The new Bombay House is bringing upscale Indian fare to Westerville, in the former Winking Lizard space on Polaris Parkway! The family-owned Indian eatery features a richly decorated dining room, with a full bar and a big menu of authentic Indian dishes.
The vast menu covers chaat, street food, Indo-Chinese specialties, biryanis, dosas, loads of appetizers and entrees, tandoori dishes, desserts, and drinks.
We enjoyed an adventurous dinner at Bombay House, starting with the vada pav, a pair of Mumbai-style potato fritter sliders sandwiched between soft pav bread and served with chutneys.
Their signature Bombay 65 features your choice of crispy cauliflower or paneer tossed with curry leaves, chilies, yogurt, and their South Indian 65 masala. It’s very tasty, although heavily loaded with sauce, so it’s not super crispy.
There’s also a similar version you can order with chicken, fish, or shrimp.
The bar menu features a range of colorful drinks. Unfortunately, I can’t find the drink menu online, so I forget the names of these! But these two drinks are obviously very sweet and fruit forward.
Likewise, this one, built around cold brew coffee and liqueur, is pretty sweet as well.
There’s a menu of non-alcoholic drinks, too, like this mango lassi.
The chole bhature is a richly spiced chickpea curry served with bhature flatbread.
We love a good dosa, so we ordered the giant masala dosa, stuffed with seasoned onions and potatoes. It’s served with sides of chutneys and sambar, a little cup of soup!
We’ve had a lot of tandoori chicken over the years, but never tandoori mushrooms. These mushrooms arrive sizzling at the table. They’re heavily marinated with yogurt, herbs, and spices, then char-grilled in the tandoor oven.
And of course, we have to try the house chicken tikka masala. You can actually choose the protein for it; it’s stewed in a tomato-heavy sauce.
We always order some garlic naan to go with our meal; we supplemented with an order of Afghani naan, which has a sweeter finish.
Bombay House is open Monday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; and Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.
Bombay House
496 Polaris Pkwy.
Westerville, OH 43082
(614) 392-0896
Web: bombayhouseoh.com
FB: Bombay House Restaurant & Bar
IG: @bombayhouseusa
