Pijja Palace
Restaurant · Silver Lake ·
Indian sports bar serving malai rigatoni & creative fusion pies
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Indian sports bar serving malai rigatoni & creative fusion pies
"At Los Angeles’s Indian-Italian sports bar superstar that quickly gained a cult following when it opened in 2022, I came for two things: gigantic dosa onion rings and green chile pickle–crusted chicken wings, and both delivered. As a gluten-intolerant diner my options were more limited, but that felt fine because I became especially enamored with the puffy, golden-brown onion rings, encased in an urad lentil batter (hi protein) and fried until shatteringly crisp—generously cut, doughnut-sized bar snacks that eclipse the palm of your hand. Dip them in the accompanying green mango chutney or the green curry leaf ranch and yogurt dips that come with the wings (yes, the move is to order both). My husband and I finished on the sweetest note possible with Pijja’s irresistible mango lassi soft serve." - Eater Staff
"Pijja Palace may be one of Los Angeles’s hottest restaurants thanks to its mashup of Indian, classic American, and Italian American flavors, but it’s also a bona fide sports bar. Catch the game on the restaurant’s many televisions while digging into chutney-slathered pizzas and plates of malai rigatoni. The see-and-be-seen crowd completes the picture. Make sure to book a reservation in advance, Pijja Palace is consistently busy most nights." - Rebecca Roland
"This Indian sports bar offers stimulation with a capital S. There are three giant flatscreen TVs on each wall showing any game you can imagine and the dining room uses mid-century modern furniture and neon lights in a way that reminds us of a vintage arcade. Plus, the food is just fun. Thin-crust pizzas come topped with saag gravy. Wings are doused in masala and Kashmiri red chilis. Our favorite dishes here are the pastas, though—don't miss the malai rigatoni. Come to watch (but not really watch) a game, but also for casual hangs with friends who want to eat something memorable. Reservations are released seven days in advance at midnight and they’re infamously gone within seconds. If you’re not the type to chase a reservation, just borrow our move and show up at 5pm when they open. You’ll almost certainly walk right in. Unless there’s a Dodger or Lakers or Rams game, in which case, circle back a different night." - sylvio martins, brant cox, cathy park
"The Indian sports bar Pijja Palace, known for its malai rigatoni, collaborated with Budonoki to serve a malai Budo-gnocchi that blended Italian, Indian, and Korean influences." - Bettina Makalintal
"This Indian sports bar in Silver Lake famously has a lot going on—Lakers games streaming on dozens of TVs, Drake blasting in the bathroom—but it’s also a pretty nice place to scoop up fusilli and drink a fruity Gamay. There’s a long bar at the back of the restaurant with your name on it, where it’s easy to grab a seat and dine leisurely on cream-heavy malai rigatoni or pasta shells smothered in a thick parmesan-saffron sauce. If you need something to keep your eyes busy, just watch whatever obscure sport is playing on the TV. Reservations are released seven days in advance at midnight and they’re infamously gone within seconds. If you’re not the type to chase a reservation, just borrow our move and show up at 5pm when they open. You’ll almost certainly walk right in. Unless there’s a Dodger or Lakers or Rams game, in which case, circle back a different night." - jess basser sanders, sylvio martins