Little India

02/06/2026

The Onion Bhaji. A Little India staple for a reason.

Crispy on the outside, soft in the middle and the kind of starter that makes everyone at the table reach in at once.

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31/05/2026

Little India Glen Eden wishes everyone a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable King's Birthday long weekend. Take some time to recharge and connect with friends and family.

28/05/2026

Sukhi and his wife Joanna weren't restaurateurs. They were just two people who loved feeding people and were willing to do whatever it took to learn how.

Six weeks in the kitchen. Every prep task. Cooking for the staff. Getting it right before bringing it home to Dunedin.

Thirty-five years later, the table's still set.

27/05/2026

Some drinks arrive. This one makes an entrance.

The Squadron Leader. Bourbon, sugar, bitters, a lemon twist - smoked at the table.

Named for our Grandfather; Squadron Leader, Jasbir Singh Gill. A salute in a glass.

Every cocktail on our menu carries a piece of the family with it. This one carries a little more.

25/05/2026

There's always an occasion that deserves more than a table.

The birthday that needs its own space. The colleagues that are overdue a proper dinner together. The family gathering that someone needs to just organise already. The Midwinter Christmas that sneaks up every year before anyone's made a plan.

Little India takes function bookings - your own private space, set menus and a kitchen that's been feeding celebrations since 1991.

If you've got something coming up - or something that should be, get in touch.

https://www.littleindia.co.nz/

22/05/2026

Some weeks you just need a Friday night curry.

No cooking. No decisions. Just the comfort of your couch and something that actually tastes like it was made with love and care.

Order online or via our app today 🧡
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20/05/2026

There's a reason the naan arrives the way it does and how the meat melts in your mouth.

Every Little India kitchen runs a traditional tandoor. Clay pot, fired by charcoal. The kind that's been used in North Indian cooking for generations. You can't replicate what it does to the bread, the meats, the edges that catch and blister just right.

It's just how it's always been done. Come and taste it for yourself.

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18/05/2026

We are pleased to announce that Little India Glen Eden is now open seven days a week, effective today, 18/05/26. Thank you for your ongoing support.

14/05/2026

BYO nights have a rhythm to them. Everyone brings their favourite. The curry arrives. The night takes care of itself.

BYO wine welcome - corkage fees apply. Please note Spitfire Square is not BYO.

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12/05/2026

Butter chicken. Tikka masala. Rogan josh. Some orders you never even have to think twice about.

That first spoonful that reminds you why it's always the one you come back to. The sauce. The warmth. The kind of meal that makes you wonder why you'd ever order anything else.

You know where we are.
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07/05/2026

Shaped by hand. Pressed straight onto the wall of our charcoal-fired tandoor. The same way it's always been done.

Some things you just don't change.

Your table's ready when you are.

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01/05/2026

If she's always loved what comes out of our kitchen, now she can take a little slice of it home with her.

The Little India cookbook. The recipes, the stories, the family behind every dish. A gift that keeps feeding people long after Mother's Day.

Available online or in-store.
https://www.littleindia.co.nz/cook-book

30/04/2026

She gave everyone a seat at her table for years. This Mother's Day, we'd like to return the favour.

Book Mum's table at Little India and you're automatically in the draw to win a $100 dine in voucher, $50 online credit or 30% off your next visit.

Three winners drawn per location.

The table's already set. Book hers here:
https://www.littleindia.co.nz/reservation

T&Cs apply. Online bookings only. Mother's Day sessions only. Attended bookings qualify. Drawn Monday May 11. Winners emailed. Prizes non transferable, location specific, valid 11 June 2026.

28/04/2026

The evenings are cooler. The sun disappears a little earlier. Someone suggests dinner and without thinking, someone else says I’ll bring a bottle.

BYO season’s officially begun.

There’s something about autumn that calls for red wine and curry. The kind of night where coats are draped over chairs, glasses are poured generously and the first naan is torn while the bottle’s passed around the table.

Midweek dinners start to feel different this time of year. More deliberate. More comforting. More worth leaving the house for.

If you’ve been waiting for the right night to gather a few friends and open something special, this is it.
Bring the wine. We’ll bring the warmth.
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24/04/2026

There’s always a moment when the table shifts.

Everyone’s meal arrives. A butter chicken here. A lamb rogan josh there. Someone’s ordered the biryani. Someone else went for the paneer. For a brief second, it looks like everyone has their own.

And then it begins.

Just try a spoonful of this. Tear off a bit of naan and pass it over. Slide that bowl closer. Suddenly the curries aren’t sitting neatly in front of anyone. They’ve made their way to the centre, where all good things seem to end up.

That’s the magic of a Little India table.

No one stays in their lane for long. Plates are shared. Flavours are compared. Favourites are debated. The tandoori platter lands and joins the circle. Rice is spooned across plates. Someone insists you taste theirs.

What started as separate choices becomes one generous spread.

