A Family's Love Letter to Indian Cuisine
Since 1996, Star of India has been Aurora's quietly extraordinary secret — a family-owned kitchen where regional tradition and culinary ambition share the same flame.
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A Dream on South Parker Road
In 1996, Gaurav opened Star of India on South Parker Road with one conviction: Aurora deserved Indian cuisine experienced in its full cultural depth. Step inside and the warmth, murals, and aroma of slow-braised spice tell the whole story.
Tradition Meets the Unexpected
The menu draws from Kashmir, Hyderabad, and the Malabar Coast — distinct regional voices united by a kitchen that respects tradition while refusing to be confined by it. Roughly 34 seasonally rotating dishes reward every return visit.
Six Tastes, One Glass
The cocktail program is shaped by Ayurvedic wisdom — balancing all six tastes in every pour. The Malabar Old Fashioned (coconut oil fat-washed bourbon, coffee, maple) and Himalayan Sunset (coconut arrack, blood orange) are philosophy made drinkable.
Strangers Become Family Here
Nearly three decades of surprising guests with dessert on birthdays, greeting first-timers like regulars, and earning the kind of loyalty no advertising can manufacture. One guest, writing a year later from 2,500 miles away, wished they could give "a million stars."
Nearly Three Decades, Still Evolving
Named Best Indian Cuisine — Critics' and Readers' Choice — by the Aurora Sentinel in 2006 and 2008. The latest evolution: an eight-course tasting menu tracing India's most storied regional cuisines, one extraordinary course at a time.
