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Gate of India
Shop 8, Gillitts Shopping Centre, 1 Clifton Rd, Gillitts, Durban, 3610, South Africa
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Su
Review №1

Venue was perfect , atmosphere was very quite and calming, food was amazing speacily tandori chicken with naan . Like to go again... thank you Mr.singh God bless you and ur team

Bi
Review №2

I really enjoyed both my meals, I say both because I had one and then had to go back again for a second! Absolutely amazing flavors, with an impressive portion serving. The food was cooked to perfection and there is always ample parking, which is disability friendly! What a treat, I would definitely recommend the food and service of Gate of India.

Vi
Review №3

Excellent food! Pricing is good and friendly staff. Nice atmosphere for a night out.

Ch
Review №4

We ordered to take away. I had a mild lamb curry and rice and hubby had the lamb bunny chow. We also got some garlic naan bread.Oh yum. Cant wait to dine in. The lamb was perfectly tender and tasty. Hubby loved his bunny chow and the naan bread was really good too. Service was quick. We were told that it would be ready in 20 minutes and it was lovely to get there and not even have to wait. We moved to KZN from Gauteng a year ago and this is the first time I have had such a good curry since getting here. Well done Gate of India. We will definitely be back.

Ex
Review №5

Great food, delicious, nice portions, rich in flavor and tasty. Excellent service. Thank you.

Ad
Review №6

Food was Good and Tasty...Service Though...a Disaster...Not like when they were in Dbn North...Had Good ..Quick Service.Only 1 Waiter and 1 x cashier.Owner needs to employ more staff over busy periods.No issues on Food quality...just service was very slow...no starters...no tea...they said it is tooo busy...sorry..lol...we laughed it off...Will Go Back Though

ri
Review №7

We are from Jhb and on holiday. Looked for a good curry and found it. Lamb Korma perfect. Great flavors, tender lamb, friendly staff. We will definitely visit them again

HO
Review №8

Gr8 food... Good staff / service

Je
Review №9

I cannot believe this place is not fully booked! Superb flavours, pleasant service and great variety. The food is not ridiculously chilli hot, unless you request it. We have tried four different dishes from Paneer to Prawn and each dish tastes unique and flavoursome. Dont get me started on the Naan bread ! You can smell it came straight out of the Tandoor oven - smokey, little burnt bits and generous - I would go back just for those! Highly recommended.

Ti
Review №10

Great food and great value. Highly recommended.

Te
Review №11

Even after KZN tore havoc into our city and home stores and destroyed businesses the staff at gate of India went out and made their most delicious lamb samosas and their chicken Korea and butter chicken absolutely delicious!! Ill miss this when I move.

cl
Review №12

Very high prices for cheap food. 125 for butter chicken and 25 for garlic naan. Crazy. Increase portion size or decrease price

Ni
Review №13

The best Makhani sauce you will ever have the pleasure of tasting (certainly in the Upper Highway area). If you love butter chicken/lamb/vegetable curry, then this is your spot!!! ♡

Sa
Review №14

Delicious food and hospitable service

Wa
Review №15

Awesome food and friendly service. A must.

Ch
Review №16

We got exactly what we asked for and at the right strength. Gauteng visitors and kids all loved their food

Re
Review №17

Excellent service, excellent food and great prices.

Ke
Review №18

The food as excellent the best curry in town

Ke
Review №19

Good food 😋

Bo
Review №20

Absolutely the best curry in the upper highway!! There are many restaurants in the area that claim they have authentic and quality Indian cuisine. We have tried many...if not all, only to be disappointed with oily food, more bones and fatty meat or cheap cuts that substitute the real thing. The food at this restaurant is of top quality and certainly the best we have had. Amazing flavors, quality meat and veg. Please support this great restaurant, to keep it open. Try it you will not be disappointed 😊

No
Review №21

Really enjoy this restaurant. It is informal, staff are friendly, take note of customer requests and pass to the chef. The dishes are reminiscent of curry houses in the UK.

Sh
Review №22

Pukka Indian food. Nom.

Je
Review №23

Love their curries and rotis.

Ta
Review №24

Delicious food! Will be back very soon

Ay
Review №25

Rice didn’t have salt and the lamb curry wasn’t as hot as I expected but the butter naan bread was nice

Ru
Review №26

Food is always great. Reasonable prices.

Ar
Review №27

Certainly worth going! Food excellent! Service should be better though. A smile would be nice. Training required.

Vi
Review №28

Really tasty and flavourful food. Portions are on the larger side. Friendly staff as well

Me
Review №29

This place is fantastic - delicious Indian food at affordable prices. They recently moved across the courtyard into the old Quo premises and got the liquor license. Beautiful new interior but the same wonderful friendly team.

An
Review №30

Food is not authentic. Everything tastes the same.

Yo
Review №31

Really nice curries and impeccable customer service.I had the chicken rotti and my husband the Rogan Josh. Both were very good. Would definitely get take aways there again/ sit down dinner :-)

Ol
Review №32

We were pleasantly surprised by the authentic little gem hidden away. We are not big curry eaters, though we like it. We lined the meal and next day at work people were smelling my lunch of left overs and complementing the chef.

