Bikanervala: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Bikanervala’s Irving restaurant serves a fully vegetarian North Indian menu, so you can eat a whole meal in Las Colinas without checking a single ingredient for meat. Bikanervala began as a sweets shop in Delhi and grew into restaurants. Today the name hangs over locations in India, Nepal, the UAE, the UK, Canada, and other countries. In the United States, the brand’s own location list names Iselin and Jersey City in New Jersey and a restaurant in Kansas, plus this one in Texas. Franchisee Abhishek Agrawal runs the Irving restaurant in the MacArthur Park shopping center on the LBJ Freeway.

Dallas CultureMap reported at the opening that the menu is entirely vegetarian. Dairy is everywhere, though. Paneer, ghee, yogurt, and milk-based sweets all show up, so vegans need to ask about each dish. Restaurantji lists vegan options at this location. I found no published vegan list.

Chole Bhature leads the brand’s own “Favourites” list: spiced chickpeas with fluffy, puffed fried bread. Restaurantji puts it first among customer favorites too. Order it. Raj Kachori, a deep-fried street snack with spiced potatoes and lentils, sits right beside it on the brand’s site. If you want snacks, try the chaat. Samosa Chat, Aloo Tikki Chaat, Pani Puri, and Dahi Puri all come up in reviews, and so does vada pav. A thali puts curries, paneer, and raita on one tray. Paneer Tikka Kebab, Paneer Kulcha, stuffed paratha, and a tandoori platter cover the heavier end. Indo-Chinese dishes and momo dumplings round out the list.

Save room for sweets. A Dallas food creator who visited counted more than 70 of them in the case. Mysore Pak, rasmalai, gulab jamun, kulfi, and burfi are the names you’ll hear. Pair them with masala chai, lassi, or badam milk, the saffron-and-almond drink Agrawal calls the restaurant’s signature. Around Diwali you can order a seasonal sweets collection from Bikanervala USA. For weddings, corporate events, and other celebrations, you can send a request through its “Experience Bikanervala” page.

The room is small. Seats are scarce. Reviewers describe tight seating and crowds at peak hours, with waits of 35 to 40 minutes when the line forms. Go at an off hour if you want a table, and bring patience at dinner. Ratings run mixed. On Restaurantji, the location averages 3.4 stars across 276 ratings, and one diner found vada pav pricey at about $10. Others call the chaat excellent. Some dishes sell out too, as one September 2026 visitor learned when the kitchen had no Raj Kachori.

Find the Irving restaurant at 1080 West Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 110 (214-258-5533). Plan on daily hours from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., with dine-in, takeaway, and delivery. You can order online through Bikanervala’s Toast page. Parking is behind the building.

Cross-contact isn’t a worry for vegetarians here, since the kitchen doesn’t cook meat. Jain diners and strict vegans should call ahead, because I found no published ingredient list. Order the Chole Bhature at lunch, split a thali at dinner, and take a box of sweets home.