Zaika India — Restaurant in Otago

Used to have good food, and the only downside was not enough rice... The curries used to be the best I've had in Dunedin. Quality of the food has changed.

The previous time I was there the chilli or spice in my medium strength curry was not mixed properly. So the first half of my curry was plain and the second half burnt my tounge and had me not able to stomach food and be close to bathroom for the next 12 hours.

This time when I went they gave me a higher spice level than I asked for. They still give a tiny amount of rice for the table. Also the server had to come back to the table to confirm details about drinks, then when we wanted...

We have eaten a lot of Indian (takeaway, cooked at home and in India itself). The food at Zaika was not good. The mild curry had no spice or flavor, it tasted like tomato soup. The medium curry was so spicy you could barely eat it. The rice was undercooked. When we called to let them know about the rice they were extremely defensive. We cook only basmati rice at home so are very familiar with how it should taste. Normally I would not give a review but I was very disappointed in the lack of Zaika to take feedback in a professional manner. The papadum was good. They have lost a potentially regular customer as we have just...

Bad service. Two waitresses were on duty but I waited for ages to get served whilst they were trying to open a bottle of wine. There were only two customers, but they kept us waiting. Then I ordered a mild takeaway curry. But the waitress changed it to medium when she delivered it to the kitchen. We then rang up and complained when the curry was too hot. The manager said the waitress had written over my order to say medium, trying to make it seem like I had changed my order! Samosas were undercooked also. Just ridiculously bad service, won't...