I haven't been here for a few years and it seems they've done a makeover. The new look is great…read more Very clean inside. I ordered takeaway and was very happy with my meal. I ordered a palak paneer for $16.50. My gf ordered a tamarata beef for the same price. We both got nanas and a rice. The beef was beautifully cooked and a nice sauce. The palak paneer was nice aswell. I will definitely return to this establishment.

10/10. Wonderful people. Great service. Hi quality food. Had a great lamb salad here. Also catered…read morefor a small community event we ran. Exceeded expectations.

Fresh and tasty food and great service. We had a business lunch here and thoroughly enjoyed it. I…read morewill definitely go back again .

Positives - Price. Reasonable for Thai…read more - Quiet setting with outdoor dining area Negatives - If you like your Thai spicy you will need to order in extra chilli and lemon.

Love it!! Had problem finding this small restaursnt, but…read moreworth the trouble. The restaurant is super clean in and out. Not many choices but very good taste. Love everything except for the Chicken satay. Fresh and juice prawns at $10.50. Unlike other restsurants, every dish comes with rice. Don't order too many or you won't be able to finish. DRINKS are full of ice with little juice so can drink is a better choice. Will go back for seafood.

Just like my ex girlfriend: light, cheap and easy…read more HP lavender is a simple suburban restaurant out in the suburbs. No frills, no fuss. The food was closer to Vietnamese home food rather than extravagant restaurant faire. Very little grease and very easy on the stomach but everyone at the table was more than satisfied. The pho was not the best I've had in Brisbane but decent and did not skimp on the meat. $8 for a big bowl. The honey chicken was something different, lightly battered and easy on the honey, a real highlight for me. We also tried the chicken and cashew. Keeping in line with the theme, it was very good but light on the oil, making it quite refreshing. This place really stretches your dollar. Nothing on the menu is more then 15$. My 6 people group were fed in $57.60. Ample street parking and easy to get to from the M5 .

The food was great. Very authentic flavours. Chef knows how to make some top Indian nosh…read more Can't comment on dining experience, as only had takeaway on this occasion.

Delights of Paradise is a combination business that offers a small grocery store, a fast food…read morecounter that offers some hot food items and desserts, and what they call a fine dining restaurant upstairs. Of the three facets, I have thusfar stuck with their chaat (fast food) items. Their menu is appealing and getting something substantive, cheap, and fast is all well and good. The dishes I've ordered have been appealing in their variety of flavors, but not fresh and often cold. Of them the aloo tikki chaat (fried mashed potatoes with an alluring combination of chickpeas and garnishes on top) was the best. I couldn't say that the food here was better than any of the other numerous grocery/restaurant Indian places I've found in Brisbane. They've also had some issues ranging from running out of menu items to struggling with card payments that aren't dealbreakers but aren't helping my impression of them either. Having not found the absolute great Indian restaurant anywhere in Australia, I may come back here again, but I wouldn't make any great effort.

The saga of "what to get for lunch in my office" continues week after week unabated…read more After becoming bored of all of our staple options a colleague suggested we get Indian takeaway from Delights of Paradise. We browsed their takeaway menu and called to order at 11:45am (time is of the essence when you're on a time limit!) only to be told the kitchen didn't open until midday. We suggested they could take the order and give it to the kitchen and we would come to pick up once it was done, but that seemed all too complicated. So we piled into the car and ordered in person. The restaurant sits one floor above a bustling Indian food market. Walking through the downstairs section everything looked very authentic - this is coming from someone who's never been to India mind you - but it all looked fresh and absolutely delicious! The restaurant itself is a vast expanse of dark stained timber and silk tableware. It reminds me of the 1990's and felt very clean and polished. They have a huge well-stocked bar (I saw 5 different bottles of gin, and being an avid gin-drinker I was very impressed). We ordered lunch specials and waited for approximately 20 minutes for the meals. When we were back at the office seated in our lunchroom there were many positive comments. "The best curry I've had in ages" one person said, and another (originally from the UK) said it "tastes like the awesome curries we get back in England". I was extremely impressed with the soft, pillowy rice and creamy succulent curries. They were devoid of excess oil and had a lovely complexity to them. The meats were perfectly cooked and there was no dryness. Also the lunch servings are very generous - although the packaging leaves something to be desired. All in all for under $13 the meals were delicious. We will definitely be going back, but probably only on days we can afford to take slightly longer than our regulated lunch hour.

Terrific vegetarian food We've received recommendations from…read moreseveral taxi drivers and finally found ourselves driving past on a rainy Saturday afternoon. We ordered a thali and a Mysore masala dosa. The staff were really friendly and helped us with the curry selections for the Thali. Our request for extra spicy food was accommodated and the food was super tasty and filling! No wonder it's so popular!!

Of the three vegetarian Indian grocery/restaurant combo places I've visited in the Brisbane area,…read morethis was easily the best food store and the worst restaurant. It seems a popular business model. Envision the rating as three stars for the restaurant and four for the store. First: the store. It is not as large as a full grocery store, but there are two separate rooms and a wide variety of foods. There are plenty of packaged foods and spices and freezer items, but also some chaat type items from the restaurant, and a few fresh vegetables (notably including okra, which is a bit hard to find). It isn't hard to find something to buy. The restaurant is up a set of stairs. One could (and I did) shop at the store without even noticing the restaurant entrance; it is to the left upon walking in. It is a pretty basic fast food place. The chole bhatura (chickpeas and fried bread) was satisfying. The bread had some nice herbs in it, but the chickpeas weren't quite as nuanced in flavor as the best iterations of this dish I've had. The samosa was quite large, but mostly potatoes and a tad salty for my taste. The menu wasn't huge, and I wasn't left with a burning desire to try it all. Also, I found it odd that the place is named "mirchh masala", but they don't actually have any menu items with stuffed or fried chili peppers (i.e. mirch), as some Indian places do. However, I may very well continue to come back for more groceries. Also, quick note: they do take cards, for both of their businesses.

My only regret about the Maharaja is that it doesn't open for lunch. Many's the time I've looked…read morefor something different at lunchtime in Cleveland and my thoughts strayed wistfully to the little restaurant in Doig Street. Two blocks off the beaten track and a testimony to how good this place is, at night there's always a crowd and others waiting outside for takeaway. I haven't had a Monday night buffet but I bet it's really good, as every individual dish I've tasted is just right. Chicken Tikka Masala (best!), Beef Vindaloo, Lamb Korma or Roghan Josh... I can't find one I don't enjoy. Add the garlic naan, mango pickle and fluffy rice and you'll know why this place has been here over 12 years and going strong. The meals cost what you'd expect and sharing is great - around $26 would get you a main and an entree, served often in chafing dishes over little warming flames, in a darkened restaurant that's gorgeously bollywood, with little lights and pictures of India on the walls. In fact, early one winter's night when I was waiting for a takeaway, I enjoyed 10 minutes of a Bollywood movie mine host was watching avidly as he waited for the evening crowd to trickle in. Must go again.

We've been looking for a good Indian restaurant in the area and we've found one. Great flavourful…read moreIndian dishes, we'll definitely be back.

Great flavourful curries. Staff and chef are great. Salmon home style curry and vindaloo are my…read morefavourites

Good food and attentive service We had a lovely meal at this…read morelocal restaurant. The food was good and the staff were friendly and attentive. The portion sizes and the prices were reasonable!