My sister was craving for Indian food and Indian cuisine has vegetarian options, so she loves it. We came to this highly rated Indian restaurant. The business owner and servers are very friendly and welcoming. I love to see servers or business owners smile, greet customers and welcome them. This is one of the positive signs. We ordered some garlic naan and pulao rice to go with the curry lentil dish as well curry chicken coconut one. YUMMY! All of them tasted excellent. The vibe was great. Interior decor is very authentic that goes with Indian background music. The service was great! I would love to come back and try other dishes in the near future. read more

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Poor service, restaurant was empty and they still did not refill our waters/take our orders/etc. the aloo gobi had wayyy too much ginger. Only redeemable aspect was the garlic naan. Waitress was also rude when we asked to split the bill. read more

It was 10pm on a Wednesday night and we were 4 hungry people looking for anything that is open. That is how we found Nirvana Restaurant!! On Yelp it showed that the business is closed but it actually moved to a new location which is now on Victoria Dr. When we entered, there was nobody else there except us so we got a table right away. They have a big space that can fit a big group of people. Their bathroom was very aesthetic, the lighting was so good lol. For food, we got their malai chicken and paneer tikka for appetizers. Both were excellent but wouldn't recommend getting these as starters because their portions are huge and this was more of a main course! For maincourse we got their dal makhani and butter paneer with garlic naan and chilli paneer naan. Again, their portions were so big that the four of us had leftovers from this! Their chilli garlic naan was delicious and spicy, if you are not big on spice I would stay clear of this. Their customer service was great!! I would go back again :) read more

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We discovered Nirvana when we were searching for a different restaurant. It was sitting there across the street. Looked it up, read the recent reviews and went for it. The food was yummy and the service was "down home". The ambiance was comfortable and warm. I'd recommend to anyone new or seasoned vet. We were new and learned lots in our first outing. The meals recommended were amazing. We were SO FULL!! read more

Amazing home cooked Indian. When I walked in I knew we were in business as the aroma smelled like my childhood friend's Indian kitchen. A different smell than your typical Sysco butter chicken place. Lovely service my owner. read more

We had chicken, lamb, cauliflower and salad. Everything was great. The lamb was exceptionally delicious, perfectly done. Naam bread was the best I've ever had. Would highly recommend eating here. Best Indian restaurant in town. Excellent food, great service, 10/10 ambiance. Beautifully decorated restaurant. Owner and family run restaurant, very nice people. Happy to give them business. read more

Nirvana Restaurant - Indian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Excellent food, excellent service. Will definitely go there again. Loved the Bhartha read more

We weren't going for Indian food, but here we were at Nirvana. Veg pakoras really good, 6 large pieces. Spicy mint chutney and asked for some tamarind. Butter chicken, as always, garlic naan. Sauce was good but watery, naan excellent. Rice was hot and fluffy. Total bill $36. We licked our plates. Other things....Water glasses severely spotted, other guests on their phone on speaker the last few minutes, super annoying. I used to go here when it was on main. Quality has gone down, sadly, read more

This is the best Indian restaurant in Vancouver, the food is always fresh and delicious. The service is always quick and great. I ordered the garlic naan and the butter chicken and it is definitely the best garlic naan in all of Vancouver. You should definitely check this place out if your craving Indian food. read more

Great food quality and service, you can find the best Naan ever here, loved the service and cozy atmosphere!

I am so thrilled that my husband found this place. I have issues with gluten, dairy and soy. That's no problem at Nirvana Indian Restaurant! This place understands and they take every precaution when preparing your food. Opi, one of the owners, explained exactly what is done to ensure no cross contamination, etc. That made me feel very safe eating there. I had the Bhartha an eggplant dish and the Kadahi Lamb. Both were soooo good! They also make gluten-free Roti bread! I was tickled to be able to have gluten-free bread with my meal. My husband had the Chicken Tikka Masala and the Aloo Gobi a potato and cauliflower dish. He really enjoyed it. It's a small cozy place with a lovely atmosphere. Amazingly there were more tables than we would have thought possible for the size of it. We also thought the prices were reasonable. It's in a great location near the corner of East 49th Ave and Victoria Drive - right beside the Royal Bank. We took a short bus ride to get there and walked home after our meal. My husband and I will definitely be going back for more! We highly recommend Nirvana Indian Restaurant!! read more

We arrived on a quiet Saturday when other more popular locations had long wait times. We checked in to Nirvana because of half a chance (my son said he'd been here' and recommended). The place is family owned, SUPER reasonable prices --even for an American trying desperately to calculate the difference between our cash and Canadian exchange rates, and the food is delicious and plentiful. The naan is to die for! read more

