We ordered claypot chicken, butter chicken and palak paneer. They asked how spicy we wanted it on a scale on 1-10 and we said 7. Claypot chicken was delicious! Probably the best I’ve had in melbourne. Butter chicken lacked flavour and it’s curry tasted like tomato sauce with too much sugar. Palak paneer and Naan were both very good. We asked them to make our naans crispy and they were perfect!
Great little place, they just need to do something about their butter chicken recipe as I noticed other reviews also complaining about the lack of flavour in butter chicken.
I like that they ask you what heat you want out of ten, we said a 7 and it was bang on. Both curries we got were full of flavour, two curries a naan and a small rice is enough for most in terms of size, and it’s absolutely delicious with great service.
What a wonderful surprise this cafe was! Delicious Indian, great service, well priced and byo - helps having a Vintage Cellars right next door too! Best curry I’ve had in years. Literally. I’ll be back!! Yum!
This place has been here for ages and with good reason. Been meaning to come here just as long and it didn't disappoint. Chicken tikka was excellent and the curries really good also. Really friendly service. A very small venue with only 2 tables inside and 3 outside, but very pleasant to dine in nonetheless without feeling cramped.
Beautiful attention by the owner, accompanied by a delightful set of traditional Indian food, in a nice place...what else can I ask? Thank you guys.
great place to be, authentic indie food, amazing hospitality, and comfortable environment. the lamb curry and keema roti is the best. BYO if you wish to get some of your own wine or whiskey.
Have been to this restaurant many years ago, the quality of food and service are just as good as it was, if not better. We ordered butter chicken, chicken masala, curry potatoes and beans, and three lamb samosas, all were delicious and we have emptied the plates. Only thing is that I remembered the food was a lot spicier before. Will definitely return.
Really delicious curry with a tonne of different vegetarian options. Im in love with this place and its also BYO! Thanks guys we will be coming back soon!
Nothing but friendly service and delicious food. We have many dietary requirements and the staff there can never do enough to ensure that our needs are met and we can safely enjoy the experience. Highly recommended, do yourself a favour and check it out.
The food was delicious and the service was quick. One of the better mango lassis we’ve tasted and of a generous portion too. The spice was spot on after we were asked to pick on a scale of 1-10 before ordering.
Quite happy with our dinner and would definitely be going back.
Fantastic! Have ordered from Menulog before but decided to dine in tonight. Food was served very promptly and was delicious. We had lamb rogan josh, chicken Punjab saag with rice and potato naan. Owner and staff are very friendly. Totally recommend to anyone! Takeaway is good but atmosphere dine in at as even better!!
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Curry Leaf cafe is a lovely Indian restaurant with charm, Mili and her husband are wonderful hosts. The restaurant sitting is comfortable and clean, I would of definitely missed it passing by so I am so happy to have been invited here tonight. To start with we ordered the garlic chilli prawns and the soft shell crab. The prawns were crunchy and seasoned well, the accompaniment of the mint sauce and a chilli paste added warmth and heat to the dish. The soft shell crab, unfortunately for me wasn’t a favourable dish. The crab wasn’t as crunchy as I would of liked, a little oily and soggy. There wasn’t any real flavours to it which did let it down a little. For mains we ordered the butter chicken, lamb kashmiri korma with naan bread and lemon coconut rice. These were absolutely delicious and full of rich spices and flavour. Perfect portion sizes and I am so happy that delivery is within a few kms from where I live as I would definitely order take away from here. This is a very nice family run restaurant and I recommend a visit here to try their delicious curries. Thank you Mili and team for such a delightful night :)
An absolutely delicious find and stunning interiors to boot. The inside feels romantic and exotic and the food authentic and full of flavour. Definitely one of my favourite butter chicken experiences in Melbourne. I'll undoubtedly be back
Love the food good service good coffee will come back again try another things on the menu thank you guys keep up the good work will see you shortly
Our trusted local go-to for a great curry. Everyone who works here is super friendly and helpful. They do fantastic vegan curries.. the vegan korma and pumpkin masala are my favourites. The side dishes are all lovely too. I only wish the servings were slightly larger as it's so tasty.
