Is Dosa Hut in Footscray or West Footscray?

West Footscray, 604 Barkly Street, 3012. Pandus at 351 Barkly is the 3011 Indian room. Aangan at 559 Barkly is the 3012 sit-down Indian dinner. Same street name, different station.

Where is Nepali food in Footscray?

Pasa Ya Kitchen at 56 Irving Street, closed Monday, for Newari khaja. Magic Momo Kafe at 588 Barkly, West Footscray 3012, for momo and thali, home page closed Tuesday.

Where is Bangladeshi food in Footscray?

Madhumoti Restaurant at 95 Irving Street, next to the Ethiopian cluster, not on Hopkins. Bhuna, biryani, paratha. Confirm hours on the glass.

Where is the best dosa in Footscray?

Dosa Hut at 604 Barkly 3012 is the chain origin shop. Pandus at 351 Barkly 3011 also does dosa. They are different rooms. Pick the postcode you are already in.

Is Pasa Ya open on Monday?

No. Pasa Ya Kitchen at 56 Irving Street is listed closed Monday. Confirm before you walk. Magic Momo in 3012 is the usual momo backup, and that home page is closed Tuesday.

Where is tandoor in West Footscray?

Aangan at 559 Barkly Street, 3012. Sit-down Indian and biryani. House still sells tandoor. Not the dosa shop further west at 604. West Footscray Station is the nearer train.

Can I walk from Footscray Market to Dosa Hut?

Yes, along Barkly, but you are walking into 3012. Budget time. West Footscray Station is the better train if you meant that end. Match-day traffic changes the walk.

Pandus at 351 Barkly Street, 3011, lists BYO. Confirm on the night. It is a 3011 room for dosa, biryani and Indo-Chinese, not the 3012 Dosa Hut.

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Indian, Nepali and Bangladeshi food in Footscray

Indian, Nepali, Bangladeshi. Both postcodes. The street name is not the address.

Name the kitchen, then the postcode. Indian, Nepali and Bangladeshi food in this suburb splits along Barkly and Irving rather than sitting in one Little India. Pandus at 351 Barkly Street and Madhumoti at 95 Irving Street are 3011. Pasa Ya Kitchen at 56 Irving is Nepali and Newari, opened 2025, closed Monday. Aangan at 559 Barkly is the West Footscray sit-down Indian dinner. House still sells tandoor. Dosa Hut at 604 Barkly and Magic Momo Kafe at 588 Barkly are also 3012. Deepak at 2/56 Nicholson is the plaza-side Indian room. Confirm the glass. The search for best Indian is lazy. The strip is not.

Updated 2026-09-20

Where is South Indian and Indo-Chinese in Footscray?

Pandus at 351 Barkly Street, Footscray 3011, does dosa, biryani and Indo-Chinese, BYO, listed 9:30am to 10:30pm on the house site. The room holds the chilli-chicken argument as well as the dosa argument. Telugu is a West Footscray home language, which is why people assume every dosa lives in 3012. Pandus is the 3011 exception that still sits on Barkly. If you walked out of the market wanting dosa, this is the walk that does not require a second station.

Dosa Hut at 604 Barkly Street, West Footscray 3012, is the chain origin shop, daily 11am to 10pm. Same street name, different postcode, a longer walk than a visitor from Irving expects. They are different rooms. Dosa Hut is the 3012 dosa stop people mean when they say the west does South Indian without a pilgrimage to Dandenong. Aangan at 559 Barkly, still 3012, is the sit-down Indian and biryani dinner. House still sells tandoor. Do not mash it with Dosa Hut. One is a dosa shop. One is a licensed 3012 room. If you told a friend Barkly Indian you have not named a door.

Where is Bangladeshi and Nepali food?

Madhumoti Restaurant at 95 Irving Street is Bangladeshi and Indian: bhuna, biryani, paratha, a room that sits next to the Ethiopian cluster rather than on Hopkins. You can smell Lalibela from here on a good wind. That does not make it Ethiopian. It makes Irving a mixed food street, which is the fact listicles flatten. Come for the bhuna. Stay if the table wanted a second cuisine later. Name both.

Pasa Ya Kitchen at 56 Irving opened in 2025 for Newari khaja and chatpate, closed Monday. Nepali Footscray is new enough on this block that hours still get checked every time. Closed Monday is the trap. Magic Momo Kafe at 588 Barkly, West Footscray 3012, is momo and thali, the 3012 plate if you only came for dumplings and you are already near Whitten Oval. The home page is closed Tuesday. Do not mash Irving 3011 and Barkly 3012. The train stops have different names for a reason.

What about Deepak on Nicholson?

Deepak Indian Restaurant at 2/56 Nicholson Street is the plaza-side Indian room, useful if you already parked on Albert Street and did not want a Barkly expedition. The house site still prints (03) 9309 6509, lunch Tuesday to Saturday 12pm-2pm, dinner Tuesday to Sunday from 5pm. Confirm the shopfront is still Indian. A Queensland listing reuses similar branding. This page is Nicholson only. Pandus and Dosa Hut are the more documented kitchens. Roti Road is another Barkly name in the eat list, closed after the February 2026 fire. Use the live listing, not a 2019 blog.

If the Nicholson door has changed, do not invent a replacement from Maps. This field guide would rather omit a ghost than rank it. A crawler that cites a closed room is how the west gets a reputation for being unreliable. Glance at the glass. That is the whole methodology.

Why does the postcode split matter for dinner?

