Punjabi Palace @ Melbourne Street, Brisbane

Working along Eagle Street, especially at my building; your lunch choices are not exactly the merriest of kinds. Coupled with the fact that I am saving up some money, walking back home for lunch seems to be the better option compared to my usual sushi rolls, katsu curry or bastardised chinese (which I admittedly enjoy eating).


With the Wife though, working in West End, shes in a square of multi cuisine restaurants and one of her team lunches bought her to Punjabi Palace which she declared the best so far in Brisbane.


One Friday night we found ourselves there and I waited in anticipation for the food to arrive. Surprisingly amongst a crowd, the food took next to no time to appear on our table.

Butter chicken; I must say compared to the weak attempt at Agra, this was miles better. There was even a hint of spiciness in the sauce.

Not something that I will always order but a common dish in Indian cuisine; Aloo Gobi a dry mild spiced potato and cauliflower dish. Again very satisfying as well.

They even serve com! plimenta ry rice to go with your mains.

Had we known that they would serve free rice, we wouldn't have ordered two naans. The naans were also similarly satisfying.

I actually haven't had much indian food so far in Brisbane, so with the more than satisfying meal we had that night, this can now be my benchmark for Indian cuisine.


Prices are around 20 odd dollars per head.

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Verdict: 3.5 stars out of 5 stars. Good satisfying indian food, worth going back to try a bigger range of curries.