On cooler autumn nights, this is how dinner’s meant to unfold. Warm bowls in the middle. Hands reaching in. Conversation flowing as easily as the second pour of wine.

If you’re gathering soon, make it one of those evenings where everything finds its way to the centre.
We’ll have the table ready.
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22/04/2026

In our kitchens, spices have always meant more than flavour.

They’re part of a tradition that goes back generations. In Ayurvedic cooking, spices are chosen with care. Not just to make food taste good but to help bring balance to the body and support digestion.

Garam masala, turmeric, cumin, green cardamom, cloves and black pepper. Each one has its place. Each one brings its own warmth, depth and purpose to the dish.

It’s a quiet knowledge that’s been carried through Indian kitchens for centuries and it still guides the way we cook today.

Because when spices are used with care, a meal becomes more than something delicious. It becomes something that feels good long after the table’s cleared.

20/04/2026

There’s something about cooking over fire that feels older than memory.

In our family home in Punjab, the tandoor was never just a piece of equipment. It sat outside in the courtyard, fired by charcoal when it was time to cook. Dough pressed by hand and placed against the clay walls. The glow of the coals. The quiet pause before the bread was lifted out, warm and ready to be shared.

We still cook this way.

Not because it’s different. Not because it’s complicated. But because fire gives flavour in a way nothing else quite can. It gives naan its gentle char. It gives meats their depth. It brings a soft smokiness that settles into curries and lingers at the table.

More than that, it carries lineage.

Our head chefs were trained in our grandmother Premjit Kaur Gill’s kitchen in Chandigarh. The same care she gave to her family is the care that lives in our tandoors today. It isn’t rushed. It isn’t reinvented. It’s done the way it was taught.

When naan arrives at your table, warm and ready to tear, you’re tasting more than bread. You’re tasting something passed from hands to hands, across generations and oceans.

Your table’s waiting.
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17/04/2026

Before there was a restaurant, there was a kitchen in Chandigarh.

Not a big one. Just a family kitchen, where spices were measured by instinct and recipes weren’t written down because they didn’t need to be. Our grandmother, Premjit Kaur Gill, cooked the way she’d been taught, tasting as she went, adjusting by feel, feeding whoever was at the table.

That’s where it began.

When our head chefs trained with her, it wasn’t just about learning dishes. It was about understanding care. How long to let something simmer. When the dough was ready without looking at a clock. How food should feel before it ever reaches the plate.

Those recipes travelled far. Across oceans. Into a small New Zealand kitchen in 1991. And from there, into dining rooms all over the country.

When you sit down at Little India, what’s in front of you didn’t start on a menu. It started in someone’s home. In hands that cooked for family first. In a kitchen where feeding people was an act of love, not a transaction.

That’s the thread that runs from Chandigarh to your table.

The same care. The same generosity. Just more chairs around it now.
There’s always room for one more.
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15/04/2026

It’s the first proper curry night of the season.

The kind where you step inside, hands still cool from the walk in and the warmth of our restaurant meets you at the door. Steam rises from bowls set down in the middle of the table. Naan arrives fresh and ready to be torn. Someone orders the biryani. Someone else insists on the butter chicken. A bottle of wine is opened and passed around.

Autumn doesn’t ask for much. Just something rich. Something warming. Something meant to be shared.

This is the time of year when dinners stretch a little longer. When conversation settles in. When you lean closer, reach across and help yourself to one more spoonful.

If you’ve felt that shift in the air, you already know what tonight calls for.
We’ll have the table ready.
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14/04/2026

Some nights you just don't have it in you to cook. The day’s been long. No one wants to stand at the stove. You just want something warm to arrive and take care of it all.

That’s when takeaway feels like care.

A curry chosen because you know everyone will lean in for it. Rice spooned out onto plates on the couch. Naan torn and passed across the coffee table.

It’s still a Little India table. Just at home.

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10/04/2026

There’s a reason some dishes never leave the table.

For many of our guests, butter chicken was the first curry they ordered at Little India. The one a friend insisted on. The one a parent chose for the family. The one you came back for the next time, just to make sure it tasted the same.

It’s more than a favourite. It’s the dish you recommend when someone’s new to the table. The one you order without overthinking. The one that feels right on a cold night, after a long day, when you want something familiar and steady in front of you.

We’ve seen it introduced to partners, to flatmates, to children who grow up and order it themselves. We’ve watched it sit in the centre while naan’s torn and stories are told. It’s part of more dinners than we could count.

Some meals are exciting. Some are new. And some feel like coming back to something that’s always been waiting.

If you’ve been thinking about that first spoonful again, you already know.
We’ll make it just as you remember.
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07/04/2026

There’s a certain confidence that comes with bringing someone here for the first time.

You don’t over explain. You don’t build it up too much. You just book the table and say, you’ll see.

It’s in the way you order without hesitation. In the way you suggest a few plates for the middle.

You’ve already decided this is somewhere worth sharing.