Very friendly service! We tried the Butter chicken, Palak Paneer and the plain nans: everything food was delicious! Our new favourite Indian place in Vancouver! read more

The flavor of the dishes we tried were incredible. Not a word was spoken during dinner--we were simply focused on savoring the food. Family owned and such a welcoming atmosphere. The wait time needed to prepare our meal was so worth it. Take a friend or the entire family, you'll be the hero for the night! So good. By, the way, I'm from the States visiting my son. read more

Butter Chicken was amazing. So tasty. Had a prawn appetizer also that came with a delicious salsa type of dip. So good. No complaints! read more

First time in Vancouver, we wanted to try a local spot and came across Nirvana. The food was flavorful and the staff was super friendly!

This place is amazing! There is amazing food and great servic!i greenery you will like it here

I hate to say this because the staff was really nice when I picked up my food but.. The butter chicken is SO bland. It almost tastes watery. I dip my naan bread in it and I literally just taste the bread. I also got medium spice and it tastes extremely mild. Maybe their other curries are better. I am not impressed with their butter chicken. read more

Enjoyed an order of paneer pakoras ($?) and the nirvana dinner $16.95 Mulligatawny soup, lamb Rohan josh, Ali gobi, chicken tikka, pullao, naan and papadum and chutney I found the pakoras a bit boring and over-fried :(, the soup was awesome, the lamb was a small portion that lacked spice, the ali gobi had more potato than anything and also lacked any real taste. The chicken tikka was heavenly and placed beside the rice on a plate. Not sure what the pullao was but didn't differentiate anything with that name. Naan was a huge portion but a bit doughy. Papadum was great and no chutney was noted. read more

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We had the dinner-for-two. The portions were very reasonable and the selection was quite varried: lamb, chicken, lentils, etc. The food was decent but the service was on the slow side! Granted, there was a large group of 20 or so being served that night. They would have gotten 4 stars if the service was faster. read more

Very disappointed in their service. On a Tuesday night, i ordered some food for dinner. It said it would take 45min to an hour. No problem, right ? I can handle that. But when the food arrived almost 2 hrs later, i ended up having to feed my kid something else because it didn't arrive in time . In fact we had to call the restaurant to figure out if they'd forgotten our order. The person said it was 5 minutes away. The food itself was ok, probably would have been better hot as nobody wants to reheat food they've just spend $60 on. Probably won't order from here again. There are other Indian food restaurants that deliver that we will try. read more

Indian food on Main Street located near Kingsway and Broadway. Pretty casual place. When we attended for dinner only one other table was occupied. It took a long time to get our order in to a server. Even after flagging them down it took more minutes to return and take our order. Not sure why the delays as they did not apologize. After receiving our food they missed on two items. The second item never did show up. Very disappointed. The food itself was mediocre and the portion sizes average. Overall, not an Indian restaurant we will return to. read more

We used to order takeout from this place, but they screwed up one of our orders and then refused to replace it. The food was alright, we liked to order from here because it was so close to our home. One night we ordered rice with a Mutter Paneer, and another veggie dish, since my friend is a vegetarian, and we like to share. We opened up the stuff when it arrived and scooped big helpings full of rice and curry onto our plates and I had already started eating when my friend noticed a tail in the Mutter Paneer. Obviously his dinner had been spoiled, since he didn't want to touch anything that had been contaminated with meat, and since it was already all over his rice, he couldn't eat any of his dinner. It looked like there were a few stray prawns in the Mutter Paneer. Eek! We phoned up the restaurant and they refused to replace our dinner, and would not even replace the one curry that had been screwed up, their reason was that I had already started chowing down, without realizing that there were a few dead animals in my dinner. I guess they were hoping that we would have left it in the container so they could reheat it or pawn it off to someone else. I was not impressed. We have not ordered from there since, and probably never will. read more

We were in the mood for some curry and were originally going to order from Salam Bombay but sadly they would not deliver to our area so we decided to go with Nirvana. As I perused the mediocre Yelp reviews, I started to get the feeling that it would lead to disappointment and I should have listened to my stomach's intuition. We ordered and waited. And waited. And waited some more. Over an hour later our food arrived. By this point I was very hungry and maybe a little bit cranky. I opened the bag and took out the naan bread, a tiny container of butter chicken and a tiny container of alu gobi. "Thirty five dollars for THIS!?!" I yelled at my boyfriend. He told me there was more in the bag and I excitedly pulled out the remaining containers just to see that it was only rice. Whatever, I was starving and just wanted to eat. This was my first time having alu gobi and it was pretty good. The butter chicken was a HUGE disappointment. It was bland and the chicken was undercooked (I did not realize this until I had already almost finished it). I have had better butter chicken at mall food courts, shame on you Nirvana. The naan was a bit on the soggy side, but otherwise okay. About half an hour after eating I got sick. I suspect the the undercooked chicken. I will probably never eat here again. read more

