Indian Bistro
Indian Bistro
Tea leaves slow brewed on the stove mixed with milk.
Fresh yogurt with sugar.
Fresh yogurt with salt.
Fresh yogurt smoothie with mango pulp.
Pineapple juice with fresh yogurt.
Fresh mango pulp with milk.
Crisp patty filled with potatoes, green peas, fresh cilantro and spices.
Potato, cauliflower, onion, spinach, fresh cilantro, etc. Dipped in batter and deep fried.
Homemade cheese, stuffed with mint sauce dipped in batter and deep fried.
Boneless chicken simmered in yogurt, flavored with pungent spices and curry leaves.
Diced potatoes simmered in yogurt, flavored with pungent spices and curry leaves.
Dry.
Dry.
Dry.
Dry.
Sauteed onion, bell pepper, tomato and onion sauce cooked in spices. Served with rice.
Mix vegetable, fresh fruit, dry fruit cooked in cream sauce. Served with rice.
Chick peas cooked with onion, tomato sauce and spices. Served with rice.
Baked eggplant, cooked with onion, tomato, herbs and spices. Served with rice.
Garden veg. Cooked with coconut mustered seeds, curry leaves in flavored southern Indian sauce. Served with rice.
Garden veg. Cooked with potato in a spicy chef's special sauce. Served with rice.
Potato cooked with spinach. Served with rice.
Chick peas with spinach. Served with rice.
Black lentil cooked with butter and cream in a mild spice. Served with rice.
Moong and masoor dal cooked to perfection. Served with rice.
Moong and masoor dal cooked with spinach. Served with rice.
Fresh okra cooked in a sauce of tomatoes and onions traditionally seasoned with garam masala. Served with rice.
Fresh cauliflower and potatoes cooked dry to perfection in mild spices with tomatoes, herbs and ginger. Served with rice.
Potatoes cubes sauteed with cumin seeds. Served with rice.
Spinach, methi, homemade cheeses and spices. Served with rice.
Mix vegetable dumplings cooked with onion, cream and mild spices. Served with rice.
Homemade cheese cubes cooked with green peas in rich tomato and cream sauce. Served with rice.
Home made cottage cheese cooked in a tomato, butter and cream sauce. Served with rice.
Homemade cottage cheese, bell pepper, onion and tomato cooked in a cream sauce. Served with rice.
Homemade cottage cheese, bell pepper, onion, tomato sauce and spices. Served with rice.
Scrambled cheese sauteed together with onion, ginger garlic, red pepper, green pepper, tomato and spices. Served with rice.
Boneless chicken cooked with onion, ginger, garlic, tomato sauce and spices. Served with rice.
Boneless chicken cooked in a cashew nut sauce. Served with rice.
Boneless chicken cooked with potatoes in a spicy chef's special sauce. Served with rice.
Boneless baked chicken cooked in a rich butter cream sauce. Served with rice.
Boneless chicken cooked with onion, ginger, garlic, tomato cream sauce and spices. Served with rice.
Boneless chicken cooked with garlic, ginger, tomato, bell pepper, onion and spices. Served with rice.
Boneless chicken cooked with spinach and spices. Served with rice.
Hard-boiled egg cooked with onion, ginger, garlic, tomato sauce and spices. Served with rice.
Scrambled eggs sauteed together with onion, ginger, garlic, red pepper, green pepper, tomato and spices. Served with rice.
Chicken cooked with coconut mustard seeds, curry leaves in flavored south Indian sauce. Served with rice.
Boneless lamb cooked in kashmiree sauce. Served with rice.
Boneless lamb cooked with mild spices in a onion gravy. Served with rice.
Boneless lamb cooked with potatoes with chef's special sauce. Served with rice.
Boneless lamb cooked with garlic, ginger, tomato, bell pepper, onion and spices. Served with rice.
Boneless lamb cooked with spinach and spices. Served with rice.
Ground lamb and spices cooked with green peas. Served with rice.
