The Dal fry and panner masala a must try!
Lovely staff and meals here. A great local!
Excellent service. Delicious food. Only mark down would be the takeaway interrupts the restaurant feel. But can't be helped with the setting.
Went here with Curry Club. 8 of us ate. Good food. Good service. Was constantly busy. I always like to gauge a restaurant on how they perform when busy. You can tell a lot. The staff were friendly and all of our meals came out at the same time. I had the Chicken Dopiaza - Hot. Would recommend.
I would definitely go back. Prices are good. Wednesday specials.
Absolutely love this place! Has the best service and is hands down delish! Always, always come here. The chicken Tikka is the best, so defiantly try that!
Delicious curries and naan, my personal favourite is the tikka sawadee, it was full of flavour, had plenty of meat and their naan is to die for.
Punjab Palace is our local go to for takeaways, it has everything we love! We have also dined in on occasion, however find it too dimly lit and atmosphere a bit downing. The food did arrive in ample time, but we had to pay for takeaway containers which seemed a bit extreme when I couldn't finish mine. My absolute highlight of Punjab Palace is the Kashmiri Naan, stuffed with sweetened coconut. My go to is the Chicken Madras, medium. Perfect creamy sauce and well cooked Chicken. Their large range of curries is brilliant, including the addition of Indo-Chinese such as Chilli Chicken. Price point sits higher than the other Indian takeaways in South Auckland, but luckily the Naan keeps me coming back!
Food: 4/5
Service: 3.5/5
Price: 3.5/5
The food here was great with the right amount of heat. Really friendly service good menu and well sized meals. Will definetly be back again.
Tried these guys on the strength of a reference and they did not disappoint. Delivery was on time and food delicious. Just the right level of 'spicy' in the dishes & naan bread was excellent.
the staff is all ways very lovely. the food is good, but not the best Indian place. the restaurant is all ways empty! so it kinda of kills the dinning mode as its lonely in thier. the food is little too expensive comparing to other great Indian stores. but if your craving for Indian food in hurry! Punjab Palace will do.
Carina Claudine Rocque
+4.5
My favourite place to take my father for dinner every week, service is pretty good, they always welcome us with a smile, my father is very elderly and I appreciate their patience and understanding when they serve us.
Food is quite tasty, especially when they get their spice on point in terms of Indian hot. We mostly order the vindaloo and the chicken tikka. We don't have to wait long for our food to come out either . Love this place, I've started to take my friends here as well. Good service will always keep us coming back.
Just hopped to a wonderful quiet place today at punjab palace with two of my friends...as soon as we entered menu ..papadum was offered
The boy and a girl waiter were extremely helpful
The food was authentic and full of taste naan was too good. .only thing vindaloo had very less capsicum.but was hot new came to table ASAP. ..
Lovely will come back soon
Great beef vindaloo hits the spot every time and it's not watered down either!!
Garlic naan is a hit and miss unfortunately, butter chicken is not too sweet and the kadai is yum!
This is the real deal. The food is ideal, the service perfect. My wife and I have come here a few times, the last occasion we were treated to Punjabi dance and music all night, it was all so authentic I felt like I disappeared to India for a few hours.
I enjoy the speedy service and the great tasting butter chicken. Great service with a smile. Cant beat Shamania from Manukau Mall but my 2nd best butter chicken so far. Masala is rubbish. All the glitter but the food is bland.
After walking out of Masala for lack of service, this was our closest option. We were greeted nicely, service was fast, food was delicious and the staff were friendly. May not have the showiness of Masala but I prefer to be served. Would definitely go there again.
First time to Punjab Palace. We were greeted at the door and sat at the front (little did we know we had the best seats to view what was ahead). We chose the buffet which was offered to us immediately. No waiting. The first course was presented and was delicious. We were asked if we were ready for the next course. Then we were entertained by an amazing dance troup of young men who combined traditional and bolliwood dancing in costume. Wow, can they dance. There was a drummer too. All the staff including the entertainers were smiling. This is such a happy place or should I say palace. After good portions of entrees, our mains arrived, piping hot and plenty of it too.
Great staff, great food and great entertainment. The restaurant was full. I can see why.
Thanks for a great evening.
Sue and Mark
This was our experience of eating here, although our fellow diners have been here a few times. We opted for the set menu. The entrees arrived after a short wait, the mains followed a short time after. The portion size was good for five diners, there was not much left over. The staff were friendly even for a busy evening. Although, lost out for not asking if we wanted any additional yummy Mango Lassi's !!!
