think ive found the best indian take away in south dublin!

tom1ie

Anyone tried masala take away in crumlin on kimmage road west?
Food is amazing and very tasty. Anyone else got any indian favourites?

Hootanany

What did you have

Hootanany

Is it a secret

tom1ie

Sorry about the delay! No internet service-but thats a different story!
I had chicken dehranduni, the wife had tandori butter chicken. Add that to pilau rice, portion of chips, and garlic and corriander naan breads. Really good.:)

Conor Bourke

I got a take away from this place tonight, on foot of this thread. I decided I better play it safe with chicken tikka masala seeing as I didn't know too much about the place. When I rang it in, the guy on the phone was extremely difficult to understand and had a lot of difficulty following what I was saying, so I was a bit cagey about it all. I asked how long it would be- he said "oh, it will be 30 minutes at least, is that okay?" I said it was fine, thought it would give me time to have a shower, tidy room, etc. Not quite 15 minutes later the food had arrived. Worrying!

Anyhoo when I sat down to it, it wasn't that hectic. There was no flavour of anything much from the sauce, which was almost watery! The chicken itself tasted quite nice, and the rice was fine. I'll give this place one more go, will go out on a limb next time and try something a bit more adventurous and see how it goes.

tom1ie

Alaskimo-cake wrote: »

I got a take away from this place tonight, on foot of this thread. I decided I better play it safe with chicken tikka masala seeing as I didn't know too much about the place. When I rang it in, the guy on the phone was extremely difficult to understand and had a lot of difficulty following what I was saying, so I was a bit cagey about it all. I asked how long it would be- he said "oh, it will be 30 minutes at least, is that okay?" I said it was fine, thought it would give me time to have a shower, tidy room, etc. Not quite 15 minutes later the food had arrived. Worrying!

Anyhoo when I sat down to it, it wasn't that hectic. There was no flavour of anything much from the sauce, which was almost watery! The chicken itself tasted quite nice, and the rice was fine. I'll give this place one more go, will go out on a limb next time and try something a bit more adventurous and see how it goes.

sorry to hear that alaskimo-cake, but i find chicken tikka masala can be fairly basic and sometimes bland wherever ya go. Next time try the dehranduni or a bhuna gosht. I find these dishes to be full of flavour with a nice thick sauce. Where would you usually go for an indian takeaway?

killbillvol2

I think I'll pass on taking advice from someone who orders chips as part of an Indian meal.

neil_hosey

i recommend jewel in the crown in ballsbridge.

one of the nicest kormas ive ever had. and reallly good value for money

BeerNut

Had a couple of nasty experiences of bad food from Masala and stopped ordering from them, though this would have been five or six years ago.

Find it hard to deviate from Konkan on Clanbrassil Street these days.

Duke Leonal Felmet

Does South Dublin City count?

If so, Diwali on Georges Street. You can always tell a good Indian by how they cook the Lamb.

xzanti

The Bombay Pantry in Rathmines is by far the best in SD.

Fact

lynski

i have not lived in dublin for a fe years now but i still dream about bombay pantry. there is no comparison

part time punk

+ 1 for Konkan on Clanbrassil Street and Bombay Pantry in Rathmines.

admiralofthefleet

tandoori bite on south richmond street is lovely

schemingbohemia

I do like Bombay Pantry but recently (on foot of a voucher) started using The Spice Cottage in Sallynoggin, much prefer it to Bombay Pantry.

http://www.spicecottage.ie/

cosmic

xzanti wrote: »

The Bombay Pantry in Rathmines is by far the best in SD.

Fact

I was their biggest fan for years. Recommended them at every chance possible. Until I found a big thick black hair in my Chana Masala and nearly threw up. When I rang them to tell them they offered to send me another Chana Masala (delivery time 40 minutes). When I explained that I couldn't eat another mouthful of anything, because I felt so sick, and asked for a refund, they refused. I haven't gone back since - not ever.

Now I stick to Konkan or Namaste. Top quality food, excellent serive and always willing to please. Can't go wrong.

Conor Bourke

tom1ie wrote: »

sorry to hear that alaskimo-cake, but i find chicken tikka masala can be fairly basic and sometimes bland wherever ya go. Next time try the dehranduni or a bhuna gosht. I find these dishes to be full of flavour with a nice thick sauce. Where would you usually go for an indian takeaway?

Yeah I know Tikka Masala can be a bit basic but as I said, was playing it safe seeing as it was my first time to get anything from the place. Thought I'd see how they deal with the basics first. I only get indian as an occasional treat, had ordered from Royal Tandoori in Terenure.

BeerNut wrote: »

Find it hard to deviate from Konkan on Clanbrassil Street these days.

Hmmm I work in Harold's Cross, looking forward to getting a takeaway from here the next time I'm on night duty so

ntlbell

punjab balti in renelagh for me AMAZING!