Great Indian food, the chicken claypot is my favourite. Probably the best home delivery around locally- with dishes that taste just as good as if eating in the restaurant. The almond custard dessert is nice (not sweet) and the samosa are worth a try. I'm currently obsessed with their onion rings!
It was overall a very enjoyable and delicious Indian meal. The flavour profiles of all the dishes were flawless, and it is evident that there’s a wealth of experience behind the kitchen. Chef Jeet, who has worked at countless high end establishments and even taught at the Angliss culinary school, has definitely succeeded in delivering authentic Indian food to anyone who’s chanced upon this otherwise unassuming eatery.
I've had dinner here and to takeaway a few times. All food was very nice. Only tip would be not to order your currys mild unless you really don't like spicy food. It turned out to be too mild for us. We ordered a few different currys each time to try them all and they were all delicious. Big portions too. Overall, a great local curry house.
Great service and and always happy to assist. Food is always amazing and arrives on time. Would always reorder. And recommend to everyone .
One of my all time fav Indian. Warm service (I think it might be a family run business). It's more similar to going to a friends house than eating in a restaurant. Very welcoming and yummy food.
Two Bears And A Fork
+4.5
If celebrity chef and judge Matt Preston gave Curry Leaf the seal of approval, then it's our duty as Indian food lovers to find out why! Once there, a single step beyond the small reception/take-away area will land you firmly in a warm, romantic dining room ... And the food? Well, you'll need to ↓↓ click the link below ↓↓ to find out what we thought of Chef Jeet's food....
The best Indian food in Melbourne! I love that when you call for home delivery, they see your number come up, tell you what you had last time, how spicy you requested and you can order the same again and ask for 1 level hotter or 1 level down. Then ask if you want it charged to the same credit card as last time. So quick and easy! They always deliver faster than they promise, have very friendly customer service and amazing food!
The food was nice - fresh and tasty. I wouldn't cross town for it but if I lived near by I would definitely go back.
Wow. Best Indian I've had in Melbourne. It's an unassuming little place on Brighton Rd, holds probably 40 people? It looks like a takeaway shop from the street, but the dining room opens off to the right of the shopfront. Booking was easy, and the service was fantastic. Parking was pretty difficult to find, but we really like the ambience of the place. Bollywood video clips playing on the wall-mounted plasma was a nice touch. The waiter was great in terms of information, and they were great with a table of eight who were clueless about Indian and had no idea what to order. The pappadums were very nice (if SLIGHTLY oily), and the dips very good. Entrée was vegetarian Samosas (large) and Chicken Tikka, both very tasty, and the salad that came with them was also distinctive in flavour
Delhicious.... Romantic warm ambience
We loved the chicken tikka masala, lamb rogan josh...
Best flakey fluffy filled naans we've had
Friendly professional service
Restaurant quality Indian, not just for a casual takeaway
We'll definitely be coming back
Curry Leaf Cafe! Thank you for saving my life by delivering my take away so promptly. Menu log did a great deal for $40 including delivery. 2 curries, 2 veg samosas, lg rice, raita, papadums and 2 naans.
Delicious. Thanks a lot for giving us a great meal!! with fantastic atmosphere!!
will be back!!
Excellent Food and Service. Extremely delicious food! Food presentation was outstanding in lovely crockery. Staff and owners absolutely adorable! Felt like family over dinner today :) will be back.
I have been ordering from Curry leaf for years. Always consistent, delicious food, great delivery service and very reasonably priced. Would highly recommend!
Having received a Good Food Gift Card we decided to visit the Curry Leaf. The service was wonderful, staff were friendly and attentive. We had the banquet, our choices for the mains were flexible and there were no issues. The food was amazing, flavoursome and good serving sizes. Thank you for a lovely night and we will be back. PS Naan is absolutely perfect!!
Great curries with a super friendly service. A nice local Indian curry place. Being literally around the corner from our place we trend to opt for take away rather than dining in.
However we have always found the service friendly especially the owners - who actually engage us with genuine conversation.
To the food... Simply put - great. We have found that the food is always fresh, especially the curries. Much better than some of the other cheap curry houses out there - which generally have dubiously thickened curries/sauces. In fact living around the corner for Curry Leaf I can always smell then prepping up!