An
Review №33

We have tried a few local Indian takeout spots to determine who makes the best Butter chicken and naan and Gate of India is the best by far in terms of flavour and value for money. Highly recommended!

Ph
Review №34

Food was very good, but our order was incorrectly taken by our waitress. Our medium curries were placed to the kitchen as mild (according to our bill). Portion sizes are generous and flavourful. We will be back.

Co
Review №35

The Rottis are amazing! We probably get take out from here maybe once, okey definitely twice a week!!!

Su
Review №36

Brilliant Always. Decor outstanding. Friendly, relaxed. Locals always return. Owner has a wonderful smile and welcomes you. Good excellent food with great flavours.Nothing a problem. Our favourite chilled meeting place. We get our BYO from the friendliest store in the same centre. Park outside. Safe secure.

Za
Review №37

The food was delicious especially the butter chicken and ambience of the restaurant was lovely. The service from the waiter was ok. Took my girlfriend there for our anniversary and overall we were happy with our dining experience. Definitely eat there again

Mu
Review №38

I used to say I will not Indian food but I was introduced to when I was looking for chicken on meeting day . They tell me about tandoori chicken . From that day .Im a regular ther. The i say let me try curry thats when I do good thing for self lamb tikka masala and fraind take butter chicken with the Naan bread before our starter it aloo paratta. Bomby crush thats something I can not resist to it . They tell me its called north indian restaurant. Please when I see this name gate of india I feel Hungary . Guys I forgot the biriyani another day . Service its always 👌👌. Me gate of india you will see my more and more

GX
Review №39

Great food but service questionableFully licenced with nice selection of curries. Bonus that you can decide how much heat you want. Waitress was not very savvy about the menu and one that came to the table I do not believe could speak English. Probably would give 3-1/2 stars but giving the benefit of the round up with no 1/2 stars available!

Mo
Review №40

The best Indian restaurant in Durban, good. Service, very friendly staffs awesome environment.. overall its very good. Experience

Ry
Review №41

The food here is really great. Ordered one of each dish to share and everything was yummy

Er
Review №42

The best curry I have ever had. The flavours are just out of this world, the portion sizes are nice and big and the prices are very affordable. The services is great and very fast especially for take away meals. The staff are all very friendly and obliging and the decor and layout at the restaurant is lovely for a sit down meal.

NO
Review №43

Food is great and fresh but the wattors doesnt understand language communication its better when the Manger is there

Ja
Review №44

Love the north Indian curries at this place. The garlic naan is the best.

Sr
Review №45

Definitely going to try their food again. So far excellent and authentic Indian food. I am happy they cater for strict vegetarians (they mentioned they do not mix utensils when cooking non-veg foods), so Hygiene and the possibility of food Contamination is rare and therefore good.

Pa
Review №46

Generous servings of creamy North Indian curries with wonderful flavours. Good service from efficient and friendly management and staff. Great value for money.

Pa
Review №47

Best Indian food ever! The food was quality and priced very decently for the portions. The man that helped us was genuinely friendly and helpful, as was the woman behind the counter. Thank you, well definitely be back.

As
Review №48

Food can take a little while to come due to alot of people but ut is great food

Ta
Review №49

The new restaurant is fantastic ... Still in Gillitts centre just in another shopFood was yummy yum

An
Review №50

Great sized serving with amazing taste. Quick, friendly and efficient service. Highly recommended.

JJ
Review №51

Awesome curry

De
Review №52

Order mutton curry and rice pay R129 and get a mixture of beef and mutton, mostly beef... Curry doesnt taste terrible at all I just felt the price and the fact the cut most the mutton out of a mutton curry is nonsense

Ch
Review №53

The food is really spicy, tasty and very fulling. Not one plate tasted anything like the other.The menu has a big veriaty to choose from.Service is prompt and very friendly. I recommend any person of any culture to have a taste of real Indian culture.

Go
Review №54

Below average. First and last time ordering from Gate of India. Owners / Operators clearly dont take pride in their food. Ordered... the lamb rogan josh, lamb breyani, plain rice, garlic naan and soji. Both dishes were as bland as the rice... no flavour to rogan josh or breyani... breyani was watery and lacked flavour with no lentils. Rogan Joshs potatoes were undercooked... all round disappointing to say the least.

Ga
Review №55

Great authentic Northern Indian cuisine at very reasonable prices.

Ma
Review №56

Food is absolutely fantastic. Even my three daughters ages 3, 9 and 11 tucked in to everything.

Pa
Review №57

Great food service used to be better before the other branch opened

Ju
Review №58

Great flavour and fantastic service. Dont hesitate to give them a try.

Ad
Review №59

Really really good curry. Amazing sauce

Na
Review №60

The food was very good, but dont be afraid of the spice level. I ordered a medium and it was still quite mild, so you can be brave! They arent licensed, so bring your own alcohol, and they dont charge corkage. The only issue we had was that they ran out of yoghurt for my lassi and they didnt tell us, so we sat for about 30 minutes with no idea why. But the waitress was very polite and apologetic when we asked what was going on.

