I moved to Dublin 15 a few months ago and have been doing a fairly terrible job of trying out the…read morelocal restaurants so I was excited to try Okra Green when a friend told me she had a living social voucher. We booked for a Tuesday night and there was just a few tables occupied. Despite this the waiter took an age to serve us each course. The food is amazing though and worth waiting for. I had the goats cheese to start and it was a very generous serving. For main I had the tikka masala and it was incredible, the sauce was so smooth and rich and there was plenty of chicken in it. It's a little pricey I feel but they do an early bird 4 course for 20 euro but we couldn't get that with the voucher. One tip is don't park in the car park right next to the restaurant, it's a one hour limit, go to the one behind the shopping centre.

Okra Green in Castleknock is my favourite Pakistani/Indian restaurant in Dublin. The food is always…read moregreat whether eating in or ordering delivery and the service at the restaurant is excellent and they really appreciate loyal customers. I've been going for 3 years and it's always at the same high standard every time.

waste of money,The staff is very rude and unprofessional, don't waste your time.never recommended.read more

food not nice, waste of money , staff is rude, n taste, and they always charge extra then mentionread more

A friend recommended it to me. Staff was very friendly and recommended starter samosa chaat and…read morefor main course Sindhi biryani and Khoona gosht with Peshawari naan. Each dish was great and been there so many times now. Except on rush hours like Friday evening every time had great service and food. Tea at the end was also very nice with a hint of spices.

Dirty place with cockroaches on the walls! Ordered delivery another day and the food was so god…read more However, after visiting the restaurant I will never eat or recommend it again.

It is a bit amusing to me that my first meal in Dublin should not be an old-fashioned Irish stew or…read morebangers & mash in a pub but instead some standard home-style Indian food in a relatively empty but clean restaurant near that inexplicable Millennium Spire, something they advertise heavily on their menu cover. I can understand why since it would be hard to seek out this place otherwise. In full disclosure, I was in a post-jet-lag haze and thought I was going to the other Madina across O'Connell, the one praised on Yelp, but it turned out this is a pretty new place just getting established since it was getting a lot of passing glances but no takers. OK I'll give it a try. I have to admit it was not a promising start with the € 3.95 Tandoori Chicken Leg, which was a bit dry and not even covered in the requisite tumeric and cayenne to give it the rich red color I was expecting. It came with a side salad and a strange little dollop of mayo and ketchup as if to appease local tastes I'm assuming (see photo). Chicken is chicken, and I was tired and famished, so it was good enough. It just wasn't anything that thrilled me in the least. Much better was the next dish that arrived, the € 5.96 Bhindi Bhaji, an okra dish with plenty of spices though I'm not sure what the difference is between bhaji and masala (see photo). I assume it's a regional variation as this had a more earthy and less tomato-based flavor. It had plenty of fresh cilantro and scallions on top, and it was a nice contrast. The Boiled Rice was an extra € 2.50, though you need it to sop up the homemade sauce. Diners were beginning to trickle in as I was finishing which was just as well as they had staff who were just shooting the breeze otherwise. Not the owner though as he was on me like ham on rye bringing a whole new level to attentive service. There are lots of Indian options in Dublin, but if you happen to be near the pointless pointy thing, it's worth a visit for lunch at least. FOOD - 3 stars...a lackluster tandoori chicken followed by a much better okra dish balances out my rating here AMBIANCE - 3.5 stars...clean and empty SERVICE - 4 stars...attentive and (I think) appreciative of the business TOTAL - 3 stars...may improve over time, worth a try

From the owner: If you want eat best authentic Indian food come to Al Madina restaurant Marlborough Street, Dublin,…read moreIreland

Great Indian cuisine. Reasonable prices. The hubs and I opted for one medium tikka masala and one…read morespicy. Both enjoyed it very much. Rice is extra and much needed as there is plenty of sauce. We ordered one naan with shallots (not on the menu). Loved it! Ask for a side of their mint yogurt sauce, it's excellent! Would highly recommend this restaurant. Not happy that they charge €3 credit card processing. Not cool, guys! Location is great as its a 15 minute walk from the Temple Bar area. Mom and pop sort of restaurant with a very friendly and accommodating staff. Ambiance is a bit, meh but we weren't there for the look. We were there for the awesome Indian Food.

I've been looking for somewhere that makes a good Dosa in Dublin for aaaages. Look no further!…read moreMadina do an unreal masala dosa with all the bells and whistles for only 7 euro. It's an absolute bargain as it's HUGE. Actually much bigger than the ones you get in India. It's a hearty meal - not one for a low carb diet, yet it still doesn't feel stodgy as there's so much veg in there, you can just feel the goodness. The staff were friendly and approachable and the place itself is clean, tidy and spacious.

This was really lovely with wonderful, considerate service. We are staying around the corner at the…read moreCroke Park Hotel and were easily able to walk here. My husband had butter chicken and I had chicken tikka masala with a side of raita. We also had their coconut/almond naan and it was just tremendous! It is smaller but very welcoming. Nice variety in their menu. Flavor was wonderful and everything was fresh. The chicken was moist and imbued with spice in a delightful way. Enjoy eating here or getting take out! You won't regret it!

