from 169 Google reviews
When you're in Oneroa and the movie at the local cinema is about to start, or you've just stepped off the ferry and want dinner sorted, you'll find this one in the Artworks Complex on Korora Road, a short walk from the theatre and the library. It's been cooking for Auckland for 23 years, and dinner runs every night from 4.30pm to 9pm, with a dining room that seats up to 80 and a takeaway trade doing steady business alongside it. Your curry comes out in a copper dish, and the names worth knowing are the butter chicken, the lamb madras and the lamb kadai, a tandoori chicken that's properly done in the tandoor, and the big naans, including a cheese and garlic one. You can bring your own wine, which keeps the bill down, and the spice levels get taken seriously whether you ask for medium or hot. If you've got a crowd, the room comes with a podium, microphone, projector and screen, and they'll cater your event too, all of it backed by an A grade for food safety.
Written from 168 Google reviews, every one we could get, on 12 November 2026. Rated 4.4 from 169 Google reviews.
This is a long-running Oneroa spot that has kept its quality through a change of hands, and for plenty of Waiheke locals it's the best Indian on the island. The curries are consistent, the portions generous, and it works whether you're sitting in or picking up takeaway.
The butter chicken is the dish to order, and you'll want a cheese and garlic naan alongside it because the bread is half the point. The tandoori chicken is the other one worth planning around, and the chicken vindaloo and lamb madras or kadai are where the spice level gets nailed, hot or medium.
The staff are friendly and quick, and they're genuinely good with kids, which makes a family dinner easier than you'd expect. Food comes out hot and fast, and when something runs over you'll get an apology rather than an excuse.
It's a casual room in the Artworks Complex, next to the cinema and the library, so it slots neatly into a night in Oneroa. Curries come in copper dishes and the mood is relaxed rather than fancy, which suits a family dinner or a low-key catch-up.
You get plenty for what you pay, and the portions are generous enough that two curries and a naan will feed a few of you. It's reasonably priced by Waiheke standards and BYO keeps the bill down, though a few find it on the pricier side.
It's a solid pick for a family meal, a birthday with friends, or dinner before or after a movie at the cinema. The room seats up to 80 and comes with a podium, microphone, projector and screen, so groups and functions are well looked after.
Takeaway and delivery can stretch past the time you're quoted, and a call to say it's running late would go a long way on a cold night. Now and then a dish misses, with the odd bland biryani or watery butter chicken, and the handling of bills and feedback has rubbed a few up the wrong way.
Every fact on this page was checked on 8 November 2026 against Google, Ajadz Indian Cuisine Waiheke Island's own website and 168 of its Google reviews. The photo is from the eatout library, not taken here, and no venue pays to be listed or ranked. Something out of date? Tell us
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