Address	7724 W. Sand Lake Road
City	Orlando
Phone	407-674-8899
Price	$$
Scott's Review

A winner of the Best Indian Foodster Award for Independent Restaurants, Saffron is part of the group that includes Madras Cafe, the all vegetarian and vegan restaurant, and the estimable Mynt in Winter Park’s Hannibal Square neighborhood.... Read more

Address	Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
City	Lake Buena Vista
Phone	407-939-3463
Price	$$$
Scott's Review

The menu is African with Indian influences, but not to the point of excluding beef or pork. Look for those touches in the spicing. The food may be a bit more exotic than most people are willing to try, but it's almost all done expertly. And you can't beat the atmosphere, with a ground-level view of the grazing area where you're likely to see giraffes galloping by.... Read more

Address	4498 N. Alafaya Trail
City	Orlando
Phone	321-732-3110
Price	$
Scott's Review

Moderately good Indian food near the UCF campus.... Read more

Address	9971 Tagore Place
City	Orlando
Phone	407-743-2846
Price	$$
Scott's Review

A third location for the popular independently-owned Indian restaurant.... Read more

Address	216 N. Park Ave.
City	Winter Park
Phone	321-422-0321
Price	$$
Scott's Review

Though smaller than the Orlando location, the Winter Park restaurant offers a dining experience that is simultaneously intimate and distanced, using the interior dining room with its full-wall window looking out to an atrium with covered dining under a never deciduous tree. And if that isn’t enough, there are also tables on the sidewalk fronting Park Avenue.... Read more

Address	501 N. Orlando Ave.
City	Winter Park
Phone	321-207-0760
Price	$$
Scott's Review

Tamarind brings fine Indian cuisine to an area of town that could use some diversification. The main menu is extensive, with categories of chicken, lamb, seafood and vegetarian entrees as well as a selection of tandoori items and dosas. The lunch menu has a fraction of the items found on the dinner menu, which was disappointing at first -- I wish I had had more options, especially in terms of soups and appetizers, which are essentially nonexistent at lunchtime, a samosa being the only exception.

But everything I sampled was wonderful, and service was warm and gracious.

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Address	3100 Alafaya Trail
City	Orlando
Phone	407-890-9596
Price	$$
Scott's Review

Another in the rising number of assemblage restaurants, where you build your bowl by selecting from the various columns. It's a little more complicated here given that Indian cuisine is more complex, but the staff is eager to help (and they love to give samples).... Read more

Address	6040 S. Orange Blossom Trail
City	Orlando
Phone	407-854-3330
Price	$$

Like Udipi Café Woodlands is all vegetarian, and it’s all good. Dosai are intimidatingly large crepes wrapped around myriad fillings; Uthappam are Indian-style pancakes that resemble latkes. A house specialty is chana bhatura, a big puffy bread that looks sort of like an expanded Jiffy Pop. But with better stuff inside.

All of the staff I had contact with were friendly and helpful, taking time to explain the various dishes. Although with a clientele that was mostly Indian on one of the nights I visited, not much explaining is necessary.

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