Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed eight “Indian food” venues in Mount Waverley that we could not find at any source, with made-up addresses, dishes, prices and seat counts, plus a quick-picks table of further names we could not find, all under postcode 3132, which is Mitcham’s, not Mount Waverley’s (3149). It also claimed, falsely, that every pick had been tested in person. 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 website or ordering page on 1 October 2026.
Two of Mount Waverley’s Indian kitchens share one shopping centre, and the Census helps explain who they cook for.
Community context: at the 2021 Census, 7.7 per cent of Mount Waverley’s 35,340 residents reported Indian ancestry, 6.1 per cent were born in India and 4.2 per cent in Sri Lanka. Sinhalese (3.4 per cent) and Hindi (2.3 per cent) are both among the top languages used at home, behind Mandarin at 16.6 per cent.
The precinct: Pinewood Shopping Centre, in the south-east of the suburb, is where the two Mount Waverley kitchens on this list sit, both on Centreway. One leans to the biryanis of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the other pairs Indian curries with Sri Lankan ones. Because two kitchens make a short list, this guide also crosses the border into Ashwood, Mount Waverley’s north-western neighbour, for a Coimbatore-style South Indian menu, and into Clayton, its southern neighbour, for vegetarian Mumbai street food. Menus change, so give them a squiz before you head out.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Start with | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra-style biryani in Pinewood | Grand Sitara | Gongura chicken biryani | $19.95 |
| Sri Lankan and Indian, sit-down | Waadiya | Royal Treat, per person (two or more), per its own site on 1 Oct 2026 | $64 |
| Coimbatore-style South Indian | Streets of Kovai | Masala dosai | $15.99 |
| Vegetarian Mumbai street food | Chai ‘N’ Chilli | Vada pav | $8.50 |
Grand Sitara Indian Restaurant — 5/33-39 Centreway, Mount Waverley VIC 3149
Grand Sitara bills itself on its own site as a biryani takeaway, and its ordering menu reads like a tour of the Telugu-speaking south. The biryani list is named for the flavourings of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana: the gongura chicken biryani ($19.95) is named for gongura, the sour sorrel leaf that is close to a signature of the region; the avakaya chicken biryani ($18.95) takes its name from avakaya, the fiery raw-mango pickle; the ulavacharu chicken biryani ($18.95) from ulavacharu, a thick, earthy horse-gram soup; and the Hyderabad goat dum biryani is $17.95. If you are feeding a household, any chicken biryani comes as a family pack for $59.95.
On the menu: a plain dosa is $9.95 and a masala dosa, the crisp rice-and-lentil crepe wrapped around spiced potato, is $12.95. The ghee podi dosa ($11.95) is brushed with ghee and dusted with podi, a dry-roasted lentil and chilli powder. Pani puri ($9.95) are hollow, crisp shells you fill with spiced water and eat in one bite, and the North Indian standards are there too: butter chicken at $15.95 and garlic naan at $4.45.
Start with: the gongura chicken biryani, $19.95.
Waadiya — 17-21 Centreway, Mount Waverley VIC 3149
Waadiya describes itself as bringing Indian and Sri Lankan cooking “under one roof”, which suits a suburb where both communities show up in the Census. Its own post on group dinners lists a Sri Lankan side of chicken, lamb, beef, black pork and Jaffna fish curries, with fish cutlets and hot butter calamari to start, and an Indian side of samosas, tandoori chicken, butter chicken and lamb rogan josh, with kulfi or gulab jamun to finish. Its menu is published as images, so the one price we can give you is for its “Royal Treat”: its dine-in menu page describes that menu as Indian and Sri Lankan dishes with rice, dessert and bottomless mains for $64 a person, and the site’s summary of a post dated 24 September 2026 adds a minimum of two people. Treat that as the price at the time of writing and check it when you book.
On the menu: kottu roti, which Waadiya’s home page describes as shredded flatbread stir-fried with vegetables, egg and your choice of meat, is a Sri Lankan street-food classic. Jaffna curries come from the Tamil north of the island. The site says several dishes are vegan by default, including vegetable curries, dals, sambols and mallung, a dry stir-fry of shredded greens and coconut; it opens for dinner Tuesday to Sunday and lunch Thursday to Sunday, and is closed on Mondays.
Start with: the Royal Treat, if there are two of you and it is still on offer.
Streets of Kovai — 15 Cleveland Rd, Ashwood VIC 3147
In Ashwood, Mount Waverley’s north-western neighbour, Streets of Kovai takes its name from Kovai, the local name for Coimbatore in western Tamil Nadu, and its own site calls it a South Indian restaurant. The ordering page lists a masala dosai at $15.99 and a plain dosai at $13.99 (dosai is the Tamil spelling), and idli with sambar and chutney, three of the steamed rice-and-lentil cakes, at $14.99. Biryani is the other half of the menu: the Kovai chicken biryani is $21.99 and the Kovai mutton biryani $22.99.
