Punjabi Restaurant in Bangkok

BHARAT Flavours Of India is a family-run Punjabi kitchen in Huai Khwang, Bangkok. The food here is the food of Punjab as it is actually cooked at home — robust gravies, a real charcoal tandoor, dal simmered overnight, and masala ground fresh each morning rather than spooned from a jar. BHARAT is the family's first restaurant: before Bangkok they ran two food stalls in Pattaya, Biryani 99 and Mr Veg, and sold them in 2026 to put everything into one full kitchen here. The full Punjab-to-Pattaya-to-Bangkok story explains how we got here.

What makes it genuinely Punjabi

Punjabi food is generous, hearty and built on a few non-negotiables: a hot tandoor, slow-cooked dal, fresh dairy and whole-spice masalas. We do all four. The tandoor is charcoal-fired (not gas — here is why that matters), the paneer is fresh, and the spice blends are roasted and ground in our kitchen. It is the heart of our broader North Indian menu, and those same four tests are how we would judge any Indian kitchen in Bangkok. There is a longer read on our approach in the authentic Punjabi food guide.

The Punjabi classics we cook

• Butter Chicken — ฿280. The Punjabi dish the world knows; ours is the real, tandoor-first version, the chicken charred in the tandoor before it goes into the makhani gravy (more here).
• Dal Makhani — ฿210. Whole black urad and kidney beans simmered overnight with butter and cream, the definitive Punjabi dal — the dish in the photo above.
• Chole Bhature — ฿150 (two bhature to the plate) and Chana Masala — ฿200. The Punjabi chickpea staples, and the cheapest full plate on this list.
• Kadai Chicken — ฿260, Chicken Curry and Mutton Rogan Josh — ฿320. Home-style gravies from the non-veg main course; the mutton is bone-in goat from our halal supplier, which is why it takes the long, slow braise.
• Chicken Biryani — ฿260 and Mutton Biryani. Dum-cooked from raw, chicken bone-in by default because the bone keeps the meat moist — boneless if you say so when ordering (see best biryani in Bangkok).

A Punjabi meal for two

If it is your first time and you want the plates a Punjabi family would actually put on the table: one gravy, one dal, two breads. Butter Chicken (฿280) + Dal Makhani (฿210) + Butter Naan (฿50) + Garlic Naan (฿70) comes to ฿610 for two, before drinks — about ฿300 a head, with the main courses on this page running ฿200–320. Swap the butter chicken for Paneer Butter Masala (฿220) and it is the same meal without meat. A hungrier table adds Chicken Tikka (฿260) off the tandoor to start, or drops the gravies entirely for one biryani each. Both butter chicken and dal makhani are mild by default, so a table with children is safe ordering either; tell us and we will push the heat up instead. Every price on this page is the menu price — the full menu carries the rest.

From the tandoor

No Punjabi meal is complete without the tandoor: tandoori chicken, chicken tikka and seekh kebabs, plus charcoal-baked butter naan and garlic naan from the breads menu. It is a charcoal-fired clay oven running at around 480 °C, hot enough that a tikka needs only four or five minutes — that heat chars the outside before the inside dries out, which is the difference between this and a gas oven. The full grill story is on our tandoori page.

Vegetarian Punjabi & halal

Punjab is a vegetarian's paradise — our fresh paneer dishes, dals and sabzis are covered under Indian vegetarian food in Bangkok. All chicken and mutton is halal-marked and the kitchen is pork-free; details on the halal page.

The room — including Dastarkhan floor seating

Our dining room seats 30–40 across standard tables and a traditional Dastarkhan-style corner with floor cushions — the way many Punjabi families prefer to eat, with its own screen for cricket. More about the space on the about page. We are at 2055 New Phetchaburi Road in Huai Khwang, a short hop from Sukhumvit, and we are open 9 AM to 11:30 PM, every day. Phetchaburi MRT is about a five-minute walk, the Grand Mercure Bangkok Atrium two minutes on foot, and there is free parking at the Bangchak station next door. Google reviewers rate us 4.8 across 164 reviews. Weekend evenings fill up, so book ahead or call +66 97 923 7281 if you want the floor-seating corner.

ร้านอาหารปัญจาบ (อาหารอินเดียเหนือ) ย่านห้วยขวาง — 2055 ถนนเพชรบุรีตัดใหม่ แขวงบางกะปิ เขตห้วยขวาง กรุงเทพฯ 10310 · เปิดทุกวัน 09:00–23:30 น.

Frequently asked

What makes BHARAT genuinely Punjabi?

A Punjabi family running the place and a chef who cooks the whole North Indian repertoire by hand — plus a real charcoal tandoor, dal simmered overnight, fresh paneer, and whole-spice masalas ground each morning, the way it is cooked at home.

Do you have the Dastarkhan floor seating?

Yes. A traditional floor-cushion corner at the back, with its own screen for cricket. It is popular with families and larger groups, and can be reserved ahead for weekends.

Is the food very spicy?

Punjabi food is bold but not necessarily fiery, and we adjust the heat to taste. Creamy dishes like butter chicken and dal makhani are mild by default.

Is it halal, and are there vegetarian options?

Yes to both. Halal-friendly with halal-marked meat and a pork-free kitchen, and a rich vegetarian selection built on fresh paneer, dals and seasonal vegetables.