Disappointing. Ordered dinner online through grub.ca which offered online ordering and free delivery, that part was simple. After an hour and a half of waiting I called the restaurant to follow up, they said another 15 minutes. After NEARLY TWO HOURS our food showed up at the door. I figured since the portions cost between $11-$13 each they would be a reasonable size. They were tiny. I ordered once from here years ago and the portions were much bigger. The eggplant and Chana dal were tasty enough but the vindaloo was super bland and the aloo gobi tasted like soap (?) and was completely not edible at all. One of the two naan breads was completely burnt. Considering the order was over $60 we had expected so much more. We won't order from here again. read more

Honestly, this place must be under new management or else they have a new chef in the kitchen because it tastes nothing like it used to! I was very excited to order take-out Indian food with my friends and we usually order from Nirvana because it is our favorite Indian restaurant in the area. I was very unpleasantly surprised to find watery mutter paneer and tasteless tandoori chicken! I was shocked and was tempted to call the restaurant and let them know that I will be finding a new Indian take-out place. It is just really disappointing to have your favorite restaurant go downhill after years of consistently great cuisine and I felt I had to tell someone. *sigh* Do I really have to drive to Surrey for good Indian?? read more

I've been ordering from Nirvana for nearly 10 years and this Sunday night ordered a couple vegetarian curries after about a 1.5 year hiatus. I was unpleasantly surprised :(. While the rice, rotis and raita seemed fresh enough (a couple of the roti pieces were burned to a black crisp, though), the Chana Masala and Palak Paneer were undercooked and cold, respectively. Some of the cheese in the Paneer actually tasted sour/off. I waited until today to complain and let them know since I have been sick the last few days (hence the ordering in). The person who answered the phone told me that they would tell their manager and that it wouldn't happen again. I don't know what happened to you guys, but you better shape it up over there! (I'll update this review if I hear from the management, otherwise I won't likely order from Nirvana again any time soon) read more

Great spot! Food Recs - Veggie Pakoras (9/10) Butter Chicken (9/10) - the "hot" wasn't THAT hot. i'll try the SUPER HOT next time. Lamb Vindaloo (10!!/10) - the "hot" was indeed hot. ABSOLUTELY loved this dish. staff was very friendly and helpful. IPA was only 5 bucks. A- read more

I've been walking by this place for over a decade and had yet to ever eat there. Recommended by a friend, I ordered it for dinner and it was SO GOOD! The service from ordering on the phone to delivery was kind and respectful and the food was fresh and the portions were plenty. It left my family of five full with a bit left over for someones lunch the next day. I would highly recommend Nirvana and will definitely be back. read more

Last night, the girlfriend and I were figuring out what to eat and settled on a mutually agreeable option, Indian food. We called around to a few places to see who would deliver and finally found a review of Nirvana on Yelp*. The mixed reviews had us wondering, but we were hungry so we went ahead and ordered a dinner for two. The meal arrived promptly, helped by the fact that our place is only a few blocks away from the actual restaurant. Lamb Rogan Josh - Nothing to write home about, but perfectly edible and even a little delicious! Chana Masala - This was the highlight of the meal, perfectly spiced and cooked. If only for this, we'd order from here again. Mutter Paneer - Compared to the Chana Masala, the Mutter Paneer was bland and uninteresting. While it wasn't the worst, I wouldn't order it again. I'll probably go with the Palak Paneer next time. Roti - The roti was fresh, hot and cheap. Definitely a must! The cost was pretty reasonable, just under $50, for two people and some left overs. I'd definitely order from Nirvana again. read more

Okay I may be perceived as a snob. No worries. :) This place was so disappointing. Bland flavors ( I think they are trying to appeal to the low spice/new age generation) however its a fail.. this is not what Indian food should taste like!! I've been eating this stuff my whole life. Even my girlfriend was wondering where the oomph factor was... Nice quiet atmosphere though :) read more

