I love this restaurant. The food is Delicious, it’s spicy and flavoursome without being too hot. The curries are light and fresh and are way better than the usual heavy, hot, bland creamy curries found in most Auckland Indian restaurants. The decor is nice and low key too and the staff are friendly.

This was another experience where there is not enough staff on for the number of patrons at the venue. There was only 2 staff on, and one of those only would set and remove plates off the table. When we tried to get a second round of drinks, we waited for about 10 mins for a waitress to come near our table and then when one did, she said she did not take orders! We ended up leaving as we could not get another drink for our table. The food was ok but not outstanding. A shame.

I took my family to Moksha last night, and wasn’t sure what to expect having seen the last few reviews regarding their service. However, we were pleasantly surprised. The service was a tiny bit slow (particularly one of the waiters, who a looked a bit lost the entire night) but overall the service was friendly and attentive. As for the food, it was delivered quickly and it was all very nice and well presented – curries, naans, drinks and desserts. We certainly enjoyed our night at Moksha and would not hesitate to recommend it.

On arrival the resturant has a nice atmosphere, looked busy but not to busy so first impressions were good. Once seated we waited half an hour for a waitress to come back (they were not busy – three of them stood behind the bar and watched everyone) from here we ordered drinks and continued to wait just to order our meals. We ordered startes – which took long enough to come out. From the time we were seated to the when our Main Meal was brought to us we waited 2 hours. We were not asked if we would like anything further to drink or if our meals were ok once we got them. Was very disapointed with the service of this retaurant and will not be returning. The Meals were good, not worth the wait so will not be recommending to anyone. Improvement required.

Bad service. We had a table of ten dine in, our drinks order was not taken and random drinks came out instead. When we asked if they had sparkling water, the waitress said yes and walked away, not coming back until bringing out the meals. We asked again to order sparkling water and she came back a while later and said, there was no sparkling water. When paying, they had no $10 notes or many coins so many of us couldn’t pay properly. No apologies. We thought – we are never coming back. Yesterday, we decided to get takeaways (this might make the experience better) but it didn’t. We ordered at 12.40 for a 1.15 pick up. 11 meals. We got there at 1.15 and were told to sit down, we had to ask how long the wait was and she said “ten minutes” (this is the same waitress as last time). We got our meals at 1.45. No apologies. The chef put in free naan but there were still no apologies from the waitress. The whole time we sat waiting, we had no updates and had to ask. This was terrible service. The food is nice but not worth the wait, particularly if it is your work lunch hour! I would have given this place a 4 – 5 star before this waitress and when they still had the beer in the meal deal. Down hill

Have been for lunch many times with the lunch deal proving to be great value. Well that’s not quite true anymore. The last two times the service is really slow (20mins to get beers delivered) and the naan is yuk (microwaved and leathery). The rice and curry were good but that will be the last time I eat there now they’ve taken the beer out of the special, taken away the salad and now served microwaved naan. For me it’s no thanks as the Punjabi palace offer the same deal but put more care into their cooking.

The food is excellent however the service and speed need definite improvement.
We went for dinner on Tuesday night and it took them over an hour for the food to come out..! Around the 30 min mark, we asked how much longer we would have to wait and they just said “shortly” but took another half an hour!

We saw two men leave after they got sick of waiting, and one table ordered before us but they still didn’t receive their food when we finished eating..!

We were almost ready to leave but after much agony we received our food. We ordered 4 mains and they only gave us one bowl of rice and had to ask multiple times for more rice to have with our mains… Thee food was delicious but I am not sure I would be prepared to wait such long times again…!

With heaps of Indian Restaurants in AKL it is a supreme effort on the Chef and servers to create a stand-out. Congratulations for delivering a consistent, authentic, atmospheric and fair priced dining experience. The Lamb Dosa is the best I have eaten outside of India and the entrées are unique, flavourful and divine. The desserts are impeccable too. Looking forward to another top drawer dining experience. Thank you for bringing the culinary treats of India to NZ. We hope you open a second location near Tauranga.

hello Auckland’s, this restaurant is just fantastic.we had our friends Birthday last week. good food,great service. few dishes were new to me, but tasted very good.I’ve been there many times.this time with a big group.
support this restaurant.you will never get disappointed – you only enjoy.

good luck restaurant Misha. see you with another friend soon.

Gavin

Hi I tried this place few times,so I just want to share my views about this this nice restaurant.good ambience,fantastic food along with great service with all smiles. here i found the food has freshness,no grease and very normal price.
I am planning to have my office party here soon.try this place I bet you’ll be hooked to this one!!!!!!!!

Moksha is one of the best restaurants in Auckland. Usually in Indian restaurants they do creamy sauce and named it as curry, to taste the really curry of the south we need to go to Moksha. The place is awesome and maintained well. To enjoy a great evening everyone should try Moksha….

2nd time I am trying this wonderful restaurant. Brinjal chops(egggplant masala) superb. saag ghosht wow, excellent combination of lamb & spinach.for a difference no greace in the food. good job chefs. we even tried the dessert good selection. Kulfi( indian ice cream) good flavours.people honestly join the band.

Heard of Moksha thru a friend so thought shall give it a try. So grabbed my trusty Indian friend for some Indian feed. I was pleasantly surprised by a dynamite welcome by the chef himself…He asked my friend where he was from and cooked our meals in a specific style (my friend’s home state Kerela style).
We had Prawn curry, Chicken curry, Garlic naan, Biriyan and Kulfi.