Get down here. Lamb rogan was lovely and full of flavour. And tender pieces of lamb. And the Alu gobhi mutter was exceptional. Could not fault it. Keep up the good work guys.
Restaurant Owner. Recently a lot of our sutomers gave us positove reviews at our restaurant
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Local Legends. I've been dining at Elwood's Curry Leaf Cafe for almost 9 years. Over this time the service has always been friendly and efficient. The meals are invariably tasty and filling, with good sized portions at a reasonable price. No doubt I'll be back again soon.
Just have what Nik recommends. All fantastic, the rose petal dessert even better!
The food was really good .i never had before like that .
Unlike the indian resturants ive been to this was the best at the right masalas! If you love food thats spicy this is at its best. Setting is calm service is great plus menu looks good especially breakfast menu! You have to try it!
I had good experience having our Dinner their Last week
Services was really good and Food was so Delicious as well as nicely garnish never Tasted Tasty Indian Food then Curry leaf in Melbourne.
I was amaze by prompt service and variety of option to choose from to eat what we wanted
Good food professional service coming here on voucher since 1year twice in a month never felt any difference cheers curry leaf
Love it. Been to this place many times and 3times with the vouchers .food is great service usually good .did not find any difference visiting the place with a voucher or without .the curry leaf chicken is the best .my favourite !!!!!
We have been customers for 4 years now, fan of their food, exceptional customer service and great owners. Always get looked after. Will keep coming always :)
Great food and professional service! Special Indian decoration style and music that I feel warm and romantic. The owner, Ms Mili's very nice and attentive. I will come back.! High recommendation for all my friends coming here and enjoy!
Best service i have had. Good food! Fell comfortable when i was there.
Pleasantly surprised. I have to admit I had lowered my expectations after reading a lot of the reviews here. My partner and I dined here on a Friday night and contrary to most reviews, first up we found that the service was really good. Both the waiters that attended to us were very helpful and polite. The food was also exceptional - we had the butter chicken, eggplant masala & navratan korma with sides of naan. Finished off our meal with gulab jamun served with vanilla ice cream, which we both loved! We were there on a voucher - $29 for $70 worth of food which ended up being plenty! Highly recommend this place.
Very content. Went on a voucher with my son, and was greatly impressed, the service was good, prompt and the selection for the voucher was anything on the menu except the seafood up to the value of the voucher (in this case $70.00) although initially the servings might appear to be small, at the end of the meal, we were both full, grealty recommend them.. Well done to Curry Leaf!
I just cannot believe that everyone is so negative about this place.. We've eaten in, got take away and had cudo deals and we both feel like we were looked after and the food is gorgeous every time.
Best Butter chicken ever! I go there at least once a month.
Positive experience with voucher. Recently visited Curry Leaf on a weeknight using a Groupon 'all you can eat' mains voucher.
Pros: Chicken Tikka entree, Chicken Makhani, Chicken Tikka Massala, Lamb Rogan Josh, Naan Bread, Deserts, service
Cons: Dahl Massala was almost inedible, agree with others the portion of wine was pretty small.
Overall, we had a great meal, service was very friendly, and extremely quick. We were seated in the main part of the restaurant, and at no stage did we feel that we were being treated as inferior because we were using a voucher. I'd go back there without a voucher.
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Great!. Groupon voucher. We had a great meal, and definitely got a great deal. Two hours was ample time to have our fill. The entrees were fine, a nice start to the dining experience at Curry Leaf. But the mains were delicious! My wife and I shared serves of butter chicken and mixed vegetable korma. Both were lovely meals, extremely flavoursome, not hot/spicy, mild as stated on the menu. Naan was great also. Following these two mains, two separate waiters tried to bring our desserts. I assume this is to get Groupon customers out the door, however we simply stated, politely, that we had not finished ordering mains. This was accepted and we moved on to one more main dish to share, accompanied by another serve of naan. We wolfed down this third great dish, then we had our desserts.