In a nutshell - slow service, bland food and meh ambiance. Lots of places are closed on Main street on Mondays. We felt like Indian and we've walked by this place plenty of times, so a quick yelp-check and off we go. Showed up at 6:30 and there was only one other table occupied. I get the feeling that they use body heat to warm the place because it was fairly cold. Greeted immediately by a nice gentleman who seats us and sets us up with menus. Last we saw of him for some time - when he did return he apologized. Lots of take-out orders you see. Ordered the meal - veggie pakoras, butter chicken, kashmiri style lamb, prawns vindaloo, along with a healthy compliment of starches. The vindaloo promised to be 'so hot you'll need a fire extinguisher to make your mouth ever work properly again' - this excited me, I like a spicy dish. The food was bland. How you make bland Indian food I don't know. Even the vindaloo with its disclaimer was two-alarm, two-and-a-half, tops on the heat meter. Pretty good prices, and I might try take-out and specify more spice, but there are much better options in the city on the whole. read more

We have eaten at many Indian food places and do NOT recommend this place. *This place is food court quality.* We ordered the butter chicken and tandoori chicken dish. The butter chicken is extremely bland and watery. The chicken pieces for the tandoori chicken dish were over cooked and very dry. We ordered medium spice and can't taste any at all. The samosas are pre-made and didn't come with the tamarind sauce for dipping. We are very disappointed with the food and will not be eating here again. read more

Nirvana Restaurant - Pre-made samosas - Indian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Ordered a takeaway delivery at 8:30pm, finally received it at 10:15pm! Were they growing the rice or something?! The food wasn't bad to be fair, but if they're expecting my patronage again, they're going to have as long a wait as they gave me! read more

Our usual Indian haunt doesn't delivery to our new area and we were way too lazy to pick up..so a friend suggested Nirvana...which is like 3 blocks from our house so we actually felt a bit lame for having it delivered but..meh...who needs exercise on a Friday night?? We were gonna order the food on line from the website but noticed a $15 fee for using the service...I guess they must contract out the web order part..so we phone it in and it cost nothing for delivery..so why bother to order on line..save the cash and get more food! We tried the butter chicken. Alu Gobi...lamb with spinach..rice..and garlic basil naan...the food only took about 45 mins and the delivery guy was the nicest man ever....he was soo sweet...told us how cool he thought the building we live in is...and told us he hopes we like the new hood and stay here because he thinks it's just going to get better....maybe he's a Realtor during the day?? The cost was a bit high for the amount of food you get..but the quality is pretty good...the naan was some of the best I've ever had! I still like my Indian Oven on 4th better...but this is pretty good in a pinch..I;ll order again just to chat with the delivery guy! read more

Great tandoori platter and butter chicken. Reasonable prices. Only negative (or positive if you're looking for after-dinner entertainment): next to The Fox Cinema, Vancouver's last rundown porn theater. read more

I've been meaning to stop in at Nirvana for a couple of years and, now that I've finally managed to, am kicking myself for not stopping in much earlier. The lamb korma is tender and full of flavour and a pleasant heat while the chicken pakoras are simply mouthwatering. read more

Nirvana Restaurant - Indian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

My bf and I love Indian food and have a list going of all the Indian restaurants in Vancouver. We have had a lot of Indian food the past year or so. Well we had decided to try out this place since it was on the list of course, but also I'd seen some good reviews. I called first because it was around 7pm on a Friday night and figuring we might need reso's, but since there was only 2 of us the friendly guy on the phone said to come on down. The decor is quite simple inside, nothing really to write home about (but then since when does decor define food), the food however was another story. We started with the Veg Pakoras to share and then my bf ordered the Chicken Saag and I the Butter Chicken. Both dishes arrived quite quickly and were fantastic. The sauces were thick and very tasty and the meat was perfectly cooked. (i've found at some places, the meat can be overcooked due to sitting for too long) So all in all a great Indian restaurant. Both the food and service were great. read more

The journey has been a long, long one. A 'full of hidden treasures' journey to be sure, but one that has never led me to my object of desire. Since travelling in India, I have been on the search for my all-time favorite dish I had only in one small central-Indian town: Paneer Pasanda (paneer embedded with cashew nuts, all in a creamy cashew-nut sauce. Can you say 'Holy %&$#' it was good!?) While I was at Nirvana, our very attentive waiter said he knew the dish and would have the chef make it (even though it wasn't on the menu). For real? Finally! My journey was coming to a close!? Not quite. I can tell they tried, and it was certainly still good, but it was not the beloved paneer pasanda I have dreamt of for years now. Maybe because the versions were from different regions. I still enjoyed the mixture of spices, however, and really appreciated their efforts. I hope you have enjoyed this tantalizing tale from Renee C. I did enjoy this restaurant - and clearly great customer service if they are willing to give a dish a try that they don't even have on the menu. read more

4 stars for its butter chicken, 3 for its garlic naan---Sitar still wins this hands down. It's a smaller, cozy resto, with limited street parking as it's right on the main strip where no parking's allowed. date worthy, esp. if you want some peace and quiet. Nice, friendly service. delivery available too. read more