Govinda's Soho Street

You'll walk past Govinda's a dozen times before actually going in, which is everyone's loss. Tucked away on Soho Street proper—not the strip, the actual residential bit—this place has quietly become the vegetarian restaurant people actually want to eat at, rather than the one they feel obligated to visit. The menu reads like someone actually knows what they're doing: proper South Indian dosas that crack when you bite them, fiercely aromatic curries that aren't messing about with cream, and thalis that feel proper generous for the money. The dining room's nothing fancy—red walls, closely packed tables, that comfortable chaos of a place that's been feeding people well for years rather than chasing Instagram likes. Go at lunch for the absolute bargain lunch sets, go at dinner if you want the full menu and don't mind elbows touching.