Bindia Østerbro

The very first one

At the end of Blegdamsvej by Trianglen, directly opposite the main entrance to Fælledparken, you will find the very first Bindia. The location opened in September 2003, and for the next three years it was the only place in Copenhagen where you could enjoy Bindia’s classic dishes. It quickly became popular, and our guests began asking for our Indian dishes as takeaway; in fact, the success of this location opened our eyes to the popularity of Bindia’s Indian takeaway.

The next four locations we opened therefore had a stronger focus on our sought-after takeaway, while the very first Bindia in Østerbro continued as a restaurant and flagship for our popular North Indian kitchen.

In 2010, Bindia in Østerbro was completely renovated in a comprehensive project and collaboration with the international architecture firm Sweco. Take a tour of our Østerbro Bindia here.

From 2012 to 2015, the first Bindia by Trianglen also became the gathering point for our popular and always fully booked Cooking Classes with Bindia’s head chef and founder Amer Suleman, who welcomed an enthusiastic and engaged audience every weekend.

From Bindia at Trianglen, we deliver to the following nearby areas:

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• Emdrup
• Copenhagen Ø / Østerbro
• Nordhavn
• Østervold

Takeaway and dine-in

As a result of a broad conceptual streamlining of the whole chain in 2020, the location by Trianglen is now a takeaway and dine-in place. That means you can still sit and enjoy your Butter Chicken, Dal, or one of our vegetarian or vegan dishes in our large rooms, while ordering, payment, and pickup take place at the counter.

Whether you come alone or with a group, you are always welcome at Bindia in Østerbro. We are still a favourite regular stop for countless happy people on their way to or from national matches or major concerts at Denmark’s national stadium, Parken, which is just a short walk down Øster Allé.

In the summer, our guests make great use of our cosy terrace with room for around 40 people. The terrace is a pleasant and calm place to enjoy our Indian food, as it faces the small passage that winds between Blegdamsvej and Ryesgade. The calm of our terrace stands in clear contrast to the traffic around Trianglen only a few metres away.

Trianglen

Bindia in Østerbro is next to the junction where Blegdamsvej, Nordre Frihavnsgade, Øster Allé, and Østerbrogade meet, better known as Trianglen.

Since the 19th century, Trianglen has been a traffic hub. At first it was a stopping place for the so-called kaper carriages, which took people from Østerbro to Dyrehaven in Klampenborg, where you can still experience the iconic carriages.

Later, the square became a hub for trams. You can still see this in the iconic building Bien, designed by P.V. Jensen-Klint and built as a tram waiting room in 1907. Later, Kiosk Bien, which gave the building its unofficial name, moved into the building, which until then had been called Suppeterrinen or simply Terrinen because of its shape; especially the copper roof resembled a tureen lid. The building stands as a symbol of Trianglen.

Takeaway in Østerbro

Fortunately, there are plenty of quieter places around Trianglen where you can go and enjoy our Indian takeaway.

The most obvious place is probably Fælledparken, whose entrance is just on the other side of Blegdamsvej. It is the city’s largest and most visited park and has a wide variety of guests and activities all year round. People gather here for major events such as May Day, carnival, and the annual DHL run.

If you prefer city life to park life, you can also take your Bindia takeaway down charming Nordre Frihavnsgade, where after only a few hundred metres you reach Victor Borges Plads, also called Hjertepladsen, the first obvious spot to enjoy our nourishing takeaway.

In Nordre Frihavnsgade, named City’s Best Street by AOK in 2009, you can experience a wealth of cafés, city life, and specialist shops in the particular mix of classic Copenhagen streetscape and new buildings that has grown up around the street and its neighbours Nordhavn and Strandboulevarden.

If you want more peace for enjoying Bindia’s Indian takeaway, Sortedams Sø, the northernmost of the Lakes, is the final obvious candidate and only one street away from Denmark’s first Bindia. Wherever you want to take your takeaway, Bindia is easy to reach with both Trianglen and the City Circle metro right by the door.

Nothing wasted

Whether you want to experience Østerbro with our takeaway in hand or sit in our beautiful restaurant, you are welcome every day from 16:00 to 21:00 at Blegdamsvej 130.

We serve generous, healthy portions that are also well suited to being refrigerated and reheated. Read our recommendation for how best to reheat our takeaway here.

The traditional methods of the Indian kitchen, which we proudly carry forward at Bindia, give the food a natural and sustainable shelf life and help you reduce food waste together with us.

A real Indian curry takes time to make, because it needs to simmer throughout the day. The very last part of the cooking is done only after we receive your order, and we never use more than what you get.

At Bindia, we actually have so little food waste that the food-waste movement Too Good To Go found it unnecessary to include us on their app and platform, despite a signed cooperation agreement.

More sustainable takeaway

Since 2015, we have held the Organic Cuisine Label, because we were the first Indian kitchen in Scandinavia to focus on organic ingredients and sustainability. We also cook without preservatives, additives, colourings, or deep frying.

We are committed to becoming even greener, and in 2020 we decided to make our packaging more environmentally friendly. Our carrier bags, menus, and takeaway bowls are now made from 100% recycled, unbleached paper. Bags and menus can be sorted as paper, though we recommend reusing the bag as much as possible first. To make the bowls able to handle hot liquid food, a thin plastic coating on the inside is necessary. Bowls and their lids should therefore be sorted as ordinary household waste.

That means you can enjoy some of the country’s best Indian takeaway with a clear conscience.

Order our delicious takeaway here.

Read more about our philosophy and values here.