Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page was written around invented reader personas, rent figures and venue descriptions we could not stand behind, and it named a restaurant we could not find. It has been rewritten. Every place below was checked against its own ordering page or at least two current listings, and every price was copied from the venue’s own ordering channel on 1 October 2026.
At the 2021 Census, 29.2 per cent of St Albans residents used Vietnamese at home, more than the 21.6 per cent who used only English. The Indian kitchens here cook for a smaller community alongside that one. Community context: of St Albans’ 38,042 residents in 2021, 2,222 (5.8 per cent) were born in India, and Punjabi came next after Vietnamese among languages used at home other than English, at 4.2 per cent.
The places below sit on four streets: Main Road West, East Esplanade, Main Road East and Kings Road. Three publish full menus with prices on their own ordering pages, so those come with prices. The other three appear on delivery listings but have no menu of their own that we could open, so you get what they cook but no numbers.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Order this | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The searched-for curry house | Laajwab Indian Restaurant | Punjabi style butter chicken | $20.99 |
| Biryani on a budget | Orey Biryani | Chicken dum biryani | $13.99 |
| Hyderabadi food, late | Shahi Darbaar | Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani | $21.99 |
| Kulcha and chole bhature | Indioz | Amritsari kulcha thali | see its listing |
| Tandoor classics on Kings Road | Desi Tandoor Indian Restaurant | Butter chicken or dal makhani | see its listing |
| Sweets and snacks to take home | Indian Delight Sweets & Bakery | Paneer or aloo puff | see its listing |
Laajwab Indian Restaurant — 177A Main Rd W, St Albans VIC 3021
The name people search for, and its full menu is online. Its own ordering site sends you to an OzFoodHunter ordering page that lists everything with a price: Punjabi style butter chicken is $20.99, chicken biryani $19.99, chole bhature $17.99 and garlic naan $4.80, and the site says its naans come out of a house tandoor. The Australian Good Food Guide lists it as best known for its tandoori platter or butter chicken, and the delivery list on its own site runs from Sunshine and Cairnlea to Deer Park and Keilor Downs.
On the menu: paani puri ($12.99), hollow crisp shells you fill with spiced potato and tangy water and eat in one bite.
Start with: the Punjabi style butter chicken and a garlic naan.
Orey Biryani — 3/323 Main Road East, St Albans VIC 3021
A biryani kitchen on Main Road East whose own ordering site carries a short menu. The chicken dum biryani is $13.99; “dum” means the rice and marinated meat are sealed in one pot and cooked slowly in their own steam. A chicken family biryani is $49.99, and the lunch and dinner combo, bagara rice or white rice with two curries from a list of eight, is $12.99.
On the menu: chicken gongura ($13.99), a curry made sour and sharp with gongura, the sorrel leaf that is a staple of Telugu cooking. Bagara rice, the spiced rice in the combos, is the Hyderabadi way of serving plain rice dressed up with whole spices. Chicken curry with bagara rice is $14.99, and a mutton ghee roast starter is $15.99.
Start with: the chicken dum biryani.
Shahi Darbaar — 10A East Esplanade, St Albans VIC 3021
The St Albans Town Centre directory describes Shahi Darbaar as serving Hyderabadi food, “From Chicken Mandi to Schezwan Gobi”, and open until 1am six days a week. Its online ordering storefront runs from 5pm to 12:55am and lists the Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani at $21.99, butter chicken at $21.99 and chicken 65 at $19.99. Its OzFoodHunter listing prices that biryani and the butter chicken lower, so compare the two before you order. Chicken 65 is a Chennai-born snack of spiced, deep-fried chicken, often finished with curry leaves; Schezwan gobi and the veg momo ($20.99) come from the Indo-Chinese side of the menu.
Start with: the Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani.
Indioz — 85 Main Rd West, St Albans VIC 3021
We could not open a website of its own for Indioz, so this entry comes from its DoorDash store, which lists it as North Indian and Indo-Chinese with sections for chats, kulchas and Indo-Chinese specials. The featured dishes are the Amritsari kulcha thali, the paneer kulcha thali and chole bhature. Prices on delivery apps are set for the app, so we have left them out; ring or check the listing for the current number.
