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Hours
Sun
11:30 am - 11:00 pm
Mon
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Tue
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Wed
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Thu
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Fri
11:30 am - 11:00 pm
Sat
11:30 am - 11:00 pm
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RATINGS
Food
Service
Value
Atmosphere
Food and ambience
Indian, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Special Occasion Dining, Romantic, Groups
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About
Royal India restaurant is a place of contrasts, with guests often praising its Indian culture and hand drawn wall paintings. It is the heart of city center of Florence, just 5 minutes walking distance from Duomo. Top notch service with warm hospitality providing the North Indian and Mughlai taste from the chef specially from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
PRICE RANGE
$4.00 – $28.00
CUISINES
Indian
Special Diets
Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
FEATURES
Delivery, Takeout, Reservations, Buffet, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Gift Cards Available
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4.5
1,847 reviews
Excellent
1,449
Very good
267
Average
76
Poor
33
Terrible
22
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greg
Lucca7 contributions
Apr 2024 • couples
I went to this place with my Indian girlfriend. We were warmly welcomed by the guys at the restaurant.
We got chicken mix, vegetable naan and another vegetarian dish.
➡️Attentive and helpful service, abundant dishes at a more than excellent price.
To conclude they offered us a taste of mango drink.
Recommended for spicy lovers 🌶️🌶️

Written 21 April 2024
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Lars H
Sandvika29 contributions
Mar 2024 • family
The atmosphere was good, the food and drinks arrived quickly, the service was polite and the food tasted lovely.
We chose four different dishes for four adults and there was enough to share and enough to fill everyone up. For our dishes, we chose three portions of rice and two types of nan bread.
The Indian beer tasted excellent with the food 😊

Written 30 March 2024
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Gary J. Smith
Canterbury33 contributions
Dec 2024 • couples
We visited in December 2024 and were served by a very kind and smiley Inderpal who made us very welcome and was very friendly and knowledgeable.
The food was of the highest standard; delicious and hot.
We had poppadoms with pickle trays as a complimentary starter and the Chicken Karahi main was the best I have ever had.
Many thanks to the entire team at Royal India.
Written 13 December 2024
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Gail L
Boston43 contributions
Jan 2024 • family
Visiting Italy in January 2024 for almost 2 weeks with my daughter. The food and service are good. I’d have given 4 star if the appetizer (mixed plate that included samosas, onion rings, etc), hadn’t been too salty. My daughter and I couldn’t finish it because of the level of salt. We were concerned that our main entres (chicken tikka masala), might also be too salty, so we asked the waiter to tell the chef to reduce the salt. The waiter apologized, informing and showing us the sprinkling of a salt-based mixture that he’d dusted onto the appetizer prior to serving it to us. Perhaps he, or his typical customers like that level of salt, but it should have been reduced by 20% or more. The actual main meal, however , was fine and tasty. There is a 2€ each cover charge plus a 10%(?) general charge. Our meal, which included the slightly higher priced mixed appetizer dish, 2 main entrees, a large bottle of bottled water and one tasty mango shake, came out to about 70€. I’d recommend them, but tell them to go easy on the salt in advance!
Written 21 January 2024
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Jennifer J
1 contribution
Jul 2024 • couples
I like spicy but it upsets my husband’s stomach, although he enjoys the flavour of Indian food. The staff was very attentive, advising us on good choices for our palates, checking to see how we were doing, and even bringing him some yogurt spontaneously, in case he needed it. Ambiance is intimate and pleasant, staff very attentive, food delicious. We felt like Royalty!
Written 17 July 2024
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Maddy
Gold Coast64 contributions
May 2024 • family
This place is amazing, we had a few different curries, rices and entrees to share between the 10 of us. All the dishes were absolutely incredible. Coming from Australia, all of us are used to cheap, and overly sweet curries and found all of the dishes delicious, hearty and affordable too. If you’re ever in the area, please stop by and give this place a try! Thanks for having us Royal India !
Written 25 May 2024
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EleTaf
Prato4 contributions
Aug 2023 • friends
I went with a friend last night for dinner, I had already been there, my friend hadn't. Very very kind and friendly staff, they follow you in choosing the dishes based on what you would like to eat and what they bring you is all very good and well cooked and presented.
At the end they rewarded us with a coconut dessert, which I personally enjoyed eating because it wasn't too sweet and a very good mango bitters!
Obviously we will return, always a certainty!
A special thank you to Kiran, the room manager!

