Note: Shiva Curry Wara is temporarily closed for annual staff holidays and will reopen in mid-March.
Rock up for lunch on a weekend and you’re likely to find a long queue running down the steps of Shiva Curry Wara, but the spiced offers here are worth the wait. This little restaurant serving Japanese-influenced Indian food has been in business for about a decade, dishing up warm and flavourful curries made with seasonal local ingredients.
Appetisers include classic favourites like tandoori chicken and puri (deep fried bread), while daily specials range from South Indian vegetable coconut curry and lamb curry with coriander. To sample a little bit of everything, we recommend getting the curry set, which comes with two curries, cumin yoghurt sauce, cabbage achar (Indian pickles), daal lentil soup and a cheese kulcha (flat bread). It’s good, honest food that’ll leave you feeling full, nourished and warm from the inside out.