Review Delhi Tadka Indian Restaurant - Cairns

I’ve never felt strongly enough to write a review online until I ordered from this joint. This was hands down, the worst Indian food I’ve ever eaten. And that includes my own failed attempts. My wife and I ordered $50 worth of food to be delivered. The delivery alone took one and a half hours. I now realise this was because they needed that time to remove all of the moisture from the meat, to really make sure the lamb, chicken and prawns were devoid of flavour and to make the eating experience as disappointing as possible. It says something when the plain basmati rice you prepared at home contained a more complex array of flavours than the blackened sorry mess that was the lamb cutlets we received. The nuanced and exciting blend of spices and flavours that make this cuisine, in my opinion, some of the best on the planet was nowhere in evidence. Obviously you don’t expect Michelin star quality, but jeez come on. At least pretend to care. I did actually call them to let them know that I wasn’t happy and to let them know something of the quality of food that was leaving their premises. They didn’t really care to be honest. You know there’s that point in the afternoon when you think “You know, I really fancy some Indian food tonight. We’ll treat ourselves to a take away. I love Indian food.” Well, when you think that, don’t order from this place.

Just had this for tea. Was not impressed. I read the reviews and decided it may be ok. The sauce for the Butter chicken was nice, but I only had about 4 small pieces of chicken. Was very unfair for the price. I also got the coconut rice and this was also not a good idea. Didn't like it at all. Too much going on in the rice and was hard to eat. I paid almost $30 and sorry to say, I wont be going back. Very disappointed.

I have ordered multiple times from this restaurant and have been quite satisfied. However I placed an order for delivery recently that arrived an hour early from the requested delivery time. When I called to explain that I was unhappy that my meal would be stone cold by the time my family were home to eat it, I was given a stone cold response. Probably won’t order from here again.

Friendly service, although that's where the quality ends... the curries are OK, but you may find your naan bread burnt and the mango lassi fermenting #notfresh. The atmosphere is a bit dingy, and the restaurant could be cleaner, with the tablecloths, in particular, covered in dark scuff marks and old wine stains. A constantly wailing baby behind the front service counter really doesn't do much for the atmosphere, either.

We did love this place. But last experience was very poor. Obviously the sauces had been very watered down, and could not taste any garlic on the garlic naan. The chicken tikka breasts had colour but no flavour. We won't be back👎

The first and last time I will order from this restaurant. I placed an order for delivery at 6.32pm which failed to arrive until 8.21pm. I called multiple times between 7.30 and 8pm before somebody finally answered and brushed me off with minimal explanation or apology. When the food finally arrived the curry was watery and bland and the pappadams were crushed. I always order fron Tandoori Nights but thought I'd try somewhere else - but will continue to use the far superior restaurant going forward.

The place itself is clean and decorated with taste. The food was really good, I had a nice Butter Chicken with some Pilau Rice, a Cheese Nan and a mango lassi. The price are reasonable (around 30$). The waitress was lovely and professional. I warmly recommend this place :-)

We ordered few curries and the gravy on most of them tasted the same. We ordered once on phone and placed take away other time. Both time the person taking order was not friendly and polite enough.