Indian cuisine: the best places to taste it in Timaru

4 restaurant menus in New Zealand, (the ranking and the list of restaurants are based on the number of recommendations received from users in the last month, currently updated to December 2024)
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Little India
Little India
90/100 (466 ratings)
Restaurants
Indian
Vegetarian Friendly
Gluten Free Options
Vegan Options
Indian
Vegetarian Friendly
Gluten Free Options
Vegan Options
Dinner
Lunch
Chicken Bhuna Garlic Naan Kachumber Salad
Tandoori Prawns
Palak Paneer & Malai Kofta & Daal Makhani
Pista Kulfi
Tandoori Shrimp & Tandoori Chicken
Served with Rice
Kingfisher Glass
Mango Chicken Curry
Curry
Lamb Chops Tandoori Mushrooms and Fish Tikka
Ckicken Korma Mutter Paneer
Aloo Paranthas
Lamb
Chicken biryani
Mango Lassi
Sit down
Indian
Accepts Mastercard
Accepts Visa
Reservations
Accepts American Express
Street Parking
Seating
Table Service
Wheelchair Accessible
Serves Alcohol
Wine and Beer
Parking Available
Highchairs Available
Accepts Credit Cards
Delivery
Takeout
Dinner
Lunch
Mid-range
"Curried rack of lamb... So good. And Desperados beer with a bit of tequila. Me so..."
Darren Ross
"Beautiful meal, great service. Our favorite..."
Anna Clarkson
"The tastiest India I've had anywhere....garlic nann was brilliant so was the chicken tikka masala and prawn jhalfreze..."
Cheryl Smith
"A very relaxing afternoon drink of cold cider after a long drive from Dunedin back to Christchurch. We stopped over here and had a nice lunch as..."
Angelita Kennedy
"Came here when was quite quiet and the staff were super polite, making sure we were looked after and customer service i give 5 poppadoms out of..."
Tutepourangi Manihera-Thomson
"Excellent Indian restaurant. Great food, ambiance and service. Lovely view of the sea. Has a lovely family tradition attached to it. Excellent wine..."
Ann O'Loughlin
"Overnight stay in Timaru and too busy to leave the motel to venture out for an evening meal. Ordered tandoori chicken as a starter from these guys...."
JohNZ
"Great place to go for a curry! The waiter was friendly and great atmosphere. Definitely recommend and will be going..."
Courtney Jane Fraser
"Nice, cozy, warm, great bay view. Very good vegetarian menu. Had vindaloo and madras sauce 2 different dishes but hard to make any difference..."
Vasile Remus Coman
"I love this place, absolutely nice view, warm music, atmosphere is great, food and service excellent, well done guys.Great..."
Charlotte Maxwell
"Great views over Timaru bay. Foodd is just fantastic and service was great. Great value for top notch food and..."
Stephen Taylor
"Food was really tasty! And came out pretty quick, we were the only people in the place which was strange, maybe just timaru for ya..."
Kim butler
"What a great way to spend a Sunday lunch. Awesome food..."
Sharon Fraser
"Very well cooked and presented dishes, we specially appreciated the salty dhal, and gulab jamoon. The chai masala was disappointing by comparison.,..."
Roy Cameron
Punjab Indian Tandoori Restaurant
Punjab Indian Tandoori Restaurant
87/100 (493 ratings)
Restaurants
Vegetarian Friendly
Gluten Free Options
Vegan Options
Indian
Indian
Vegetarian Friendly
Gluten Free Options
Vegan Options
Dinner
Lunch
After-hours
Curry
Lemon Water
Punjab Special Chicken Tikka
chicken korma
Saag Spinach Curry with Naan Bread
Sit down
Indian
Reservations
Seating
Table Service
Wheelchair Accessible
Serves Alcohol
Delivery
Takeout
Dinner
Lunch
After-hours
Mid-range
"One of the best Indian Cuisine I had in NZ, recommend request for authentic Indian spiciness. Definitely go for their set menu (comes with starters,..."
Tan Qi Zhi (Tomo)
"Great food and with up to indian spicy levels which were perfect for me and the group. Recommend the tandoori mix and the biryani. Appreciate the..."
Benjamin T
"The best Indian restaurant I ever tried in New Zealand. Butter chicken is YUMMMMM! Garlic cheese naan is my another favourite. The waiter is..."