Written 5 August 2023
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Gora S
Sydney5 contributions
May 2024 • family
After having satisfied our appetite for Italian cuisine over the previous few days in Florence, we were looking for a change in flavors. We chanced upon this wonderful authentic North Indian restaurant on Via Guelfa, while roaming around the streets of Florence.
We were welcomed and served by a polite and pleasant young man called Deb. The food was very tasty and not over-spiced as you may find in many Indian eateries. Deb looked after us well throughout. Both myself and my wife were impressed by our overall dining experience and would recommend this restaurant highly to all our friends.
Written 4 May 2024
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Carlo
4 contributions
Nov 2023 • couples
We went for dinner last night and had a great meal and at a very reasonable price. The staff is very courteous and smiling. A pleasant surprise these days. At the end of the evening they also offered us a truly delicious typical cardamom liqueur. We will definitely be back!

Written 26 November 2023
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Abhilasha A
Prosper2 contributions
Dec 2024 • family
After 5 days in Italy we started craving for Indian food and found Royal India when we were in Florence.
Inder who helped us is an awesome person.
Food here is delicious not heavy at all and that's what you need when you are traveling.
We thoroughly enjoyed this small eatry. Place is neat and clean.
Thanks
Written 24 December 2024
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Carrie W
Sarnia205 contributions
Apr 2023 • couples
After two weeks in Italy, time for something different. This place was near where we were staying and thought we would give it a try. What a pleasant surprise. Onion rings 4e were like onion Bahia and very tasty. Shrimp pakora 6.50e were light and crispy. There were a couple of dipping sauces and a little lime pickle served to the table. Chicken Tikka masala had a rich sauce with just the right spice and was a good portion 10e. Butter naan 3e was quite good as well. Basmati rice 3e was light and fluffy. 33cl Kingfisher beer was only 2.50e and house white wine 3e per glass. 3e pp cover (coperta). A very good meal at a very reasonable price. The place was cosy and the servers were helpful and friendly.
Written 21 April 2023
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Trotsee
Los Angeles317 contributions
Feb 2025 • solo
I ordered on Deliveroo bc it was raining outside and I’m staying far from the restaurant. I ordered enough for dinner and for lunch the following day and chose this place based on reviews and photos and I will say, it was a very satisfying dinner! Very authentic!
I ordered the Beghan Bartha (eggplant puree) and palak (spinaci) ceci (spinach puree with garbanzo beans) and shrimp briyani.
I really loved my dishes, especially the curries. But what was the biggest relief is how good the beghan bartha was bc when traveling in Europe, some restaurants aren’t authentically run by Indians and they will get this dish wrong. I especially liked how there was an alternative to palak paneer as I had too much cheese on this trip, the garbanzo bean option instead was awesome!
Well done! Looking forward to coming in the restaurant in my next visits to Florence !
Written 12 February 2025
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Charlotte
Florence6 contributions
Aug 2023 • couples
Excellent Indian restaurant. We had cheese samosas as well as butter chicken and the essential cheese naan. The best we've eaten so far.
The boss made us have a very pleasant time; he takes care of us and is interested in us.
We feel a real desire to make us appreciate the moment spent in his restaurant.
We recommend this restaurant with our eyes closed
(and we must admit, what a pleasure to eat something other than pasta after a week’s treatment)
We got it for €56 for two and were really full.
We were offered a very good mango digestive.

Written 27 August 2023
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Paul Hampton
5 contributions
Nov 2022 • couples
Let’s start by saying I’ve been coming here since 2018 when I first arrived in Florence from the United States to start college. My first birthday dinner was here and from then on I’ve been back many times. The food is consistently fantastic but more importantly the atmosphere and staff are the nicest restaurant owners ever. Even on busy nights the wait is never that long, you’d be greeted with more snack delights for the wait. It’s one of the few places where I feel they take care of the people who always come back with a smile, offering free things because you there’s a mutual respect for one another. You’re offering me high quality nourishment and that’s a big deal.
My favorite order is the curry mango chicken!! With lemon rice and some butter naan. The tikka masala is great as well. If you want mild they have it, if you want it really spicy they have that also lol!!!🥵
It’s always been a pleasure to visit on birthdays, get together, meetings with people because the atmosphere is so lively and very well decorated inside. Not a blank space on the wall.
Thank you all for always making me feel welcome and filling my stomach completely🍷❤️
Written 10 November 2022
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aamir m
1 contribution
Dec 2023 • family
The restaurant is located in the center near railway station of Florence. Which is quite good location, we reached there approx 1’o clock at lunch time & the ambience represent the true Indian culture with many paintings on the wall which shows a great atmosphere there. In lunch we start with small appetizer was paneer pakora & the paneer was soft and like homemade after that we had a chicken changezi which was a recommended dish by the staff with some butter nan which was soft too and although we had a Kashmiri pulao with dry fruits and some saffron on the top.
In the last I would like to say everything is too good and feels like we had a lunch in India.
Written 20 December 2023
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