Blu Ginger Indian Restaurant

Nice menu and tasty meals. Hard to walk out without ordering some naan. Quality is fine especially considering the price point. Occasionally get a chunk of meat that maybe should have been cut out, but easy enough to work around.

After going to Blu Ginger in Canberra, I was excited to go to the Sydney version at McMahons Point. Being a Tuesday night, the restaurant was reasonably quiet — perfect for a special dinner occasion.
On arrival (we pre-​booked to avoid disappointment), we were welcomed at the door and shown to our window table which included one of those comfy lounge style benches. Water with lemon quickly arrived as did the menus. The menu is similar if not the same as the other Blu Ginger restaurants.
Entrée choices included the usual Onion Bhaji, Vegetable Samosas, Seekh or Barrah Kebabs, Chicken Tikka and Malai Chicken Tikka.
There were too many choices — I love them all, so I ordered the Blu Ginger Platter (for 2)
which came on a sizzling hotplate with selected pieces of chicken tikka (served with a mint sauce), tandoori prawns and fish cooked in banana leaf parcels ($ 22.90)
Also I decide to order a serving of Nepalese Chicken Momo (which I was surprised to find on an Indian restaurants menu)!
Add a good drop of Cape Schanck Pinot Grigio ($ 32.00) and you are off to a good start.
Choices again for mains are varied and plentiful — Seafood, Chicken, Classic Indian Curries and vegetarian options.
On this occasion, I chose Chicken Chettinad — boneless chicken pieces cooked with dry coconut, dry chillies, green chillies and peppercorn and finished in tamarind sauce ($ 16.90) and an old favourite of mine Sagwala Lamb — Punjabi’s favourite dish made with purée of spinach, spices and cream ($ 16.90)
Add Basmati Saffron rice ($ 3.00 per person) and Cheese Naan Bread /​Cheese and Spinach Naan ($ 4.00 — $ 5.00)
Verdict: The platter is the best way to go and saves you over $ 20 instead of ordering the same items separately. The Patra Ni Machhi ling fillets were the shining star or this platter. The two large tiger prawn were also very delicious and tenderly grilled in the Tandoor clay oven.
The mains were amazing in flavour and in quantity. A very good serving of all dishes ensured that you wouldn’t ask for more. In fact, I was so satisfied that I could not order desert as I originally planned and I ended up bring the Sagwala Lamb home for another meal.
The wait staff were very friendly and attentive throughout the evening. My Unilocal rating is ⁴⁄₅ stars for food and service. I’ll be back for sure — love this place.

This was the chosen venue for a group Valentine’s Day meal. We were a large group of ten at this smallish Indian restaurant. Despite being told we would be able to order off the menu, we ended up having to order off the set menu and paying more than we had planned on. Despite this, we were well accommodated and the food was amazing. This was our second visit to this restaurant, the first was a takeaway meal that was generously portioned and food that had you wanting every last bit. We have told all our friends about this amazing restaurant. Best Indian food this side of the equator!

The food is amazing but it’s extremely confusing wine service after they placed a purchased bottle of wine on the table unopened to find out that they expect you to do it yourself. This is the second time this has happened and to have to ask them to open a non-​BYO bottle let alone serve it brings a level of poor service to their establishment. As I said the food is amazing but don’t expect them to understand the concept of serving wine!

Four of us tried four things + naan. The naan was good, the food was bland and boring. None of us liked it, threw half of it away. Maybe the chef had a bad day?

Freakin’ loved takeaway from here! Hands down, this is the best Indian I’ve eaten in years. Admittedly, it’s a bit more exxy than Indian Home Diner, but it is an entire universe better. We had dinner for 5, then lunch for 5 the next day with leftovers — it cost just under $ 100.
Yum yum!

This place might be a tad pricey (compared to Indian Home diner), but good lord the food is amazing. Ordered takeaway on a Friday night. We got what we thought would feed 5; 4 mains dishes, vege biryani, rice, sides and 5 naan. Quick and friendly service, freebie papadums thrown in. the bill was $ 95. Which sounds a lot until you realise iwe stiffed ourselves for less than $ 20 a head and we were still eating leftovers for lunch and dinner the next day.
Check this place out. Every dish is a winner.

We sat at a table on the sidewalk halfway down Blues Point Road.
Sipped some semillon, did some people-​watching.
The entrees arrived on a sizzling hotplate, and left with a standing ovation.
(A Parsi stunner: parcels of ling wrapped in banana leaf and steamed with chili, coriander, and ginger; and the Barrah kebabs, baby lamb cutlets tandoor-​broiled and yoghurt-​dipped.)
Another table’s waiter came over to shoot the breeze.
The wine disappeared and was replaced with Goat Curry and Sagwala Lamb.
My nephew smeared his face with spinach sauce and threw his Lego into the bushes.
Aloo Matar Tamata was delivered, and devoured.
Mum slumped in her chair in a spice coma.
I breathed heavily and undid a notch on my belt.
No more, we begged. Please, have mercy.
But our waitress was ruthless, and attacked with Panjim Fish. I tried to fight her off with a goat bone but was no match for her dazzling smile and nimble hands.
An hour later I pushed my sister down the hill in the direction of the car and then rolled after her holding my nephew like a football.
Best Indian I’ve had for six months.
I eat a lot of Indian.

Well well well, pretty good Indian food that I can have once is a while for team lunches or working late dinners. It is not my favourite Indian in the area, but its proximity to work make it a great choice.
Sadly, nothing stands. But I was never disappointed.

I’m on the hunt for a really good Indian restaurant — after 5 years living in London I’ve become a little addicted to good Indian food, and am really hoping to find some good Indian restaurants in Sydney.
I’m giving this place 3 stars, as the food is reasonably good (personally I think the food could be hotter, the Vindaloo was not as spicy as it could be)… I think it is fair to say the quality of the food is on par with most other places on Blues Point Road. The staff seem friendly, and whilst I have always grabbed take away the restaurant itself seems a nice enough place to have a meal (if not the most memorable).
I’m saving 4 and 5 star reviews of Indian food for when I find good Sydney Indian that I believe rates well compared to other places I have had it around the world. As I said before, the food is good… but it does not really compare to others I have had.
Worth a visit if you are in the area and feel like a casual bite for dinner.