Bombay Palace Frankton

My husband and I had a fantastic dinner here. The food was absolutely excellent, but what really made the night special was the service. Manoj was so kind and helpful; he took the time to ask about our preferences for spiciness, sweetness, and meat types to ensure we ordered exactly what we’d enjoy. A must-try is the mango coconut naan—it was divine! We will definitely be coming back next time we are in Queenstown. Highly recommended!

Absolutely outstanding takeaway tonight. We ordered the butter chicken, lamb vindaloo, chicken biryani, garlic naan, and onion bhajis, and every single dish was exceptional. The butter chicken was rich, perfectly balanced, and incredibly comforting. The lamb vindaloo had real depth of flavour with just the right amount of heat, and the lamb was beautifully tender. The chicken biryani was genuinely to die for, fragrant, perfectly cooked, and easily one of the best we’ve had. The garlic naan was soft, fresh, and generously flavoured, and the onion bhajis were crisp on the outside, light on the inside, and absolutely addictive. Everything tasted fresh, expertly cooked, and clearly made with care. This was one of the best takeaway meals we’ve had in a long time. Highly recommend! We will definitely be ordering again. Thank you so much.

Nice intimate restaurant with friendly staff and efficient service. Our order came out very fast. Definitely try the samosas!! The lamb biryani was good but I felt like the serving size was quite small and there wasn't many pieces of lamb. Didn't feel like it was worth what we paid.

My 1st Indian restaurant and oh my God, it was so delicious. Not eating spicy so we asked for mild and the spices were so flavorful.

Even the best can make a mistake and the way a company responds to it tells you a lot about their values. A minor mix up in our order became an opportunity to try out 3 or 4 different dishes offered on the house by way of an apology. The rest of our meal order was all fantastic. Served by friendly efficient staff. Everything was well presented and priced and delicious. We will definitely be returning and very happy to recommend.

We really enjoyed our dinner at Bombay palace frankton. We love Indian food and have eaten it all over the world (also in India). We liked both the chicken jalfrezi and the palak paneer here, even if I ordered the jalfrezi "hot", which was a little too spicy for me. I usually don't mention specific persons when reviewing places, but Manoj did such a great job. He offered to reduce the spicyness, which was very generous as it was clearly my fault to order it not medium. I think they didn't even remix my food but created a complete new dish for me 🤔 Manoj also was very attentive in general (like with the bright sun) and did an impeccable job.

Had the butter chicken, was mostly sauce but not enough chicken. Cheesey garlic naan was good but had raw garlic. Other than that very yummy. 5 star to contribute my part.

Amazing food ever I can wish for. All the curries come with rice and it’s really good portion. I love the test of curries and Cheese naan were on next level. We stayed in QT for a week and had food here for 4 days.

We went for dinner on a Thursday night and had the whole place to ourselves! But we could see a ton of people getting takeaway, so that seems to be a popular option. The interior was very nice and quiet. I got the chicken tikka masala and naan, while my husband got the chicken Bombay masala. We both really enjoyed our meals! A very solid option for Indian if you're in Queenstown.

It's a Friday at about 1pm, after a long bus ride, decided to drop in for lunch. Was told there no table available as the place was fully booked. At the time there were only 4 people in the place on 1 table. Suggested I take a seat outside. All the time I was having my lunch outside, there was only 1 new customer who is allowed to have a table inside. So, what was it that the place was fully booked? ...... Leaved a bad taste...........

We had a delicious meal here of vegetable korma, naan, lamb shank, basmati and saffron rice, and pickled vegetables. Our server was good.

The food was so good that we came here twice during our trip to Queenstown. My husband particularly loved the non veg dishes - chicken bhuna and Afghani chicken. I ordered yellow dal tadka which was delicious and chole which was average . All curries are served with basmati rice , which is nice as we needn't spend more money on side dishes. We were seated promptly. The place seems to be quite popular and they get a lot of takeaway orders and also most of their tables were full at 5:30 pm itself . Because of this, be prepared to wait for a long time before you food is ready.

Delightful restaurant, only 5 minutes walk from the Frankton bus terminus. The perfect place to go for dinner after a visit to Milford Sound. Everything was very good and we only wished that we could bring the restaurant to our home neighborhood!

This had been a worst experience ever at any restaurant we ever visited. We were embarrassed and felt threatened by the Manager on Duty. Learning about the excellent food at Bombay Palace, we decided to dine in. After waiting for 2 hours we finally got our seat at 8:45pm. We were excited to try various dishes and couldn't wait since we all were extremely hungry. They finally took our order after 30 mins of wait. We were now anxious to get our food, so after about 20 mins, we politely asked the manager how much longer we would need to wait. We don't know what had got the manager upset but he simply snapped. He started yelling and screaming at us for not having patience. We do understand they are busy and having many takeout order but being disrespectful and being rude is not the way food industry works. The mangers did not stop at yelling and cursing in front of small kids who were in our group but he went to an extent of canceling the entire order and asked us to leave. On requesting him to be calm and be courteous he took the water away from our table and shouted at us to get out of his restaurant. It was very humiliating and embarrassing to get cursed in front of the strangers. The kids felt very scared. The manager at one point almost went physical and about to hit one of the guest when the guest told the manager to stop screaming at us. As a tourist in this part of the neighborhood we have felt very threatened and scared by this violent behavior. We would strongly recommend no one should patronize this location and the restaurant. The Manager had a nervous breakdown, we do sympathize with the mental stress he was going through but no one should deserve to be treated the way we were. It felt this restaurant is getting lot of business for the food but if the patrons (& probably the server / cooks) are not respected and treated well, it can lead to potential dangerous situation. Do take into consideration of being treated poorly next time you consider Bombay Palace. Bombay Palace Manager was impolite, rude, threatening, have bad language and very violent person. The incident not only spoilt our perfectly great evening but left a unpleasant memories about our visit to New Zealand. It had been traumatic for the kids in our group and the patrons who were around us to witness such a unpleasant situation.

Close to the bus shelter so decided to eat here. What a treat. Food and service was outstanding! Lamb madras was perfect.