Amazing food, taste and quantity served is great..
Best part timely service.
Staff is very polite and always as for a feedback...
Highly recommend, with family and great place to sit with frnds for couple of drinks....
Friendly and polite staff , quick delivery and yummy food, amazing ambience. What else do you need when you go out for a meal ;) Go check it out!!! Kudos to the entire team at Bolliwood.
Loved the perfect blend of spices in the dishes!! And the ambience will make you go crazy. It’s different in the day time and during the night 😍
Amazing place and very nice food with a very tasty food.The restaurant is very well maintained and the hospitality is very good and the taste of food is very very nice.
Be ready to shed money at this place coz its serves Delicious food at to on time.
Perfect ambience- indoors as well as outdoor.
The food was remarkably good. We ordered - Tandoori chicken and Goat Handi.
The service was good. The staff was nice and welcoming.
My take -
It has all my 5 rating !
Highly Recommended, must visit, if u want good food and great ambience...
Good food ,great ambiance and lovely customer service , they really look after the customers and like the maintain a very high level of service
Friend and myself went to Bolliwood for dinner. Ordered the haryali kebab and chicken tikka masala with a naan each. Curry was good and starter was delicious. However, nothing distinctive that makes this place stand out than the rest. Service was good and staff were polite.
We went here as we wanted to try Honeybear but it was closed. So walked to the next nearest Indian restaurant we found. What a brilliant place! The meal was outstanding, the tastiest Indian meals we have had in Auckland in a long time. We had a vegetable korma, selection of breads, butter chicken and biryani. We had attentive service, and great drinks. A nice breezy table by the open windows was really lovely.
Pretty hard to go past the $10 Lunch special here. Satisfactory amount of options, good lunch size, great service, and extras (Rice, Naan, Poppa) all included in the $10. Also $5 beers and the lunch special is 7 days a week :-)
Been there twice now and both times were great! The BYO is fantastic and only a $7 corkage. Service was fast and friendly. Meals where awesome and quick. Cant complain about a $14 curry from Mon-Wed. Great place for casual and formal outings. The building inside is actually really nice to sit in. Beautiful blue lighting around the place makes it feel very welcoming. I would recommend this to friends and family
When you think about for indian restaurant this is good place come to your mind after 'Oh Calcutta' to have dinner. They have good ambience.
Definitely good staff with great management. They take care you well.
If i talk about food curries are awesome. I heard many bad feedback from others about food but i feel it's awesome.
Tasty and delicious food. Friendly staff, and clean tables. There's even a bar if you need it. This place is awesome. Would recommend to anyone looking for good Indian food.
Came here with a large group of 17 on Saturday night for my Birthday and it was such a good experience! The food portions were decent and the pricing was very fair. We were all really pleased with the food and the service was great. Even my one friend who had to leave early asked if hers could come out first and it came out in 15 minutes! I had medium Mango Chicken and it was sooo good, not too sweet, perfect mix of sweet and spicy. Bolliwood was a great place for BYO as well and the staff were very laid back and attentive. Definitely recommend, especially if you are looking for a BYO place to bring a large group, we all really enjoyed ourselves!
Ordered takeaway 2 nights ago.
Butter Chicken and Garlic Naan not bad
Deliver 10 mins before time. big plus
Fair value. excellent service.
And the Pompadoms are always appreciated
I am a vegetarian and they didn't have many options. The starters took a long time to arrive. For the main course I ordered naan with Shahi Paneer. The naan was the best part of the meal. Soft and melted in the mouth. I had non vegetarian friends who thought the food was ok-ok. Ambience is not amazing. We were really annoyed with the music they played and had to ask them to change the music. There is a huge screen which played songs from flop hindi movies.
Overall experience was good. But could have been much better!
