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Puspa Restaurant
Categories: Restaurants Middle Eastern Restaurants Indian Restaurants Pakistani Middle Eastern, Indian, Pakistani [Edit]
1051 40 Ave NWCalgary, AB T2K 0G2
(403) 282-6444
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11:30 am - 2 pm
Mon-Thu 5 pm - 10 pm
Fri-Sat 5 pm - 10:30 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
6 reviews for Puspa Restaurant
6 reviews in English
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Review from Chris C.
Calgary, AB
1/7/2011
I love pupsa. One of the best Indian joints in Calgary. The quirky staff are all friendly and ready to offer suggestions. Try their mango lassi.
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Review from Chelsea W.
Calgary, AB
2/22/2012
Hands-down I am a huge fan for Puspa where it's a wonderful little jewel for northwest Calgary. Although Indian food (when made right) is absolutely delicious, diners familiar to this ethnic cuisine know that prices can be steep. In Calgary, it can be hard to find a good restaurant that delivers in both good food and good prices where you get either one of the two, but not both. At Puspa, it always delivers in both avenues where food is delicious and dishes are more reasonable than other restaurants. Key word is reasonable NOT dirt cheap so do expect to be spending a bit more than your average meal at pubs.
Puspa first came into existence in the year of 1993 where it is located just off of Northmount Drive and tucked in a tiny little shoppers plaza. For first-timers, do take it a little easy in the parking lot as it can, at times, be a rather tight squeeze navigating around or trying to park your car.
Despite the fact that restaurant is now a bit older, Puspa offers its customers a rather small but very quaint interior where it is a wonderful venue choice for an intimate dinner with family and/or friends. Sometimes restaurants can face disadvantages of being smaller-scaled, however Puspa manages to takes its close quarters as an advantage where customers will always receive speedy, attentive, and extremely accommodating service. If you do plan on having dinner at the prime-time of dinner (6-7 o'clock) I recommend on booking a reservation as the restaurant is constantly busy and tables are always full. Without a reservation, wait-times during busy hours can be up to 30 minutes or more depending on the size of the party.
The menu is loaded with numerous choices of beef, chicken, seafood, lamb, and vegetarian curries, along with various versions of naan and rice dishes which will definitely meet the needs of everyone dining there.
Each and every dish are nicely presented where they give great proportions of sauce, meat, and vegetables. Unlike some restaurants around the city, Puspa keeps it real by actually kicking their dishes up a notch and giving diners that satisfying spiciness to their dishes. As a last additional note, if you don't have time to dine at Puspa, then I also recommend ordering take-out from the restaurant. And just because I'm Asian and always like good-deals, they give a 10% discount if you do take-out!
Dish Recommendations:
Samosas
Sag Aloo Bahji
Mixed Vegetable Curry
Naan
Butter Chicken*
Beef Vindaloo*
Madras Beef and Madras Chicken *
* NOTE: I am a vegetarian, however these are recommendations based on friends and family who have had these dishes. Back in the day when I did eat meat (like 4 years ago) I remember that they were absolutely amazing! -
Review from Ryan L.
Calgary, AB
10/14/2011 1 photo
Great food and friendly staff. Also a great place to order take out.
Something fun to look for is the re-purposed neon sign in the window. If you look closely you can see that it used to say 'La Sizzlers'! I have to admire anyone that can look at a La Sizzlers sign and decide that, with a few tweaks, it could be reinvented to say Puspa instead. -
Review from Spencer B.
Calgary, AB
7/14/2010
One of the few decent independant restaurants in the NW, Puspa is also one of the best Indian restaurants around.
They primarily do take-out orders but eating in is possible if they have some of their tables open.
All your favourite indian dishes are well represented here and are well done too. They also have some persian style indian food (a hot and sour curry) that I have yet to see anywhere else.
There's also a great lunch special daily for both omnivores and vegetarians. -
Review from Victor P.
10/27/2009 1 Check-in Here
I first discovered Puspa in 1994, on the suggestion of a coworker. It's tucked away into the corner of a strip mall in NW Calgary, and unless you live in the area, it's easy to drive past. John Gilchrist wrote a nice review sometime ago, and since then I don't think he'd have reason to change his mind. We usually go for butter chicken (of course!), lamb tikka masala, motor paneer (a type of homemade cheese served with peas in a spicy sauce), palao rice, naan bread, and mango lassi (yum!). Great food, service a bit on the slow side, and the place is tiny (only 10 tables!), so expect to wait a bit when you get there even if you made reservations (they get busy with takeout orders!).
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Review from Michelle C.
Calgary, AB
9/7/2008
This place is not on the main roads but if you are up in the north west, you should make the effort to stop in. The place is small and cozy and the food is really good. It keeps us coming back over and over again.
