Crown of India (Hollywood)
When you start looking blindly at Yelp reviews to find a new Indian place, you know you are already partially up s—-’s creek. But that is exactly what a friend and I did tonight. And it brought us to Crown of India, nestled in small strip mall near Santa Monica Blvd. and Highland.
We walked into this place at 8 pm and immediately noticed we were the only people in the entire establishment. Note the second picture. Undaunted, we stayed anyway and ordered a few vegetable samosas, a chicken tikka masala dinner and a lamb vindaloo dinner with some garlic naan. The food was surprisingly satisfying and more than spicy enough for the average caucasian. The sag paneer was very good as well but I think the best order was the succulent lamb vindaloo.
We came to the conclusion that this is primarily a take-out establishment. If you want any ambience at all, I would not recommend this place. If you want beer and do not feeling like bringing it in from the liquor store next door, I also would not recommend this place. However, if you want a 1:1 waiter-to-diner ratio and some decently satisfying lamb vindaloo, then this is the place for you. - H. Lee
