Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page was generated from a template. It named seventeen “Indian” venues in Melton West that appear in none of the venue sites, food guides or directories we checked, with made-up prices, seat counts and tips, dishes such as mushroom pasta and sourdough that have nothing to do with Indian food, and the postcode 3032, which is not Melton West’s (it is 3337). 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.
Melton West sits 38 km west of the CBD in the City of Melton, and four of the five kitchens on this list sit along one road: High Street, from Woodgrove Shopping Centre into Melton proper, with a dosa specialist nearby in Weir Views. The menus published along that road lean two ways, towards the Punjabi tandoor and towards the rice kitchens of Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh, and they are worth reading closely, because the prices differ more than the dish names do.
Community context: at the 2021 Census, Melton West had 8,784 residents. India was the most common country of birth after Australia (297 people, 3.4 per cent), and Punjabi was the most common language used at home other than English (2.0 per cent), with Hindi at 0.9 per cent.
Two of the five kitchens below are inside Melton West itself, both at Woodgrove. The other three are on the same High Street in Melton or nearby in Weir Views, which is why this is an honest “in and around” list rather than a padded one. Menus move, so give them a squiz before you head out.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Start with | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punjabi curries, open late, in Melton West | Desi Dhaba Melton | Punjabi butter chicken | $20.50 |
| Hyderabadi-style biryani in Melton West | Biryani Nation Melton | Traditional Hyderabadi dum biryani | $19.95 |
| A tandoor house with dinner packs | Guneet’s Indian Restaurant | Special tandoori murgh, on the bone | $15.99 |
| Dosa and North Indian curries on one menu | Simply Indian Melton | Mumbai masala dosa | $20.99 |
| A dosa-first menu | Dosa Hut Melton | Masala dosa | $17.95 |
Desi Dhaba Melton — Shop 2/533-555 High St, Melton West VIC 3337
The Woodgrove branch of a Melbourne group whose own site also lists the CBD, Tarneit and Craigieburn. A dhaba is the roadside eatery of North India’s highways, and the menu reads that way: Punjabi butter chicken is $20.50, tandoori chicken on the bone is $15.90, and a “From the streets of Hyderabad” section, which the menu calls a new addition, carries a Hyderabadi dum biriyani at $22.90. Its own Melton page lists 11 am to 11 pm, running to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, which is handy if the takeaway decision comes late.
On the menu: Dhabey De Daal ($16.90) is the house dal makhani, black lentils that the menu says are “cooked slow and gently simmered” with ginger and garlic.
For a household order, the Non Veg Family Pack is $59.00 (one non-veg entree, one daal and one non-veg main of your choice) and the Veg Family Pack is $55.00, with samosas at $7.50 for two.
Start with: Punjabi butter chicken, $20.50.
Biryani Nation Melton — Unit 2a/533-555 High St, Melton West VIC 3337
The second Indian kitchen in the same shopping centre, and the name is the brief. All nine biryanis on its ordering site are $19.95, among them the Traditional Hyderabadi dum biryani, which the menu says is cooked by the dum pukht method: rice and meat or vegetables sealed in a pot and steamed slowly so the layers cook in their own aromas. The gongura biryani is the regional one to know: gongura is the sour sorrel leaf of Andhra cooking, and the menu tosses it through basmati pulao.
On the menu: cashew chicken pakora ($18.95), chicken and cashews in a spiced batter, deep-fried, which the menu itself calls its “Highest Seller So Far”.
Butter chicken or paneer is $18.95 and naan is $3.50, and there is an Indo-Chinese run of starters (Manchurian, chilli garlic) for anyone at the table who wants the street-food side of the menu.
Start with: Traditional Hyderabadi dum biryani, $19.95.
Guneet’s Indian Restaurant — 2/250 High St, Melton VIC 3337
Further along High Street in Melton, Guneet’s describes itself as BYO, with halal-certified options and catering, and its own site lists it as closed on Mondays. The tandoor leads the order page: the special tandoori murgh, a whole marinated chicken on the bone cooked in the clay oven, is $15.99. Punjabi butter chicken is $16.50, daal makhani is $16.00, chicken biryani is $17.00 and garlic naan is $4.00.
On the menu: Dinner Pack 1 ($44.99) is two veg samosas, a non-veg curry (no goat or seafood), a veg curry, rice and three naans; Dinner Pack 2 ($64.99) adds two pieces of chicken tikka, a second non-veg curry, a second rice and a fourth naan.
