Honest Restaurant is a vegetarian Indian street food restaurant at 3062 Great North Rd in New Lynn, Auckland. It has a 4.3 rating from 589 Google reviews. Its website says it began as a family street cart in Ahmedabad in 1975, cooks everything to order with nothing frozen, and uses Amul butter and cheese. The menu covers pav bhaji, pulav and pizza, chaat, sandwiches, South Indian, Indo-Chinese, thali, Punjabi dishes, sweets and shakes, with vegan, Swaminarayan-friendly and Jain-friendly dishes marked. It offers takeaway, Uber Eats and DoorDash. Reviewers praise pav bhaji, dosa, dahi puri and manchurian, though one had a poor visit.
Indian street food depends on freshness and texture, so chaat and dosa are best eaten straight away while crisp. Pav bhaji, a spiced vegetable mash with buttered bread, suits sharing, and a thali is a good way to try several dishes at once. Vegetarian restaurants often mark dietary options clearly, so ask about vegan or no-onion, no-garlic choices.
For vegetarian Indian street food in New Lynn, Honest is a popular, well-known option.