Editor's Choice
The original champion of the Kanda Curry Grand Prix; this book-town flagship serves a rich, fruit-rounded European-style curry that starts with a whole steaming potato.
Organic vegetable curries and tandoor naan with vegan, vegetarian and halal options
The Shibuya outpost of the long-running Nataraj natural-Indian vegetarian group, offering spice-rich organic vegetable curries, tandoor naan and clearly labelled vegan, vegetarian and halal menus in the heart of Shibuya.
Organic vegetable curries with tandoor naan; vegan, vegetarian and halal menus
A pioneering natural Indian vegetarian restaurant (the brand dates to 1989) serving spice-forward curries and tandoor naan in a spacious basement near Ogikubo Station. Vegan, vegetarian, halal and five-allium-free menus make it unusually accommodating.
Sri Lankan curry and soupless maze-soba, all halal
A tiny counter near Akihabara run by a Sri Lankan Muslim owner, serving an all-halal lineup of soupless maze-soba and home-style Sri Lankan curry.
Vegan curry ramen with sprouted brown rice
A tiny tatami-floored diner on the Shimokitazawa backstreets where every bowl of rich, medicinal-herb ramen is 100% plant-based and built on sprouted brown rice.
Katsu curry ('Chiba-san's Cutlet Curry')
The 1947 Ginza institution that invented katsu curry itself, plating a crisp pork cutlet over rich Western-style curry at the very spot where the dish was born.
Kobe beef Japanese curry
A two-minute stroll from Senso-ji, this all-halal kitchen ladles rich Japanese curry over crisp cutlets and even Kobe wagyu, so Muslim travellers never have to skip Japan's comfort dish.
