Tabla Indian Restaurant has slipped into Grapevine Station with a quiet soft opening that started yesterday, giving locals a new spot for Indian and Indo-Chinese comfort food without a lot of fanfare. The Orlando-born chain took over a longtime restaurant space near Northwest Highway and Texan Trail and is easing into service with a slimmed-down menu and rotating soft-opening deals while the team finishes training and fine-tunes the dining room.
According to Community Impact, the Grapevine Station outpost held its soft opening yesterday and is located at 1000 Texan Trail, Ste. 130. The report highlights crowd-pleasers such as garlic naan, tikka masala and Indo-Chinese fried rice, and notes that soft-opening specials are scheduled through March 31, citing the restaurant’s Facebook page. Community Impact describes the concept as a blend of Indian, Thai and Indo-Chinese flavors.
What to order
Tabla’s website promotes a broad menu that runs from North Indian curries and tandoori grills to Indo-Chinese and Thai dishes, with gluten-free and vegan options in the mix. The Grapevine lineup specifically spotlights garlic green chili naan, various tandoori preparations, mocktails and desserts as signature draws. Diners who like to graze can expect street-food style starters and Indo-Chinese plates alongside more familiar curries.
On the corner: the space and the change
Tabla has moved into the former home of Mesa Mexican Cuisine, which Community Impact reported closed May 31 after seven years at the Texan Trail address. Grapevine Station, a 38-acre commercial development that fronts the Gaylord Texan and Great Wolf Lodge, lists 1000 Texan Trail as its address, a setup that should deliver steady hotel and convention foot traffic to the new tenant. The visibility along the corridor gives Tabla a built-in audience of travelers and nearby residents.
Expansion and local context
The Grapevine debut follows a late-2025 opening in The Colony, a move that CultureMap covered in December. Tabla’s own locations page lists restaurants across Florida, Texas and other states, and the company cites an Orlando headquarters on its contact page, signaling a regional chain that has grown well beyond its central Florida base. For Grapevine diners, the new restaurant adds one more option for Indian and Indo-Chinese flavors near the airport corridor…