These prices come from the order page on its own website, whose footer still reads 2024, so confirm them when you ring through an order.
Start with: special tandoori murgh, $15.99.
Simply Indian Melton — 2/408 High St, Melton VIC 3337
The Melton branch of a group that also lists Hoppers Crossing and Docklands, and its own ordering site names Melton West in its delivery area. The menu splits North and South: a South Indian section of dosas, and a curry list with dal makhani at $20.99 and butter chicken, offered “Aussie/Desi”, at $21.99.
On the menu: a dosa is a thin crepe of fermented rice and lentil batter cooked until crisp; the Mumbai masala dosa ($20.99) is the filled, spiced version, and the ghee dosa ($12.99) is the plain one brushed with clarified butter.
Feeding a crowd, the Family Biryani Meal is $79.99 on the deals page.
Start with: Mumbai masala dosa, $20.99.
Dosa Hut Melton — R24/201 Exford Road, Weir Views VIC 3338
In Opalia Plaza in Weir Views, this branch of a chain that says it has 25+ branches across Australia is the one its own “Indian restaurant near Melton West” page points to. The dosa list is the long read here: a plain dosa is $9.95, a masala dosa $17.95, and the 70mm series, where the menu note on one item reads “Worlds longest plain dosa with choice of filling”, starts with a plain 70mm at $17.95.
On the menu: sambar idly ($8.95 for two pieces) is two steamed rice-and-lentil cakes in sambar, a tangy lentil-and-vegetable broth, and a lighter feed than the curries.
The chicken dum biryani, on the bone, is $18.95, and under “Pot Luck Deals” the Family Chicken Biryani is $70.00.
Start with: masala dosa, $17.95.
Quick answers
Which Indian restaurants are in Melton West itself?
The two we could check are both at Woodgrove Shopping Centre, 533-555 High Street: Desi Dhaba Melton (Shop 2) and Biryani Nation Melton (Unit 2a). Guneet’s and Simply Indian are on High Street in neighbouring Melton, and Dosa Hut Melton is in Opalia Plaza, Weir Views.
Can I get an Indian family pack or food parcel near Melton West?
Yes. Desi Dhaba Melton lists a Non Veg Family Pack at $59.00 and a Veg Family Pack at $55.00; Guneet’s lists Dinner Pack 1 at $44.99 and Dinner Pack 2 at $64.99; and Dosa Hut Melton’s Family Chicken Biryani is $70.00. Prices copied from each venue’s own menu on 1 October 2026.
Where can I get a dosa near Melton West?
Simply Indian Melton, 2/408 High Street, lists a Mumbai masala dosa at $20.99 and a ghee dosa at $12.99. Dosa Hut Melton, R24/201 Exford Road in Weir Views, lists a plain dosa at $9.95 and a masala dosa at $17.95.
Is there Hyderabadi biryani in Melton West?
Yes, at Woodgrove. Biryani Nation Melton’s Traditional Hyderabadi dum biryani is $19.95, and Desi Dhaba Melton’s Hyderabadi dum biriyani is $22.90.
How late is Indian takeaway open in Melton West?
Desi Dhaba Melton, at Woodgrove, lists 11 am to 11 pm on its own page, and to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Check each venue’s own page for the night you are ordering, because hours change.
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. Desi Dhaba’s prices come from its Melton ordering storefront, which its own site links; Biryani Nation’s from its own ordering site; Simply Indian’s from its branch ordering site, where items load by script, read through a text reader; Guneet’s from the order page on its own website; and Dosa Hut’s from the chain’s Melton menu page. We confirmed each address at a second, independent source: the Australian Good Food Guide, Woodgrove Shopping Centre’s and Opalia Plaza’s own store pages, or a local listing. Population and language figures are from the ABS 2021 Census QuickStats for Melton West; the distance is from Wikipedia. We did not use delivery-app prices, star ratings or review counts. Online prices can differ from counter prices, deals come and go, and some menus load only part of the list on the web. The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of dish, not the 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
- Desi Dhaba Melton: desidhaba.com.au/melton and its ordering storefront; also Woodgrove Shopping Centre
- Biryani Nation Melton: ordering site; address also at AGFG
- Guneet’s Indian Restaurant: guneets.com and its order page; address also at AGFG
- Simply Indian Melton: simplyindian.net.au and the Melton ordering site; address also at Melbourne Localista
- Dosa Hut Melton: branch page, Melton menu and Melton West page; address also at Opalia Plaza
- Melton West population and languages: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
- Melton West location: Wikipedia