Boneless lamb cooked in cashew nut sauce. Served with rice.
Boneless lamb cooked with onion, ginger, garlic tomato cream sauce and spices. Served with rice.
Goat cooked with mild spices in a onion gravy. Served with rice.
Goat cooked with garlic, ginger, tomato, bell pepper, onion and spices. Served with rice.
Goat cooked with spinach and spices. Served with rice.
Goat cooked with potato in spices with chef's special sauce. Served with rice.
Goat cooled with yellow lentil and spices. Served with rice.
Shrimp cooked in goan curry sauce. Served with rice.
Tilapia fillets cooked in hydrabadi sauce. Served with rice.
Steamed rice.
Basmati rice cooked with cumin.
Basmati rice cooked with green peas.
Basmati rice cooked with carrots.
Sauteed vegetable cooked with rice and special masala.
Boiled egg cooked with rice and special masala.
Boneless chicken cooked with rice and special masala.
Boneless lamb cooked with rice and special masala.
Goat cooked with rice and special masala.
Crunchy rice flakes served with onion, tomato chutney and garnish with sev.
Whole wheat bread with butter.
Whole wheat bread.
Whole wheat bread stuffed with potato.
Whole wheat bread, stuffed with minced lamb.
Whole wheat bread, stuffed with cauliflower.
Mix pickles.
Shredded cucumber, carrot and potatoes in yogurt.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Served with rice and salad.
Rice pudding. Rice cooked with milk, cream almond and pistachio.
Dry milk ball fried served with rose water syrup.
Homemade mango ice cream.
Homemade pistachio ice cream.
Carrot cooked in a sugar, milk, dry fruit.
a plate of rice and vegetables
Raw undercooked with no seasoning
Inside of 2 Piece Veg. Samosas
Menu as of 6/26/2023
Dessert
Chicken Tikka Masala Lunch Special
Butter Chicken was good
Veg 2 Piece Veg. Samosas
Butter Chicken Lunch Special ($6.99)
2 Piece Veg. Samosas
Good lunch special
Two pieces of paneer in the entire order.... Wow
food
China Chicken 65
Lunch Special With Baigan Bhartha
Veg Samosas
Chicken 65
Veg Samosas
Veg. Pakora
Chicken Vinddalu, Chicken Kadai and Tawa Roti
Chicken Tikka Masala Lunch Special
Lamb Vinddalu
Goan shrimp curry and chicken chettinad
Samosa Chat
Dave T.
Feb 29, 2024
An Palatine Indian gem! I have been coming here for around 7-8 years at this point. One of my favorite Indian restaurants in the area. The inside of the restaurant is small, and seats around 15 people, but it is clean and welcoming. Employees/owners are very nice. Their pricing is a tiny bit higher than average, but most of the food includes a small container of rice which is nice, and makes up for the little extra they charge. Food quality is very good, and the food is delicious. I wish they had naan, but I know Indian restaurants from some regions don't always have naan, but they do have other breads like roti and paratha.Can't go wrong with this place! Try the lamb korma or murgh makhani!
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Steve A.
May 25, 2023
Casual feeling Indian place that has some pretty spicy things to get. Indian Bistro looks pretty crummy inside, which isn't the worst thing about it to be honest. Seems to be one of the few places in Palatine for Indian food though. Maybe it's not exactly clean inside. There's quite a few vegetarian items, which is a good thing but there's high prices and tiny ass portions. After finding out there was an Indian place as we were going through here, we came in. It looks pretty basic, almost like a fast food restaurant. That could have been a sign. Has a pretty laid back atmosphere, where most of the guys working here were watching some cricket game. There's not a whole lot of room inside, but there's a few tables. It has a lunch special which saves a few bucks. It's about $8 for a small amount but it wasn't quiet among us. Only on weekdays. It comes with rice and a salad. There's chicken and lamb choices for meat, and there's lots of vegetarian choices too. Got it with the Baigan Bhartha. This is eggplant, and it had pretty good spice. Could have been cooked more. The plate wasn't exactly full and it felt like kind of a ripoff. Has some pretty okay choices if you don't have too high of expectations. It's not a clean place inside, which is something that obviously needs to be taken care of. There's lots of options for both meat eaters as well as vegans and vegetarians.