I first had the opportunity to try Bolliwood at the Auckland Diwali Festival. The combination of rich saag and crisp missi roti tasted heavenly after two stressful dance performances. It felt like a reward. I made a mental note to visit the restaurant in Ponsonby sometime. Now I could go on a rant of how in India you can get much better food for a fraction of the price. But let’s be realistic – this is New Zealand. And compared to other places in the city, Bolliwood is pretty good Indian food for the price. Monday-Wednesdays the mains are as cheap as $10 each.
Great place was there last night for my sons birthday
Food was great
Service exceptional
They even added candles to the birthday cake we bought with us
Dropped in for lunch, plenty of space, dark and calming interior, with friendly waitresses ready to take our order. There were only a couple other tables of unqualified amateur diners in use when we got in. Both of us ordered the Bollywood Special Curry, one with chicken, the other lamb.. (ask for medium heat.. or more). For $10 at lunchtime, this is real value, poppadom, rice, naan and curry. The curry was supremely delicious (maybe because I haven't had a curry for so long?).. anyway I left feeling more impressed with Bollywood than I expected.
Serves amazing a North Indian food !!! Great variety of dishes !!! Amazing taste just like back home in India !!! The food is yum and a must try for all Vege Indian lovers !!!
Just your average Indian restaurant in a posh suburb. I wouldn't say it's really amazing but it's not bad either as I have had worse! Food was good, good amount quantity and not too pricey either. Service was decent we didn't have to keep waiting or waive our hands at someone to get service. Would I come back here? Yes I would. Maybe not frequently but once in a while.
A great establishment with great service and great food. Onion Bhaji and The Vindaloo "Hot", My favourite were the choice of the evening. Chicken Tikka Masala. The lamb was succulent and tender and the chicken was the same. I don’t think I have ever had a bad meal at Bolliwood. Always impressed with the quality of the meals and the service. Well Done!
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Bolliwood! my local favourite curry! gotta love the look of the restaurant it s lovely inside and I religious have the goat curry here, they have brilliant $10 deals and its definitely one of the places you want to order from on a day you arent wanting to cook #g1
I still don't know how Bolliwood manage to serve such a tasty curry, complete with rice and popadom, for just $10. Such great value is hard to find even in a dingy food hall!
The butter chicken first class, made from authentic roasted tandoori chicken that adds to the flavour before it is immersed in the gravy. A few other Indian restaurants skip this step and just put chicken in the sauce.
The lamb masala is another favourite, as is the mango chicken.
Setting is clean and open, positioned right on Ponsonby Road. An absolute local favourite.
My partner and I decided to visit Bolliwood because we were craving some Indian cuisine.
We decided to order from their set menu. The set menu was $35 per person and included Samosa, Onion Bhaji, Chicken Tikka, Seekh Kebab for the entrée and butter chicken, lamb roganjosh, beef vinaloo, vegetable korma, rice, naan and condiements. This is such good value!
All of the food was served quickly and the curries were nice and creamy. We left extremely satisfied and with full bellies!
It’s definitely not fine dining but if you are craving Indian food and are starving then give Bolliwood a try!
Service: 5/10
Food: 9/10
Cleanliness: 6/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 7.25
One of the best curry I've had in Auckland. Great value for money.
I've been here few times for $10 lunch deal. The food and service are NOT cheap like the price which was surprised me little bit.
I really like Bolliwood Special Curry and upgrade the deal for $2 more for cheese naan bread. Definitely worth to try if you are around.
Now I could go on a rant of how in India you can get much better food for a fraction of the price. But let’s be realistic – this is New Zealand. And compared to other places in the city, Bolliwood is pretty good Indian food for the price. Monday-Wednesdays the mains are as cheap as $10 each.
Their lamb saagwala is delicious. I wasn’t that impressed with the vegetarian Malai Kofta though. I would suggest ditching the cliché “naan bread”, soaking up that tasty curry with some roti instead. Full review at goo.gl/Nak2aK
Excellent service great food always enjoy to go there on my night off and never been disappointed. Well done guys great job.
And fantastic outside sitting especially on hot summer evenings.
A famous indian restaurant located in a good suburb just outside auckland cbd. Ambience is nice n service is quick. Food is good too. After your meal you can have a good 15 minute walk into the cbd n njoy an uce cream cone there.
