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Empress of India

4 star rating
7 reviews

Cuisine: Indian

2 Surrey Crescent
Grey Lynn
Auckland City
09 378 8780
 

Hours:

  • Mon – Sun
  • 11am – 2:30pm, 5pm – Late
  • Facilities/Features:
    • Private Parties
  • Takeaways: Yes
  • Delivers: Yes

The Empress of India – Dine in and Takeaway

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7 Reviews for Empress of India

30th December 2012
2 star rating
We purchased a voucher for a meal the Empress of India (“all you can eat curry, naan, roti and rice for two people”). But what we got was far from what we paid for! After over 10 minutes waiting, we were told we would not be able to eat a wide range of foods. We were only allowed one main curry each (no entrees), and that it excluded all seafood dishes (despite them being an option in the online menu associated with the voucher). So it turned out that the claimed “all you can eat” meant that we could only choose one main each, of which we were told we would be allowed to get endless “refills”. Unfortunately, whenever we requested a “refill”, we felt quite uncomfortable as the restaurant staff were clearly not pleased! The worst of all was that after we had four small dishes in total, the manager told us in a somewhat dry and non-apologetic manner that we weren’t allowed to eat anymore! I felt extremely uncomfortable to be told that in front of other guests, as if we were a couple of greedy pigs. Very poor service. Only saving grace was one young waiter who was rather friendly and helpful. Needless to say, even though the food wasn’t too bad, we have no intentions of ever going there again, and would not recommend it in view of the poor manners of management staff.

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Mel

1

27th November 2012
5 star rating
Fantastic food! Best Butter Chicken was creamy, full of chicken perfectly hot not too spicy! And the Garlic Naan was so yum packed with flavor! service was great i felt very taken care of staff were very attentive and happy to help, great atmosphere, nice surroundings and decor i enjoyed my experience here a lot and will be coming back!

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Charlie

11

21st November 2012
5 star rating
Very good, one of the best Indian foods I’ve eaten around Auckland! At first glance you wouldn’t think so but my god did the service and the even better food blow me away. Would definitely go here again

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LucyJ

2

8th August 2012
5 star rating
Delicious indian curries! Regularly get the Malai Kofta and Chicken Tikka Masala from here and always pleased with how tasty they both are. Best Malai Kofta I’ve had in Auckland. I often order this dish at indian restaurants but usually underwhelmed but have finally found this place which never disappoints. Nice, fluffy garlic naans too. Spicy levels slightly higher than most other Indian spots so keep that in mind when choosing your heat/spice level. Very reasonably priced and even do a $10 lunch special 7 days a week. Definitely worth a go.

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Dee

1

23rd July 2012
4 star rating
We had the butter chicken and malai kofta both were very delicious, the samosas were also good and our naan bread full of garlic (which is just how we like it). We had the food delivered, the service was professional and friendly and the food arrived within the time advised. We can’t wait to sample the other dishes on the menu.

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Andy

1

17th July 2012
4 star rating
Just popped in for a curry as we didn’t want to cook and can walk to this place. Curry was delicious (ordered a butter chicken and lamb sargwala ) and the naan was good too. Also it was cheap – $10 per main on Mon Tues Wed was good enough for me!

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Ricky

1

6th July 2012
2 star rating
Pretty average. We thought we would try it being locals and ordered takeouts. The curry’s are a lot hotter than I would have expected so be warned a medium is in my view closer to a hot than medium. The garlic naan was okay, but the peshwari naan was very light on fillings.

While we didn’t dine in be warned that the dining room is freezing as its got high ceilings and is all glass. They have parking under the building so that is a plus

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