India Palace

India Palace is a family-owned North Indian restaurant at 9918 W. 87th St. in Overland Park, Kansas, founded by the Choong family in 1995 and widely billed as the oldest Indian restaurant in Kansas.¹²

Description

India Palace is an Overland Park institution serving traditional North Indian cuisine, with a menu of tandoori meats, curries such as chicken tikka masala and vegetable korma, and veg/non-veg biryani.¹³ It is the founding restaurant of a long-running Kansas City-metro Indian-restaurant family and is frequently cited as the oldest Indian restaurant in the state of Kansas.² The 9918 W. 87th St. dining room has operated continuously since the mid-1990s and remains owner-connected through the Choong family.²

Ownership and history

India Palace is the original Kansas anchor of the Choong family’s Indian-restaurant dynasty. Founder Gurdev Choong grew up in Punjab, working the family’s farmland with his three brothers after their father’s death; he later went to sea transporting cargo across India, East Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Mediterranean, and worked construction in Dubai and as a farm laborer in Greece before immigrating to Boston.² His brothers joined him there, working in restaurants from fast food to fine dining until they saved enough to open their own small restaurant — India Palace in Boston’s Union Square.²

The brothers then left Boston for Kansas City, opening India Palace in Overland Park in 1995.² Its success seeded a family of restaurants across the metro, including Bombay Cafe (Overland Park), India Palace (Lawrence), and Swagat Fine Indian Cuisine in the Northland (2002).²⁴ Talented cooks who came up through the family’s kitchens went on to open several other Indian restaurants around Kansas City, making India Palace a foundational node in the region’s Indian dining history.² The next generation, including Komal Choong, now helps carry the business forward.²

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-17 · Source: AllMenus (India Palace, Overland Park) + Yelp / Toast listings · URL(s): https://www.allmenus.com/ks/overland-park/445902-india-palace/menu/, https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/india-palace-9918-w-87th-st, https://www.yelp.com/biz/india-palace-overland-park · Confidence: High (à la carte items/descriptions); Medium (prices may be stale; per-day buffet rotation)

Signatures

• Chicken Tikka Masala — diced tandoori chicken in a mild creamy tomato sauce; the house signature⁵
• Butter Chicken — tandoori chicken in a light creamy tomato-and-spice gravy⁵
• Vegetable Korma — mixed vegetables, house-made cheese, and nuts in a mild cream sauce⁵
• Rogan Josh — lamb in a cream sauce with yogurt and nuts⁵

Tandoori

• Chicken Tandoori — bone-in chicken marinated in yogurt and spices, skewer-baked in the tandoor⁵
• Chicken Tikka Tandoori — boneless marinated chicken on skewers⁵
• Seekh Kabab — minced lamb with onion, garlic, ginger, and herbs⁵
• Palace Mix Grill — combination platter of chicken, lamb, and shrimp⁵

Curries (chicken / lamb / seafood)

• Chicken Korma — chicken in a creamy sauce with nuts and raisins⁵
• Chicken Saag — chicken with spinach, spices, and light cream⁵
• Chicken Vindaloo — chicken and potatoes in a hot, tangy sauce⁵
• Lamb Korma / Lamb Saag / Lamb Vindaloo — lamb counterparts of the house curries⁵
• Shrimp Korma — jumbo shrimp in a creamy nut-flavored sauce; fish korma and fish masala also offered⁵

Biryani

• Chicken Biryani — basmati rice with chicken, garlic, ginger, onions, and nuts⁵
• Lamb Biryani / Shrimp Biryani / Vegetable Biryani — additional protein options⁵
• Palace Special Biryani — mix of chicken, lamb, shrimp, and vegetables⁵

Vegetarian

• Saag Paneer — spinach with house-made cheese and spices⁵
• Dal Makhani — black lentils with garlic, ginger, tomato, and spices⁵
• Chana Masala — chickpeas with tomatoes, garlic, ginger, and onions⁵
• Malai Kofta — vegetable dumplings in a mild creamy sauce⁵
• Baingan Bharta — mashed roasted eggplant with herbs and spices⁵

Breads (tandoor)

• Naan — white bread baked in the tandoor; garlic, onion, aloo, keema, paneer, and Peshawari (nut/coconut) stuffed variations⁵
• Tandoori Roti / Paratha / Poori — whole-wheat tandoor and griddle breads; combo bread baskets available⁵

Lunch buffet

• Weekday lunch buffet — buffet of curries, tandoori, rice, and breads served at lunch (roughly 11:30 a.m.–2:45 p.m. on weekdays), with the spread rotating by day; the buffet is a long-standing draw at this location⁶

Appetizers (vegetable samosa, vegetable/chicken pakora, paneer pakora, Palace Platter) and dinner-for-two/four combination platters are also offered.⁵ Listed à la carte prices (appetizers ~$3.50–$7.95; curries ~$10–$13; biryani ~$10–$14; breads ~$2–$3.50) are from a third-party menu aggregator and may be out of date.

Links

• Profile: https://india-palace.goto-where.com/
• Online order: https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/india-palace-9918-w-87th-st

Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp listing (updated May 2026, 264 reviews) (accessed 2026-06-23). Recent reviews and current posted hours confirm ongoing operation at 9918 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS 66212; cross-checked against the India Palace business profile.

Disputes

None on record.

See also

• Swagat Fine Indian Cuisine — sister restaurant in the Northland (Zona Rosa), opened 2002 by the same Choong family.

Footnotes

1. Yelp — India Palace, 9918 W 87th St, Overland Park, KS (updated May 2026, 264 reviews, 105 photos). https://www.yelp.com/biz/india-palace-overland-park — asserts: address, Indian cuisine, currently open with recent reviews. ↩ ↩²

2. “Meet Komal Choong of Swagat Fine Indian Cuisine,” VoyageKC Magazine. https://voyagekc.com/interview/meet-komal-choong-of-swagat-fine-indian-cuisine/ — asserts: Choong family story, Gurdev Choong and brothers, India Palace Boston (Union Square), India Palace Overland Park founded 1995, Bombay Cafe, India Palace Lawrence, Swagat 2002, India Palace as oldest Indian restaurant in Kansas, dynasty legacy. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

3. India Palace profile / hours. https://india-palace.goto-where.com/ — asserts: address, hours, North Indian menu (chicken tikka masala, biryani, vegetable korma), active operation. ↩

4. “Passage to India,” The Pitch. https://www.thepitchkc.com/passage-to-india-2/ — asserts: Gurdev Choong founded the India Palace restaurants in Overland Park and Lawrence before opening Swagat. ↩

5. AllMenus — India Palace, 9918 W 87th St, Overland Park, KS. https://www.allmenus.com/ks/overland-park/445902-india-palace/menu/ — asserts: à la carte menu items and descriptions (appetizers, tandoori, chicken/lamb/seafood curries, biryani, vegetarian, breads, dinner combos) with prices (prices may be stale). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹ ↩²² ↩²³ ↩²⁴

6. Yelp — India Palace, 9918 W 87th St, Overland Park, KS, and India Palace ordering/listing pages. https://www.yelp.com/biz/india-palace-overland-park; https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/india-palace-9918-w-87th-st — asserts: weekday lunch buffet at the Overland Park location, with day-rotating dishes, during midday lunch hours. ↩