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Chawla's

70/100 (3371 ratings)

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"This place is welcoming with charming service and the food better than I have tasted since I was in India.. The manager Ms. MANPREET is very..."

Sanjay Ranga

"I patronised this establishment on numerous occasions and each time I experience great service and an ambient environment. The staff is friendly and..."

Davinder Rahal

"Popped in here on a random chance after craving some butter chicken, the restaurant didn’t disappoint! Clean and mellow, just what you need after a..."

Tyler Andrews

"Absolutely fabulous. The atmosphere is relaxing and comfortable. The food is absolutely beautiful and the staff are very friendly and helpful. Highly..."

Gmednz

"It is one of the best place for Indian food...... Highly recommend..... just came randomly, very friendly staff, quick service, food is great and..."

Karunachaudhary85

"I ordered takeaway Butter chicken combo for lunch. Which also includes a Naan and a can of drink, for $12. Can't go wrong!The Butter chicken was..."

Kat Lim

"First time. Really good authentic Indian taste.(We should know being Indian!) Each dish had its own flavors which is rarely the case in Indian..."

Binni Bilia

"One of my favourite places to dine. They stayed open later than usual one night to accommodate my pregnant butter chicken cravings. Beautiful Indian..."

Isis Ixya Atofia

"Delicious food and great service. Reasonably priced for meals and drinks for two people. Will definitely be coming back to this place. Many..."

Siobhan Leah

"Came back with 4-5 friends after few months, Food is good as usual super good taste, Staff is not very attentive and service very slow. Placed our..."

Sahib Padda

"This is the only Indian restaurant my husband and I will never get sick of, def one of the best in Auckland! As a non Indian myself but have..."

KavinJ823

"Besides my grandmother’s house, Chawlas is the only place I come to for goat curry it’s so aromatic, flavoursome and the goat is just so tender..."

Johan Kauhega Milika Taumalolo

"I was pretty happy with service and food was okay. I ordered the Indian butter chicken and was richly flavoured. Husband wanted goat curry but it..."

Khaleesi

"Tasty food in this little Indian joint in Manukau.The goat curry was amazing. Perfect blend of spices and gravy.The staff are..."

Jenny Baker

"It was an awesome experience at Chawla Indian Restaurant. Staff was so good and friendly there was a girl Manpreet who took our order she treated us..."

Jassi

"This is the first Indian Restaurent which I really liked it. Their food is addictive . If you go there once you would definately like to go again...."

Happy

"I came to have dinner with my partner today Food was awsome as malai kofta was very yummy!!service is also great here. will be definitely back again..."

Emy Rose

"Fantastic staff. Very friendly and helpful with food allergies. Food was delicious and plentiful. Our family has twice enjoyed this restaurant and we..."

Megan Meech

"All time favourite spot for butter chicken both Kiwi and Indian style. Texture, taste, serving size is great. $12 mains Mon-Wed. Staff could work on..."

Hopoi

"Food is up to Indian standard if you are looking for authentic punjabi food. Very quick service. Indian hot can sometimes be too hot for Indians too..."

Priyanka Champanerkar Nayak

"Caught up with friends for lunch here. None of us had been here before so were pleasantly surprised when we walked in- it doesn't look it, but it's..."

Chai Paani

"Tried this place with my partner for the first time and I'm guttered we hadn't tried this earlier given how local it is. We had samosas for starters..."

Kerry Mcleary

"this is one of my everyday lunch spot. their $12 lunch meal is great. their quality, taste and service is far better than many indian restaurents in..."

MyselfSAVI

"One of the best restaurants for Indian food in Auckland. I stay less than 2 mins drive but never knew this one. damn!! We tried Mushroom tikka,..."

Sanketh Gupta

"ProsGreat foodWarm decor - A nice atmosphere for datesGood serviceConsA bit of confusion on what is expected after..."

The Average Person

"Great food and some of the best Indian curry outside of India. Service could have been better, place was only a half full for a Friday night yet it..."

Viren Fernandes

"I am from wellington and visited auckland with family and really enjoyed the food and specially customer service. Really enjoyed with..."

Garry Ishar

"Lunch deal is a steal. Well worth it. Butter chicken was really good. Service was attentive and not overbearing. Naan was nice fluffy and..."

Deen Khan

"Great food, great Resturant, classy set up. Great prices .. lunch specials which is great when you work nearby. Highly recommend this resturant..."

Tammy

"Nice interior and nice food. Staff at always friendly and love the poppadoms.Food could be spicier - the hot option isn't that spicy. Only..."

Natasha

"The special menus makes Chawlas one of the most worthy restaurants I've been in Auckland.For only $12 I had a main menu, roganjosh with..."

Diogo Reck

"Was fabulous! Had a great time. Ambience and food was very nice. Service is fantastic. Will definately go..."

Lee

"First time there for the $12 lunch special with my sister. It was wonderful! The restaurant is clean with lovely decor. Toilets are clean. Staff was..."