Never been to dine in, but ordered home delivery a few times. The food tasted really good, and the price is affordable too. There is a lack of Indian restaurants that do home delivery in the vicinity. This is the best option of all.
4 stars for food +1 for the service n staff.
Lovely staff (especially Harry), really accommodated us considering there was a huge party going on......the food was good, especially when I compare with other Indian restaurants. Chicken Vindaloo, Balti Chicken and Fish Masala were just amazing.....made my Dad's birthday really special......thanks team Bolliwood.....
Went here with a voucher with a group of 6 friends. The voucher included entree platters and curry with rice for mains.
The entrees were quite nice, although they filled us up before the curry which was amazing. We tried so many different ones and I enjoyed all of them, but the Chicken Tikka was one of the best.
It's BYO as well which is great for a cheap night out. We were sat upstairs on the mezzanine as the place was pretty full. It had a cool atmosphere with the old building with really high ceilings, and Bollywood movies playing on one of the walls downstairs. It was just a shame we weren't down where everyone else was. Also there was a very very loud obnoxious table downstairs but that can't be helped.
Overall, great food, great space and a great night!
After reading mixed reviews about Bolliwood Ponsonby and having not been there for a couple of years I was a bit apprehensive about my meal out but my three friends and I had a great meal, serving sizes were adequate and very tasty. We had the sizzling and the vegetable platters to share, the samosas were yum. The lamb korma and the garlic naan I had was delicious.
The service was extremely good and would return again for their value for money $10.00 specials Mon-Wed.
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While I find myself unable to stomach some of the food items, I'm definitely in love with a lot of the food. For their appetizers, they have the second best samosas I've ever had so far. Their vegetable samosas taste great, and their chicken tikka are so good that I'd go back to the restaurant just to get some.
As for their entrees, they have a good variety of meat and vegetable dishes. Their lamb roganjosh and butter chicken are full of good flavor, and I've heard great things about their dhal makhani from my girlfriend and her friend. I personally love the dal curry and aloo gobi vegetarian dishes, mainly because of how great they taste with virtually everything else on the menu.
And the naan, oh boy. The variety is amazing. Don't get the rice in my opinion, opt for trying out different types of naan and going for the ones you like. I typically order the garlic naan, but their chicken naan and paneer naan are both worthwhile to my tastes.
The desserts are special to me, because I've never found myself liking cheese balls before until I tried their gulab jaman. It's like flan with more texture, with a syrup that's similar. If you love flan, you'd more than likely love gulab jaman.
I typically don't go to their Monday specials because of the price and limited selection - I opt for the choice. It's usually cheaper that way, and I already know what I want. If you're a lover of spice, chicken, or vegetables, I know you'd love some of the dishes that this place has to offer. As far as I'm concerned, this place is legitimately my favorite Indian restaurant.
I really enjoy this place. I've also been to their Takapuna one and apparently they are opening in Browns Bay also. Love their $10 main nights (BYO also).. how can you beat that. The meals are really good and service has always been excellent.
Thanks team!
I am working in CBD. Always walk pass this place never tried before. Went there for lunch with my two colleagues. We ordered Chicken Madras(HOT), Rogan Josh (MED) & Butter Chicken(Mild) and two garlic naan. All curries were very good. Hotness was excellent as we expected and naan was nice and fluffy. Full marks to waiting staff, very helpfull and knowledgable. Will be back and try dinner.
Yum yum indian in my tum
Nice to finally find a decent curry in NZ, bit of a rogan josh connoisseur, or at least the english versions and this place gets the Pom seal of approval .... wot wot
Staff are friendly, recomended.
I along with 10 other friends went to Bolliwood Restaurant on Valentines Day. Must say , it was very welcoming. The restaurant was very well decorated for the occasion- very romantic feel to it and to add to it the food was outstanding. They were very busy but the service was exceedingly good . There was a waiter for every section. Had to get up and enquire about the owners. Looks like it the young lot are paying a lot of attention to the business.