BeerNut

ntlbell wrote: »

punjab balti in renelagh for me AMAZING!

Though they got five days on the naughty step recently.

Sooopie

Konkan is AMAZING. Nice friendly hard working lads too. My favourite by a mile - delish

chin_grin

India Gate in Rathfarnham is my go-to treat for myself. Lovely food.

gagomes

Sadly, I wish this thread didn't exist. I ordered 1 jalfrezi, 1 pilau, 1 bombay aloo, 1 peshwari naan, 1 portion of onion bhajis. The total was 26eur. 30 mins was the delivery time (I'm close enough to crumlin) they took about 40mins (not a big deal if the food was any good). The peshwari was like it had been reheated, very dry, very thin (almost like one of those massive chocolate chip cookies). The jalfrezi wasn't the worst I've had, the rice and the potatoes had an intensive flavor of butter and very oily. The onions were dripping oil. All in all, I'm very disappointed. Huge prices for take-away of sub-par and mediocre food. I've added it to my contacts with a bold "don't order from" as name to be sure I don't do it by accident.

admiralofthefleet

Has anyone tried the new poppadom at home in harolds cross? i wonder is it related to the ex poppadom in rathgar and the branch in sligo? if so it has to be good as the other 2 were/are amazing
its where hoang ha chinese used to be

happynings

Konkan is amazing. Chaps in there are very nice too. Once gave my girlfriend and her mate a free bottle of wine because they had to wait so long (still only about 30 mins) for their take away. And they'd be liable to throw in a few onion bhajis to a bag too which is always good.

admiralofthefleet

happynings wrote: »

Konkan is amazing. Chaps in there are very nice too. Once gave my girlfriend and her mate a free bottle of wine because they had to wait so long (still only about 30 mins) for their take away. And they'd be liable to throw in a few onion bhajis to a bag too which is always good.

when did you eat there last? in my opinion its not as nice as it was

Scruffy Sandra

I like the Ghosti Taraabt on Mulrooney Street.....delicious, and cheap as hell.

MagicMarker

India Gate - Belgard Road

BeerNut

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

when did you eat there last? in my opinion its not as nice as it was

Really? Still my regular. It definitely changes from time to time -- different chefs, different shifts, I guess. But I've never had a complaint about the food.

happynings

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

when did you eat there last? in my opinion its not as nice as it was

It has been a while to be fair. Moved house two months or so ago and haven't been since. But had no problems last time I was there and would still go back if I was in the area

Pride Fighter

gagomes wrote: »

Sadly, I wish this thread didn't exist. I ordered 1 jalfrezi, 1 pilau, 1 bombay aloo, 1 peshwari naan, 1 portion of onion bhajis. The total was 26eur. 30 mins was the delivery time (I'm close enough to crumlin) they took about 40mins (not a big deal if the food was any good). The peshwari was like it had been reheated, very dry, very thin (almost like one of those massive chocolate chip cookies). The jalfrezi wasn't the worst I've had, the rice and the potatoes had an intensive flavor of butter and very oily. The onions were dripping oil. All in all, I'm very disappointed. Huge prices for take-away of sub-par and mediocre food. I've added it to my contacts with a bold "don't order from" as name to be sure I don't do it by accident.

I live about 3 miles from them and they deliver very quickly to me. I have always found it a great place and would agree it is the best take away in the South City area (but not in Dublin).

aliveandkicking

MagicMarker wrote: »

India Gate - Belgard Road

+1 Absolutely gorgeous food. Have tried most of their curries and found them all lovely. I actually prefer India Gate to Bombay Pantry in Rathmines but I think Bombay Pantry is good too.

griffdaddy

Konkan is the best by far. The quality of the meat in there is way better than anywhere else I've tried

kylith

Another +1 for Konkan. The delivery time can be a bit long (average of 45 mins) but for the quality of the food I don't mind.

BeerNut

kylith wrote: »

The delivery time can be a bit long (average of 45 mins)

I suppose it depends where you are but they always say 45-50 minutes to me on the phone and it never takes nearly that long.

Sorcha16

griffdaddy wrote: »

Konkan is the best by far. The quality of the meat in there is way better than anywhere else I've tried

Couldn't agree more -I'm especially fussy about meat quality when ordering take-out and the chicken here is exceptionally lean and succulent. Their naan also always seems freshly baked on site and never has that awful chewy quality that so many Indian restaurants deem acceptable.

I used to be a huge Bombay Pantry fan but have never ordered there once since eating from Konkan

kylith

BeerNut wrote: »

I suppose it depends where you are but they always say 45-50 minutes to me on the phone and it never takes nearly that long.

I'm fairly close to them, so I'd expect it to be faster. Still, for the quality, I don't mind the wait.