Tandoori Palace, Commercial Drive
10 people recommendvia r/askvan11 comments cited below
What people say, in short
Many diners recommend Tandoori Palace on Commercial Drive, and two note that it is a family business. A few praise the bread, with one calling the naan excellent, and one found the medium-spiced curry impressive. Two say the spice is real: one says some dishes come out hotter than they would normally want, and another calls it the closest they have had to genuinely spicy Indian food in the UK. One diner found the butter chicken bland years ago, comparing it to tomato soup, and is willing to try it again.
Address
Tandoori Palace, 1439 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3X8, Canada
At a glance
- Signature dishes
- Naan
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The evidence
Every point below is paraphrased from a real public comment, ordered by how much the community engaged with it. Caveats and negatives are kept in — follow any link to read the original for yourself.
- Recommendsu/Agreeable-School-899 in r/askvan · Dec 2025taste
Family business that takes spice requests seriously; some dishes hotter than wanted but delicious.
- Recommendsu/Haunted-by-Echoes in r/askvan · Dec 2025taste
Enthusiastically agrees about the bread.
- Recommendsu/benbristol69 in r/askvan · Dec 2025taste
Rates the naan as excellent, adding to the praise for the bread.
- Recommendsu/PapiKevinho in r/askvan · Dec 2025variety
Adds that the chai is worth noting too.
- Recommendsu/Ilejwads in r/askvan · Dec 2025taste
Their go-to; closest to genuinely spicy UK-style Indian food.
- Recommendsu/JoshtotheG in r/askvan · Aug 2025taste
Says it blew their mind with clay oven naan and nicely spiced curry.
- Recommendsu/BedroomThink3121 in r/askvan · Aug 2026
Names Tandoori Palace at Commercial as a go-to pick for Indian food, without giving details.
- Recommendsu/RustyTrephine in r/askvan · Dec 2025
Ranks it as the top pick in the city and calls the family running it consistently welcoming.
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- Recommendsu/OkReputation7432 in r/askvan · Dec 2025
Says it's legit.
- Mixedu/spectrometric in r/askvan · Dec 2025consistency
Years ago the butter chicken tasted like bland tomato soup; willing to retry.
- Recommendsu/Alarmed-Effective-12 in r/askvan · Aug 2025
Agrees it's a gem.
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