Arth Bar & Kitchen - Indian Restaurant in Culver City
Indian restaurant · Downtown
9531 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
Highlights
Modern Indian cuisine with creative dishes & cocktails
Modern Indian cuisine with creative dishes & cocktails
"Three-year-old Arth Bar and Kitchen serves a contemporary take on multi-regional Indian cuisine. The menu features Old Monk rum drunken wings or lobster moilee, a coconut milk-based dish from Kerala that is challenging to find in Southern California. Opt for inventive treats like the malai broccoli and jackfruit nuggets. Old Monk is also on the drinks menu as a Manhattan or a Desi sour with peach liqueur, lemon juice, egg whites, and eucalyptus bitters." - Virali Dave
"This newish player in the Downtown Culver City scene puts out innovative but not too unfamiliar Indian food with a keen sense of presentation. Consider the avocado bhel, built carefully into a mound and blessed with all the crispy, satisfying textures of this starter. The butter chicken and fish moilee are stellar entrees, paired with fluffy basmati rice and garlicky naan. Arth Bar displays a satisfying balance between upscale Indian that still plays the hits. — Matthew Kang, lead editor" - Matthew Kang, Eater Staff
"Arth Bar and Kitchen, which opened in July 2021, serves a contemporary but thorough take on Indian cuisine. Expect dishes that pull from multiple regions across India and move beyond traditional techniques and ingredients to provide an experience that is imaginative yet comforting to those more familiar with the cuisine. The menu features Old Monk drunken wings made with India’s rum of choice, along with lobster moilee, a coconut milk-based dish from the state of Kerala that is traditionally made with prawns or shrimp and is harder to find elsewhere in Southern California. Especially worth trying are the more inventive treats, like the malai broccoli and jackfruit nuggets. Old Monk also shows up on the drinks menu in the form of a Manhattan or a Desi sour, which also includes peach liqueur, lemon juice, egg whites, and eucalyptus bitters." - Virali_Dave, Eater Staff
"This Culver City lunch favorite offers a wide selection of classic Indian dishes—avocado bhel, pav bhaji, tandoori proteins like spicy shrimp and lamb seekh kebab—and entrees that come with cumin‑cilantro rice or garlic black truffle naan; the butter chicken is balanced and rich, and the coconut milk‑tinted fish moilee impressed, all at an approachable price point under $20 before extras." - Eater Staff
"Also starting a Bollywood brunch in Culver City, Arth Bar will feature a live pav bhaji station so diners can watch the popular Bombay staple being prepared as part of the new weekend offering." - Virali Dave
