Delicious North Indian Whanganui is a neighbourhood Indian restaurant and takeaway on Abbot Street in Gonville, Whanganui, serving a menu that ranges across both North Indian and South Indian cooking. It has built a loyal local following on the strength of two things customers mention again and again: friendly service and food that arrives hot, generous and full of flavour.
The kitchen covers all the familiar curry-house favourites done well — butter chicken, lamb korma, chicken tikka masala and fish curry are among the most popular orders — alongside a solid line-up of vegetarian dishes like paneer tikka, chana masala and aloo gobi. Gluten-free options are also on the menu, so mixed groups of diners can all find something to enjoy.
Ordering is easy whether you visit in person or not: the full menu is available online through the restaurant's Order Meal page, with apps for Google Play and the App Store for regulars who like their Friday-night butter chicken on speed dial. Those who do stop in find a cosy, comfortable space with a relaxed, unpretentious feel — a good spot for a casual dinner or lunch with family and friends.
Open seven days a week from 11:30am to 9:00pm, Delicious North Indian Whanganui fits easily into the rhythm of the day, from the lunchtime rush through to family dinners in the evening.
Perched on Abbot Street in the Gonville neighbourhood of Whanganui, Delicious North Indian Whanganui keeps things simple: honest Indian cooking, generous curries, and service that regulars consistently describe as friendly. Whether you are picking up dinner on the way home or settling in for a relaxed meal with family and friends, this is the kind of local favourite that quietly becomes part of the weekly routine.
Do not let the name fool you into thinking it is only about the north. The kitchen cooks across both North Indian and South Indian traditions, and the menu is broad enough to please a mixed table of spice lovers and cautious eaters alike.
Butter chicken leads the list of customer favourites, alongside lamb korma, chicken tikka masala and fish curry — the sort of familiar, comforting curries Indian restaurants are loved for. It is a lineup that works equally well for a solo dinner and for a spread shared across the table, with each curry richly sauced and made for scooping up with rice or bread.
Vegetarians are well looked after too. Paneer tikka, chana masala and aloo gobi give meat-free diners genuine choice rather than an afterthought, and the kitchen also offers gluten-free options, so nobody at the table gets left out.
This is, at heart, a takeaway — and ordering could hardly be easier. The full menu lives online, so you can browse at your leisure, build your order and pay ahead through the restaurant's website or the Order Meal app on Google Play and the App Store. Prefer to talk to a human? A quick phone call to the shop and your curries will be waiting when you arrive.
That said, plenty of customers choose to stay. The dining space is cosy and comfortable, with a relaxed, unpretentious feel that suits a casual dinner or lunch with family and friends. It is not fine dining, and it does not try to be — it is warm, welcoming neighbourhood food.
Two things come up again and again in customer feedback: the friendly service and the food itself. Regulars talk about dishes that arrive hot and full of flavour, and staff who make ordering easy even if you are not sure what to pick. In a town with its share of dining options, that kind of consistency is what turns a first visit into a standing order.
The all-day hours help too. Open from 11:30am to 9:00pm, seven days a week, the kitchen covers the lunchtime crowd, after-work pickups and later family dinners without ever feeling rushed.
You will find Delicious North Indian Whanganui at F/51 Abbot Street, Gonville, Whanganui 4501. If it is your first order, the butter chicken is the obvious place to start — but leave room to explore the kormas, the fish curry and the vegetarian classics, which are far more than filler. Feeding a mixed group? The combination of vegetarian and gluten-free options means everyone gets fed happily.
Come hungry, order a little more than you think you need, and let the leftovers do lunch the next day. That is how the locals do it.