So I have ordered only one thing from here and one thing only, like 5 times. It is always…read moredelicious. Tandoori chicken and naan bread [comes with a side of curry sauce.] I was in my mates a couple months back and I wanted to get some food but wanted something relatively healthy and Thai was not floating my boat that night. So my mate told me about Ruposhi and that the naan is super fluffy and not oily and the food is nommers. The tandoori chicken is a big portion. It's like half a chicken. Moist, tasty, ugh. So good. The standard curry sauce it comes with is great. Fairly spicy. Just as I like it. So so good. The naan is light and fluffy and as naan should be. Not covered in oil or dare I say it, GHEE, like a lot of places. I am looking forward to trying some other things off the menu when I want to be a bold boy. But for when I am being a good boy this is a great dish to order. Really top quality stuff and price wise it's very reasonable for the standard you get. It's really good restaurant standard food. GHEE..... Had to say that again, sorry.

What? Hold on a second! A kebab shop at 4am on a Sunday morning with polite staff and nice food?…read more I, like most Dubliners, tend to ignore anything in the Temple Bar area unless I am familiar with it or have been told good things about it. Cos as you might imagine Temple Bar is a tinchy tiny little bit of a TOURIST TRAP and last time I checked, I wasn't a tourist. (Although try telling those Brazilian girls waving Irish Stew menus in my face in Temple Bar Square.) I fell out of the Dragon. It was nearly 4am. Gay Charlies was JAMMERS. My friend turned and said "Let's go to Mezza!".... Sooo glad I did..... I got the mixed meat kebab meal. Before that I got a friendly "hello, how are you, what can I get you?" This guy actually said to me "What salad and sauces would you like in your kebab?" That little bit of extra attention to detail and friendly chat really doesn't take much effort at all and makes such a huge difference. The place was spotless (even the toilets!!!! Which at 4am on a Saturday night is a miracle). All the staff were friendly including the security guard who went to get me some salt sachets for my chips. The kebab was fab. Everything from the meat, to the salad to the sauce to the beautiful freshly baked bread. Great kick off the chilli sauce too. Chips were actually pretty good in comparison to to a lot of kebab places. Zaytoon you can go and take a a running jump into the Liffey and stay there with your rude staff, average food and blatent disregard for your customers. Viva la Mezza!

An odd shaped slice of go eat pizza and a Coke for four euros. Late night place to get something to…read moreeat. Otherwise don't bring your date here.

We ducked in here to get away from drunk tourists, and had an excellent meal. Staff was attentive…read moreand the food was delicious.

Honestly, it was just an average experience--and I don't think I fall into their target audience…read more The food felt quite bland and not up to the mark. Service was slow throughout. It took around 20 minutes just to get the table cleared, another 10 minutes before someone came to take our order, and then about 25 minutes for the food to arrive--even though it wasn't a busy time. We ordered bhuna lamb, rice, and naan. The bhuna lamb was disappointing; instead of the expected rich, dark brown gravy, it tasted more like a butter chicken-style gravy. The naan was slightly hard and didn't seem properly cooked. Even the complimentary papad was stale and soft. The ambience was just okay, and the service... well, best not to say much. Overall: 3/5 (and that's being generous).

***Little update. The business contacted me after seeing this review asking for my phone number so…read morethey could try to make amends. They never called. LOL*** I am at the end of my tether with this place. So my last review said "Never again." That didn't really happen as it is the closet Indian take away to me and I love Indian food. So I have ordered a few times since. Tonight just was the straw that broke the camels back. I ordered their chicken karachi special with garlic coriander naan and Coca-Cola. I GOT plain naan and Diet Coke. DIET COKE! Anyone who drinks regular Coke does not appreciate been given Diet Coke. I rang and told the guy that the drink was wrong. He said that they realised that they had run out of Coke. I told him that what you do in that situation is you CALL THE CUSTOMER and tell them. I don't drink Diet Coke. Why on Earth would I want it. If I was told this I would have asked for an orange or something with real sugar. He told me he would add €2 to my account. It's hardly anything to get excited about and I bid him adieu. THEN I realised my naan was PLAIN. Not garlic coriander as ordered. I rang, spoke with another guy. I told him it was infuriating at this stage as they are constantly getting my ordered wrong. Usually forgetting my dips or poppadoms. He said he would send the naan down, I told him I was eating now and there was no point. He said he would add €5 to my account. At this stage I was hungry and was like fine, grand, thanks, bye. I also ordered the Indian Brussel sprouts. There was 6 of them. They were totally undercooked and fairly tasteless. I like my veggies al dente. That is not the issue here. At €4.75 there must be a HUGE mark up on them. I am so annoyed. SO ANNOYED. I spent €20 on Bombay Bantry tonight and have been irritated by the entire experience. So this €5 is now on my account. This basically covers the cost of the Coke and the naan that I did not receive. It's hardly compensation as I never drank the Diet Coke and barely ate my bland plain naan. If I do decide to take advantage of this €5 on my account and actually order from here again and the food and service is improved I will update my review. But the way I feel right now I wouldn't hold my breath. But we'll see. Maybe they will get a chance to redeem themselves with me.

The masochist within me demands a tradition of curry after a bout of dental surgery from a few…read moreshoppes down. While not the best curry I've ever had, (no vindaloo!), I really do like this small and open restaurant. When you walk in, you can see them working to prepare the food. The work area seems quite clean, stainless steel and clean counters. Each time, the order is the same, 2 things of basmati rice, naan bread, a chicken korma for one, and a gaan fire house lamb for myself. The latter is the hottest thing they have on menu. To its credit, it does have a pleasant and lovely burn. This totals about 22 Euro. They are prompt and friendly. I rarely wait more than 10 minutes. The basmati rice is pleasantly steamed, not mushy or runny. The naan bread is ok and I'm told the chicken korma is lovely. I've found that in absent of a good vindaloo, this gaan fire house lamb is an acceptable substitute. My only complaint is that 22 Euro for two is a bit dear for a takeaway curry, a price that's inflated since most the menu is ala carte.