There’s a quiet pride in that. In watching someone new settle into their seat. In seeing them reach across the table without thinking. In hearing them say, I can see why you keep coming back to this place.

If there’s someone you’ve been meaning to introduce, make it one of those nights.
We’ll look after the table.
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06/04/2026

A little update from us, Glen Eden! 🍛

One of our incredible chefs is heading back to India for some much deserved family time so from Monday 6 April, Little India Glen Eden will be closed on Mondays until further notice.

We'll be back at it Tuesday through Sunday, ready to serve up the flavours you love.

We can't wait to see you during the week! 🧡

02/04/2026

When the Gill family arrived in New Zealand, they carried more than luggage with them.

They carried recipes. The kind learned quietly at home, standing beside your mother in the kitchen. The kind you cook by instinct, guided by memory rather than a page.

In the beginning it was simple. Food prepared in a small upstairs kitchen and shared with the community below. The flavours of home, served to anyone who came through the door.

People returned. Then they brought friends. And slowly, a small kitchen turned into something much bigger than anyone expected.

That’s how Little India began. Not as a grand business idea, but as a family cooking the food they loved and a community asking for another seat at the table.

27/03/2026

There’s a reason our curries feel so good to eat.

Everything starts in the tandoor. A traditional clay pot, fired with charcoal, giving our meats and naan their depth of flavour and setting the tone for the dishes that follow. It’s the foundation of our kitchen and the reason our curries and biryanis have the warmth and richness people keep coming back for.

We don’t add sugar. We don’t use MSG or thickeners. Just spices, time and the kind of care that lets the ingredients speak for themselves.

Simple. Satisfying. Full of flavour 🧡

25/03/2026

Whittakers melted chocolate, straight from the tandoor, soft and comforting with melted chocolate tucked through every bite. It’s sweet without being too much, familiar but still a little indulgent. The kind of dessert you order “to share” and quietly hope you don’t have to.

Perfect at the end of a long dinner, or as an excuse to linger just a bit longer 🧡

21/03/2026

You might not expect fries on the menu. But once they arrive, it makes perfect sense.

Go classic with Masala Fries, dusted with warm spice. Or lean into it with Masala Loaded Fries, generous and made for sharing. They’re just as good alongside your favourite curry as they are ordered with a cocktail in hand.

Order a bowl. Or two. You won't be disappointed.

18/03/2026

Friends at the table. Food in the middle. Plates passed. Drinks topped up.

Nothing else planned. Nothing else needed 🧡

26/10/2025

What a lovely team !!! Thank you for your kind support !!!!

17/04/2025

Dear Customers, We are open for Dinner from 5 pm till 10 pm. No public holiday surcharges. Thank you

13/04/2025

From 21 April, Little India Glen Eden will be closed on Mondays until further notice. We will still be open as usual on all other days of the week and can't wait to see you 🧡

15/01/2025

To celebrate the New Year with our lovely customers we're offering 20% off at Little India Glen Eden in January.

Simply round up your friends and family, make a booking with us and spend the evening catching up after the holidays over great food, refreshing drinks and even better company!

Book your table with us or order your next takeaway on our website. If you're ordering for takeaway, make sure you use the code 'glenjan20' to get your discount.

*Conditions apply - Maximum discount $30. Show this deal when paying your bill in restaurant to receive the discount. Add code glenjan20 when ordering online to receive this discount for online orders. Discount excludes delivery fee.
Expires 31/1/25. This offer cannot be used with in conjunction with any other offer.

01/01/2025

22/12/2024

We're so excited to be celebrating the festive season with you!

Glen Eden Auckland: 25 December closed. Open all other public holidays between 5pm-9.30pm.

27/08/2023

We have good news - you can now get your Little India fix seven nights a week as we are back open on Monday evenings! 🕺

You may recall in May that due to a family emergency, one of our chefs had to go back to India. Now he is back, the tandoor is firing and we are ready to serve you our delicious food seven nights a week 🔥

Thank you for your support and we can't wait to see you to kick the week off right; with a warming and tasty Little India curry! 🥘

11/05/2023

Hey Auckland 👋🏼

Despite the extreme weather, the flames are still firing at Little India and we are open as usual! Don't let the rain dampen your plans for a delicious meal. 🌧

Join us for some piping hot curries and warm hospitality. See you soon!

11/05/2023

We regret to inform you that one of our three talented chefs at Little India Glen Eden has had to rush back to his hometown in India due to a family emergency. As a result, we will be one chef down for the time being and we will need to close on Mondays starting from Monday 15th May.

We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause and we appreciate your understanding during this challenging time.

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to serving you soon.

07/04/2023

Fires still on today at Little India Glen Eden. Drop in or order online
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01/02/2023

We were thrilled to have the legendary Black Caps spinner visit our restaurant. Ajaz Patel dining with Raunaq and Sharon. We all are so proud of your achievement Ajaz and wish you many more feats in the coming years. Lovely to meet the three of you.