On the menu: Amritsari kulcha, a leavened bread from Amritsar stuffed with spiced potato and baked against the wall of a tandoor, served with chickpea curry.
Start with: the Amritsari kulcha thali.
Desi Tandoor Indian Restaurant — 68 Kings Road, St Albans VIC 3021
On Kings Road, away from the station strip, and listed at the same address by DoorDash, Zest and Everything Indian. Its DoorDash menu runs from a “Desi Chatore” snack section through vegetarian, lamb, beef, chicken and seafood mains to Indo-Chinese, tandoori and breads, with butter chicken, dal makhani, lamb rogan josh and beef vindaloo among the featured dishes. We found no menu of its own online, so there are no prices here.
On the menu: dal makhani, black lentils and kidney beans cooked low and slow, then finished with butter and cream.
Start with: the dal makhani with a naan from the tandoor.
Indian Delight Sweets & Bakery — 173 Main Rd W, St Albans VIC 3021
Also on Main Road West, at number 173. HappyCow describes it as an Indian vegetarian snacks and sweets shop, and its DoorDash store lists chana bhatura, Mumbai pav bhaji, fried mixed veg momos and paneer and aloo patties, the flaky Indian-bakery puffs. It suits the tail end of a Main Road West dinner, when you want something sweet or a box of snacks to take home.
On the menu: pav bhaji, a buttery mashed-vegetable curry eaten with soft toasted bread rolls, the street food of Mumbai.
Start with: an aloo puff.
Quick answers
Does Laajwab Indian Restaurant have its menu and prices online?
Yes. Its own ordering site links to an OzFoodHunter ordering page with the full menu and prices. On 1 October 2026 it listed Punjabi style butter chicken at $20.99, chicken biryani at $19.99, chole bhature at $17.99 and garlic naan at $4.80.
Where is Laajwab Indian Restaurant in St Albans?
At 177A Main Road West, St Albans VIC 3021. Its own site lists delivery to suburbs including Sunshine, Cairnlea, Deer Park and Keilor Downs.
Where can I get biryani in St Albans?
Orey Biryani at 3/323 Main Road East lists a chicken dum biryani at $13.99 and a chicken family biryani at $49.99 on its own ordering site. Shahi Darbaar, 10A East Esplanade, lists a Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani at $21.99, and Laajwab’s chicken biryani is $19.99.
Is there late-night Indian food in St Albans?
Shahi Darbaar’s online ordering runs from 5pm to 12:55am, and the St Albans Town Centre directory says it is open until 1am six days a week. Check which night it closes before you head out.
Where can I buy Indian sweets in St Albans?
Indian Delight Sweets & Bakery at 173 Main Road West. HappyCow describes it as an Indian vegetarian snacks and sweets shop, and its DoorDash store lists paneer and aloo puffs, pav bhaji and chana bhatura.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read each venue’s own ordering page and copied every item and price exactly as printed: Laajwab’s OzFoodHunter page (linked from its own ordering site), Shahi Darbaar’s order.online storefront (linked from the St Albans Town Centre directory) and Orey Biryani’s own Foodhub ordering site. We confirmed every address at two or more independent sources: the Australian Good Food Guide, the St Albans Town Centre directory, Curateria, Zest, HappyCow, Everything Indian and the venues’ DoorDash stores. We could not open a website of their own for Indioz, Desi Tandoor or Indian Delight, so we describe their food from their DoorDash listings and give no prices. Online prices can differ between ordering platforms and from counter prices. Population, birthplace and language figures are from the ABS 2021 Census QuickStats for St Albans (Vic.). The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of dish, not the venue’s own food.
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Sources
- Laajwab Indian Restaurant: its ordering site and ordering page; address also at AGFG and DoorDash
- Orey Biryani: its ordering site; address also at Curateria
- Shahi Darbaar: St Albans Town Centre directory, online ordering storefront and OzFoodHunter
- Indioz: DoorDash and Everything Indian
- Desi Tandoor Indian Restaurant: DoorDash, Zest and Everything Indian
- Indian Delight Sweets & Bakery: DoorDash and HappyCow
- St Albans population, birthplace and languages: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
