What a fantastic experience! Friendly faces greeted us the moment we walked in. The rotis there are unbelievable and you cannot go wrong with an of the curries. Quick anticipatory service with a smile. We have been here twice now and will certainly be back. YUMMY
We visited Wellington for WOW. We bought a groupon voucher which got us two mains and two entrees. The food portion was average. We had the chicken and beef rending. They were both rendang but did not taste alike which was good for us as we wanted to share. The service was ok, unlike what I read from the many reviews. Not exactly friendly but practical. This restaurant is good for a quick meal that will not burn your pocket. The food were quite nice with a difference, not the usual kiwi Indian kind of food.
Nice food, simple decor, and friendly service. This place offers a variety of Malaysian and South Indian dishes to choose from. Food is hearty, but not lavish.. it's more like a home cooked meal.. and it's not expensive either.
I came there after 6 months for lunch today.See big difference in the Service.Great place for lunch and counter Guy is super friendly. Great food and fantastic Service lunch Team. Will be coming back again next week. Bob
We had lunch today at this place , One person was serving too many people. Still he was quite happy and very friendly.Good Service Well done. food was just ok,nothing special .
I like Malaysian food and I really enjoyed my lunch today. This is a wonderful family run restaurant and it has a nice quiet atmosphere here today. I have been here several times and always enjoy my meal. I highly recommend this restaurant.
Team lunch. Recommended by a couple of the team. No frills decor but I liked that. Waiter friendly but slow. We ordered. One of our party is vegan and made a request. We had a little wait. As meals were being served the waiter then spoke to our vegan colleague about his request and it turned out had couldn't have that. Luckily though his alternative meal turned up quickly. I ordered the roti chenai and it was good. Nice roti with a tasty curry with plenty of chicken pieces. The cutlery was quite funny. Felt like prison food with the metal trays and cups but again no frills but I liked it. None of us were blown away by the experience, mainly the seeming lack of organisation and wait but it was ok. My meal cost $8.00
A Wellington institution!
Quirky decor (glowing eyes in masks....) but very tasty food.
Fresh roti is lovely. Great for a "cheap and cheerful lunch or dinner.
The service and setting is not the best for this place but their food is so good its worth putting up with grumpy waiters. Their dosas are especially delicious and their Thali meals great value. Probably not the best place to go if looking for a fancy meal out but if you are looking for great Malaysian food which is a good price you can't go past this place.
This is quite a small restaurant but the staff are inviting and the food is good. They also do lunchtime specials which are well priced and decent portions
Roti Chenai is a longstanding restaurant known for serving up great Malaysian and southern Indian cuisine in a casual environment. The food is consistently good with appealing regional variations. I enjoyed chicken murtabak, which is bread stuffed with spicy chicken, egg and onion with lamb curry. The rest of my group had butter chicken with roti, chilli chicken masala and lamb korma. The service can be a bit slow and our meals were just lukewarm tonight. We also had to remind staff about our side order of roti, as we’d nearly finished our meals before they were served. Other than that, Roti Chenai is somewhere we happily return to for delicious meals.
Great Malaysian South Indian food. Friendly service. Value for money. Hard to find car park during peak hours but still worth it. Highly recommend.
In the early 90's this place was the best for value for a 20 something looking for an ethnic meal under $5 for lunch.
20 years later I walk in with my wife and child and I recognize the faces of the person making the food and the person waiting on the tables.
It's the same people I shared my low cost lunches with!
The amazing thing is that they recognize my wife and I!
We smile and grab a seat and introduce them to our soon to be 21 year old daughter and the faces change from recognition to "OMG I'm old"
The food is always good. The gingerbeer is still the great Bundeburg.
We will use Roti Chenai as a Wellington Staple. Now it's up to our next generation to keep enjoying this place.
I’ve had lots of Curry’s in my time, been living in NZ for 6 yrs and this is easily the best curry I’ve had.
The staff were really friendly. Portion sizes generous. Try the chocolate roti YUM! I'll be back!!
On a 6 week NZ trip. Have been in Wellington for 3 days. This place is right next door to our apartments. We leave for South Island tomorrow so went in because it's handy. Regretting now that we hadn't been in before.
Delicious food and friendly service at a fair price. What more could you want?
Best food. Authentic Indian Malaysian food. I love their Roti Chena and Chicken curry. Spicy but not hot. Very Flavourful. The Masala tea is very nice. Staff are very friendly. Lovely Atmosphere with desi music playing in the background mostly. I would love to visit this place often. I would definitely recommend this place
Located in a very central business area this popular Indian-Malaysian food place offers great tasting food. If you are lucky you may be able to watch the chef twirling flour dough in the air skillfully that ultimately ends up being a delicious paratha to be enjoyed with one of their lip-smacking curries for which this cafe has achieved popularity amongst locals and tourists alike.
I love this place,I always come here for dinner if i want some Indian food. Big portions,fair price and currys had great flavor.
Staff are also friendly.
The atmosphere here is peaceful and warm. I felt so welcome and my masala dosa was perfect. Something about this place which manages to create a consistent service and food quality with real humbleness.
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