Gravy N More (Indian Restaurant) — Restaurant in District of Canberra Central

We went to Gravy and more after reading all the great reviews online. Our high expectations quickly evaporated. Here our thoughts:

1. Option selected for sparkling wine was not available. Selected another option. Sever brought it in and was visibly flat. The attendant had no clue how the sparkling wine should be served.
2. Attendant wearing very informal attire with macpac jacket - clearly not a fine dining service establishment.
3. Chicken tikka was prepared out of chicken breast. It was very dry. We have never been service tikka made from chicken breast in any Indian restaurant ever.
4. Main dish had chicken pieces cut up in tiny cubes. I was expecting a wholesome thigh fillet as normally is the case. Gracy was OK not the hype I'd rave about.
5. Chicken biryani was OK - I've had better in other restaurants around Canberra. Too much pepper ruining the authentic taste.
6. Atmosphere was ordinary. No good deco - just cheap tinmber nailed to the wall - Carpenter couldn't event hammer it in properly with bent nails stilling out in shoddy paint job. Posters just stuck in place reminding that this is an Indian restaurant combined with couple of fake leaves wall from bunnings. The music was above average volume with Punjabi songs playing. Someone turned on the TV and started playing music videos from Youtube.... with scenes of gun and other violence (breaking glass bottle on someone's head who was looking at a girl) We were there with kids!! Are we teaching this to society now days that its cool to watch this sort of junk in an Indian restaurant? -

Frankly, I would...

We didn’t actually dine here. It was open on Christmas Day and had good reviews so we booked and turned up at the booking time. They didn’t have a table set up for our booking so we waited as the one waitress for the entire restaurant moved tables around for us to seat. The menu has many mistakes, this felt like a cheap place but the menu prices said otherwise. The place is small and with other 5 tables full, with only one waitress, we waited for quite a while before we ordered our drinks and asked for water. Then we waited and waited with no drinks and no water and no one to take our food order. Another party came in, the one and only waitress again got busy cleaning up a table to set it up for the new party. By this time the obnoxiously loud and headache inducing music had become too much and we walked out. That’s it, no comment...

We were visiting from Sydney and decided to eat dinner here. Glad we did because we had such a fantastic experience! It is one of the most authentic Indian food experiences in Australia. We ordered Paneer Tikka Masala, Malai Kofta, Daal Tadka, Tandoori Rotis and Cheese Garlic Naan and can’t fault a single item. Everything was delicious and tasted just the way it does in India. Most importantly, the spice level was just right and the food doesn’t make you feel very full (which usually is the case with Indian food). At the end of the meal, the staff gave us complimentary ice cream as well which once again is local only to India. The service was top notch and the staff who served us was very polite. Overall, I’d highly recommend this restaurant for those looking for authentic...