Yay!! Well done boys!
We will be definitely back.
Went to Bolliwood, Ponsonby on Monday night for the $10 dinner special in a group of 9 people. The restaurant was very busy. We didn't have the booking but we were seated very courteously by the staff member. The food was absolutely delicious specially the mutton handi and the service was great. The best indian restaurant in Auckland. Great to know they have a branch in Takapuna as we like to dine in Taka too, away from the hustle and bustle of the town. Once again, I would like to extend my thanks to the management of Bolliwood- Lovely modern restaurant with very authentic food. Well done guys! keep up the good work.
Was never a big fan of Indian cuisine but after going to Bolliwood my mind has changed now significantly. I'm not sure what happened to the person below but I have been to Bolliwood now at least 3 times in the past month and each time, service had been immaculate!! All waiters/waitresses are exremly polite, we were made very welcome. Our meals were not only delicious but served promptly! The naan bread is amazing!! Highly recommend the sizzling platter.
Very much looking forward to my next visit.
This place has a fantastic cheap lunch special that i would highly recommend. $10 for basically a meal! I have found at night when I have gone that it was saltier slightly but otherwise I LOVE this place!
My family and I came to Bolliwood because we were gifted some vouchers from a friend. We decided to be adventurous that night and order things other than the usual Butter Chicken and Garlic Naan (we did get those though..). Our waitress was extremely attentive and knowledgable and was able to recommend a few more dishes for us. My favourites throughout the night were: Honey Cauliflower, Veggie Manchoorian. For full review of my visit, see: http://lucyeats.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/bolliwood.html
There is nothing to say other than, perfection. We arrived at 5pm, right on opening, we were the first ones in the door and the whole place to ourselves. The service was excellent and the food was quick and absolutely delicious! Definitely recommend it to anyone.
Authentic Indian cuisine value for money $12 for lunch staff are friendly, good location, public parking available nearby, had LAMB ROGANJOSH, it was prefect, spicy just right
Really good Indian food. Awesome service
Three years of hunt for the authentic Indian food has officially ended. This restaurant serves the best Indian cuisine in New Zealand... Trust me this is not exaggeration... Authentic taste, up beat atmosphere and friendly staff... An ultimate trio of service - taste - ambience... must visit...
My favourite Indian restaurant in the whole of Auckland. My friends and I kept going back for more! The staff were super friendly and helpful! They give the best recommendation for food and drinks! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! P.S. Their parathas and yogurt are to die for!
Good food, charming and good intended waiters. I would only add that we would've appreciated if they took our orders faster. We were hungry and had already decided what to eat, but couldn't find someone to approach our table of 6 for the longest of times...
Extremely friendly and absolute delicious food. We had to wait not even 5 minutes for seating but they were apologizing so much. We as German are not used to so much kindness, felt so welcome! Thank you for having us!!!
Good food, a little bit classy. Don't let the big screen put you off - it put me off for years, but is not that intrusive, and the service and food were a great. I've been back several times since
Have been here a couple of times and enjoyed the meal and service both times. Tasty meal although the portion size was a little small. The place can be very loud when it's busy - a very echoey building.
The first time I came here I loved it! I had a voucher, and we werent treat any differently. I had the tandorri snapper which I loved. The sizzling platter was delicious. It has good vegetarian options. The only thing I disliked was I couldn't even hear my partner speak, it was so loud inside. This is not suitable for a romantic date on Saturday night unless your purposly not wanting to hear your partner talk. Ny partner had to shout in my ear hole - it was that loud. I understood as their were many drunk people, could tell the couple next to us werent too happy, but what can you do? Nothing. So we put up with it.
I came back as I wanted the tandorri fish, they were out so had to have a different option, this time it was more bland and less flavoursome, which really bought my opinion about the place down.... although staff were very attentive, accurate and prompt, the food lacked flavours. Best to come on a weeknight if you are elderly, a family, or wanting to speak with your antendee.
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