A New Indian Restaurant Opens in Santa Rosa with Top-Notch Cocktails

Bollywood Bar & Clay Oven

535 4th St., Santa Rosa

Open Tue–Thu 4pm–10:30pm, Fri–Sat 4pm–11:30pm

Fans of Scott Beattie’s sublime cocktails from his time at Cyrus, Spoonbar, and Goose and Gander (among other places!) will be happy to know he’s behind the list at Bollywood Bar & Clay Oven in downtown Santa Rosa. He’s working with bar manager Andrea Mota, previously Geyserville Gun Club Bar and Lounge, who will be behind the bar nightly.

The newly open restaurant is from Chandi Hospitality Group, who brought on James Beard Award finalist chef Niven Patel, who has created a modern Indian menu that is ingredient-focused with seasonal produce from quality purveyors (he’s an avid farmer, with Gujarati roots, which is where he sources the majority of his spices). You’ll find local vegetables in his pakoras, and his turmeric-marinated rockfish is served in a coconut curry with curry leaf, carrot, zucchini, and fennel and cooked in their hearth oven. A short rib uttapam also sounds fantastic. He was previously at Ghee in Miami, where he met Will Fernandez and Alex Sarria, the chefs de cuisine at Bollywood.

The backlit bar has a modern and eye-catching style, and the restaurant offers a variety of seating options, whether you’re a couple or dining with a big group.

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