Overall: The food is decent for the Circular Quay area and…read moresatisfies the craving for Indian food while exploring the harbor side. The menu has a good variety, though the dishes felt more comforting than standout. A solid option if you're nearby, but not necessarily a place you'd go out of your way for. Food: The curries had good flavor and spice levels, but were a little oil-heavy for my preference. Portions were fair, and the dishes came out fairly quickly. Some items stood out more than others, but overall the food was enjoyable without being particularly memorable. Service: Service was efficient despite the busy crowd. Staff were polite and managed the small space well, though at peak hours it can feel a bit rushed because of how packed the restaurant gets. Ambience: The restaurant has a traditional Indian theme with old Maharaja portraits and classic décor elements throughout. The space is on the smaller side, and the décor can feel a bit overcrowded, making it slightly cramped during busy times. Still, it has a lively atmosphere that fits the tourist-heavy Circular Quay area.

Had an absolute fantastic dinner tonight at the spice room. Buddy and I shared. We ordered the beef…read morevindaloo, the lamb rojan josh, cheese and chili naan, garlic naan, papadums, mixed hot pickle and rice. The vindaloo sauce was delicious! So much aromatic flavor. The hot cheesy chili naan was also incredible. Left a full happy man!

I didn't expect too much out of this place but it end up being quite the delightful meal that I…read moreneeded. Fast delivery and the portions are a good size! And the people arrive in uniforms when they deliver? Anyways, try the vegetable biryani it's pretty different from what I'm use to in a good way.

Indian Leaf is incredible!!! The creamy lamb curry is probably one of the most delicious things…read moreever. I went with my family of 5, and we ordered 3 dishes and 3 naans, and that was the perfect amount of food for us. The food was not too spicy, so it's great for those who aren't huge fans of spice, but I'm sure you can ask for it to be spicier if that's what you like! They also have a great take-away service. Highly recommend :)

This is good Indian food. The restaurant is not fancy or has any real atmosphere. But the food is…read morevery good, and it's BYO. The staff is friendly. It's not that big so make sure you book

Having been a month in India, we wanted some tasty curry meals. We each enjoyed our specifically…read moreseasoned meals and shared the order of paan and rice. All reasonable in a comfortable restaurant with Gnish wishing us good fortune.

Chilli and Spice is a "higher end" Indian - with crisp white table cloths and a large, clean,…read morepleasantly décor'ed restaurant. I've been checking it out for a while now but it's a little on the pricy side for take-out Indian. I don't mind paying $15 a dish if you're sitting in and sharing a few dishes but if I'm grabbing a quick takeaway on my own it adds up when you want at least a couple of curries, naan, rice, pappadums etc... Anyway, I was craving a good dahl and sometimes you know that just any old dahl is not going to cut it. So I decided to give Chilli & Spice a red-hot go. I ordered a dahl makhani, saag paneer, rice and naan. This all set me back around $30 but they were generous serves so I got a second meal out of it the next day. The dahl was as good as I'd hoped, the saag was great (I prefer alloo over paneer but the paneer was light and fluffy), and the rice was perfect. Pukka!

We have been here a few times over the last couple of years as part of a large family group. There…read moreis a range of ages and tastes but we all seem to get what we want. Butter Chicken and Malabar Prawn are the favourites washed down with mango lassi. Parking can be a problem but once you are there you can checkout the street food and other shops. We like to sit and have our meal then go for a walk. The kids like the ice cream/gelato/yoghurt ice blocks.

Hmmm, in a word .... underwhelmed. As part of a group of 25…read moreI came here for a Saturday lunch. We had been discussing Thali on our morning walk so I was surprised when there were none on the menu. Some if the group ordered individual dishes, but the usual sharing of dishes didn't look like it was on the agenda. So I pursued the Thali idea .... a little of many flavours. Orders arrived for the others but for the 5 Thali orders we received the empty sectioned platters. Waiting, waiting. The waitress then came to deliver pickles, pappadams & yoghurt. Then in the next round she brought curries & naans. And then a dessert. Yes, I was hungry. No, nothing wowed me. In fact I only nibbled at the courses. The waitress reappeared offering to refill any empty areas of our platters. Aaah, this is what she meant by Buffet. Refills!!! As I had eaten so little no refills were needed by me or the diner opposite me. Return? Probably not, as there are so many other places to try in the Harris Park 'Little India' hub.

