The food was excellent. The service was very good. The only issue I have is that the tables are a…read morebit close.

The Saffron House dies the best Indian takeaway in the area. Ring them, give your credit card…read morenumber, and about 40 mins later a lovely young man in a uniform delivers the scrumptious food to your front door... We've been eating out way though the menu for years and can highly recommend the Chicken Madras, Fish Curry, Beef Vindaloo - in fact we've never had anything we didn't like - it all comes with Raita and pappadams as well...

Definitely at the 'classier' end of the suburban Indian restaurant experience, Avatar is a welcome…read moreaddition to the Balwyn dining options, with enough great little twists on the old Indian favourites to make it stand out from the pack. Service is super attentive - they obviously pride themselves on this and rightly so - and most importantly the food was excellent across the board. Will be back. BYO wine only - they're fully stocked otherwise.

We had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of Avatar in Balwyn and our first visit far exceeded…read moreexpectations! While there are plenty of local Indian eats in the area, Avatar manages to offer a unique experience with it's attention to detail. The food was absolutely delicious and the friendly attentive service was a joy. Highly recommend the eggplant curry and the chilli baby corn dish. A wonderful evening.

Call me an Indian food snob.. but this place is lousy!! Ordered a Butter Chicken.. spicy as take…read moreaway. Could not taste the usual buttery flavour.. okok I know there are better ways to describe this more eloquently!! It simply SUCKED! It was like having watered down vindaloo with sugar! And yes it was sweat!! Come on! One look at me and you know I'm not Indian but maan this pathetic box of sauce with chicken pieces is beyond the joke! Even I can cook better than that. I KNOW I can cook better than that! What's worse is that their menu is inaccurate... well vague to be fair. The menu has one price.. u go there the menu on the counter still has one price... they don't tell you but the advertised price is for a small. When u order they asked u what size. So I say large expecting to be charged $11.50. Quite standard. I was charged $2 more. Not that it mattered but out of principle I asked. Uh isn't it $11.50? They said no that's for a small the medium is $12.50 and large is $13.50. I told them ok that's fine but ur menu does not say that! They then pointed to some hand written prices on top of the counter. So buyer beware!! well not that I recommend u come here! AVOID! okok *caveat* to be fair this is my experience only YMMV.. FYI - small is the equivalent size of a baby food container! Their medium is what most takeaways use as a small. Their large the normal medium. Yelp DEV - Pls allow zero stars for reviews. There really are places out their that deserve a NO star or rating!!

I love this place. It's essentially a Take Away place & the also home deliver, so don't expect to…read morego there with a large group for a sit down meal. It's obvious that the use fresh, quality ingredients & all perfectly cooked. We normally use their home delivery & despite the thick accent of the order taker they have never stuffed up the order. The lamb biryani is the best in Melbourne. We have also had the dhal, butter chicken, tikka masala, dosai, vegetable dishes & they are all good. I wish I can find a local restaurant with food this good.

We have been going to Aashiana for 7 years. The butter chicken is the best in melbourne, the…read moresaffron rice is amazing and cheese naans once again the best we've had. Great service and very reasonable prices. Yes, you can pay with eftpos / credit card. (We do it all the time). And you get free papadums with your meal. There should be more Aashiana's. No contest.

I'm gonna level with you: We usually go here only if we want Indian on a Monday when our other…read morelocal Indian faves are shut. We've never eaten in - don't know why, just never occurred to us to do so - but always enjoy the takeaway. It's not the best Indian you'll have in this neck of the woods, but it does the job when you're in the mood for a curry-kick. Also, they either don't allow credit card or eftpos. I never can remember which one until I get there and then have to pay by cash because I've brought the wrong card. Again. That's my stupidity though more than anything. I give myself 2 stars for remembering such things.

This is the best Indian restaurant I've been to for ages - certainly the best in this local area,…read moreby far. The service is very attentive, the decor is better than most other restaurants in the local area - I particularly like the open kitchen style with the window view to the chefs. The food is really lovely. My companion and I shared the Tandoori Platter (a selection of chicken, kofka and lamb), Pumpkin Masala, Naan, Green Salad and a Cucumber Salad. Everything was fantastic - particularly the Pumpkin Masala, which was beautifully flavoured - we requested Medium for that. Very delicious meal and I wouldn't hesitate to return or recommend this restaurant to others.

Decent suburban Indian. We're a bit spoilt in the Cambewell-to-Kew area in my opinion, so the bar…read morewas set pretty high for me and this place was good but a notch below my local faves. Nothing bad mind you, just didn't fall in love with the food. They also advertised a free glass of wine on an outside chalkboard on the day we were there but didn't offer it once we were at the table. I could have asked for it, but shouldn't need to.

Indian here is always good!! It's Malay Indian. So think Malay hawker without the satay sticks and…read moreur in the right place. Their Mee Goreng is awesome so too are their roti tissue. I always pig out on a 2 meat 2 veggie thali for $10. They have 10% discount as well. My fav is the beef rendang, mutton curry, eggplant and chickpeas! The Malay waitress is very talkative :)

Solid Malay Indian! Great prices and food has great flavor!! Popular at meal times and good for…read morepre-movie dinner!! Friendly service too!