The Indian Chefs Kitchen & Bar

2270 E Hastings St, Vancouver
(604) 569-2220

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Customers' Favorites

Special Platter Goat Curry Shahi Paneer and Butter Chicken
The Indian Chefs Special Gulab Jamun with Ice -Cream
Non-Vegetarian Lunch Special Combo
The Indian Chef Mix Grill Special
Tandori Chicken 6
Vegetable Pakora
Vegetable Samosa
Chicken Biryani
Veg Manchurian
Chicken Korma

Menu

Featured items
Butter Chicken
Boneless chicken breast cooked in creamy tomato sauce. Made The Indian Chef famous.
Palak Paneer
Spinach cooked with homemade cheese and mild Indian spices.
Goat Biryani
Goat and basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices.
Dal Makhani
Black lentils cooked overnight. A real accompaniment to an Indian meal.
Lamb Biryani
Lamb and basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices.
Chana Masala
Chickpeas with ginger, garlic, onion, and tomato sauce.

Place Settings
Number of Plastic Cutlery
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Appetizers
Vegetable Samosa
Pastry filled with chef's special marinated potato served with chutney.
Chana Samosa Chat
Vegetable Pakora
Marinated in a tangy batter with Indian spices and deep-fried. Delicately spiced vegetables.
Prawn Pakora
Chilli Fish Dry
Basa fish sauteed with onions, bell peppers, and spices.
Vegetable Noodles
Paneer Pakora
Homemade cheese deep in chickpea flowers battered and fried.
Vegetable Manchurian
Vegetable dumplings served with soy sweet chilli sauce.
Chilli Paneer Dry and Gravy
Homemade cheese, peppers, and onions with soy sweet chilli sauce.
Aloo Tikki (2 pcs)
Fish Pakora (Basa Fish)
A tendered piece of fish battered in chickpea flour.
Onion Bhaji
Onion coated in chickpea battered and deep-fried.
Chilli Chicken Dry and Gravy
Diced chicken marinated with spices and toasted with bell peppers.
Honey Garlic Cauliflower
Mixed Platter
Vegetable samosa, vegetable pakora, paneer pakora, and aloo tikki.
Chicken Noodles
Aloo Tikki with Chana
Chicken Pakora
Boneless chicken marinated in a tangy battered with Indian spices and deep-fried.
Chilli Mushroom Dry

Salads
Kachumber Salad
Chopped onion, tomato, and cucumber.
Onion and Green Chilli Salad
Sliced onions and green chillies.
Indian-Style Salad
Sliced onion, tomato, cucumber, daikon, and carrots.

Chicken Specialties
Butter Chicken
Boneless chicken breast cooked in creamy tomato sauce. Made The Indian Chef famous.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Grilled chicken cooked in onion and tomato-based sauce.
Karahi Chicken
Boneless chicken cooked with fresh tomatoes, onions, green peppers, and fresh spices.
Chicken Curry
Boneless chicken simmered in onions, ginger, garlic, tomatoes, coriander, cloves, and cumin.
Chicken Coconut
Boneless chicken breast cooked in a unique blend of coriander and coconut curry.
Chicken Rogan Josh
Boneless chicken cooked with spice creamy rich sauce.
Chicken Jalfrazie
Chicken Korma
Boneless chicken cooked in a white cashew nut sauce and garnished with sliced almonds.
Chicken Vindaloo
Boneless chicken and potatoes. Cooked in a zesty tangy curry sauce.
Palak Chicken
Boneless chicken and spinach cooked with garlic, ginger, and Indian spices.
Mango Chicken
Boneless chicken cooked in seasoned mango sauce.

Tandoori Specialties
Chicken Tikka
Boneless chicken marinated in yogurt, spices, and grilled in clay oven.
Paneer Tikka
Homemade cheese marinated in yogurt, spiced, and grilled.
The Indian Chef Mix Grill Special
Tandoori chicken, lamb sea kabab, fish tikka, malai tikka, and tandoori prawns.
Lamb Seekh Kebab
Minced lamb marinated with spices.
Fish Tikka (Basa Fish)
Fish marinated in Indian spices and grilled in clay oven.
Malai Paneer Tikka
Malai Chicken Tikka
Boneless chicken marinated with cream cheese, cashew nut paste, Indian spices, and grilled in clay oven.
Chicken Seekh Kebab
Minced chicken marinated with spices.
Tandoori Chicken (6 pcs)
Six pieces of clay oven-roasted chicken marinated in yogurt and spices.
Tandoori Prawns
Prawns marinated in Indian spices and grilled in The Indian Chef's clay oven.
Achari Chicken Tikka

Vegetarian Specialties
Shahi Paneer
Homemade cheese cooked in onion, cream, and tomato sauce.
Dal Makhani
Black lentils cooked overnight. A real accompaniment to an Indian meal.
Palak Paneer
Spinach cooked with homemade cheese and mild Indian spices.
Chana Masala
Chickpeas with ginger, garlic, onion, and tomato sauce.
Malai Kofta
Vegetables and cheese balls cooked lightly in cream sauce and mildly spiced.
Dal Tadka
Yellow lentils cooked in traditional slow cooking method with aromatic spices.
Paneer Makhni
Indian cheese and green peppers cooked in Indian spices.
Eggplant Bharta
The whole eggplant roasted in tandoor and cooked with onion, tomatoes, garlic, and ginger.
Vegetable Korma
Mixed vegetables cooked in a creamy sauce and dashed with mild spices.
Bhindi Masala
Okra cooked with diced onion and Indian spices.
Mixed Vegetable
Seasonal vegetables sauteed with peppers and tomatoes in an onion-based sauce.
Palak Kofta
Spinach ball marinated with cottage cheese and potatoes with spices and cooked in spinach gravy.
Karahi Paneer
Indian cheese and green peppers cooked in Indian spices.
Aloo Gobi
Cauliflower and potatoes cooked in onions, ginger, garlic, and spices.
Paneer Tikka Masala
Paneer Burji
Mutter Paneer
Homemade cheese and peas in ginger, garlic, onion, and tomato sauce.
Mutter Mushroom
Peas and mushroom cooked in a cashew sauce.
Vegetable Jalfrezie
Assorted vegetables sauteed with a touch of lemon curry sauce.
Paneer Pasanda
Mutter Malai Methi
Peas and fenugreek leave cooked with cashew curry and Indian spices.
Vegetable Vindaloo
Jeera Aloo