Our first visit to this place, sadly likely to be our last…read more I am a curry fan folks, no two ways about it, and she is English so it goes without saying really. As one of the few Indian curry houses in the area we were expecting great things when we came in without a booking on a Friday night. Ambiance - maybe 5 out of 10, helpful staff, 7 out of 10, food - ba-bow... sorry guys can only give you a 4 at best. We enjoyed the pappadums, although they were a bit oily for our taste, the yoghurt accompaniment somewhat bland but OK. Entree, house speciality of saffon marinated chicken was tasty, and a redeeming factor. The two mains, a beef balti and a lamb rogan josh - well! First off, we really couldn't tell from the flavour which was which - I never saw a yellow balti or rogan josh, and the meat was sadly no hint, other than the one in the yellow sauce was as tough as old boots and the one in the brown sauce was pretty tender, but lacked flavour. We took a punt on which was which, after asking the waitress who sadly didn't know either. Turns out we got it back to front, and the brown dish with tomatoes and tender meat was the rogan josh, while the yellow dish with sandal soles for meat was the balti. Tragic. I am just glad he didn't ask us if the meal was alright when we left, she would have given him both barrels, and he would have never seen it coming. Perhaps we got a bad night or made poor choices, but folks life is too short to waste on bad food, so we won't be back. 2/5 is generous, saved by the chicken entree.

Can't say I agree with Mark. We've been here countless times with at least 20-30 different people…read moreover the years and every one of us always enjoys the food immensely. The garlic naan is amazing and the palak panner and dahl are delicious. If I was rating just on food, I'd give it a 5 but the last time we went we had terrible service and were basically told that we would not be served because we had a voucher and we didn't tell them that ahead of time when we booked the table. We asked if they could make an exception seeing as how the restaurant was empty at the time and she flat out refused saying we could only stay if we pay full price, either that or we need to leave. We couldn't believe how we were being spoken to. Needless to say we left and got a refund on the voucher and have never been back. Shame too because it's the best Indian I've had in Sydney.

they treated us like family and we ate until we were stuffed. Delicious!! Butter chicken, mango…read morechicken and naan are delicious

There's nothing pretty about Balusu's, unless your eyes are directly linked to your stomach as mine…read moreare, in which case Balusu's is ga-horgeous. But let's be honest, pots of steaming Indian food aren't all that pretty to look at (I blame the cumin) and to add insult to injury, Balusu's interior decor has about the same level of charm as a tyre centre's waiting room. But this is a true "it's what's on the inside that counts" story because the staff are absolutely lovely, the ordering is easy to do online, home delivery is free for orders over $18, the restaurant is BYO and the food is fantastic. And ultimately that's what you're there for, right? As a serial sampler, I especially loved the "3 curries on rice" deal and can vouch that the aloo eggplant, saag dhal and navratan korma were some of the best veggie Indian dishes I've had in quite some time. And those were just three of the eight veggie choices available. Oh, and for naan lovers out there, there are seven types - yes seven - of naan. It was like... wait for it... Naania.

Went for the weekday lunch buffet, and thought the items were a little limited. Far from some…read moreIndian/Pakistani buffets I had had in the past.

Pretty basic ambience. I wonder if it was once a rib or bbq place with the antler chandeliers and…read morethe yoke hanging on the walls. Service is friendly and I explained I don't like spicy foods. He recommended the butter chicken so that's what I got. Buttered Naan was good sized and tasty. My dish was perfect. Tender prices of tandoori chicken in a lovely tomato cream sauce. My hubby enjoyed his chicken korma but would have liked it spicier. We shared a side of basmati rice. We definitely could have shared one portion of chicken entree. The Mango Lassi was delish and hit the spot!