Cornwall · 2026 county guide
Cornwall's Indian restaurant scene is unusually intertwined with Nepalese cooking, particularly in Truro, Falmouth and the east of the county. Alongside that strong Nepalese-Indian tradition are South Indian seafood, dosa, tandoor cooking and distinctive house dishes. These ten selections are grouped by area rather than ranked.
Independent recommendations from across Cornwall.
Restaurants cannot pay to qualify for the Curry House Guide.
Central Cornwall
Truro mixes a traditional Indian curry house with two Nepalese-Indian kitchens, while St Agnes adds a firmly South Indian menu built around Kerala seafood, dosa and regional curries.
Truro · Cornwall
Shanaz keeps the broad shape of a classic Indian curry house, but its house dishes are where the menu becomes more individual. Chicken Panasia takes an Indian-Chinese turn with tamarind, cashews, spring onion and garlic, while Naga Mukim brings Bengal naga chilli together with peppers, tomato, ginger and coriander. Seafood gets its own flourish too, including Jal King Prawns with garam masala, fried onion, chilli and fresh coriander.
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Truro · Cornwall
Kathmandu Palace is explicitly Nepalese and Indian, with the chef specialities providing some of the clearest reasons to look beyond the familiar curry-house section. Rara Lamb combines pieces of lamb with minced lamb, herbs and homemade Nepalese spices, while Farshi pairs chicken or lamb with butternut squash, fenugreek seeds and roasted chillies. The clay-oven menu also includes salmon marinated with herbs and spices and served with spinach.
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Truro · Cornwall
Yak & Yeti puts Nepalese cooking front and centre while retaining a broad Indian curry and tandoor menu. The starter section is particularly good for exploring that Nepalese side, with thukpa, momo, sekuwa and choila all present. There are less expected options too, including scallops served in a fresh, spiced tomato-based Nepalese sauce.
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St Agnes · Cornwall
Sunny Spice is firmly South Indian, with a current menu that moves through Kerala seafood, dosa, Chettinad cooking and regional meat dishes. Raw Mango Fish Curry uses fish and raw mango in a creamy coconut sauce, while Kuttanadan Lamb Mappas brings lamb and baby potatoes into a coconut-based sauce tempered with fennel and mustard. The dosa section gives the menu another clear southern marker.
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South Cornwall
Falmouth's two selections both span Indian and Nepalese cooking, with Balti Curries leaning into Nepalese specialities and Namaste Kitchen standing out particularly for seafood.
Falmouth · Cornwall
Balti Curries has a broad Indian curry-house menu, but the Nepalese dishes give it a more distinctive edge. Chattamari comes with chicken or lamb, Nepalese herbs and spices over thin roti, while the tandoor section includes a whole rainbow trout seasoned with Nepalese spices. Khasi Aloo is another useful route through the menu, combining lamb and potato in a Nepalese-style curry.
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Falmouth · Cornwall
Namaste Kitchen combines a substantial Nepalese menu with Indian curry-house cooking, and the seafood section is especially useful in setting it apart. Seafood Sangam brings together tiger prawn, king prawn, salmon, tilapia and monkfish in the chef's sauce, while Imli Machha uses tilapia with tamarind. The lamb menu also has its own house dish in Namaste Lamb Milan.
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East Cornwall
Moving east from St Austell through Looe and Liskeard to Saltash, the guide takes in Nepalese-Indian cooking, a seafood-rich Indian menu and several distinctive house specialities.
St Austell · Cornwall
Nepalese Gurkha serves both Indian and Nepalese cooking, with a large speciality section that rewards looking past the standard curries. Khasi Aloo pairs lamb and potatoes in a Nepalese-style curry, Sauraha Haas uses oven-cooked duck breast with cream and butter, and Gurkha Nabwabi combines chicken or lamb tikka with orange in the chef's special sauce.
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Looe · Cornwall
Chennai Indian Fusion has one of the county's most interesting seafood runs, alongside lamb, biryani, tandoor dishes and familiar curries. Seabass Taba pairs barbecued sea bass with stir-fried vegetables and fresh chilli sauce, while the Moghul-style Lamb Biryani uses lamb shoulder, ghee, ginger, brown chickpeas, mint and yakhni pilau rice. The restaurant sells soft drinks only and allows diners to bring their own alcohol.
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Liskeard · Cornwall
The Himalayan Spice mixes Nepalese dishes with a sizeable Indian menu, and several of its most useful choices lean towards regional Indian flavours. Narangee Chicken is a stuffed chicken breast with spinach, potato, parsley, coconut and almonds, while the fish curry uses salmon with mustard seeds, onion, green chilli, coriander and tomato. Rajasthani Lamb brings a hotter tomato-based curry into the mix.
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Saltash · Cornwall
Everest Kitchen is another Nepalese-Indian crossover, with momo, sekuwa and Nepalese house dishes alongside a long list of Indian curries and tandoor cooking. Lamb Sekuwa is marinated with homemade Nepalese spice before going into the clay oven, King Prawn Rasilo combines garlic, coconut and Gurkha spices, and the Everest Special Duck brings garlic, ginger, tomato, green chilli and coconut milk together with Nepalese herbs.
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Across the county
One of the clearest characteristics of Indian dining in Cornwall is the strength of restaurants that explicitly cook both Nepalese and Indian food. In Truro, Falmouth, St Austell, Liskeard and Saltash, momo, sekuwa and Nepalese house curries sit naturally alongside tandoor dishes and familiar Indian favourites.
There is plenty beyond that crossover. Sunny Spice in St Agnes focuses firmly on South India, with dosa, Kerala seafood and regional curries, while Chennai Indian Fusion in Looe has a particularly strong seafood section and a BYOB policy.
How we choose: Curry House Guide considers public reputation, review depth, food-hygiene standards and what is distinctive about the food. Restaurants cannot pay to qualify for inclusion.
Selection and restaurant details last checked: October 2026.