Restaurants in Korea: Jyoti Indian Restaurant 죠티인도식당

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Jyoti Indian Restaurant 죠티인도식당 - Sinchon 신촌

There are several Indian restaurants in Sinchon, and I have eaten at nearly all of them. There really is nothing all that special apart from Jyoti which is an excellent restaurant in an area with not all that many foreign restaurants especially Indian food.

The people who own this place are from Nepal so expect Northern Indian food which is probably the type of food that you are used to if you are from the West as it is pretty much the only food that is popular over there.

There is a wide variety of food that is served at Jyoti ranging from all different kinds of soups and appetizers to curry, vegetable dishes, nan and Indian rice. I have tried a good number of items on the menu and I have never been disappointed. I quite honestly believe that this is one of the best Indian places in all of Seoul.

The curries are large and meaty and they get the spicing just perfect. A lot of the vegetable dishes are also very heavily spiced just like they are at the Indian restaurants that I am used to. When I say this, I am from America and I have never been to India, but I did take a girl who was from India to this restaurant once and she enjoyed the food as well.

The one issue with Jyoti is price. Expect to pay a bit of premium for this good quality foreign food. You can purchase individual items which mostly range from 9,000 - 14,000 won and then rice and nan on top of that, or an even better option are their set menus. The single person set is 15,000 and comes with salad, desert, potatoes, and a choice of nan, curry and another appetizer dish as well as lassi and desert. This is a great option. The lunch set is even cheaper, but offered only on weekdays.