India Gate Restaurant is a central Dunedin dining room serving lunch on weekdays and dinner throughout the week. Tables can be reserved, while pickup and delivery offer other ways to use the menu. The kitchen’s structure is classically broad: fried appetisers and tandoor-cooked starters lead into curries, grilled platters, biryani and breads, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices making the restaurant suitable for mixed groups.
The appetisers make it easy to compare different cooking methods. Vegetable samosa encloses a spiced potato-and-pea filling, while onion bhaji turns battered onion into a crisp, savoury bite. A mixed platter combines samosa and vegetable pakora with seekh kebab and chicken tikka, joining vegetarian and meat items on one plate. Chicken tikka and tandoori chicken then bring yoghurt, spice and roasting in the tandoor to the foreground.
Curries cover both gentle richness and more assertive spice. Butter chicken and creamy korma occupy the mild, rounded side of the selection, while lamb rogan josh and hotter curry styles provide deeper tomato, aromatic and chilli-led alternatives. Tandoori platters offer a drier, grilled route for diners who do not want every main built around sauce. Sharing one curry with a tandoori dish creates useful contrast at the table.
Biryani and breads complete the meal in different ways. A biryani can stand as a fragrant rice-centred main, whereas garlic naan and other tandoor breads are suited to collecting sauces from several curries. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options run alongside the meat dishes rather than existing as a single fallback. That breadth, together with dine-in and off-premises service, lets India Gate accommodate a quick central-city meal or a longer shared dinner.
Address: 102 Princes Street, Dunedin Central, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
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India Gate Restaurant & Bar Menu
Appetisers
Papad
Veg. Samosa
Triangular pastry with spiced potatoes and peas filling and deep fried
Onion Bhaji
Onion slices in a spicy thick pea batter and deep fried
Mix Veg. Pakora
Fresh vegetables dipped in chick peas flour and deep fried
Chicken Tikka
Boneless pieces of chicken marinated with yoghurt and spices then roast in Tandoor
Seekh Kebab
Mince (Lamb) with mint and herbs stewed and cooked in Tandoori Oven
Boti Kebab
Diced lamb marinated with spices and roasted over tandoori oven
Prawn Pakora
Prawns dipped in chick pea flour and deep fried
Fish Pakora
Fish dipped in chick pea flour and deep fried
Tandoori Chicken – Half
Spring chicken marinated with yoghurt, ginger, garlic, spices and roasted in Tandoor
Mix Platter for Two
Fine selection of samosa, vegetable pakora, seekh kebab & chicken tikka
Banquet
Maharaja Banquet: Minimum for 2. Includes mix platter and main course of 4 curries – Butter Chicken, Vegetable Korma, Beef Vindaloo and Lamb Rogan Josh with Naan Breads. $35 Per Person.
Maharaja Banquet
(Minimum for 2) Includes mix platter and main course of 4 curries – Butter Chicken, Vegetable Korma, Beef Vindaloo and Lamb Rogan Josh with Naan Breads. ($35 Per Person)
Mains – Lamb
Lamb Rogan Josh
Cubes of Lamb cooked in traditional Indian style
Lamb Do Piaza
Boneless pieces of lamb cooked with sliced onion
Lamb Saagwala
Boneless pieces of lamb and spinach skilfully blended in exotic curry
Lamb Vindaloo
From Goa in red hot curry with potatoes and palm vinegar
Lamb Nawabi
South Indian style curry garnished with almond and cashew nuts
Lamb Korma
North Indian style curry garnished with almond and cashew nuts
Lamb Bhunna
Boneless pieces of lamb cooked with sliced onions and capsicums
Lamb Masala
Thick spicy curry cooked in a blend of chopped capsicums, tomatoes and coriander
