Planet India

Why haven’t I been here before!!!
Having lived in Brighton for so long, ive never been here despite enjoying a good curry. Planet India is my new curry house!
My god. If you want authentic, tasty good food. Then come here. It’s also BLOODY cheap. Between two people we had such a crazy amount of food and it cost us £20. Not each. Between us! We had so much food.
This place is really good! You can bring your own bottle. Which is always a winner. The staff are very friendly and it’s just got a good vibe.
If your someone who likes to go to somewhere where it’s really posh and upmarket. This place isn’t for you. It’s got a home made feel, and care is taken more in the food than in the actual chairs and tables and other interior features.
I think the reason why I avoided this place was because of the name. Planet India… You often get similar names like planet pizza or pizza planet. The pizza always ends up being pretty shit! (am I allowed to swear??)
But I’ve learnt the importance of… don’t judge a book by its cover!
This place is GOOD!

good vegetarian place.

It’s best to book quite far in advance as this place seems to be very popular and fills up quick!
Came here with my veggie auntie and son as there had been such rave reviews on this place.
It’s a bit of dive inside, like an old grotty pub with crazy carpets and canteen like tables, but it kind of gives it a bit of an edgy, relaxed vibe.
The service is great, so friendly and it’s family run — cute pics of them on the walls. Indian décor, playing reggae music, love it!
I had the starter that says on the menu ”the one you’ll have been recommended!” and that’s exactly what I shall be doing! It was very different — kind of like cereal, crisps, coriander, onions, tomatoes, chilli, tamarind, cucumber and yoghurt all mixed together! Sounds weird but you really need to try it, it was goooood stuff.
Then they do this ingenuous thing for those of us who are indecisive and greedy like myself, you can get half portions which meant I had 2 different dishes. As I meat eater, sometimes I don’t feel properly fulfilled if I don’t have any, so if you’re like me (a proper carnivore!) then I’d settle for one of the dishes that includes paneer (an Indian cheese) it bulks the dish out a bit more and makes it feel more ‘meaty’. Although getting two dishes I did start to feel a bit flavour/​spice overloaded. You certainly shan’t leave hungry!
My 5 year old happily ate his (fairly spicy) korma which I was surprised about.
They have a fab selection of unusual beers which really complemented the meal, just ask them for recommendations.
If I’m dining out with veggie friends I shall not hesitate to suggest Planet India.

Gorgeous food and service :) I never thought that vegetarian Indian food would be that scrummy! Plus the service is wonderful, the staff are friendly and always wanting to help :)

Best Indian in Brighton!
Great mix of well-​known curries and ones I ‘ve never heard of! The menu isn’t massive and changes a couple of times a year. Recommend trying the starter of Dhai Bhel Puri, so tasty! If you like heat try the black chick pea curry, really blew my head off!
Excellent value as well! All the mains cost the same and you can order 1 to 4 portions for excellent value!
Even on a weekend they deliver very quickly as well. Try this place!

Would have been a 3 star rating however: —
1.They added a service charge onto our bill for a party of four– I don’t like this sort of sharp practice, if I want to leave a tip I will do. If a business feels it needs to charge more to cover the staff’s wages then add it to the price of the food. Just sticking on a service charge to every bill is the sort of cynical rip off tactics I expect of the worst sort of tourist trap
2. While the synchronised microwave display behind the counter was amusing I expect my food to be freshly cooked by a chef rather than batch cooked some unspecified time before then reheated, particularly when I’m paying nearly 20 quid a head.
On the plus side the puri starter was very good although the other items were lackluster and the mains average at best. Nice breads though.
Overall pretty poor and I felt ripped off

We went here ate our food, were full but it is so good we shared another main. Excellent!

Discovered this on my way home last month and am now a regular visitor. very friendly and extremely tasty, authentic dishes. You are instantly taken by the homely feel of this place and they have recently started a take-​away service.

I knew the owners of Planet India when they were still running a news agent on Upper Lewes Road. About 18 months after first meeting them they realised that they were making more money on the home cooked Indian food they were selling as a side line than they were from the rest of the business!
I think that anecdote should give you an idea of the quality of the food here. It’s all vegetarian and provides an example of *home cooked* Indian food. The staff are wonderful and the food is top notch. The prices also compare favourably with local competition, so if you fancy a decently sized, highly nutritious meal arpound Preston Street you could do a lot worse.

Excellent, unusual food, in a very casual but friendly athmosphere. I did try the famous starter, found it quite delicious, if perhaps the sauce was a tiny bit too sweet. It seemed a little bit similar to some of the Burmese salads I have had, but also quite distinct. Definitely a keeper. I also had an aubergine/​eggplant yoghurt curry, which was delicious without feeling too creamy and heavy.
The service was a bit scatterbrained, but very friendly.
The bathrooms are great, waterfriendly toilets clearly newly remade, while the restaurant itself is a bit like a hodgepodge of furniture, perhaps waiting for its own renovation soon.
Definitely try, a keeper, if a bit hidden. You won’t likely just stumble upon it. Worth seeking it out.

