Smart India Mount Maunganui

Best Indian restaurant in Tauranga by far! The staff are super friendly and food is always really quick for both dine in and takeaway. I absolutely love the Lamb Biryani, Butter Chicken & Masala & my husband's go to's are Lamb Sagwala, Goat Vindaloo & Cheesy Garlic Naan. We come here every week or other week and are never disappointed. I would not bother going anywhere else in the Mount or Tauranga and would reccomend to anyone.

We had an awful experience yesterday. I would leave zero stars if I could. The food is mediocre for the price and to make it even worse it is not even close to authentic. We ordered some biriyani and it felt like it was just a portion compared with the briyani served at other places. The tandoori chicken was also below average. The only thing that was good was the mango lassi. The lassi was really good. But would never recommend to come here just for the lassi, you can have similar or even better one for a better price in a lot of places.Worst slice and customer service in the Mount. We were welcomed with a rude greeting. Paid for a meal for 2, & immediately after finishing our food we were asked to leave our table. I just finished my lassi and was having some water to get the taste of. Id understand if we had been there for a long time already, but we had not even been there for more than 35-40 minutes at this point. The restaurant was not at all busy, with lots of empty tables and still had 10-15 mins to the displayed closing time. Very unprofessional and rude.It was very offensive and insulting to me as I was the one forcing my friend to come here when my friend had another place in mind.Won’t be coming back here. Come here if you want attitude. And no respect for your money.- Reply to the response -Hi Sunil,Thanks for your reply. Really appreciate the owner coming back on these issues and taking the feedback in a positive way. We understand the need to clean up the kitchen and making orders before that but in this case we have already told your staff that we won’t be adding anything more to the order when one of the waiters came and asked about anymore orders while we were dining. We placed our order at the counter even before having our seats as the restaurant was about to close in a hour and we understand and agree that you have to start cleaning the kitchen before closing. I have read your response to my friend’s review about that night. Thank you for confirming that the restaurant closes at 10 and the staff informed us about that. While asking us to leave at 9:45-50 your staff was a bit rude and said the restaurant closes at 9:30pm. Our table was not messy and we didn’t dropped anything on the floor so it was just a minute cleanup that was needed at our table and there where still a group at the restaurant having their dinner while the staff asked us to leave.We understand the taste in the food can vary a bit sometimes and who knows maybe it might have been better on other days and we came in just on a bad day. It’s hard to meet everyone’s expectations on food and we wouldn’t have put the reviews for just because of that. It was the quality of service that made us put the review. It was truly insulting and disrespectful. We can argue forever with the ‘he said he said’. Letting us know that it’s almost the closing time and making us leave 10-15 mins before are two different attitudes. I believe a lot of customers would feel that way.Once again thanks for taking the feedbacks. Hope the team improves their approach towards the customer and good luck to your business.

We went here last night, wow what a pleasant surprise! The curries we ordered were both exquisite, we both shared what we had and they were delicious. The naan bread was lovely too, not too thick and doughy. The waiting staff were good too, with the chef coming to check we were enjoying our meals, also very friendly. It does not disappoint, good value to for money too!

We went for dinner after spending good time on beach.Obviously, we were tired and craving for good food. At entry, we were a bit surprised as there were not many people in the restaurant.However, the food served was great! Here are the details about the items we ordered:Paneer Tikka: one the best paneer tikka we had in New Zealand, it was juicy, smokey and well marinated. The balanced taste or mustard and other spices was awesome.Paneer Kadhai: It was awesome again, it had a smokey flavour and taste of whole spices was great!Daal tadka: I think it was mixed daal and the tadka was icing on the cake! The rich taste of Jira and garlic was there in every bite.Tandoori Roti: again perfect roti was served. It was hot, soft and most improtatnly did not taste like maida.The service and atmosphere was great too! It was a wonderful experience. Its a perfect place for anyone looking for authentic Indian food!I would visit again whenever in Tauranga or Mount Manganui.Cheers!

I had an extremely disappointing experience at this restaurant. My friend and I arrived at 8:50pm, and even before providing us with a table, the staff rudely informed us that they were going to close soon and insisted on taking our orders first. This behavior was completely uncalled for, especially considering there was still over an hour until closing time (which was 10pm).Once we finally received our table, we ordered biriyani, tandoori chicken, naan, and lassi. Unfortunately, the quality of the biriyani, tandoori chicken, and naan was below average and far from enjoyable. The only saving grace was the lassi, which was the only item worth praising.To make matters worse, at around 9:50pm, while we were finishing our lassi, the staff abruptly approached us and informed us that they were closing. This was a mere 10 minutes before the designated closing time. It was a truly terrible experience overall.I would strongly advise against visiting this restaurant based on my unfortunate encounter.

It was my first time to visit here but I feel like they didn’t value their customer, maybe you guys make an effort on the customer satisfaction .. Thank you...

Honestly one of the best Indian restaurants I’ve been to. The service was exceptional and incredibly friendly. Went with the mushroom masala which I thought was a bit of a rogue choice but ended up being phenomenal. Fantastic place and worth the visit. Big up.

Honestly was far from impressed when dining in at this establishment. Where do I begin, the watery curry, the stale naan, the overpriced food"

We bought Balti chicken and garlic naan. Chicken was prepared in authentic way, no food color and extras were used. Amazing authentic taste. 10/10 guys. Kudos!!

This is the best Indian restaurant in Mount Maunganui ! Hands down, staff are so polite and friendly and the food is always perfect. Love supporting small businesses like this. Was highlight of our after bland food on the cruises. Normally don't post reviews but I had give this feedback. We will definitely be coming back one day.