Trish H2

"Lovely interior and atmosphere with friendly staff. I ordered the kadhai mushroom which they were more than happy to veganize, and it was..."

Veganista

"Simply one of the best Indian restaurants in Manukau. We love their butter chicken and the Chicken Tikka Masala is something to die for. And the..."

Brian

"It was nice. Good service and yum food. The butter chicken was more runny than I'm used to but that wasn't necessarily bad. I enjoyed it equally as..."

Dan Browne

"Best Indian in manukau hands down. Great service and plenty of options. Could be the best naan bread I've ever had, light and crispy. They'll also..."

Pamela Mansell

"Had a wonderful dinner last evening at Chawlas. Restaurant set up is nice and was impressed with the service too despite being busy. We were two so..."

Brandon

"I was here on a Wednesday with a friend, after work. Not busy which was a good thing. Had the fish masala and goat as mains n our starter was garlic..."

Azah Forlife

"Came here to pick up some takeout after sneaking a taste of mum and dads takeout 😁 Atmosphere seemed nice. Clean looking establishment...."

Reservation For Two

"EDITED: I CAME BACK HERE ON 12/09/16 TO SEE IF THEY COULD CHANGE MY VIEWS AND THEY HAVE. The waitress was lovely and attentive, took our orders as..."

Alexandrea Maxwell

"Well worth a visit, read the reviews and my boys and I thought we should try it out as we have been disappointed with other local Indian restaurants..."

David Parussini

"Yesterday i went to this outlet of chawlas..i had ordered cream paneer,dal makhni and shahi paneer along with bread backets..all the currys were..."

Mohit Gupta

"This was my very first visit at Chawla's manukau. Food was AWESOME and service too. Cozy atmosphere..... but i think need to make few more curries..."

Raman Aujla

"Awesome delicious yummy food I had ever in Indian restaurant .. Chawlas known by their special dish it's malai chicken tika .. I have no words to..."

Dinesh Rana

"The food was excellent and the service was perfect!!!! Most of the food we ordered was Indian spicy as we like. We really loved it. Everything we..."

Mehaksama29

"Chawlas at manukau is one of my favourite places in Auckland! Great food, friendly and fast service. Onion kulcha is my favourite bread. The food was..."

Vippan Kamboj

"Great service, with recommendation for the Indian soft drinks which were really good. Tandoori chicken luscious, and the bhaji was..."

Kris Baudry

"Chawlas has to be one of the best Indian restaurants i've been to in Auckland. The butter chicken by far is one of the best i've ever had. It was..."

Jamez Hill III

"This is Chawla's Manukau. Nice ambience and friendly staff. Lunch special @$12.00 includes Rice,Naan, SoftDrink. Limited Menu for Lunch both in Veg..."

Prashant Belwalkar

"Excellent food and a great service...."

Mustafa Abbas Chittalwala

"Excellent food and a great service. The staff really very good and despite of having two functions running simultaneously, the service very fast. The..."

Vikas Yadav

"Superb food, really a place away from home that tastes like home. Good quality food with decent quantity and awesome taste. If you love Indian..."

Hardeep Singh

"Ordered the weekday lunch combo special. Butter chicken and goat curry. Sooo good! Naan is super fresh too 🤤🤤 great service. And yummy mango..."

Elle Satt

"Been there so many times and still love to go every time. Food quality is awesome. Customer service too good (specially by..."

Rajan Mehta

"Lunch special $15.99 Limited option but good..."

Sh P

"Very nice service by Rohit. Food was excellent. We had special dietary requirements and Rohit catered to all of them. We had been there for the 1st..."

Jolly & Nigam Mehta

"Today I went for dinner and i would like to say the food was so yum. I ordered starters only, like amritsari fish,dry Goat, hara bhara kebab. All..."

Kanwal Ghotra

"Excellent food and good customer service. They have good vegetarian options. Must try missi Roti, paneer..."

Abhishek Pathak

"I'd asked the waiter to provide me a sauce and curry free version of the red tandoori chicken pieces, and as a main of tawa chicken. I asked as on..."

Dave Vaughan

"Food was exceptional. I will be returning, for the food, not the service. The six of us that dined there created our own..."

Charles Royal

"Really satisfied with the service and food,Restaurant staff members are awesome. Loved Everything we ordered but Soya Malai Chaap and masala Indian..."

ruchi ameta

"i had some some veg starter and curries was excellent and the cheese naan was really soft and nice and service was awsm the staff was so nice and..."

vick sharma

"Always happy with service and food malai soya chap best dish .They have very good deal for lunch $12.99 one curry naan 🫓 and rice 🍚 they have..."

adesh pal

"We had indo Chinese food here and loved it. Service was fast and we were served quickly. We ordered the Garlic Chicken and Chicken fried rice. We..."

Debika Dutt

"Whenever I travel from hawks bay to Auckland for business.i always go with my friend there.Nice..."

Vikas Kumar

"i been there on Monday the staff was very friendly and the service was so nice , warm food very tasty highly..."

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