Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed eight “Indian” venues in Notting Hill that we could not find anywhere, under a postcode that is not Notting Hill’s, with pasta, risotto and sourdough as their signature dishes and seat counts and “insider tips” nobody could stand behind. It has been rewritten from scratch. Every place below was checked against its own website or ordering page and one independent listing on 1 October 2026.
First, which Notting Hill. This is Notting Hill, Victoria, the small suburb 19 km south-east of Melbourne’s CBD in the City of Monash, and Wikipedia records that a settler, Thomas Wilkinson, is generally accepted as having named it for his association with Notting Hill in London. If you are hungry in London W11, you are on the wrong page; if you are on Ferntree Gully Road, read on.
Community context: at the 2021 Census, Notting Hill had 2,895 residents. Sri Lanka (7.9 per cent) and India (7.3 per cent) were among the most common countries of birth after Australia and China, Indian was the fourth most common ancestry at 7.9 per cent, and Sinhalese, spoken at home by 7.2 per cent, was the second most common language other than English, after Mandarin. The suburb itself is mostly a residential estate, the Monash Business Park and factories, and we could not find an Indian restaurant inside it with a menu we could read. So this guide is honestly “in and around”: the kitchens Notting Hill eats from sit just over its borders, in Mount Waverley to the north and Clayton to the south, which shares the 3168 postcode.
The precinct: two clusters. Pinewood Shopping Centre on Centreway, Mount Waverley, has a biryani house and an Indian and Sri Lankan restaurant. Clayton Road and nearby Carinish Road, in Clayton, hold South Indian, vegetarian street-food and sweets kitchens. Menus move, so give them a squiz before you head out.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Start with | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyderabadi biryani to take home | Grand Sitara, Mount Waverley | Hyderabad goat dum biryani | $17.95 |
| Sri Lankan and Indian at one table | Waadiya, Mount Waverley | Royal Treat, per person (two or more) | $64 |
| A dosa, and a lot of choice | Dosa Hut, Clayton | Masala dosa | $17.99 |
| Vegetarian Mumbai street food | Jay Bhavani, Clayton | Bombay vadapav | $7.99 |
| A cheap takeaway biryani | Sri Dwaraka, Clayton | Biryani Mela (takeaway only) | $10.99 |
| Indian sweets and chaat | Taste of Taj, Clayton | Cholley bhature | $9.99 |
Grand Sitara Indian Restaurant — 5/33-39 Centreway, Mount Waverley VIC 3149
In the Pinewood centre in Mount Waverley, Notting Hill’s northern neighbour, Grand Sitara describes itself as a biryani takeaway, and the menu behind its own ordering site bears that out with a long list of them. The Hyderabad goat dum biryani is $17.95: dum means the rice and marinated meat are sealed and slow-cooked together. The gongura chicken biryani is $19.95, and the vegetable dum biryani is $14.95 for anyone skipping the meat.
On the menu: gongura is the sour leaf of a plant in the hibiscus family, cooked down in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana into a tangy relish that cuts through the richness of the rice.
Start with: Hyderabad goat dum biryani, $17.95.
Waadiya — 17-21 Centreway, Mount Waverley VIC 3149
Also on Centreway, Waadiya calls itself an Indian and Sri Lankan restaurant, which suits a suburb where Sinhalese is the second most common language at home after English and Mandarin. Its own site describes kottu roti as “A true Sri Lankan street-food classic”: shredded flatbread stir-fried on a hot plate with vegetables, egg and your choice of meat. For a long dinner, its Royal Treat is $64 per person, minimum two people, with Indian or Sri Lankan favourites and bottomless mains.
On the menu: kottu roti, chopped and tossed on the griddle, is Sri Lanka’s late-night street food.
Start with: kottu roti, then decide whether the table wants the Royal Treat.
Dosa Hut Clayton — 346 Clayton Rd, Clayton VIC 3168
The Clayton branch of the Dosa Hut chain publishes its own branch menu, and the dosa list is long. A dosa is a thin crepe of fermented rice and lentil batter cooked until crisp. The plain dosa is $9.99, and the masala dosa, folded around spiced potato, is $17.99 in the stuffed range. A sambar idly and vada (one steamed rice cake in lentil broth and one lentil doughnut) is $9.99, and the North Indian side of the menu covers chole bhatura at $15.99 and butter chicken at $18.99.
On the menu: sambar is the tangy lentil-and-vegetable broth that comes alongside most South Indian breakfasts.
Start with: masala dosa, $17.99.
Jay Bhavani Clayton — 401 Clayton Rd, Clayton VIC 3168
An Indian vegetarian restaurant, by its own description, and the Clayton menu on its site reads like a tour of Mumbai and Gujarat’s street stalls. The Bombay vadapav is $7.99: a spiced potato fritter in a soft bun with chutneys, Mumbai’s everyday snack. Butter pav bhaji, a buttery mashed-vegetable curry with toasted bread rolls, is $15.99; panipuri, hollow crisp shells you fill with spiced water and eat in one bite, is $9.99; and the Katka Dabeli, flagged on the menu as a Jay Bhavani special, is $10.99.