I would definitely recommend this place, with or without a voucher. I would have no qualms with returning if the opportunity arises. Service, food and ambience is very good. Wait staff are attendant without being pushy. Food is brought out in an appropriate timeframe. Quality of food is awesome. Serving sizes are not too small or big. We viewed the full menu, and general prices look reasonable.
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A great restaurant marred by a voucher program!. About the voucher debacle:
I see a lot of people on here with stories of poor service/food. I also noticed that people appear to be treated to a poor level of service/food if they're supplying a voucher (of which many of you are). In fact, the very first question I was asked when making a booking was "do you have a voucher?".
I imagine this is the restaurant's reaction to an unanticipated influx of those with vouchers (ie Groupon) and how it affects their profits. My guess is that someone high up (manager, perhaps owner) decided that getting on the voucher train was essential and completely underestimated the future demand (the power of the internet / social media!). Now it's a problem they aren't able to get out of presumably until voucher expiry.
I'm not defending or excusing what appears to be a poor experience to those presenting legitimate vouchers, I'm just attempting to explain how this might have happened.
Which is a shame, because I found the restaurant (without a voucher) to be great.
About the service/food (no voucher):
We had samosas for entree and they were some of the best I've had in Melbourne. A good start!
Then we ordered the Chili Chicken (described as the chef's special) and a Vindaloo. Rice and garlic naan. The friendly waitress asked us to rate out of 10 how hot we wanted both dishes (which usually come fairly hot by 'default'). We chose 7. This was pretty spicy, though as someone who enjoys chili, I might ask for an 8 or 9 next time. The curry itself was some of the best I've had in Melbourne. Especially for the price. I'd say it rivals or perhaps even beats Red Pepper in the CBD.
The food came out promptly and even without a voucher, the bill came to $60 for two, with a beer each.
This appears to be a great, reasonably priced restaurant that has a voucher problem. It'd be a shame if mismanagement of their voucher program was the aspect that ultimately killed a pretty great restaurant.
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Get yourself the one of the best Indian food from Curry Leaf Cafe located in Elwood ‼️
This family-run & owned restaurant has been standing for SEVENTEEN (17) years 🤯 has won so many awards 🏅 AND visits from famous Australians 🙊
We had their Royal Feast 1 ($35pp) and got:
🔼 Samosas
Best samosas we’ve ever had for sure! It came out hot & crispy, tasted homemade.
🍗 Chicken Tikka
This was well marinated & the smoky flavor from being cooked in the Tandoor really shone through.
🍖 Lamb Shank Curry
Super tender, melt-in-your-mouth lamb. Curry flavor was great to complement the flavor of the lamb itself. This was perfect being eaten with the papadams & raita (yogurt) to have that contrast of crispy & soft texture in one bite.
🥘 Butter Chicken
Easily the best we’ve ever had! I’m obsessed with the smokiness flavor and the well balanced sweet & savory levels. This was perfect with naan or rice (+ raita if you’d like). Definitely my favorite! ⭐️
++ sides: rice, papadams, chutney, dips, naan, raita (yogurt)
** Free to choose 2 curries from the menu too
This feast is such a good deal. They’re very welcoming to your taste (spiciness level, etc) as well as generous with their portions 🥰
Time your feast well with their 💃🏻 Happy Hour session 💃🏻 (4:30pm - 5:30pm AND 8:30 - 9:30pm) to get $10 Cocktails or Mocktails 😋
We highly recommend you to visit this place, not only you’re supporting Australian businesses, you’re also getting a great deal on delicious food & drinks ‼️
Francisco Rojas-Marquez (Cisco)
+5
Curry leaf cafe is a hidden gem! Great service and chilled atmosphere, the food is sublime, succulent crispy paneer, there is so many rice options and the mango lassi is to die for! I tried the Lycheetini and loved it. Please support small business, high quality innovative indian cuisine!
Top class Indian food, polite professional service with a smile and lots of protein in curry mains. Cater for all spice levels on a 1 to 10 scale, so even spicier dishes can be fined down or mild ones toned up on request. Nice ambiance but small restaurant allowing better service and food prep which shows in the tasty and high quality food. Will be returning.
One of my favourite Indian restaurants in Melbourne. Always have good meals here.
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