Seafood Specialties
Fish Masala
Fish cooked in a traditional Indian sauce.
Fish Curry
Fish cooked with mustard seeds and curry leaves in tomato-onion sauce with exotic spices.
Prawn Coconut
Jumbo prawns cooked in a unique blend of coriander and coconut curry.
Fish Coconut
Butter Prawn
Jumbo prawn cooked in creamy tomato sauce.
Prawn Korma
Jumbo prawns cooked in white cashew nut sauce.
Prawn Vindaloo
Jumbo prawns and potatoes cooked in a zesty tangy curry sauce.
Prawn Masala
Jumbo prawns cooked in a thick sauce of onions, garlic, ginger, and tomato sauce.
Prawn Curry
Jumbo prawns cooked in coconut, onion sauce, and Indian spices.
Palak Prawns
Prawns cooked in spinach, ginger, garlic, and Indian spices.
Fish Vindaloo
Fish and potatoes cooked in a zesty tangy curry sauce.

Lamb and Goat Specialties
Goat Curry
Goat with bone cooked with onion, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, and Indian spices.
Lamb Rogan Josh
Lamb cooked with onions, garlic, ginger, traditional Indian herbs, and spices.
Lamb Coconut
Lamb cooked with onion sauce infused with fresh ginger and garlic and finished with coconut milk.
Lamb Curry
Lamb cooked in onion sauce with fresh ginger and spices.
Goat Masala
Goat with bone dry cooked with onion, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, and Indian spices.
Lamb Masala
Boneless lamb dries cooked with onion, ginger, garlic, tomatoes, and spice sauce.
Lamb Tikka Masala
Lamb Vindaloo
Boneless lamb and potatoes cooked in a zesty tangy curry sauce.
Lamb Korma
Boneless lamb cooked in white cashew nut sauce.
Goat Palak
A goat delicacy with spinach and chef's special spices.
Lamb Saag
Boneless lamb cooked with spinach and spices.
Lamb Methi
Lamb Kadhai
Boneless lamb stir-fried with onion, garlic, ginger, bell pepper, and fine Indian sauce.
Goat Kadahi
Cooked with a special blend of spices in an Indian wok.

Biryani Specialties
Chicken Biryani
Chicken and basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices.
Lamb Biryani
Lamb and basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices.
Vegetable Biryani
Vegetables and basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices.
Goat Biryani
Goat and basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices.
Prawn Biryani
Prawn and basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices.

Rice Specialties
Plain Rice
Basmati rice and aromatic Indian spices cooked in The Indian Chef's own aromatic flavour.
Coconut Rice
Basmati rice cooked in a base of coconut milk and combined with shredded coconut.
Vegetable Fried Rice
Chicken Fried Rice
Seafood Fried Rice
Peas Pulao
Basmati rice and aromatic Indian spices cooked with green peas.
Lemon Rice
Mix Vegetable Pulao
Basmati rice cooked with spicy exotic vegetables.

Naan Breads
Garlic Naan
Indian leavened bread flavoured with chopped garlic and basil.
Roti
Whole wheat bread baked in The Indian Chef's clay oven.
Cheese Naan
Traditional bread stuffed with cottage cheese and Indian spices.
Lacha Parantha
Coconut Naan
Plain Naan
Royal Indian leavened bread baked in the tandoor oven.
Chicken Naan
Stuffed with minced chicken.
Mixed Vegetable Stuffed Naan
Spinach and Paneer Naan
Leavened bread stuffed with homemade farmer's cheese and spinach.

Side Orders
Raita
Chutney
Pappadum
Achaar
Plain Yogurt

Desserts
Gulab Jamun (2 pcs)
One order comes with two gulab jamuns.
Gajrela
The Indian Chef's Special Gulab Jamun with Ice-Cream
Vanilla Ice-Cream
Mango Ice-Cream

Drinks
Lassi
choose your favourite. Salted Sweet Mango
Pop
Indian Tea
Milkshake
Coffee
Bottled Water

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Recent Reviews

I visited today for the lunch buffet, which, at $14.99, seemed reasonable.

I wouldn’t recommend this place for its service at least not during the slow buffet lunch time. The server was on a phone call in their AirPods for what I think was my entire visit.

The vegetarian options at the buffet were decent, including Chana Masala and Dal Makhani. However, they were on the western mild side of the spice spectrum.

The deep-fried...
February 2025
I had an amazing experience at [The Indian chef’s kitchen and Bar] . The food was absolutely delicious, especially the Chicken Salad and Paneer bhurji, and the service was top-notch and The ambiance was perfect for a relaxing evening out.✌🏼
December 2024
I saw this advertised for 14.99 for lunch so thought I'd check it out. Pretty darn good food here. The buffet was ample and plenty of options with fresh Naan bread served to you from the kitchen piping hot.

The restaurant is large and seems like it's been here for a while. There was a bunch of unutilized space and it felt rundown. If they updated the space slightly and dressed it up a bit more, I'd gladly change my rating.

Would...
October 2024

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The Indian Chefs Kitchen & Bar

2270 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1V4
(604) 569-2220