Pabla Indian Cuisine: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Pabla Indian Cuisine is a vegetarian Indian restaurant, bakery, and grocery in Renton, and the kitchen serves no meat, no eggs, and no alcohol. You never have to scan the menu for a stray ingredient. Everything on the board is vegetarian, and the restaurant carries kosher certification from the Va’ad HaRabanim of Seattle.

The Pabla family opened the Renton restaurant in 1998 and says the bakery side of the business dates to 1947 in Punjab. The restaurant sits in Renton Center, Unit C60, near the grocery counter that sells frozen dishes made in the kitchen, breads, spices, and incense.

Start with the appetizers. Vegetable samosas cost $6.99 for two, and the mixed vegetable pakoras cost $7.99 for six pieces. Paneer pakoras cost $9.99, and the Punjabi pakora, minced vegetables and spinach in lentil paste, costs $7.99 for twelve pieces. The chaat section is the best place to share. Samosa chat runs $8.99, and pani puri costs $7.99 for eight puffs with spiced water, potatoes, and chickpeas. For a full lunch, order the channa batura at $12.99, which pairs spiced chickpeas with two puffy fried breads.

The main courses run $14.99 to $15.99. Saag paneer, mattar paneer, and Pabla Shahi Paneer cover the cheese dishes, and the kitchen also serves daal maharani, kabli channa, bhindi masala, mushroom masala, and eggplant bhartha, which comes baked over an open flame and mashed with peas. Biryanis run $16.99 for the mixed vegetable version and $17.99 for the Pabla Special with paneer, cashews, raisins, and saffron rice. Breads include plain nan at $3.99, garlic nan at $5.99, and aloo paratha at $6.99.

Vegans have room to work. The menu marks many dishes with an asterisk and a note that the kitchen can make them non-dairy on request, including the chickpea dishes, saag aloo, aloo gobhi, and the eggplant. The restaurant’s own site says the cooks prepare a variety of dishes dairy free. Because the kitchen also cooks with cream, clarified butter, and paneer, tell your server you’re vegan when you order.

Save room for the sweet shop. The bakery counter stocks about thirty sweets, including jalebi, ladoo, barfi, gulab jamun, rasgulla, kaju barfi, and milk cake, plus snacks like dry samosas and hot mix. The dessert menu adds rasmalai at $5.99, kheer at $4.99, and kulfi at $4.99. For a drink, order the sweet or salted lassi at $4.99, or a banana or mango lassi at $5.99.

The practical notes matter here. The restaurant opens Wednesday through Monday and closes Tuesdays. The dining room serves from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8:45 p.m., and takeout runs until 2:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. The grocery and sweet shop stays open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The lunch menu is from the regular menu only, with no buffet. Call (425) 228-4625 to order, or ask about catering for weddings, birthdays, and parties. Yelp’s Pabla page carried an October 2026 update, and the owners’ own site stayed consistent on the Tuesday closure.

Bring a group if you can. The pakoras, chaat, and breads taste best when everyone at the table shares.