Our Story
At Rutba Indian Kitchen, our name represents respect, dignity, and pride in traditional North Indian cooking. Rooted in bold spices and classic techniques, every dish is prepared with care and intention.
Gallery
Guest Reviews
nicole hollins
01:24 28 Feb 26
My husband and I have visited on three different occasions, and EACH time we’ve left so impressed. Tonight, we sat at the bar and Farouk rolled out the red carpet for us. Attentive service, amazing recommendations, and 5 star customer experience. This is on date night rotation!
Dana Hurst
20:05 26 Feb 26
I visited today for lunch with some friends and we were all impressed with the service, decor, and absolutely delcious food! I sincerely cannot wait to return and try more menu items! I highly recommend this new Midlothian restaurant!
Jackie R
17:33 16 Feb 26
Thoroughly enjoyed a lunch date here. The staff were attentive, food was excellent, and all details from the decoration down to the to go boxes are thoughtful. We are looking forward to coming back.
Andrew Millon
00:35 16 Feb 26
Amazing food, great service, even my 7 year old loved it!
C Maitland
02:16 13 Feb 26
Lovely comfortable restaurant! Had fabulous service and the food was absolutely beautiful and delicious. Looking forward to going back someday.
Tamie Perryman
21:13 13 Jan 26
What I love besides the food is that they took an existing Wendy's and renovated it! The inside is very nice, clean, a lovely atmosphere. Extremely welcoming staff. We had lunch and it was really good. You have the selection of lunch entree, comes with soup or salad, a side of rice, side of chickpeas/potatoes (which was delicious), mango pudding and a lemon pickle (this was very different, it was like preserved lemon peel with a spicy sauce). Prices are good too. I can not wait to go back and try another dish! Pardon the pics, was so excited we started eating and then I realized I needed some photos. Many thanks to our server Aleana (sorry I am sure I have misspelled your name).
Tracy Tse
02:01 04 Jan 26
I have been to the restaurant two times now and both times it was absolutely phenomenal, especially the palak patta chat, which I literally could not stop thinking about for 3 weeks which is why I went back a second time with my boyfriend.
It’s crispy, savory, tangy, and sweet and scratches all the itches in my brain I didn’t even know I wanted this until I had it.
This time, we also ordered the Rutba kebab sampler- the chicken was very tender and cooked well, but the dish might be a bit on the bland side compared to the other dishes in the restaurant, but is a safe choice for those adverse to stronger flavors. I also ordered the Rechado Prawns, which were a little spicy and very herby, second favorite appetizer so far.
Last time, we also ordered curries, where you can adjust your heat preference. I ordered a grouper curry in American spicy and my boyfriend ordered one in Indian spicy and he was very happy that this is one of the few places that serve to a spice level that can match his tolerance (he loves spicy food). American spicy is probably equivalent to a jalepeno, and Indian spicy is closer to habanero. Both were wonderfully flavorful and we also had flaming naan and paratha as our bread side order. This time, we ordered the house curry with lamb meat with paneer bhatura, and I think the paneer bhatura is my favorite bread type they have.
Overall, a very cozy and clean environment, cute decorations, really good food, great service, and affordable prices. This is going on my top restaurants in Richmond list.
It’s crispy, savory, tangy, and sweet and scratches all the itches in my brain I didn’t even know I wanted this until I had it.
This time, we also ordered the Rutba kebab sampler- the chicken was very tender and cooked well, but the dish might be a bit on the bland side compared to the other dishes in the restaurant, but is a safe choice for those adverse to stronger flavors. I also ordered the Rechado Prawns, which were a little spicy and very herby, second favorite appetizer so far.
Last time, we also ordered curries, where you can adjust your heat preference. I ordered a grouper curry in American spicy and my boyfriend ordered one in Indian spicy and he was very happy that this is one of the few places that serve to a spice level that can match his tolerance (he loves spicy food). American spicy is probably equivalent to a jalepeno, and Indian spicy is closer to habanero. Both were wonderfully flavorful and we also had flaming naan and paratha as our bread side order. This time, we ordered the house curry with lamb meat with paneer bhatura, and I think the paneer bhatura is my favorite bread type they have.
Overall, a very cozy and clean environment, cute decorations, really good food, great service, and affordable prices. This is going on my top restaurants in Richmond list.
Diana Trinh
00:16 11 Dec 25
This is a perfect place for date night. This restaurant was decorated very nicely with comfortable seating and use dim lighting that offers a romantic setting.
We ordered:
Chicken 65 - good flavor, it had a nice kick to it!
Chili Milli Gobhi - this was delicious, the batter had a great crisp to it but the cauliflower instead wasn’t overcooked or mushy
Goat Biryani - very good, they gave you a decent amount of meat and the rice had great flavor!
Lamb Chops - perfectly cooked with great char on the outside. This came with potatoes and asparagus with a side of sauce that tastes similar to butter chicken.
Overall - all the food was fresh and delicious. I will say that while the food was flavorful, the flavors were not as intense as how other Indian restaurants I’ve had. It’s more “muted”, which is not a bad thing but thought I’d point that out!
We ordered:
Chicken 65 - good flavor, it had a nice kick to it!
Chili Milli Gobhi - this was delicious, the batter had a great crisp to it but the cauliflower instead wasn’t overcooked or mushy
Goat Biryani - very good, they gave you a decent amount of meat and the rice had great flavor!
Lamb Chops - perfectly cooked with great char on the outside. This came with potatoes and asparagus with a side of sauce that tastes similar to butter chicken.
Overall - all the food was fresh and delicious. I will say that while the food was flavorful, the flavors were not as intense as how other Indian restaurants I’ve had. It’s more “muted”, which is not a bad thing but thought I’d point that out!
KESHAV BHAGAVATULA
07:36 10 Dec 25
Very honest opinion on my Uber eats experience may be not the right dishes to order from here first appetizer chicken 65? Way way too dry Really don't expect it to be chicken tenders or chicken fingers tossed in masala spice sauce but to be honest that spice masala wasn't cooked and was raw taste so sorry , next up is the chicken kathi roll has done flavor and surely not with &10 and &11 on ubereats. The basmati rice was good value for money and the side makhani sauce and and the vindaloo sauce with a side of onion chilli pepper salad . But I might be wrong in ordering the stuff on picture was not sure if it was just me or anyone prefer chicken 65 this way??
jamie coe
01:32 05 Aug 25
We are SO excited to have Rutba Indian Kitchen so close to home! So so so delicious. Everything! Drinks....appetizer...naan...entrees...Everything! We did rate the service 3 stars but the owner was 1000% on top of making sure all guests left happy! We spoke several times just simply because he was checking in. Everything will absolutely fall into place there! Without a doubt our new favorite Indian restaurant!
Get friendlier on