Mains – Chicken
Butter Chicken
Tandoori roasted boneless pieces of chicken cooked in creamy tomatoes sauce
Chicken Tikka Masala
Tandoori roasted boneless pieces of chicken cooked with spicy gravy with Green peppers, tomatoes and coriander leaves
Chicken Vindaloo
From Goa in red hot curry with potatoes and palm vinegar
Chicken Kadai
Thick spicy curry cooked in a blend of chopped capsicum, tomatoes and coriander
Chicken Korma
North Indian style curry garnished with almond and cashew nuts
Chicken Bhunna
Boneless pieces of chicken cooked with sauted onions and capsicums in refreshing curry
Saag Chicken
Boneless pieces of chicken and spinach skilfully blended in exotic curry
Chicken Jalfrezi
Boneless pieces of chicken and vegetables cooked in tomatoes and coriander
Mango Chicken
Boneless pieces of chicken cooked with mango pulp and cream
Chilly Chicken
Indo Chinese cooking style
Mains – Seafood
Butter Prawn
Shelled prawn cooked in creamy tomatoes
King Prawn Masala
Thick spicy curry cooked in a blend of chopped capsicums, tomatoes and coriander
Prawn Malabri
Thick creamy gravy cooked in tomatoes and coriander leaves
Fish Masala
Thick spicy curry cooked in a blend of chopped capsicums and coriander
Goan Fish Curry
Cooked in a thick tomato and coconut gravy with lemon and cream
Mains – Beef
Beef Shahi Korma
North Indian style curry garnished with almonds and cashew nuts
Beef Madras
South Indian style hot curry cooked with coconut cream
Beef Vindaloo
From Goa in red hot curry with potatoes and palm vinegar
Beef Masala
Thick spicy curry cooked in a blend of chopped capsicums, tomatoes and coriander
Mains – Vegetarian
Vegetable Korma
Fresh vegetables cooked in light creamy sauce
Vegetable Masala
Fresh vegetables cooked in thick tomato gravy
Malai Kofta
Cottage cheese, mash potatoes and nuts with creamy sauce
Aloo Gobi
Cubed potatoes and cauliflower cooked in onion sauce
Aloo Matar
Potatoes & green peas cooked in spiced gravy
Matar Paneer
Peas & cottage cheese cooked in spicy onion sauce
Bombay Aloo
Fresh potatoes cooked in creamy gravy & cumin seeds
Saag Paneer
Cottage cheese cooked in a fine mild puree of spinach & light spices
Daal Makhani
Lentils cooked as Punjab style, garnished with coriander & ginger
Butter Panner
Cottage cheese cooked in creamy tomatoes sauce
Kadai Panner
Cottage cheese cooked with slice onion and capsicum in onion sauce
Sides
Raita
Mint Chutney
Tamrind Sauce
Sweet Mango Chutney
Tomato & Onion Kuchumber
Mix Pickles
Platter of Side Dishes
Combination of all above
Naan/Breads
Naan
Indian bread baked in a Tandoor
Garlic Naan
Stuffed with garlic
Cheese Naan
Stuffed with cottage cheese
Garlic+cheese Naan
Stuffed with Garlic and Cottage cheese
Keema Naan
Stuffed with spicy Lamb mince
Chicken Naan
Stuffed with spiced chicken mixture
Peshwari Naan
Stuffed with sultana, coconut and cottage cheese
Stuffed Kulcha
Stuffed with spiced potatoes and peas
Roti
Wholemeal bread from Tandoor
Rice
Plain Rice
Pulau Rice
Rice cooked in fresh veg. & garnished with dried fruit
Coconut Rice
Rice cooked with Coconut and curry leaves
Vegetable Biryani
Rice cooked with fresh vegetables
Fried Rice
Rice cooked in Chinese Style
Chicken Biryani
Rice cooked with boneless Chicken
Lamb Biryani
Rice cooked with boneless Lamb
Desserts
Gulab Jamun
Sweet cottage cheese balls cooked in syrup & rose essence
Mango Kulfi
Indian Mango flavoured ice cream
Vanilla Ice Cream
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Against typical prices in Dunedin
- Fried rice Typical in Dunedin: $21.30 $16.80
- Lamb rogan josh Typical in Dunedin: $21.00 $20.00
- Butter chicken Typical in Dunedin: $19.00 $19.40
- Chicken tikka masala Typical in Dunedin: $20.45 $19.40
- Chicken korma Typical in Dunedin: $18.95 $19.40
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