickup orders online; the 1-Curry Combo with rice or noodles is $14.99. Tandoori Cottage, 403 Waverley Road, Malvern East, publishes a separate takeaway menu on its own site: half a Tandoori Chicken is $14.90 and Murg Makhani (butter chicken) is $20.90. It opens for dinner only and is closed on Mondays.
Is there a South Indian restaurant near Chadstone?
Streets of Kovai, 15 Cleveland Road, Ashwood, describes itself as a South Indian restaurant with a menu running from dosai to a Kovai-style biryani. Its Ashwood online-ordering page did not load on 1 October 2026, so we could not check its prices; its site lists the phone number 0481 373 257.
What is the cheapest Indian food on this list?
A single Vegetable Samosa at Chilli India Chadstone, $3.95, from its pickup ordering page on 1 October 2026. For a full meal, Chilli India’s 1-Curry Combo is $14.99 and Tandoori Cottage’s takeaway half Tandoori Chicken is $14.90.
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. Chilli India’s prices come from the Chadstone store’s pickup ordering page; the delivery storefront linked from its website lists higher prices for the same dishes, and we did not use delivery-app prices anywhere. Tandoori Cottage’s prices come from the takeaway and restaurant menus on its own website, which print bare numbers without dollar signs; the site’s footer is dated 2023, so confirm prices when you order. We confirmed each address at a second, independent source: the centre’s own store directory, the Australian Good Food Guide or Everything Indian. Population and ancestry figures are from the ABS 2021 Census QuickStats for Chadstone; the suburb’s neighbours and the centre’s location are from Wikipedia.
Several other names that turn up for Indian food in and around Chadstone did not make the list because we could not check a current menu: their websites no longer load, or their only listings are old directory entries. Two restaurant pages titled for Indian food in or near Chadstone belong to restaurants based in Dandenong and Richmond, so they are not here either. Menus and prices change, so check with the venue before you go. The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of food, not each venue’s own.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Chilli India Chadstone: chilliindia.com.au/chadstone, its pickup ordering page and its delivery storefront; also Chadstone’s store page, the centre’s food court list and AGFG
- Tandoori Cottage: tandoori-cottage.com.au, its takeaway menu and restaurant menu; address also at AGFG
- Streets of Kovai: streetsofkovai.com.au; address also at AGFG and Everything Indian
- Chadstone population, birthplace and ancestry: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
- Chadstone’s neighbouring suburbs: Wikipedia; the centre’s location: Wikipedia
