Little Star Indian restaurant — Restaurant in Longreach

I've written an in-depth review below for those interested but to summarise: save your money, your time, and your taste buds and go to the pub.

I'm honestly baffled, after reading wonderful reviews online we walked in at 6:00pm to order and were told they only had a limited menu which didn't include what we originally wanted, no problem, so we ordered the butter beef, beef masala, and 2 garlic and cheese naans we paid $60 and were quoted a wait time of 25 minutes. We waited an hour and received nothing but a curt "sorry but it's clearly busy" we waited another 15 minutes to receive the worst Indian food I've ever experienced, this place is an insult to Indian cuisine. I've attached some photos below; the tiny serve of butter beef had a slightly better flavour then the beef masala but neither was made from scratch (no spices, no blended cashew texture, no veggies) and the 'garlic and cheese' naans were missing the cheese and made with dehydrated garlic granules so no flavour although they did have a good soft chewy texture.

Overall even if the service improved we...

We called into the restaurant around 4.30 to book a table. It is deceptive in it’s appearance. It looks like a small place when you enter with only a couple of tables however there is another room around to the right together with a separate childs play area. They were expecting a large table of 20 around 6.30. So we reserved a table and preordered our dinner for 6.30. We arrived then and our dinner was ready at 6.40. We had Lamb Korma, Chicken Saag, Vegetable Curry and 2 plain naan. Plain basmati rice is included in the order. Total cost $76 credit card surcharge took it to $77.25. Everything was delicious and all the staff including the owners were very pleasant and friendly. While we were eating we witnessed a few people being turned away as the restaurant was full. A lot of takeaway orders were being picked up as well. A lucky couple turned up as we were finishing to take our table. So book to avoid disappointment or order takeaway. They also do pizzas for dinner and have a lunch menu which is totally different, burgers, fish and...

After eating in many establishment's in Longreach over a week... this was the only one we returned to other than the Merino Bakery.

As a strict vegetarian they took my food cross contamination issues very seriously... other than the bakery little care was shown... with me having issues nearly everywhere we dined... lift your game Longreach... vegetarian food does sell if done well 👌

And Little Indian does do it well.

One of the best dahl dishes I have ever had.... and I have eaten it in a lot of Indian restaurants in Australia 🇦🇺

If you need more rice they provide it at no extra charge.... a nice touch.

They also cooked off menu meals for me... very nice of them.

But it's not just Indian food there's plenty more on offer.

Sure not the swankiest decor.... but probably the best service we had all week... and it's food made with passion and it shows.

Do try it... you'll not be...