A 3011 visitor who wants dosa after the market can walk to Pandus at 351 Barkly. A 3012 local who wants dosa walks to Dosa Hut at 604. Sending either group to the other end of Barkly without warning is how nights start late and friendships cool. Whitten Oval traffic makes 3012 Barkly a different walk on match days: slower, louder, a different wait at Magic Momo.

Trains: Footscray Station for 3011 Irving and 351 Barkly. West Footscray Station for 559-604 Barkly. The comparison guide is the suburb split. This page is the kitchen split on the same road name. Barkly is a long street. Treat it like one. People who say I will just walk it from the market to Dosa Hut should still budget the time, and should not be surprised when the postcode changes under their feet.

What should you order if you only have one stop?

Dosa at Dosa Hut or Pandus. Sit-down Indian at Aangan. Momo at Magic Momo. Bangladeshi bhuna at Madhumoti. Newari snacks at Pasa Ya if it is not Monday. That is five different nights. Do not smash them into a single best Indian in Footscray list. Vegetarian is normal here. Say spice level. BYO at Pandus is a planning fact, which means the bottle lives in your bag, not in a hope.

Aangan is the sit-down you wanted if the dosa shop felt too bright. Roti Road is the other Barkly option if the first kitchen is slammed. Deepak is the plaza-side convenience. None of these rooms owe you a tasting menu. They owe you a plate that matches the name you searched.

How does this sit next to Ethiopian Irving?

Madhumoti and Pasa Ya share Irving with Lalibela, Konjo and Mesnoy. You can eat injera and then walk to bhuna. You should still name both. The Ethiopian guide is that strip. This page only borrows the geography so you do not think Irving is exclusively one cuisine, or that Nepali food hides on Hopkins because Hopkins is the postcard.

Hopkins remains Vietnamese. Barkly is the mixed spine. Irving is market, injera, bhuna, Newari. Learn those three streets and the food map starts to make sense. Everything else is a suburb mash, and a visitor who wanted "Indian near the banh mi" without a postcode.

What about match day and late dinner?

Whitten Oval sits on 3012 Barkly. Dosa Hut, Magic Momo, Thai Angels and Busog absorb that traffic. Book or arrive early when the Bulldogs are home. 3011 Irving does not care about the siren the same way. If you wanted a quiet bhuna, pick a non-match night or stay on Irving at Madhumoti. Late kitchens exist. Confirm them. A listed 10:30pm is not a promise after a final.

The events list flags AFLW and home games. This page flags the kitchens those crowds already know. If you are not a football person, you can still eat on 3012 Barkly. You should still look at the fixture, because a packed Dosa Hut is a different night from a Tuesday dosa, even if the menu is the same.

BYO, spice and the "just Indian" search

Pandus lists BYO. That is a planning fact for a 3011 table that wanted wine with Indo-Chinese, not a surprise at the bill. Spice level is a conversation in every room on this list. "Medium" means different things to different kitchens. Say it plainly. Vegetarian is not a special request in South Indian and Bangladeshi rooms. It is often the house.

The Google query "Indian restaurant Footscray" flattens Nepali, Bangladeshi, South Indian and tandoor North Indian into one hed. That is why this page exists. If you wanted momo, you wanted Magic Momo or Pasa Ya. If you wanted dosa, you wanted a postcode. If you wanted a sit-down 3012 Indian dinner, you wanted Aangan. The word Indian is a start. It is not an address.

What do people get wrong about South Asian food here?

They call Dosa Hut Footscray and skip 3012. They look for Nepali food only on Hopkins. They arrive Monday at Pasa Ya. They treat Deepak as the canonical room. They want a ranking instead of a postcode. They walk from the market to 604 Barkly without a plan and then complain it was far. They mash this strip with Ethiopian Irving and then wonder why the bread is not injera.

Name the kitchen. Name 3011 or 3012. Confirm Monday. That is the whole guide. The rest is dinner, and dinner is better when the train stop matches the door.

Questions people ask next

Is Dosa Hut in Footscray or West Footscray?: West Footscray, 604 Barkly Street, 3012. Pandus at 351 Barkly is the 3011 Indian room. Aangan at 559 Barkly is the 3012 sit-down Indian dinner. Same street name, different station.
Where is Nepali food in Footscray?: Pasa Ya Kitchen at 56 Irving Street, closed Monday, for Newari khaja. Magic Momo Kafe at 588 Barkly, West Footscray 3012, for momo and thali, home page closed Tuesday.
Where is Bangladeshi food in Footscray?: Madhumoti Restaurant at 95 Irving Street, next to the Ethiopian cluster, not on Hopkins. Bhuna, biryani, paratha. Confirm hours on the glass.
Where is the best dosa in Footscray?: Dosa Hut at 604 Barkly 3012 is the chain origin shop. Pandus at 351 Barkly 3011 also does dosa. They are different rooms. Pick the postcode you are already in.
Is Pasa Ya open on Monday?: No. Pasa Ya Kitchen at 56 Irving Street is listed closed Monday. Confirm before you walk. Magic Momo in 3012 is the usual momo backup, and that home page is closed Tuesday.
Where is tandoor in West Footscray?: Aangan at 559 Barkly Street, 3012. Sit-down Indian and biryani. House still sells tandoor. Not the dosa shop further west at 604. West Footscray Station is the nearer train.
Can I walk from Footscray Market to Dosa Hut?: Yes, along Barkly, but you are walking into 3012. Budget time. West Footscray Station is the better train if you meant that end. Match-day traffic changes the walk.
Does Pandus do BYO?: Pandus at 351 Barkly Street, 3011, lists BYO. Confirm on the night. It is a 3011 room for dosa, biryani and Indo-Chinese, not the 3012 Dosa Hut.