Akbar Durbar Take Away in CBD

Heard a lot about them.Tried it outThe worst biryani and chiili chicken everThe chilli chicken was sooooo oily with heaps of food colour and just tasteless and the biryani was yuck !30$ and waste of food and timeWon’t recommend to people and won’t come there again

Although this is a small, literally hole in the corner places, the food is excellent and quite authentic. This'll be the second time I've eaten here, during our two trips to Auckland. Goat and chicken biryani were yummy, also had some dal fry and garlic naan...both very good and tasty. So glad this place is not close to my neighborhood or I'd be eating from here almost every second day...

Bought veg biryani and it’s look like corn biryani. I have never seen corn before in biryani. I would like call it Pulao rather thn biryani.

Thought I'd give a new place a try for lunch, and I probably should have gotten the hint when I walked inside and 1) nobody was there behind the counter or waiting, 2) there was no curry, rice, or food of any kind in the serving tray warmers ready to go, 3) I literally started to wonder if they were actually closed, and 4) there was a big bowl of UNCOVERED chicken pieces in the soft drinks fridge where customers reach in to get drinks and knock who knows what debris or dust or germs in general down onto the open meat, not to mention whether or not that meat stays at a safe temp in a drinks fridge that may be often open and closed!? So, still deciding I'm here, I'll try it, I asked what they might have ready and it was only chicken korma or pepper chicken, everything else they said would take like 15+ minutes (for a takeaway shop?). I swear all I heard was a microwave in the back being used... I got the lunch combo which is a great priced $15 deal for any curry + white rice + regular naan + can of coke, but the rest of the experience couldn't save the disconcerting health and other worries. The naan was really old and most of the sides were hard like it's been reheated too many times. Looks like another recent reviewer had the exact same experience, so I guess I'm not alone... I hate to give any place a 1, but those first 4 points are exactly what needs to be fixed to be approachable and worry free. Sorry.

I always order lamb briyani and yesterday from uber i got tandoori chicken and chili chicken. Both the chicken are not fresh at all, some pieces have alrdy gone bad. The chicken pieces are dark color and tastes awful. It has happened one time before but i ordered again anyway. I regret it.

This is a whole mess. They say fried fish and this is their fried fish. Charged $25 by Uber and ruined my night. Pepper chicken was also a big flop. Would have ordered from Raviz instead. Don't go to this restaurant please

Chicken pretty good but nan bread was really dry. Service not so good..

Used to frequent this joint often when the place was manned by an elderly man. The food was awesome and, most importantly, the service was great! Didn't come here due to C19. My recent visit here was marred by the lady who was serving. Loud, rude, and abnoxious. And it turned out the briani are microwaved. Don't think I will be coming back to this place anymore.

Rude and big mouth lady acting like she is doing a favor to everyone. And seems only interested in talking to bachelors. The food was ok, not extraordinary. Clearly most of it was just reheated. Some of the chicken/lamb didn't look good. The bearded guy (chef) had better attitude. Overall I don't recommend