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Priya Cafe & Restaurant

Address 84 Tainui Street, Greymouth, New Zealand
Phone +64 3 768 7377
Hours 12:00-22:00
Website www.priya.co.nz
Categories Modern Indian restaurant
Rating 3.5 60 reviews

Priya Cafe & Restaurant reviews

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B Peters
23 January 2024 7:43

The food is exceptionally good. Not sure why the ratings are sub-par. This place had the best lamb Rogan Josh I've ever had.

Evan
21 January 2024 9:01

Dined in for lunch with my girlfriend and had a delicious, well-portioned meal, and enjoyed the atmosphere. The staff was very friendly and were knowledgeable about their dishes.

Our order: Onion Bhajees and Garlic Naan as starters, Butter Chicken and Lemon Honey Chicken Curry as entrees, and Gulab Jamun for dessert.

Kennie
07 December 2023 2:04

Utterly poor service. Didn't allow us to feed our infant with our own food who obviously could not be eating Indian breads and curry. We asked for plastic cutlery for the kids and they said they didn't have - and then when the kid accidentally broke a glass cup, nobody bothered to come help clear the broken glass. At the end of it, they even insisted that we pay back NZ$5 for the broken glass. Don't bother visiting this non-customer oriented place. I regret not walking out in the first place.

Attila
24 September 2023 16:49

We are travelling through Greymouth, and we spotted this Indian restaurant. As we stepped into the restaurant, we had a good feeling about the quality we could have. It was nice and tidy. We tried out two dishes: the butter chicken and the lamb handi.

The chicken and the lamb were tender; the butter chicken sauce was slightly sweeter than usual, but it was tasty. The sauce for the lamb was also great; we liked the spicyness and the rich flavour. We also loved the garlic naan bread, which had a nice balance between the seasoning and the bread as well.

As a bonus the staff was friendly and professional, not pushy always came at the right time.

Gordon
14 September 2023 0:02

Passing through Greymouth and stopped for lunch. Indian food isn't usually on our radar but the food here was nice. Quick service, clean, polite, tasty. Would stop here again if ever in Greymouth.

Karen
05 September 2023 11:01

Food was as delicious as it always is. Great service and even though we hadn't been in for a couple of months the man taking our orders remembered exactly what we always have. Our only complaint was that the restaurant is very cold.

Isye
08 August 2023 6:56

They use halal meat. Good portion size, good price and good service. Nice ambiance. Food tastes good.

Nicola
06 August 2023 9:41

Ordered Prawn Malabar. Only had what appeared to be a few small shrimp. Brought it up with the restaurant but they brushed me off saying you get 12 pieces of prawns per dish. Based on the size of the so called prawns that would only be equivalent to two of the larger prawns you would normally get in a dish of this kind. Absolute rip off and waste of $25. You couldn't even tell there was any meat in it. Won't order from there again.

Len
06 April 2023 17:07

This restaurant has been open 28 years and the decades of experience shows. The chicken jalfrazie was delicious. What's more, it arrived streaming hot, in generous portions, to our table barely 15 minutes after we ordered. Friendly staff

sukhdeep
31 March 2023 17:16

Bought karhai chicken few hourse back it’s not even seems like kadai chicken it seems like low grade chicken tikka massala. Not worth spending $20. It’s so sweet.

violeta
06 March 2023 18:02

I never complaint abou anything but really Please try to avoid this place. We had the veggie options and the food tasted like nothing! No texture, no flavor, nothing! We paid for the worst indian food ever! When the lady ask us about the food we couldnt lie and she dont ever care we were unhappy. Really, AVOID THIS PLACE

maxine
02 March 2023 16:11

We ate here 2 nights in a row. First takeaways then done in. Amazing food great flavors. Service was fast and friendly. Very busy but no delay with food or drinks. Clean and tidy venue. We loved it.

Karyn
26 February 2023 13:56

Bit hit and miss with this place! I PMd them before posting this feedback, there was no reply. Ordered the mango chicken only 5 little bits of chicken. Tasted like they squirted some sweet mango flavoured sauce on top was yuck! Ended up throwing it out.

user
20 February 2023 10:34

Food was good. Lots of vegan options. Curry’s are very flavourful. Samosa’s were great size and quite nice. However, the rice was a tad dry, mushrooms not tasting fresh, and the meal was not very hot (temperature wise) being served extremely quickly, suggesting not freshly prepared.
Lady wouldn’t allow us to sit at a table of our preference even though the restaurant was almost closed and empty. Felt a bit pushy.
The size of the curry’s in relation to the rather high price wasn’t great - I would expect a much larger serving for the price.

Dimitri
19 January 2023 9:29

Absolutely delicious. Better than almost all the curries I've had in the big cities in Australia

Anton
14 January 2023 18:20

I think the curry was nice however, the portion of protein in the curry was smaller than other indian restaurants I have been to and they short changed me one garlic nann bread which I paid for.

Also when I asked for a bottle of coca-cola, it was $7 for a 1.5L coke which is in my opinion heavily marked up.

Overall 2 and a half stars. Would only recommend if that's your only choice which being a small community, it probably is.

Maybe just make your own and save yourself a small fortune.

Zuzie
11 January 2023 2:16

Went there tonight with very little else open in Greymouth, luckily the hotel we are staying at gave the recommendation, we went by and ordered for takeaway but then decided to eat in.

Ordered butter chicken and lamb madras both hot as we like spicey. It was really really good. Raita also super with the hot dishes.

Go there if you can! It’s really worth it! Plus staff very attentive and good to see them getting younger members trained up so well.

Gerard
14 October 2022 13:45

Good food and friendly service. Interior may need an upgrade indicating that it is more an Indian restaurant. Nevertheless, a good place for having a lunch.

Vicki
06 September 2022 10:34

Real easy to use online order system. Ready with no wait. Just a few more veges in vegetarian dishes please

Gaurav
05 August 2022 9:10

Been traveling across South Island for 3 weeks and tried so many Indian restaurants, this was by far the best Indian food. Reasonable prices, friendly staff. Keep it up guys will see u again on out next trip. Thanks.

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