Namaskar Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in North Island

Considering myself lucky to be writing this review right now, just had the unpleasant experience of biting into a staple from their takeout curry.

At first I was baffled at how this would even happen, but after thinking about it they staple the bags closed for their takeout bags so it seems someone was doing that by open food and I ended up the unlucky recipient of a sharp piece of metal in my food.

Luckily it didn't end up down my throat and I ONLY got stabbed in my gums, if a kid or someone who doesn't chew as carefully ended up with this they could have ended up in hospital or worse.

Really disappointed in this not just because of the obvious, but because now I'm completely put off of ever ordering from what was otherwise one of my favourite takeout places, but after an experience like this, it's just not worth the risk.

Hopefully they take a serious look at their kitchen safety and figure out exactly how...

I visited Hawke's Bay on Easter Weekend and had dinner on Sunday at Namaskar restaurant. It was not full and the waitress easily found a table for me. I ordered a Samosa for entree, Naan bread, Chicken Methi as a main and mango / coconut ice cream for dessert. Also, some Tawny Port. Wow...have to say that it was one of the best Indian food experiences that I ever had. It was just delicious. Have to admit that I ate more than I should as I usually don't eat too much for dinner but just with the thought of leaving behind some of that delicious food just created some more room in my stomach. Thank you for the amazing food and for the excellent and friendly service too. The cost was very good if you take into consideration the quality of the food, atmosphere and...

Food and service were ok but not outstanding and we were having a pleasant evening until we were asked to vacate our table as they needed our table for other guests. At this stage we had just finished our main course and had not been asked whether we wanted coffee or dessert. We were told that if we wanted to carry on drinking there was a pub across the road. I wanted a coffee but didn’t feel I could stay and felt uncomfortable and left. This happened perhaps five minutes after we finished our main course, we were quiet and I can think of no reason why it happened except they wanted to turn over the table quickly. For starters mains and drinks we spent over $100 for two, again not unreasonable but surprising to have been spoken to so abruptly as we were not eating or...