Duke Of India Restaurant & Bar - Bowen

We found the curry to be expensive at $17.99 per portion. (Without rice). We ordered mutton and received beef, that was dry , though the sauce was tasty. Tired after a long trip, we ordered two curries and two naan breads, and it cost us $48! The service was friendly but they could have informed us about the specials they had on offer. We wont be buying there again.

I love this restaurant, the ambience is beautiful, always exceptionally clean and the staff are friendly and very efficient. I am a regular customer. There is a wonderful variety and special dietary requirements are available.

Our second visit here, certainly was impressed once again, we came to celebrate my daughters 17th who has not tried authentic indian food before and she really loved it! Definitely worth the hour drive .... This is the best Indian Around this area... excellent service they go above and beyond to make you feel welcome... can't wait for our next visit see you again soon.

We have never had a worse dining experience. We love indian food but what we were served was just horrible from start to finish. Perhaps we should have been cautious since we were the only in the restaurant. The pappadoms were literally dripping with oil and the pickles were so salty they were inedible. The prawns were hard and chewy, and didnt feel safe to eat them. The rogan josh was tastless. Both dishes had a watery sauce with no sign of onions or vegetables which makes me think it came out of a tin. Even the rice was wrong, it wasnt basmati as expected but was a watery long grain type of dessert rice. The naan bread was also dripping in oil. To top it off, the small child of the owner was allowed to run around the restaurant literally screaming at the top of his voice. We couldn't relax nor could we even hear each other speak above the noise. When asked if we enjoyed the food we had to say no, we were not even offered a discount. We went home and had toast!

We went to the restaurant during the festival of light. We found the service to be very friendly and welcoming. We had the chicken Mango curry that was just amazing and packed with flavour and the beef vindaloo that had great flavours and nicely spiced. The meals were good size serves and came with rice. We really recommend this restaurant for a great Indian meal with great service and value for money.