About BHARAT Flavours Of India

A family-run North Indian restaurant in Huai Khwang, Bangkok, Thailand — built on the conviction that real Indian food, made the slow way, still has a place in a world full of shortcuts.

Who we are

BHARAT Flavours Of India is the second restaurant from the family behind Biryani 99 (Pattaya). We opened in Huai Khwang in April 2026 with one goal: cook North Indian food the way it is cooked at home, not the way it is cooked for tourists. The full origin story (Punjab → Pattaya → Bangkok) is on its own page. We are operated under Mr. Veg Company Limited (registered 2019), the same legal entity that ran Biryani 99 and Mr Veg in Pattaya. As the dining room grows we are always glad to hear from cooks and floor staff who take the craft seriously — see careers at BHARAT.

The restaurant is located at 2055 New Phetchaburi Road, Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, Bangkok 10310 — a 2-minute walk from Grand Mercure Bangkok Atrium (we have a dedicated page with walking directions) and about 20 minutes on foot (5 minutes by taxi) from The Lancaster Bangkok. Most of our regulars are guests at the Grand Mercure who walked over for dinner and came back the next night.

The people behind it: Kanoktip Lergdee owns the company, Litesh Dhir is our director, Santosh Shah is our head chef, and Manjeet Singh manages the dining room.

What makes us different

The Indian food scene in Bangkok is largely two things: cloud kitchens cooking from frozen pastes, and high-end hotel restaurants charging premium prices for hotel-grade execution. We are neither. For our case on why we're a strong pick, see best Indian food in Bangkok.

We are a 30-40 seat family restaurant where:

• Our masala is ground fresh every morning. Not from a jar. Not from a paste. Whole spices roasted, cooled, ground in our kitchen.
• We cook with fresh paneer. Cut and cooked to order for each dish, so it stays soft enough to crumble and structured enough to hold its shape in gravy. See our vegetarian menu.
• Our tandoor is real. A charcoal-fired clay oven in our second-floor kitchen that hits 480°C. Not a gas convection oven dressed up to look like one. Why charcoal vs gas matters →
• Our biryani is dum-cooked from raw. Not pre-cooked in batches. Layered, sealed with dough, slow-cooked under pressure for 35–45 minutes. Full detail on our best biryani in Bangkok page.
• Our head chef, Santosh Shah, trained in India. From Uttarakhand, with years of professional cooking experience before joining us. Recipes from family kitchens, not catering school. Read his profile →
• Halal-friendly across the board. Fresh chicken, goat and vegetables sourced daily. Our chicken comes from halal-marked product lines — CP Foods, Betagro and other approved brands bought at Makro — and our mutton is halal-marked bone-in goat from our halal supplier. The restaurant itself is not formally CICOT-certified, so we describe ourselves as halal-friendly. No pork in the kitchen. Full policy on how halal works at BHARAT.

The room

Two seating styles in one room:

• Standard tables — for diners who prefer chairs.
• Dastarkhan-style corner at the back — traditional Indian floor seating with cushions and a low communal table. Many of our regulars (Indian families especially) prefer the Dastarkhan: it has its own screen for cricket and YouTube, you can stretch out, eat in the way it is eaten back home, and the seating naturally accommodates larger friend groups.

Soft warm lighting throughout. Cold drinks done properly — fresh lassi in three flavours (sweet, salted and mango), chaas, mocktails, masala chai and soft drinks. A TV usually showing cricket — IPL season turns the place into something special.

Decor is unfussy: traditional Indian motifs, gold tones, framed photographs from across northern India. The point of the room is to make you feel like you stepped out of Bangkok and into a family home in northern India.

Where we sit (literally)

Licensed & certified

BHARAT operates under Mr. Veg Company Limited (registered 2019 — the same company behind Biryani 99 Pattaya) and is a fully registered Bangkok food establishment, holding the food-establishment certificate (แบบ สอ.4) issued by the Huai Khwang district office. The original hangs beside our counter along with our other operating licences; the copy below has certificate numbers, official signatures and personal details blurred for security.

Our Google rating

We are rated 4.8 stars on Google with 164 verified reviews. Our diners include locals, expats, hotel guests, and Indian travelers passing through Bangkok. Read all reviews on Google →

Dig deeper into what we cook: our best tandoori in Bangkok, fresh paneer dishes, the Punjabi tradition behind the menu, and Indian catering for events.