Choosing an Indian restaurant around Pittsburgh involves more than finding a familiar curry name. A set combination, a lunch buffet and an à la carte order can produce very different meals and bills. The useful comparison is what you receive, when the kitchen serves it and which location handles your order.
This October 13, 2026 editorial shortlist compares three established restaurants using current official websites and menus. Haveli leads for its clearly described combination meals, which make included accompaniments easier to compare. This is a practical selection, not a tasting review, exhaustive survey or independent award. We have not measured search volume for these individual restaurants.
1. Haveli: compare a combination with separate dishes
Haveli lists 245 Mall Plaza Boulevard in Monroeville and 412-385-5212. Its expanded weekly hours showed 11 a.m.–10 p.m. daily when checked in the browser. The website offers separate table-reservation, event and ordering routes.
The current menu lists $17 combinations. Examples pair chicken tikka curry or paneer tikka curry with saffron rice, naan and gulab jamun. Other combinations pair chicken tikka with chicken biryani, or paneer tikka with vegetable biryani, plus raita and gulab jamun.
Standalone examples include Old Delhi Butter Chicken at $19, dal makhanwala at $17 and vegetable biryani at $19. Plain naan is $3.50 and garlic naan $4.50. Compare the included food before comparing only the headline price; an individually assembled order is not necessarily equivalent to a combination. Our Haveli profile links the official visit and menu information.
2. Spice Affair: distinguish lunch buffet from dinner ordering
Spice Affair, at 8 Brilliant Avenue in Aspinwall, advertises a Tuesday–Sunday lunch buffet from 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Dinner is 5–10 p.m., except Sunday closing at 9 p.m.; Monday is closed. Call 412-847-7423.
The website does not establish a buffet price in the material checked here, so ask directly rather than applying an entrée price to buffet admission. Its online menu separately lists chicken tikka masala at $18, palak paneer at $16, vegetable samosa at $5 and garlic naan at $5.
Chaat, tofu specialties, tandoori dishes and seafood have separate menu sections. The homepage also offers reservations and a private-dining enquiry. That makes the lunch service format and dinner ordering choices separate decisions, particularly for a group with different preferences.
3. Mintt: check the Banksville menu and service break
Mintt on Banksville Road lists 3033 Banksville Road and 412-306-1831. The site advertises BYOB and a weekend lunch buffet. Saturday–Sunday lunch hours are 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; Tuesday–Friday lunch ends at 2:30 p.m. Dinner runs 5–10 p.m., and Monday is closed.
The Banksville menu includes vegetable dum biryani at $16.99, chicken dum biryani at $17.99, goat biryani at $19.99 and garlic naan at $3.99. Its $38.99-plus biryani-and-appetizer combination specifies one chef-special biryani, another selected biryani, an appetizer, soda and dessert. Check the available choices and final configured total.
Use the Banksville address when ordering: a business name alone is insufficient to identify a particular restaurant’s menu or collection point.
All prices are published snapshots, before any applicable additions or checkout charges. Confirm dietary requirements, current availability and the full bill directly. For a group, choose the meal format first, then settle portions and timing before reserving or ordering.