New Indian Restaurants in Paris (July 2026)

TL;DR

• 🗼 Twenty Indian and South Asian restaurants are mapped across Paris for this July 2026 guide
• 🥘 Koseli Buffet on Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier serves a popular lunch and dinner buffet format
• 🍛 Mehman in the suburbs runs 12pm to 11pm daily and represents the Pakistani-Indian fusion tradition well
• 🏔️ Himalayan and Nepalese restaurants — Himalayan Sherpa, Everest, Sagarmatha — have become a distinct Paris category
• 🍽️ The Passage Brady area remains the historic heart, but new openings have spread across multiple arrondissements

Paris in July 2026: The Indian Restaurant Landscape

Paris has one of the most diverse Indian and South Asian restaurant scenes outside of London, driven by decades of immigration from the subcontinent alongside a French dining culture that has come to take South Asian cuisine seriously. The 10th arrondissement's Passage Brady — the historic South Asian corridor — remains a draw, but the 2026 landscape has spread considerably, with significant restaurants now in the 9th, 11th, 15th, 17th, and suburban areas of Vincennes, Issy-les-Moulineaux, and beyond.

For Desi visitors and residents in Paris this July, here is what is open and worth knowing about.

The Core Restaurants: Central Paris

Mumbai Café at 6 Rue de Trévise in the 9th arrondissement (tandoor-club.com/restaurant/mumbai-cafe) is part of the Tandoor Club group, which has established itself as one of the more consistent Indian restaurant operators in the city. The address — in the Opera-Grands Boulevards area — makes it accessible from multiple parts of central Paris.

Old Shalimar (oldshalimar.fr, shalimar75paris@gmail.com, +33 1 44 79 08 90) carries one of the older brand names in Paris Indian dining. The Shalimar name has been associated with the city's subcontinental restaurant scene for decades, and this location maintains that tradition with a North Indian menu.

Royal Indien at 4 Rue de la Félicité in the 17th arrondissement (royal-indien-paris.com, contact@royal-indien-paris.com, +33 1 42 27 71 15) serves a residential neighborhood with a reputation for consistent North Indian cooking. The 17th is increasingly well-served for South Asian dining, and Royal Indien is an anchor there.

Bollywood (lalqila-restaurant.com) carries the La Qila brand and brings a tandoor-forward menu to its corner of the city. The La Qila name is associated with solid North Indian restaurant execution in Paris.

Bowly Wood at 3 Rue Vignon (bowlywood-indiankitchen.com, +33 1 77 32 07 56) near the Madeleine is one of the newer concepts on the list, oriented toward the bowl and quick-service format that has become popular across European cities for South Asian food. The Madeleine location gives it strong lunchtime foot traffic from the 8th and 9th arrondissements.

Marajah (maharajparis.fr, +33 1 75 42 87 52) represents the North Indian luxury-adjacent dining category that has a consistent audience in Paris — formal service, long menu of regional classics, wine list.

South Asian Beyond Indian: The Himalayan Category

Himalayan Sherpa at 44 Boulevard Voltaire (himalayansherpa.fr, +33 1 40 31 65 38) is one of the most established Nepalese restaurants in Paris. Boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement has become a reliable address for international cuisine, and Himalayan Sherpa has built a consistent reputation with momo, thukpa, and the Sherpa-style cooking that distinguishes Nepalese restaurants from their neighbors.

Everest at 10 Avenue Henri Ravera, Issy-les-Moulineaux (restaurant-everest92.fr, restauranteverest92@gmail.com, +33 1 41 17 07 71) serves the southern suburb with a Nepalese-Indian menu. For Desi residents south of the périphérique, Everest is the practical choice.

Sagarmatha (restaurant-sagarmatha.com, +33 1 45 30 53 63) has built a reputation for its fusion of Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan traditions — a combination that reflects the actual culinary overlap along the Himalayan corridor and gives the menu genuine range.

Suburban and Outer Paris Addresses

Koseli Buffet at 197 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier (+33 1 88 50 05 47, koseli.fr) runs a buffet format that has made it a popular destination for groups and families. The buffet format in a city of timed lunch breaks and careful restaurant rituals is a deliberate choice here — it works well for the local Indian community that knows what they want and does not want to spend time ordering.

Mehman at 3 Avenue Louis Georgeon (mehman.fr, restaurantmehman@gmail.com, +33 1 46 63 45 58) runs Monday through Sunday, noon to 11pm without interruption — a notably generous schedule for a suburban Paris restaurant. The Pakistani-Indian orientation of the menu aligns with the culinary traditions of Paris's large North African and South Asian communities in the outer arrondissements.

Village de l'Inde at 26 Rue Poussin in the 16th (villagedelinde.com, village148@gmail.com, +33 1 45 27 74 91) serves the residential 16th with a full South Indian and North Indian menu. The 16th is not the most common arrondissement for South Asian restaurants, which makes Village de l'Inde a useful address for residents of the western quarters.

Vinobah at 98 Rue du Maréchal Joffre (vinobah.com, +33 1 47 84 05 04) combines Indian cuisine with wine in a format that makes sense for a French clientele while keeping the food genuinely South Asian.

La Reine du Kashmir (lareinedukashmir.com, +33 1 45 23 39 35) leans into the Kashmiri tradition — rogan josh, wazwan preparations, the lamb-heavy cuisine of the Kashmir Valley — which remains underrepresented in Paris and gives this restaurant a distinct identity.

Kuna Bada at 42 Rue d'Argout (kuna-family.com/pages/kuna-bada) is part of the Kuna group, which has developed a following for its South Asian street-food approach in Paris.

Station Krishna Vincennes (station-krishna-vincennes.marketplace.dood.com) operates out of Vincennes with a vegetarian-forward menu oriented toward the ISKCON tradition. For Paris's vegetarian and vegan Desi community, it is one of the consistent options.

La Belette Qui Tète at 160 Boulevard Voltaire (la-belette-qui-tete.com, belette.kari@gmail.com, +33 1 43 72 20 68) brings a French-language name to a Creole-Indian fusion format that reflects the restaurant owner's background.

Mountain at 136 Rue de Crimée in the 19th (restomountain016@gmail.com, +33 1 42 49 54 36) serves the 19th arrondissement with an Indian mountain-region menu.

Bolly Streets (bolly-streets.com, +33 1 41 06 00 66) focuses on Indian street food — the chaat, the wraps, the quick-service format that has found an audience in Paris's lunch market.

Insider Tip: In Paris, Indian restaurants in the 10th arrondissement (Passage Brady and surroundings) are known for lunch deals that offer a full thali or curry-rice combination at 10 to 14 euros — far below the dinner price. If you are budget-conscious or visiting for lunch, the 10th arrondissement cluster is where to start. For evening dining, the suburban restaurants (Mehman, Koseli Buffet, Everest) often offer better value than their central Paris counterparts, and the food quality is generally equivalent.

Finding the Right Restaurant for Your Occasion

Paris's Indian restaurant scene now has enough depth that the choice of restaurant depends on what you want from the evening. For a casual group meal with a buffet, Koseli Buffet. For Himalayan momo and thukpa, Himalayan Sherpa or Sagarmatha. For Pakistani-style kebabs and karahi, Mehman or Old Shalimar. For vegetarian-focused South Indian, Station Krishna Vincennes or aahaa-style equivalents. The twenty restaurants in this guide cover enough ground that you rarely need to settle for the nearest option.