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3 Best Places for Garlic Naan in Los Angeles

Where to find the best garlic naan in Los Angeles — each restaurant rated 4.0★ or higher. Top-rated at 9.8★. Spanning indian kitchens. Curated by TastyPals.

The best places for garlic naan in Los Angeles are Riwaaz Indian cuisine Los Angeles best restaurant, Flavor of India - Studio City, Curry In Hurry LA. Start with Riwaaz Indian cuisine Los Angeles best restaurant if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Carlos Mendez•3 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
Riwaaz Indian cuisine Los Angeles best restaurantFlavor of India - Studio CityCurry In Hurry LA
3 Best Places for Garlic Naan in Los Angeles
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#1Riwaaz Indian cuisine Los Angeles best restaurantIndian • Los Angeles • $$$$#2Flavor of India - Studio CityIndian • Los Angeles • $$#3Curry In Hurry LAIndian • Los Angeles • $$

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This guide covers the highest-rated spots for garlic naan in Los Angeles. Whether you're a local hunting your next regular or visiting and want to eat well, these picks are sorted by quality and review depth.

Quick picks

Riwaaz Indian cuisine Los Angeles best restaurant
Indian • Los Angeles
Riwaaz Indian Cuisine occupies a serious footprint on South Broadway in Downtown LA — 750 seats spread across a main dining room and a mezzanine-level banquet hall — and that scale is part of the p…
Flavor of India - Studio City
Indian • Los Angeles
Flavor of India has been doing northern Indian on Ventura Blvd since 1998, and the reason it's lasted is simpler than the awards-circuit places want it to be: the Chicken Tikka Masala has a real cl…
Curry In Hurry LA
Indian • Los Angeles
Curry In Hurry on West Pico Blvd is doing something specific and unapologetic: fast-format North Indian food at a price point — around $10–15 a plate — that treats the neighborhood rather than perf…
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Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Riwaaz Indian cuisine Los Angeles best restaurantView →
  2. 2. Flavor of India - Studio CityView →
  3. 3. Curry In Hurry LAView →

How the restaurants compare

Riwaaz Indian cuisine Los Angeles best restaurant
Los Angeles • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
$$$$
Best for
date night
Mood
Special occasion
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Flavor of India - Studio City
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Flavor of India - Studio City
Los Angeles • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
$$
Best for
date night
Mood
Easygoing
Curry In Hurry LA
Los Angeles • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
$$
Best for
date night
Mood
Easygoing

How we chose

We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →

Room tone

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Food fit

We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.

Useful range

The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.

3 ranked picks

Riwaaz Indian cuisine Los Angeles best restaurant — Riwaaz Indian Cuisine occupies a serious footprint on South Broadway in Downtown LA — 750 seats spread across a main dining room and a mezzanine-level banquet hall — and that scale is part of the point. This is not a neighborhood curry house designed for solo bowls of dal. It is a full-service North Indian destination built to handle weddings, corporate buyouts, and the kind of multi-generational family dinners that require tablecloths, breathing room, and a kitchen that can actually hold up under volume. Chef Vikas Basliyal brings a career shaped by Delhi's Unplugged Courtyard, Noida's Swagath, and Dubai's Yellow Chilli — a lineage rooted firmly in northern subcontinental cooking, not the generalized pan-Indian menu that fills so many American strip-mall rooms. The halal kitchen and the banquet infrastructure together signal who this place is genuinely built for: South Asian diaspora communities, large celebratory parties, and downtown workers who want a midday buffet that goes deeper than tikka masala alone. The menu centers on tandoor work and slow-simmered curries, and the two signatures that diners consistently point to are the Murgha Tikka Masala and the Murgha Biryani, both priced at $19.95. The tikka masala here follows the North Indian template — marinated chicken, a tomato-cream sauce — but the kitchen's reputation rests on the spice balance and the quality of the tandoori char on the chicken before it hits the gravy. The biryani, likewise, draws on the long-cook tradition Basliyal refined through his years in Delhi and Dubai. Where diners really fixate in their reviews, though, is the Garlic Naan at $4.50 — described by multiple guests as the best they have encountered in the United States. That kind of specific, repeated claim around a supporting bread course says something real about what the tandoor here is capable of. The daily all-you-can-eat lunch buffet pulls in butter chicken, tikka masala, tandoori chicken, and biryani, making it one of the more substantive midday spreads in DTLA. Practically speaking, the lunch buffet is the move for first-timers who want to audit the kitchen before committing to a dinner reservation. For groups of eight or more, book the mezzanine in advance — the 75-seat upper level provides separation from the main floor's event-night noise and is the right call for milestone dinners. If you are ordering à la carte, the Garlic Naan is non-negotiable alongside any curry, and the mutton curry has drawn specific praise in diner feedback for those who want to move past the chicken-dominant options. Dinner reservations are available through OpenTable; for large private events, contact the restaurant directly well in advance of any weekend date. View restaurant →
Flavor of India - Studio City — Flavor of India has been doing northern Indian on Ventura Blvd since 1998, and the reason it's lasted is simpler than the awards-circuit places want it to be: the Chicken Tikka Masala has a real claim to being one of LA's best, and the Butter Chicken backs it up. Owners Darshan and Tarsem Singh run a home-style kitchen — natural spices, no shortcuts — and Darshan's range from northern to spicier southern dishes means the staff will actually dial heat up or down for you instead of nodding politely. Don't skip the Peshawari Naan, which is genuinely hard to find done right around here and they nailed it. The room is more comfortable diner than fine dining, which is exactly what you want for a relaxed twelve-top. The $24 weekday lunch buffet (11:30–2:30) is the smart move for a first visit; happy-hour $4 drafts make it an easy after-work landing. À la carte runs mid-range — portions tend generous, though a few diners find smaller plates pricey. Order the Shahi Paneer if you're going meatless. View restaurant →
Curry In Hurry LA — Curry In Hurry on West Pico Blvd is doing something specific and unapologetic: fast-format North Indian food at a price point — around $10–15 a plate — that treats the neighborhood rather than performs for it. The Pico corridor has long been one of LA's most genuinely polyglot stretches, and this kitchen reads as part of that fabric rather than an outlier in it. The concept is counter-service speed applied to subcontinental cooking that actually has spine to it, and the diners who turn up regularly aren't there for ambience — they're there because the food delivers on its promise without requiring a reservation or a special occasion. The menu anchors on North Indian staples executed with enough conviction that diners keep coming back to specific dishes. The Chicken Korma — a mild, cream-and-nut-based curry with Mughlai roots — and the Goat Curry, which the kitchen flags as spicy and which diners consistently single out as the bolder, more serious order, represent two ends of the heat spectrum that regulars navigate deliberately. The basmati rice with chicken tikka is a clean, combo-format meal that reviewers treat as the default starting point — tikka being the tandoor-marinated preparation that anchors Indian fast-casual menus for good reason. The garlic naan has its own following as a table staple, and veggie pakoras — battered and fried vegetables — round out the options for plant-forward diners. The three-item combo structure means the kitchen is explicitly designed for value-stacking: larger portions relative to price is one of the most consistent notes in diner feedback. The practical move here is to go on the hungrier side of lunch — the kitchen runs Monday through Saturday from 11am and the combo format rewards decisiveness. If heat is the goal, the Goat Curry is the order diners flag by name; if you're bringing someone less familiar with the cuisine, the Korma-plus-garlic-naan path has a clear track record. Arrive early in the week if you want the most relaxed version of the counter experience. View restaurant →

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