It was a culture evening with lots of Indian dancing and drum playing, which added to a very enjoyable evening. Some of the fellow dancing bravely got up and joined in too.
Well worth a visit, especially on a culture evening :-)
After walking out of Masala, Punjab Pal seated us right away. Service was fantastic. Food was fast, which concerned me. But it was fresh, hot & the naan was so yum! I hve ordered frm Punjab since b4 they changed their name. Will just stick with thm instead. Thank u for a lovely family dinner and smiling faces :)
Have been eating at this Indian restaurant for many years before they re-named it. The service is always excellent, the staff very friendly and the food is always spot on! I love the palek paneer and malai kofta. It is probably the best Indian food in Papakura.
Have been eating At the pubjab palace for a period of time and the food is very consistant in flavour and quantity, excellent service and very friendly.
Please come back to Ponsonby!! The most consistent indian I have had and great people running the place.
Good food, service and price. Does cater for weddings and food still holds up. All round decent restaurant
popped in for a takeaway lunch but ending up dining in as i was hoping to stop in at Sangam Indian Cuisine but they aren't open on Fridays......so i'm glad Punjab Palace was. what a beautiful butter chicken. so yummy & it had a hint of sweetness. the after taste is a sweet tangy tomato flavor. we also order the naan bread with garlic. the bread was fresh, soft & had a nice crisp to it, perfect for scooping up the rice & butter sauce. friendly, accommodating staff. i certainly will be back here again. being a Friday it was also cheaper to dine in so well worth the $$money$$ :)
Have not dined in here, but they are on our speedial for takeaways! Have tried butter chicken at several Indian restaurants, but nothing beats that from Punjab Palace. Can't comment on other dishes as that's all we ever have! Staff lovely too.
Love this place. have been going for years, dine in atmosphere is a little bland but pop in and take it home, crack open a bottle of wine and you are in heaven.
Best Indian food out...
Highly recommend, beautiful makes my mouth water thinking of it..
Entering Punjab Palace the service was amazing friendly & welcoming, our meal was so yummy from the poppadoms with mango chutney 😋 to the mains & spicy naan 😋 but OMG you have to try the plunger tea, I’m not saying anything more other than it’s the best tea Iv ever drunk.
I had no idea I was being watched by the owner when I was opening the plunger trying to figure out what the aroma was, I had asked the waitress what it was and she said only the owner knows, even she didn’t know, so I asked please for a little container to take away. The owner came to me and said he could see how much I loved the tea and gave me a small container. How honoured was I to be gifted with such delights to the senses!
He let us know over 20yrs he’s been there tucked away in the corner of Papakura across the road from Count Down. His Palace deserves your patronage. Me & hubby highly recommend.
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Best Indian I’ve had in a long time! Good portions, lots of flavour. Can’t ask for much more! 👍🏼
Great service & quality of food. Absolutely delicious 😋 Have been going there for years now!
Excellent food and service, this is my third time dining here and always consistently great food and service to match. Go give em a try! #supportlocal #yummycurry #greatatmosphere #authenticindian
I am so Impressed and happy once again. This time an absolute pleasure as the staff are so kind and welcoming. They made my Autistic son so happy, He got his own menu and treated just like a grown up customer. My son was so impressed. Thank you sir, your service made a little boys week. food is always amazing, Never bad. The only Indian food place we eat!
The food was good, the waitress who served us was also very helpful and kind.
Went here a few months ago and have been meaning to review. I had the absolute A+ best experience here. Staff were friendly and professional. They were up front about their high heat levels in their spices (I regularly order hot and am disappointed but Punjab Palace was definitely spicy for me at hot).
The price is also incredibly reasonable for the high quality products they make. Outclassing a number of more expensive Indian restaurants I visit.
If you're in the area and you like spicy food then this is a must visit.
Customer service was great, food really authentic, place was very nice and clean. Really enjoy our dine in.
Great food amazing naan. Thank you so much for hosting us. Beautiful history and culture the food was just as amazing! Will be back again.
Ordered tandoori chicken,Lamb Madras, tandoori roti and chicken Tikka..Fresh and tasty ..: well done..
Frist time at punjab palace, so happy I tried it amazing food and great customer service definitely be going bk.
Food is absolutely delicious (especially the butter chicken), and the staff are very friendly. Every visit is enjoyable, and I highly recommend this place to anyone wanting quality Indian food 👌
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