Kar Kei Lee
"One of the best & authentic indian food in NZ. Absolute top notch service by Maggie, warm and super welcoming, always came to check and attended to..."
Keith LS Seah
"I've been here twice now, and both times fantastic. It's a great place. Reasonable prices. The tandoori mix my brother ordered was very good and..."
Dan Jolly
"Our favourite lunch place, went there almost every week. Reasonable price comes in good portion, the cheese naan and vege naan was my faves. We tried..."
Merlyn Sama
"Awesome Indian food plus the friendly staffs. Indian max spicy is really spicy and I absolutely loved it. High rating is definitely and it is a place..."
AlanT
"Food is awesome 🤩, service is on top too🤟🏻we ordered aloo pranthana's kulche cholle and also cholle bathure... two indian boys working, they..."
sandeep kaur baidwan
"Almost go there every other week despite being 2.5 hrs away. Absolutely worth it. Feels like home with Duty Manager Navdeep welcoming us everytime we..."
Ahad Haroon R. Kazi
"Stopped here for a breakfast while travelling to invercargill from Christchurch and had a Aalu Paratha Combo with Masala tea (Chai) . It was..."
AmarJeet Singh
Tandoori King Indian Restaurant
Tandoori King Indian Restaurant
77/100 (148 ratings)
Restaurants
Indian
Vegetarian Friendly
Indian
Vegetarian Friendly
Dinner
Lunch
Lamb Biryani
Chikken Tikka Masala
Kashmiri Naan
Chicken madras
Butter chicken
Mango Lassi
Sit down
Indian
Reservations
Wheelchair Accessible
Dinner
Lunch
Mid-range
"Very nice family restaurant nicely decorated and the food was..."
Verlyn Severson
"I ate takeaway. The food was ready to collect when they said it would be. I had chicken tikka masala. It was a little spicy but not too much - very..."
fiona webster
"Wow, what a discovery!! This is one of the best Indian places we've ever been to. Tried 4 different takeaway dishes, all were amazing, great size..."
Katie A
"Food was pretty tasty and the portions are huge. Just one piece of naan could feed three of us. And two dishes feed three of us with left overs...."
Andrew Hawthorne
"Just happened to see the review when i was casually checking across. Most of the negative reviews are from Indian clients - yes, I accept the fact..."
Naqqash Midas
"Delicious!! This was the best Indian food I have had in a long time! Full of flavour, perfect level of spice, beautifully tender meat and good meat..."
kate ineson
"Super delicious, entire family impressed. We recently moved from chch where we had some amazing indian restaurants and in all honesty this compared..."
Olivia Ineson
"Butter chicken at Tandoori King Indian Restaurant was very hearty, creamy and comforting. A must-have with naan. No dine ins available when we..."
Edna Luah
"I order from here atleast once a month. They hands down have the best butter chicken sauce in town. I find all the curries delicious and Naan cooked..."
Toni Dorgan
"There are some terrible reviews here that just don't add up. Our family get takeaways here pretty much weekly, it's consistently delicious! The..."
Chris Stanley
"The Butter Chicken was to die for very thick and creamy. Naan was huge, couldn't finish it. Very cost..."
Mike Harrow
"Gorgeous food, proper..."
michael winslade
City Of Spices
City Of Spices
75/100 (139 ratings)
Restaurants
Indian
Indian
Indian
"They didn't have what I was looking for but we're very helpful and friendly. Lots of interesting foods that I need to find out about and..."
Christina Lee
"First time looking for an Asian type store in Timaru. Looks to be a good selection of..."
Bruce Stevenson
"Good range of..."
Mari Smith
"I am feeling very very happy today as I chose City of Spices. I had first ordered in April. Even today I am using only City of Spices. I never go to..."
Prabhjas Singh Bajwa
"Awesome store with a lot more than expected. Pinny is super helpful, definitely worth a..."
Sam Whyte
"Very..."
ANIMAL CARE
"Friendly staff and lots of different spices and bags of rice and good too top up the..."
Charmaine S
"Great place to find all sorts of Indian and other food that will never be in a supermarket. I always keep going..."
Andrew Spackman
"Amazing place to do shopping for spices and buying ingredients for cooking food. When it comes to cooking curry, no one can beat this place. Overall..."
Amar Ryder
"Good shoes to find Indian groceries, wide range of spices, pickles, rice, flour and snacks, you can also buy indian cottage cheese (panner), yogurts,..."
Parmod kankarwal