Tabelog ratingIndian Omoi no Ki (インド料理 想いの木) cooks Indian food as a tasting course rather than a curry-house menu. A Japanese team grills Japanese farm produce, named by grower, over Kishu binchōtan charcoal, and serves it in a quiet room of wood and earthen walls. The signature is a small, round cheese naan filled with Italian provolone from a local cheese shop and branded with the restaurant's name. At dinner, a biryani cooked without stirring is opened at the table. It has been in Tabelog's Top 100 lists for curry and Asian cuisine every listed year from 2017 to 2026, except 2021 and 2025.
Nearly every review praises the cheese naan, the charcoal tandoori chicken and kebabs, and the grilled vegetables, especially the asparagus, eggplant and very sweet tomatoes. The Kerala shrimp curry and the rasam, a tangy South Indian soup, come up again and again. Several reviewers call the biryani the best they have eaten. Service is repeatedly described as gracious.
Small portions are by far the most common complaint. One 2026 diner was charged ¥800 above the booked course: an unexplained ¥300 supplement for duck in the biryani, plus a ¥500 cover charge not shown on the booking site. Isolated reports mention a forgotten dish, slow pacing, staff favouring regulars, and an English speaker largely ignored in favour of his Asian companion.
The restaurant is now course-only at lunch and dinner. In 2026, reviewers paid ¥4,000 for the lunch Kagurazaka course: grilled vegetables, cheese naan, tandoori chicken, two curries and chai. A ¥6,000 course is also mentioned. The dinner course Sayo no Shirabe came to about ¥8,400. Typical spend is ¥4,000–4,999 at lunch. At dinner it is ¥8,000–9,999, though reviewers report ¥10,000–14,999 with drinks. The old à la carte lunch, including the ¥1,650 two-curry set and the ¥1,200 cheese naan, is gone.
It is good value if you judge it as fine dining. Several reviewers who hesitated at ¥4,000 for curry left calling it a bargain.
- Age restriction: no children under 10.
- Getting there: 3 minutes on foot from Ushigome-Kagurazaka Station (Oedo Line). About 6 minutes from JR Iidabashi Station.
- Finding the door: a narrow doorway with a white noren curtain beside the ground-floor yakiniku restaurant. A steep staircase leads up to the 2nd floor.
- Booking: book ahead, because walk-ins are often turned away. Courses can be booked through Tabelog or by phone (050-5593-4728). Guests with a 21:00 booking should ask staff about closing time.
- Payment: cards accepted (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, AMEX, Diners, UnionPay). Electronic money and QR payments are not accepted.
- Extra charges: expect a cover charge of about ¥500 per person.
- Seats: 23 seats: five four-seat tables and three counter seats facing the wall. No private rooms, but the whole restaurant can be booked for private use.
- Smoking: non-smoking.
- Parking: none.
- Spice: you choose the heat, and even 'hot' is moderate. Coriander can be left out on request.
- Closures: it sometimes closes for long spice-sourcing trips, so check before going.