Br
Review №61

Great food, great value. Very popular and deservedly so.

Jo
Review №62

Good indian food can be a bit tricky with the lelvl of heat - medium is quite hot 😁

Br
Review №63

Food and service staff excellent will be back

Na
Review №64

Food was nice. Service mediocre.Recently went for supper again, 100% improvement in the service . The food was as good as ever.certainly worth a visit.

Cl
Review №65

Dedicated waiters, culinary paradise, feels like crossing into India

Ni
Review №66

Enjoyed the food albeit pricey

Th
Review №67

Horrible and non authentic Indian food

Lo
Review №68

Best curry I have had in a loooong time. We had the butter chicken and the jalfrezi, both were amazing.

Pe
Review №69

A good place to enjoy North indian cuisine. Not much atmosphere, but friendly staff and good food.

Co
Review №70

Amazing butter chicken and they dont take too long to prep a takeaway. The portions are also well worth the money.

ma
Review №71

I love the flavour.it is best indian restaurent in the area. Food is fresh more authentic and feel like i am in india.service first class.

Pi
Review №72

Great food ..a busy little Gem of a place

Re
Review №73

Food and value were very good.

Ma
Review №74

The food is very tasty. The service was good and reasonable priced.

Bu
Review №75

Excellent Food, well priced and take aways available.

Jo
Review №76

Great food as really reasonable prices. Great owner and host.

Ri
Review №77

Great value delicious Indian food!

Se
Review №78

Very good north indian cuisine

Pe
Review №79

Good Food reasonably priced and excellent service

Br
Review №80

Just had the Chicken Korma mild take away. Wow. Bloody wow. Keep up the great work. Again unbelievable 👍

Pa
Review №81

.Our new favourite restaurant in the upper highway.If you like Indian Cusine look no further.

Ke
Review №82

We had a lovely Curry! Take your own wine/ beer.

Ra
Review №83

Wonderful Food served by very friendly staff

Mi
Review №84

Wonderful tasting food at a great price!

sa
Review №85

Great food, friendly and well priced

Da
Review №86

Excellent North Indian food freshly prepared in pleasant surroundings.

El
Review №87

Brilliant Food, and a really authentic atmosphere.

Ma
Review №88

Visited for dinner, had the Chicken Jalfrezi which was amazing! Tasted the lamb breyani which was also incredible. Naan is tasty and made with care.Prices are reasonable for the amazing quality food and special attention paid by the owner.They are not licenced so you can take your own alcohol with no corkcage.I recommend this restaurant even if you have to drive a bit!

Ma
Review №89

Was amazing. 5 Star for sure!!. Had the lamb vindaloo. Superb!!!

ry
Review №90

Excellent Indian food, probably the best Ive had in Hillcrest by far!

Me
Review №91

Authentic north Indian food of a great standard, really tasty. Pity the restaurant is let down by the terrible service (unless you BYO+++ in which case its fun) and the bad toilets.

Ta
Review №92

Best authentic Indian / Durban curries!

Ca
Review №93

I love that even the vegan pallat is spoilt. The lentil Dahl and potato samoosas are just heavenly!!

J
Review №94

Food wasnt bad, had a bunny which was fairly priced. The place itself is very modest in setting, if you are looking for a spot to just try its ok.

To
Review №95

Food made with great pride and very good curry

Ch
Review №96

Lovely food but was very hot inside.

Je
Review №97

Food was tasteless and the manger stared at us while eating.. awkward

Me
Review №98

I was very disappointed with the service of such a well known establishment.

Ro
Review №99

Excellent food and variety of it. Friendly and helpful staff.

Ka
Review №100

Thier curries are loved by all

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  • Address:Shop 8, Gillitts Shopping Centre, 1 Clifton Rd, Gillitts, Durban, 3610, South Africa
  • Site:https://www.facebook.com/gateofindiagillitts/
  • Phone:+27 31 764 1517
Categories
  • Indian restaurant
Working hours
  • Monday:10AM–9PM
  • Tuesday:10AM–9PM
  • Wednesday:10AM–9PM
  • Thursday:Closed
  • Friday:10AM–9PM
  • Saturday:10AM–9PM
  • Sunday:10AM–9PM
Service options
  • Outdoor seating:Yes
  • Delivery:Yes
  • Takeaway:Yes
  • Dine-in:Yes
Highlights
  • LGBTQ+ friendly:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible car park:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible lift:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible seating:Yes
Offerings
  • Alcohol:Yes
  • Beer:Yes
  • Cocktails:Yes
  • Coffee:Yes
  • Kids' menu:Yes
  • Wine:Yes
Dining options
  • Breakfast:Yes
  • Lunch:Yes
  • Dinner:Yes
  • Catering:Yes
  • Dessert:Yes
  • Seating:Yes
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
  • Toilets:Yes
Atmosphere
  • Casual:Yes
  • Cosy:Yes
Crowd
  • Family friendly:Yes
  • Groups:Yes
Planning
  • Accepts reservations:Yes
Payments
  • Debit cards:Yes
  • NFC mobile payments:Yes
  • Credit cards:Yes
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