There’s a salad starter at Planet India unlike anything you’ll eat anywhere else — it says so on the menu. It’s puffed rice, chopped coriander and onion, it’s just delicious.
The majority of the menu isn’t found on mainstream Indian restaurant menus, it’s all something completely different.
Portions are generous and the food is very tasty.
Staff are very friendly and helpful.

A great little Indian restuarant. The atmosphere is very laid back, with non flashy décor. The food is excellent, all vegetarian and with the option to have half dishes you can get alot of variety in one meal. The ‘salad type dish’ starter is a must try, absolutely delicious. The have an interesting selection of beers also. A must if you like Indian food and are in Brighton, lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and great food.

Planet India joins Bombay Aloo in being a rare meat free Curry House and Indian restaurant. For about £7 (or actually £6.64, weirdly enough) you can get two curries and rice, which is brilliant value, although understandably cheap given the lack of meat.
The surrounding area isn’t the best, located just off a huge high rise council estate in the middle of Hanover, there surprisingly isn’t too much ambiance.
Nonetheless, if you love Indian food but not meat, this is definitely the type of place to come visit, even if the food isn’t quite as good as you’d hope, it is good value for sure.

Vegetarian Indian — perfect for those of us who don’t want meat but don’t want a boring daal either. The menu is really inventive actually, using unusual ingredients that make this a refreshing change to all the regular fayre you’d find on a regular Indian take away menu.
There’s the Mombai potato curry with coconut, the aubergine in yoghurt curry and my personal favourite, the sweetcorn & patra curry — sweetcorn & chunks of vine leaves with a spicy paste in a tangy tomato curry sauce. The best part is you can try a few different dishes as there is an option to order half portions. Yey!
They also sell unusal lagers from countries as far flung as Lithuania and Poland which makes for an interesting touch.

The first time I went to this restaurant, I agreed to meet a friend there but there was a note pinned to the door saying «We are having a baby»!! We went back the next week and were pleased to hear the owner now was a proud father, he had a baby daughter.
This is an excellent fairly priced place to eat. The menu is quirky and funny. The food was delightfully fresh and we all enjoyed our different opions. I enjoyed my Bombay Aloo and something else, I forget what, but it’s the house speciality and on the menu its says «If you were told to come here and try a dish, this is it!». My friend has something with aubergine, mainly because i had just being telling her how much I hated aubergine, but actually I had to admit, it was quite nice. For drinks, again they had an interesting selection, I enjoyed my Brewdog lager and my friend got a tasty alcoholic ginger beer.
A fun place to eat!

Planet India feels like a true Brighton restaurant– the kind of place that existed before all the sleek, fancy-​pants chains moved in and Brighton began to be redeveloped within an inch of its life. How lovely to see a lovely unfussy Indian restaurant full of rustic charm, not to mention happy customers! This place truly reflects the Brighton I know and love. The food is simple and REALLY delicious– the ingredients are fresh and everything is cooked on site. I am rubbish with names, but I have eaten there a few times, and every dish I’ve had was wonderful. The cumin rice was really tasty. What’s especially handy is that you can order half potions of many of the dishes, so you don’t have to commit! Check out the wine list too– its extensive with lots of organic bottles.
I wouldn’t recommend just turning up– although this place is really relaxed and the owners lovely, its just too popular and you’ll be risking serious disappointment!

Planet India has moved to Richmond Place is now a much larger restaurant so there is a lot more space to sit and enjoy a meal. The food is all vegetarian and some of it is vegan. I went there with a party of 5 others, not all vegetarian, and they all raved about the food.
The staff are very friendly and will advise on the dishes if so required, especially as to the hotness of some of the curries!
The menu is varied with some different items on it.

Some of the best Indian food I’ve ever tasted. 100% vegetarian, good value, just go!
Looking for a menu? I couldn’t find one so I’ve put photos of the Planet India menu on my blog:
(with permission!).

I visited Planet India in it’s new location on Richmond Parade with a group of friends. It’s a larger venue with more space to sit & eat. The staff are very friendly & helpful and our food came quickly. The curry & rice i had were really tasty (as was a friends starter i tried!) and was also good value. All the food is vegetarian and there are lots of clearly labelled vegan options. Definitely want to go back soon and highly recommend it top anyone!

I believe this restaurant has just moved here from Preston St (Sept 2008). Its vegetarian and Indian.
Brighton is lacking in good Indian foods. Most that I have tried have been poor standard. This restaurant seemed to please many in its last location. I hope this will be the case in their new venue.