• The South Indian

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Vegetarian Indian restaurant with a vast a la carte menu and a weekday lunch buffet. Located in Niederdorf. Has many clearly labeled vegan options including dosa, idli, uttapam and many more. Open Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:00pm-10:30pm, Sat 12:00pm-10:30pm, Sun 12:00pm-10:00pm.


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5 Reviews

First Review by neilmadhvani

lailasofia

Points +178

Vegan
03 Jun 2025

Great and a bit different

It’s great to have Indian food that isn’t the same as Indian food you get at most other restaurants every once in a while. They also have a large variety of vegan options.

Pros: Variety

Cons: Quite noisy

bugybunny

Points +443

Vegan
24 May 2025

Good food, wrong labelling and unwanted non-vegan sauces

The food is good. However, we ordered a starter that is labelled vegan (Gobi 65, crispy fried cauliflower) and this comes automatically with 3 sauces. One of them is a cow milk joghurt mint sauce, so not vegan. We just noticed because we asked. Other Indian restaurants also do this but this doesn't make it any better. A vegan label should mean it's completely vegan and no need to ask if what you get served is really vegan.
There's also a butter naan that's labelled vegan in the physical menu (in the online menu it's correct) and it's made with non vegan butter. The staff knows that it's not vegan but they did not correct the physical menu. I will go back but these two things do not make me happy that I have to be cautious to not eat anything non vegan.

Updated from previous review on 2025-05-24

Pros: Tasty food, Many options

Cons: Wrong labelling, Getting unwanted non vegan sauce

AnshulJain84

Points +13

Vegetarian
22 May 2025

Amazing food

They have amazing food, the taste is very good and they have a great host

HC-Zurich

Points +40001

Vegan
21 Apr 2025

3.5 stars. Good options but lunch buffet not labelled. Inexpensive

I found my pumpkin curry perfectly fine but nothing special for an Indian. But an all you can eat for less than 20 franks is hard to beat in central Zurich, even if you have to ask what's vegan (all but one warm dishes were according to staff).

neilmadhvani

Points +387

Vegetarian
28 Mar 2025

Delectable dosa and more

Very impressed with the vast menu on offer and the high quality of the cuisine prepared by chefs from the state of Kerala. This restaurant offers a wide selection of dosa, as well as idli, uttapam and also many North Indian dishes too. During weekday lunchtimes they have a delicious lunch buffet.

Pros: Varied weekday lunch buffet , Large menu , Many vegan options




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