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Royal Peacock - CLOSED

5290 Arapahoe Ave.
Boulder, CO 80303

303-447-1409 | Website

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Category: Restaurants | Afghan, Indian, Tibetan

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The first thing you notice about the Royal Peacock is the smell: incense and curry, old carpets and fresh cinnamon and ancient tandoor smoke. It’s a warm, cloying and sweet smell, and a hint that the Peacock isn’t your average strip-mall Indian outpost. The very traditional kitchen offers tastes of India straight out of Goa and Bombay. The curries are smoky-hot, the tandoori meats incredibly tender. The menu has inspired such a fierce loyalty among transplanted Coloradans that the kitchen also does a nice side business shipping out saags and kormas and thalis on ice.

  • Cuisine(s): Afghan, Indian, Tibetan

    Hours: Sun 5:30pm-10pm, Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm, Mon-Sat 5:30pm-10:30pm

    Price: $$, $$$

  • Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

    Attire: Casual

    Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Catering, Kid Friendly

  • Serving: Dinner, Lunch

    Reservations: Accepted

    Parking: Lot Available

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  • 2009 | Best Indian Restaurant

    The Royal Peacock would win this award on smell alone. As you walk up to the restaurant, it feels like you could be lifted off the ground by the mingled aromas coming from the kitchen, like a cartoon hobo smelling pie. But once you get past the... More >

  • 2008 | Best Indian Restaurant

    For more years than we can remember, Royal Peacock has been serving not just the best Indian food in the area, but some of the best Indian food anywhere — the kind you can eat once and dream about for years after, or eat every day and still crave... More >

  • 2007 | Best Indian Restaurant

    For decades, Royal Peacock's Shanti Awatramani has been serving some of the best Indian food in the United States. Before that, he worked in some of the best Indian restaurants, hotels and resorts in Bombay. He grew up in the hotel-and-restaurant... More >

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  • Royal Peacock

    By Jason Sheehan | Thu, July 05, 2007

    Chutney's and its chef, Ravi Chandra, present a view of Indian cuisine that's somewhat above and to the left of the norm — but they're not alone. The Royal Peacock, which opened in Boulder back in 1983, has always offered Indian food that took its... More >

  • Chasing the Green Fairy

    By Jason Sheehan | Thu, June 01, 2006

    It should be enough that the Royal Peacock (see review, page 49) serves some of the best Indian food I've ever had. It should be enough that owner Shanti Awatramani is willing to ship that food to transplanted Coloradans in Washington and New York... More >

  • Wedded Bliss

    Wedded Bliss

    By Jason Sheehan | Thu, June 01, 2006

    Laura staggers as we step through the double doors and into the Royal Peacock. She doesn't swoon, exactly, but there's not much in this world that can make her swoon. She misses her footing a little, and then a huge smile spreads across her face, ... More >

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    | Wed, May 06, 2009

    The Royal Peacock would win this award on smell alone. As you walk up to the restaurant, it feels like you could be lifted off the ground by the mingled aromas coming from the kitchen, like a cartoon hobo smelling pie. But once you get past the smell of tandoori and cumin, curry, saffron and a hundred other barely identifiable odors — once you get through the door, make your way to a table, thumb through the well-worn menu and order a royal feast — it's the flavors those smells ride on that make such a lasting impression. The Royal Peacock's setting is a nondescript strip mall. But its food is so good as to be almost beyond words.