On the menu: dabeli is the Kutch region’s answer to vada pav, a sweet-spicy potato filling in a bun, usually finished with peanuts and pomegranate.
Start with: Bombay vadapav, $7.99.
Sri Dwaraka — 284 Clayton Rd, Clayton VIC 3168
Its own site lists dosa and tiffins, curries “inspired by the flavours of South India and Andhra”, and a signature tub biryani, with the Clayton branch listed as open from 9:00 AM to 11:30 PM. On 1 October 2026 the notice on its own ordering page read: “Biryani Mela is NOW Serving 7 DAYS A WEEK (Takeaway Only) @ $10.99”. In South India, tiffin means a light meal: idly, dosa and vada, eaten at breakfast or in the arvo.
On the menu: idly is a steamed cake of fermented rice and lentil batter, soft enough to soak up sambar.
Start with: the $10.99 Biryani Mela, if you are taking it home.
Taste of Taj — 1/151 Carinish Rd, Clayton VIC 3168
Just off Clayton Road, Taste of Taj names North, South Indian and Bengali sweets on its own site alongside chaat, dosa and Indo-Chinese, and says it has been serving North and South Indian food since 2012. The menu pages on its website were last edited in April 2025, so treat these prices as a guide: cholley bhature, chickpea curry with two puffed fried breads, is $9.99; the masala dosa is $11.99; butter chicken or lamb is $12.99; garlic naan is $2.50; and a thali special (two curries with naan or roti and rice) is $10.99.
On the menu: Bengali sweets are mostly built on fresh chhena, a soft cheese, soaked in syrup or sweetened milk, as in rasmalai.
Start with: cholley bhature, $9.99, and something from the sweets counter.
Also in Notting Hill, without a menu
Phantom India Restaurant is listed by Yellow Pages as a caterer at 662 Blackburn Road, Notting Hill. We could not find a working website or a published menu for it on 1 October 2026, so it is not in the picks above; ring before you plan around it.
Quick answers
Is there an Indian restaurant in Notting Hill itself?
Not one with a menu we could check. The only Indian business we found with a Notting Hill address is Phantom India Restaurant, listed by Yellow Pages as a caterer at 662 Blackburn Road, and we could not find a working website or menu for it on 1 October 2026. The nearest kitchens with published menus are at Pinewood in Mount Waverley and on Clayton Road and Carinish Road in Clayton.
Where can I get Indian takeaway near Notting Hill?
Grand Sitara at Pinewood, 5/33-39 Centreway, Mount Waverley, describes itself as a biryani takeaway and takes orders on its own site; its Hyderabad goat dum biryani is $17.95. In Clayton, Sri Dwaraka’s ordering page was offering its Biryani Mela at $10.99, takeaway only, on 1 October 2026.
Where can I get a dosa near Notting Hill?
Dosa Hut Clayton, 346 Clayton Road, lists a plain dosa at $9.99 and a masala dosa at $17.99. Taste of Taj, 1/151 Carinish Road, lists a masala dosa at $11.99 on a website menu last edited in April 2025.
Is there vegetarian Indian food near Notting Hill?
Jay Bhavani, 401 Clayton Road, Clayton, describes itself as an Indian vegetarian restaurant. Its Clayton menu lists a Bombay vadapav at $7.99, butter pav bhaji at $15.99 and panipuri at $9.99.
Is this page about Notting Hill in London?
No. This is Notting Hill, Victoria, a suburb about 19 km south-east of Melbourne’s CBD in the City of Monash. Wikipedia records that it is generally accepted to have been named by a settler, Thomas Wilkinson, for his association with Notting Hill in London.
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; Dosa Hut’s from its Clayton branch menu page; Jay Bhavani’s from its Clayton menu page; Sri Dwaraka’s from the notice on its own ordering page; Taste of Taj’s from the menu pages on its website, whose own page data shows they were last edited in April 2025. Waadiya’s price is from the Royal Treat page on its own site, dated 24 September 2026. We confirmed each address at a second, independent source: the Australian Good Food Guide, The Ambient Menu or Hello Clayton, the Clayton Road traders’ directory. Census figures are from the ABS 2021 QuickStats for Notting Hill; the suburb’s location, neighbours and name are from Wikipedia. We left out places whose own website we could not open or whose only menu was on a delivery app. 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.
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Sources
- Grand Sitara: grandsitara.com.au and its menu feed; address also at AGFG
- Waadiya: FAQ, home page and Royal Treat; address also at The Ambient Menu
- Dosa Hut Clayton: branch page and Clayton menu; address also at AGFG and Hello Clayton
- Jay Bhavani Clayton: Clayton menu; address also at AGFG and Hello Clayton
- Sri Dwaraka: sridwaraka.com.au and its Clayton ordering page; address also at Hello Clayton
- Taste of Taj: tasteoftaj.com.au, its menu pages (chaat, South Indian, meat curries, breads, specials) and contact page; address also at Hello Clayton
- Phantom India Restaurant: Yellow Pages listing
- Notting Hill population, birthplace, ancestry and language: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
- Notting Hill location, neighbours and name: Wikipedia
