Namaste Indian Cuisine — Restaurant in Sydney

As soon as I entered the restaurant and began to sit down, I felt uncomfortable as they didn't have proper chairs to sit upright but had stools to sit on instead while one person sits on a soft wall couch. The entree we had were papdi chaat and spring rolls. The papdi chaat was fine but the spring rolls were supposed to be served with sweet chilli but we were just given a sweet sauce. The waitress also needs to learn how to speak with customers and should learn some decent manners and not suggest packing food 3 times afyer we say no everytime.Upon ordering 2 main the chicken tikka masala and palak paneer, we began eating it. The chicken tikka masala had no flavour it was also very chewy not fresh at all. The masala was too much it caused my mouth to start drying up so quickly. I couldn't even taste the chicken as the only thing that I could taste was the masala and the chopped onions. The palak paneer was satisfactory but it had too many seeds in it. For dessert the menu had icrecream, so we ordered it and were told they didn't have any. We were understanding and asked her if the mango and pistachio kulfi was any good. She replied with "its the best" so we ordered it and upon revieving it, it was hard as rock it was impossible to break it with a spoon and upon tasting it, it tasted very artificial. Then we ordered Gulaab jamuns, this angered me the most they clearly gave us old Gulab Jamuns and just microwaved it with the syrup it was so easy to tell because when penetrated with the spoon they wouldn't break but they would stretch.

In Conclusion: Terrible restaurant highly don't reccommend going there. They treat you very rudely if you use a groupon. Staff needs to be taught how to cook fresh food as we pay money we aren't getting it for free. The waitress needs to learn how to use a softer tone and learn some decent manners. The restaurant also needs to get some better furniture and turn up the music as it didn't feel like an indian...

Absolutely, positively and definitively THE BEST Indian cuisine I've tasted in since arriving in Australia from London. London, of course, is well known for its Indian cuisine and I've had the pleasure at eating at some of the finest restaurants in London during my time in England, including Veeraswamy in Regent Street close to Piccadilly, plus several "known only to local" restaurants around Canary Wharf. Since coming back to Australia some years ago, I'd found the Indian restaurants had improved, but were still behind the better ones in the UK...

... until I went to Namaste's tonight.

The tandoori chicken was freshly made and tender. The roti just right. But, and for me this dish defines if a restaurant is excellent or not, the chicken Jalfrezi was a perfect blend of spice and chicken, with each of the spices and chilly in balance so the flavour is not overwhelmed by any particular one.

To top it off, the staff were excellent, service was superb, and when we discussed the dish they were proud of their cooking and preparation. A real gem with my highest recommendation.

PS: For those who like the gentler dishes, the mango chicken is a good...

I normally quite like this place, but today my portion was really poor. The lady who normally serves me is quite generous and friendly. The boy who served me filled it up with rice and selected a couple of pieces of chicken and mainly sauce and peppers for the tikka masala half and 3 pieces of palek paneer in the other half. The frustrating part was he picked up chicken and palek and tipped them both off the spoon just to give me the sauce. Been looking forward to this all day and left annoyed. I should have said something but I didn’t. I’ve eaten here over 20 times as it’s just around the corner. The garlic naan is always good and normally I’m pretty happy with both the food in terms of taste and portion size for $20. Sadly it only takes one bad experience to make you...