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Main Menu
Royal Appetizers
$4.00
Jaipur Masala
delicately spiced vegetables deep fried in lentil batter
$2.00
Samosa
potatoes and peas, flavoured with spices and herbs in a light pastry shell
$4.00
Bajai Masala
spiced onion fritters mixed in our homemade mint tamarind & yogurt dressing
$4.00
Sweet Potatoes
tandoori roasted and topped with a spicy coconut curry.
$4.00
Malai Kofta
a paneer and vegetable cutlet in a cream of coconut curry.
$4.00
Sabji Kari (veggie Korma)
mixed veggies (potatoes/peas/carrots/etc.), in a light cream of onion finished with nuts and raisins.
$4.00
Saag
fresh creamed spinach sauteed with your choice of paneer, lentils or eggplant.
$4.00
Bajai Masala
grilled onions, a lentil batter, topped with our in-house tamarind-mint-yogurt dressing.
$2.00
A Samosa
a crisp, hot puffed pastry filled with spiced potatoes and peas.
$4.00
Jaipur Masala
a mixture of bell peppers, onions and cauliflower in a lentil batter with tamarind chutney.
Breads & Extras
$1.50
Kashmiri Nan
butter nan.
$2.00
Paratha
ground whole wheat.
$2.50
The Bombay
spiced potato nan.
$2.50
The Delhi Onion
garlic nan.
$2.50
The Calcutta
paneer nan.
$2.50
The Kerela
raisin & coconut nan.
$2.00
Papard
lentil bread.
$0.50
Tamarind
$0.50
Mint
$0.50
Extra Ritha
$0.50
Mango Chutney
$1.00
Extra Rice
Classic India Curries
The Word "curry" Is Somewhat Misunderstood In The West; Most Associate It With Either The Curry Spice Or The Curry They've Had In A Restaurant. In Fact, It Simply Means Meat Or Vegetables Sauteed With A Sauce Of Some Sort.served With Rice & Ritha.
$17.00
Sind Ke Jaan (peacock Original)
roasted lamb and prawns with exotic spices in a cream of tomato with a roasted pepper infusion.
$15.00
Goan Chicken Vindaloo
chicken in a very spicy onion curry, not for the faint of heart, soul or tounge.
$15.00
Goan Lamb Vindaloo
lamb in a very spicy onion curry, not for the faint of heart, soul or tounge.
$15.00
Ghost Ka Salum
leg of lamb sauteed in a corriander and coconut curry.
$15.00
Kashmiri Rogan Josh
leg of lamb in a spicy onion and cilantro curry.
$14.00
Chicken Shabi Korma
breast of chicken in a cream of onion finished with nuts & raisins.
$14.00
Chicken Jam Nagar (ticca Masala)
breast of chicken in a cream of onion and tomato curry.
$14.00
Chicken Makani
breast of chicken in a buttery tomato curry.
$15.00
Murgh Pudhina (peacock Original)
tender chicken breast in a cream of mint with a jalapeno infusion.
$14.00
Saag
creamed spinach with your choice of sauteed lamb, chicken or shrimp.
$10.00
Biryani
your choice of garden veggies, chicken or lamb sauteed with rice, nuts and exotic spices.
$17.00
Prawn Bhuna
gulf prawns sauteed with peppers, onions and tomatoes.
$17.00
Goan Macchi Masala
fish sauteed in a very spicy onion and cilantro sauce.
$17.00
Macchi Sharmilla
fish sauteed with garlic, ginger and onions.
$40.00
The Maharaja Thali
lamb and veggie dishes of the chef's selection: lentil soup, saag paneer, tandoori chicken and naan.
$23.00
The Peacock Thali (for One)
the chef's mixture of the entire menu, similar to a set of tapas, curries, tandoori, veggies, etc. and nan.
From The Rajasthani Vegetarian Kitchen
Though Vegetable Dishes Are Included In Meals All Over India, They Are The Main Diet Of Many People Who Are Vegetarian For Religious Reasons. The Preparation Of Vegetable Dishes Is Highly Developed & Varies From The Simplest Kinds To The Very Elaborate.
$9.00
Dal Maharani Nastassia
our classic spiced bombay lentils.
$11.00
Sabji Kari
potatoes, peas, carrots, etc. tossed with nuts and exotic spices in a light cream of onion.
$12.00
Alu Gobi Masala
smoky cauliflower and potatoes in a spicy tomato reduction.
$11.00
Bharat Bartha
spiced aubergine pureed and sauteed witha tomato and onion sauce.
$12.00
Malai Kofta
a paneer and vegetable cutlet in a cream of coconut curry.
$14.00
Rajput Thali
a mixture of our vegetarian menu: daal, saag, sabji, sweet potatoes and roti.
$12.00
Paneer Santosh
paneer sauteed in a very spicy cilantro and coconut sauce.
$10.00
Saag
fresh creamed spinach sauteed with your choice of paneer, lentils or eggplant.
The Royal Tandoor
The Word Tandoor Means Oven. A Large Earthenware Pot Is Embedded In Clay And Earth. Charcoal Is Put Inside The Oven And The Oven Is Made Red Hot. Chicken Or Meat Is Put Inside On Skewers. The Meals Cooked In These Ovens Are Superb.
$14.00
Tandoori Chicken
delicately seasoned on the bone chicken roasted in our tandoor.
$14.00
Chicken Ticca
spiced, boneless breast of chicken marinated in yogurt and exotic spices and roasted.
$15.00
Boti Kebabs
leg of lamb chop, spiced and roasted.
$19.00
Mix Grill
a mixture of all our roasted meats.
$17.00
Gulf Prawns
citrus spiced roasted gulf prawns.
$18.00
Swordfish Steak
citrus spiced and roasted.

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