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Ruth L.
Apr 27, 2023
I want to like this place. Ordered the chicken tikka masala lunch special, veggie pakora and samosas.Veggie pakora and samosas were pretty good and the chutney sauces were delicious, especially the mint one.It's a diner style environment, order via counter service. They got my order ready in about 10 minutes, it seemed fairly busy with people coming in and out for their orders.They have good ratings, but the chicken lunch special didn't do it for me, it seemed a little bland and not the usual Indian spice I always seek. I grew up with quite a few Indian friends and in a neighborhood with quite a few restaurants so I'm familiar with the food and the flavor it usually has.
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Isabelle L.
Jan 24, 2023
When you are craving traditional Indian Food but you are short on time and it's lunch time Indian Bistro is the perfect spot. What is there not to like:- Weekdays about $9 lunch specials with quite a few choices - Portion sizes are generous - Spice level as requested and on target - The side salad is perfect to balance the spicy flavors- flavors are perfect - credit card accepted which is becoming a rarity in the area Yep not fancy but it hits the spot for a quick weekday lunchtime Indian food craving.
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Young C.
Dec 21, 2023
Was actually pretty impressed as the food was pretty good. There not much seating, so FYI this is pretty much a take out place. The only complaint I have is that I got Butter Chicken instead of the dish I ordered which was Chicken Tikka Masala. Not the worst mistake, but not what I had ordered.
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Lefai K.
Nov 3, 2022
This place is a rather tasty option in the suburbs. You order at the front and they will call your number. On this particular day we went, the wait from order to table, was an hour. FWIW, we told this would be the case, prior to ordering. The food was definitely worth the wait! We ordered the samosas, that came in an order of two, lamb vindaloo, and china chicken 65. All the food was delicious!
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Jessica R.
May 12, 2023
This place is still amazing. The food is incredible and the staff is so nice and helpful, always willing to help me pick out something new to try. I'm vegetarian and gluten free and they can accommodate both very easily. This is more of a take out spot, though they do have about 15 tables if you're looking to dine in. My go-to is Mutter Paneer and my husband loves the classic Butter Chicken.
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Chingolo C.
Jul 9, 2023
I returned after 2 years and the food and the service continue to be excellent I took home chicken tikka , chicken biryani somos as palak paneer and a bread stuffed with potatoes, everything was delicious, my whole family of 5 ate lunch and dinner Owner and his partner were very nice
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J T W.
Jan 14, 2024
Wow! So glad Indian Bistro is close to home and STILL doing great over the past 2 decades! I was craving South Indian food last night but unfortunately, my favorite go-to restaurant- Priya in Schaumburg- didn't have a working website! So, I adjusted my craving to North Indian food and decided to order online from Indian Bistro instead! It was the RIGHT choice! I previously ordered from them in June 2021--the food and service then was great! This time, I ordered even more food--almost $180 (including 20% tip)! My order was ready 5 minutes early, was accurate--and most importantly, absolutely hot, fresh and mind-blowingly delicious and comforting, in light of this weekend's horrible arctic weather!!! The inside of the restaurant was clean, minimalist in decor and brightly lit. Not that many diners inside that freezing cold night, BUT there were a TON of take orders that were after mine, in the process of being cooked! Anyway, I'm so glad I ordered from these guys again! I can see why the majority of the customers here during both times I've come in were/are 99.9% Indian! Indian Bistro does Indian cuisine RIGHT, quick, and efficiently!!!
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Alex M.
Feb 8, 2024
This place may look run down from the outside.. But man is it another palatine GEM!! Food is really really good..I bet you wont try the Spicy chicken tikki masala!!
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