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    Malabar Indian Restaurant

    4.4 (41 reviews)
    ModerateIndian
    Closed 12:00 pm - 2:30 PM, 5:30 PM - 10:30 PM

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    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Sunday specials.. dinner
    Grace S.

    I have never been to India, so I am not sure how authentic the food actually is, but I enjoyed my meal tremendously ! Came here for lunch on a Sunday at around 12.30pm, and it was fairly full (there was a private party on one end of the restaurant). Started off with a masala dosai and it was good, fluffy crepe with lots of potato fillings. The spice was done just right so it doesnt overpower the light crepe. It came with two sauces, that went really well together as well (not sure if it was meant to be separate but i just mixed them together anyways). For mains, we tried to Goan fish curry and eggplant & potato. The fish curry had more of a sour-spicy tone but the curry sauce went really well with a plain nan. Personally, i loved the eggplant & potato....it was a little spicy for me (low tolerance of spice!), but it was flavorsome, and was something that I would order again or recommend! Overall, an enjoyable meal. Despite there were only two servers , our waitress came by every so often to top up our water and check on us. Two thumbs up !

    Chicken tikka, naan, rotis, rice and baby lamb dish (forgot the name)
    Gary M.

    Great indian food! I'm a huge indian food fan being from London and this really satisfied my urge. Service was on point and the food was nothing but delicious. If you're looking for good food with good service and a nice ambience - this is the place!

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    Food was excellent. Service good. Typical ambiance. Give it a try and you won't be disappointed

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    12 years ago

    Some of the best Indian food I've ever had! Great for a group dinner

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    11 years ago

    Fabulous food and great service! It was a pleasure meeting the owner/chef as well. Will definitely be back!

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    12 years ago

    Great place, great food and lovely owner. Best South Indian restaurant in Sydney hands down..

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    I just had their amazing prawn dosa. That's the stuff dreams are made of. Unforgettable.

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    Great Indian food! Simple as that. Nice staff, good looking place - would definitely go there again, if we weren't just tourists in Sydney.

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    Review Highlights - Malabar Indian Restaurant

    For our mains we ordered the goan fish curry, the lamb garutha, and a peshvari naan (and a side of rice).

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    Namaste - Garlic naan

    Namaste

    3.8(20 reviews)
    4.7 kmBondi, Bondi Beach
    $$

    Finally. Indian in Bondi. That just so happens to also be delicious. But how best to describe it to…read moreyou, dear reader? Well... you know when you order too much from an Indian restaurant and you get the leftovers packaged up to take away but when you go to eat said leftovers for lunch the next day (ok fine, breakfast) you can't bring yourself to do it because the grease sheen that has coated the plastic container and subsequently pooled into oil slicks atop your aloo tikki, chicken jhalfrieze and lamb roganjosh gives you night terrors in the daytime? (Phew. Breathe.) Well, that didn't happen the next day. Dare I say, it was even better the morning after as all the spices had really settled as they do, and it came out of the container without a Cat In The Hat-style signature calling card. We were very impressed by the vegetarian dishes, specifically the aloo gobi and dal tadka, although I could have had them both a touch spicier. But the standout was the fish curry, to which I leave you with this quote directly from their menu: "Panjim Fish Curry: Panjim on the konkan coast comes this beautiful recipe which only taste cant (sic) describe best." Note: Unfortunately you'll also pay for said deliciousness, entrees coming in from $6-$15 and mains from $14-20. But quality is much higher than your old go-to London standard Indian takeaway that you drunkenly hit on Brick Lane and then denied knowing anything about the day after (just me?) so it's certainly worth it in my book. Free delivery over $30 within 4kms.

    Namaste offers something different to the usual fish and chip shops or chains that can be found…read moreeasily in Bondi Beach. Namaste offers authentic Indian cuisine in an attractive location. The restaurant is aesthetically appealing with its decorative interior and many statues of Ganesh that offer to bring everyone a bit of luck on selecting what they are going to enjoy. I arrived early evening time and was the only one frequenting the place other then the staff. I decided to get down to business quickly and ordered. I decided to go with lamb chops as an entree. The main I selected was Seafood mixed Korma with a side of rice and garlic naan bread. They offer this combo for $29pp which is reasonable. The lamb chops were delicious and cooked with ginger and spices and Homer Simpson would be proud. The Sea food dish was extremely tasty and contained prawns and John Dory. The garlic naan came in very handy to make use of the left over sauce. Service was a little slow considering that I was the only one there initially. They served a gentleman who ordered take away before me which I wasn't happy about but overall good quality was very good so I would return again.

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    Ganesh keeping a watchful eye over things

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    Malabar Indian Restaurant - indpak - Updated May 2026

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