I vote for the freshness and my friend for the authentic flavor.
The Chef also taught me a very simple technique to eat with my fingers…whereas all my Indian friends have failed so far!! Three cheers to the chef!!!

I am for sure going back for more…

Hi I just wanted to try this Indian restaurant and took just take away. very good food and as their slogan goes yes I tasted the freshness ,the flavours are fantastic and reminded me of London restaurants. reasonable price fantastic tandoori breads. I will go there again with my family to dine.
good job keep up the quality.

food at moksha is very genuine,healthy and fresh. staff is friendly and their lunch deal is good & value for money. chef owner Rao is working hard to keep up the indian hospitality. we recently celebrated our family Dinner and it was superb. keep it up.

Hi, Nope to the food,very South (Madrasi) Indian and north indian mix. Curries are tooo creamy and thick. you cant taste meat but only only spices. Salad is quite cheap and same all the time. I might go for a beer but not food tooo rich and unhealthy. why cheff is out all the time greeting customers and shaking hands with people. Very disturbing??????

In my opinion “Moksha” is one of the best traditional indian resturants in auckland & with the superlative service it comes on the top.I like to thank ‘Mr.Rao” for such an authentic indian cusine. All the best!

Fantastic food, service, price! We love Indian food and were throughly impressed by Moksha. The food was divine and with their weekly special prices it was amazing value. We highly recommend Moksha, it is worth the extra drive or effort if it is not in your neighborhood. Trust us and try it!

I can only agree with the other reviews and then some. I have eaten indian food all over the world (including India) and this is up there amongst the best.

Dishes can be modified to suit your taste and, unlike most other indian restaurants in Auckland, it isn’t greasy.

Please go and I promise you won’t be dissappointed. I am just surprised the place isn’t always packed.

The best Indian I have tested n Auckland.
This even beats Satya which was my favourite.

This was recommended by a friend and I will come back again and recommend this to anyone.

Great selection, great flavours and a great service.

Just don’t tell too many people so that it doesn’t get too busy.

Good, fresh quality meals with fantastic flavour. Nice atmosphere which could have been complemented had the restaurant been a bit busier. Very friendly chef. Would certainly go back.

Amazing food, beautiful ambience, very friendly staff!!! Loves it, totally!!! Keep going back for more all the time! Today is my parents’ 25th marriage anniversary and i’m taking them there! Kulfi is a must must must!!!!!!

It is addictive!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing food! Great service. Best Indian I have had in Auckland city. The menu is full of exquisite, typically Indian dishes that have been long forgotten by a majority of Indian restaurants in Auckland. Chef Rao really takes pride in what he creates, maybe thats the secret to great tasting curries! Highly recommended!!

Since I was introduced to this place by a friend, I celebrated my birthday at Moksha and my office Christmas dinner to Moksha as well. The reasons:

Firstly, the food is actually good – with great authentic variety in starters as well.

Then there is the customer service and ambiance. In short, Moksha sets up the evening perfectly for one to sit back, enjoy good food and have fun.

Moksha offers good food by good people. Their buffet for $10 is a bargain.

The food tilts towards South Indian flavours which are quite a change from the five standard mains you find everywhere!

Need to try those tandoori scallops on the menu.

Def recommend Moksha, food’s really good and authentic ..have enjoyed my meals there, great ambiance and warm service combined with Chef Rao’s yummy cooking..And finish your meal with the delicious kulfi…

moksha is truly a wonderful place to go for its beautiful decor and of course the food. it has some new and exciting dishes and offers a variety of indian cuisines not usually found in restaurants here. the staff are very friendly and prompt and have made each of my visits here very pleasant

Stunning food, very hard to come by an Indian place that doesn’t just cater for an exclusive Kiwi audience. Keeps me going back for more, and every time I try something new, I am NEVER disappointed. The Kulfi is a MUST HAVE. The staff and service is excellent. Love IT!

this is one of the few indian restaurants in auckland which doesn’t serve new-zealandised indian food. so if you are keen to venture away from butter chicken you will enjoy this place… from the onion bhaji to the paneer to the halwa – everything was delicious.

very friendly service too.

i’m glad this place was recommended to me as i might not have stumbled across it otherwise – i’ll definitely go back.

Without a doubt this is the best Indian food that I have ever eaten!

I’ve eaten a lot of Indian with all the usual suspects but this food was really authentic, absolutely delicious and I could hardly stop myself was absolutely stuffing my self with the myriad of delicious treats.

Especially good were the Paneer tikka masala and the beautiful parfait style dessert.

I wouldn’t hesitate for a second to recommend Moksha to ANYONE and I will definitely be going back.

- Aaron

I was stunned by the sublime flavours in every dish. These chefs are simply amazing.
It was like experiencing a degustation dinner, Indian style.

Encouraged by other people’s recommendations about the culinary prowess of the chefs here, I bravely strayed away from my usual faves ‘tikka masala’ and ‘palak paneer’ . . . and asked the helpful man in charge what he would recommend for me to try.

The most incredible mouth-watering dishes arrived, and my brothers and I fought over every last morsel!

After being so stunned by the flavours of the mains, I ventured to a dessert. A thing called kulfi, I think – kind of like icecream, but not as sweet or rich, and way more flavoursome. I had no idea Indian desserts were so yum!

Flavours. What an experience.

Three Cheers to Chef Rao and his team. Great food and variety. Made to taste individual’s request. The team went extra mile to get things organised for my son’s birthday party.
The weekdays buffet are great value for money. You need to try this.

Excellent service, very friendly and helpful. Food was fantastic.