On the menu: Pallipalayam chicken ($18.99) is a dry chicken fry named for a town in western Tamil Nadu, usually built on dried red chilli, shallots and coconut. Chicken kothu parota ($20.99) is flaky parotta bread chopped on the griddle with egg and chicken, a cousin of Sri Lankan kottu. Finish with a filter coffee ($4.99), South Indian coffee brewed strong and mixed with hot milk.
Start with: the masala dosai, $15.99.
Chai ‘N’ Chilli — 125 Carinish Rd, Clayton VIC 3168
Chai ‘N’ Chilli has a page on its site titled “Indian Restaurant Mount Waverley”, but the addresses it lists are in Clayton, Mount Waverley’s southern neighbour, and on King Street in the CBD; this entry is the Clayton branch on Carinish Road. It is 100 per cent vegetarian and cooks Maharashtrian and North Indian food, which makes it a good bet for the street snacks of Mumbai. The vada pav ($8.50) is a spiced potato fritter in a soft bun with chutneys, and misal pav ($18.00) is a spicy curry of sprouted beans topped with farsan, the crunchy fried mix, served with bread rolls.
On the menu: pav bhaji ($18.00) is a buttery mashed-vegetable curry with toasted rolls; sabudana wada ($14.00) are fritters of tapioca pearls, potato and peanut with peanut chutney; two samosas are $8.00; and a masala chai is $5.50. The Clayton kitchen opens Tuesday to Saturday evenings plus Saturday lunch, and is closed on Sundays and public holidays.
Start with: the vada pav, $8.50.
Also in Mount Waverley
Rani’s Kitchen, 311 Stephensons Road, is listed at that address on Uber Eats and Whereis, with dosa, uthapam and kottu roti sections on its Uber Eats menu. We found no website of its own, so it sits here without prices.
Quick answers
Where can I get Indian takeaway in Mount Waverley?
Grand Sitara, 5/33-39 Centreway in the Pinewood centre, takes online orders on its own website, with butter chicken at $15.95 and a gongura chicken biryani at $19.95. Waadiya, also on Centreway at number 17-21, lists takeaway on its own site. Just outside the suburb, Streets of Kovai in Ashwood and Chai ‘N’ Chilli in Clayton both take online orders on their own sites.
Which Indian restaurants are in Pinewood?
Grand Sitara and Waadiya are both on Centreway in the Pinewood centre. Grand Sitara, at 5/33-39, leans to Andhra and Telangana biryanis and dosa; Waadiya, at 17-21, cooks Indian and Sri Lankan food; its own site lists a Royal Treat menu at $64 a head with bottomless mains, for two or more.
Where can I get a dosa near Mount Waverley, and is there a Dosa Hut?
Grand Sitara in Pinewood lists a plain dosa at $9.95 and a masala dosa at $12.95. Streets of Kovai in Ashwood lists a masala dosai at $15.99. Dosa Hut’s own location list names a Clayton branch but none in Mount Waverley.
Is Shavans still at Pinewood?
Shavans’ own website gives an address in Patterson Lakes and does not mention Mount Waverley or Pinewood. A directory listing for Shavans still gives 17-21 Centreway, Pinewood, and the phone number 03 9803 5112; on 1 October 2026 that address and number appeared on Waadiya’s own website as Waadiya’s.
What is the cheapest dish on this list?
Leaving aside breads and drinks, two samosas at Chai ‘N’ Chilli for $8.00, then its vada pav at $8.50. For a light meal in Mount Waverley itself, Grand Sitara’s plain dosa and its pani puri are $9.95 each. Prices were copied from each venue’s own menu on 1 October 2026.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read each venue’s own website or its own online ordering page and copied every item and price exactly as published. Grand Sitara’s prices come from the menu feed behind the ordering page on its own site, Streets of Kovai’s from the ordering page its own site links for the Ashwood branch, and Chai ‘N’ Chilli’s from its own ordering page with the Clayton store selected. Waadiya publishes its menu as images, so its only price here is the Royal Treat, taken from the menu description on its own dine-in page and from the site’s own summary of its post of 24 September 2026. We confirmed each address at a second, independent source: the Australian Good Food Guide, Ambient Menu or Aus Independents. The Census figures are from the ABS 2021 QuickStats for Mount Waverley, and the suburb’s location and neighbours are from Wikipedia. We left out of the main list places whose own website we could not open (Rani’s Kitchen appears, without prices, for that reason) or whose listing now points to a different suburb. Online prices can differ from counter prices, and specials come and go. 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
- Grand Sitara: grandsitara.com.au and its menu feed; address also at AGFG
- Waadiya: waadiya.com.au, its FAQ, dine-in menu page, Royal Treat post, group dinner post and vegetarian and vegan post; address also at Ambient Menu
- Shavans: its own site shavans.com.au and a directory listing at singh.com.au
- Streets of Kovai: streetsofkovai.com.au and its Ashwood ordering page; address also at AGFG
- Chai ‘N’ Chilli: Mount Waverley page and its ordering page; address also at Aus Independents
- Rani’s Kitchen: Uber Eats and Whereis
- Dosa Hut locations: dosahut.net.au
- Mount Waverley population, birthplace and languages: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
- Mount Waverley location and neighbours: Wikipedia
