Malabar South Indian Cuisine
274 Victoria st, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Indian
- Open Thursday between:
- 18:00 to 22:00
About us
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Minimum order: $35
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Speed: Good (7.5)
- Sun
- 12:00 to 14:30
17:30 to 22:30 - Mon - Tue
- 17:30 to 22:30
- Wed - Sat
- 12:00 to 14:30
17:30 to 22:30
- Sun - Sat
- 18:00 to 22:00
Malabar South Indian Cuisine opened in 2003. "With MALABAR, we want to bring the most traditional dishes from the Malabar Coast , maintain the classic Indian recipes and enhance the offering with some signature dishes to reflect the changing food trends in contemporary India."
Centrally located in Sydney's exclusive Darlinghurst area, near St. Vincent's Hospitals and the infamous KINGS CROSS, Malabar is a contemporary and modern Indian restaurant with about 70 seats.
Malabar is the finest place to sample the extraordinary regional Indian delicacies, created by Chef Mohammed Sali, with his brigade of master chefs, for a marvellous fusion of tastes. At Malabar, this unique offering will take you, our guest, on a gourmet journey of India's most popular "Spice Trail".
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STARTER - DOSAI
A dosai is a typical South Indain entree, a light crispy rice and lentil crepe wrapped around a delicate filling of your choice from the list bellow, all dosai are served with sambhar and coconut chutney, *contains dairy, **can be made dairy free upon request, ***contains gluten-
Masala Dosai**
Spiced potato mash rolled in the crisp crepe
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Bangalore Dosai**
'Bangalore podi' - roasted sesame and coconut spread on the inside of the crepe to give a bite to 'the masala'
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Kheema Dosai**
Moist lamb mince flavoured with mint, cinnamon and cloves
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Chicken Dosai*
Flavorsome homemade chicken mince, cardamom, cottage cheese and coriander
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Prawn Dosai**
King prawns tossed in tangy green tomato, capsicum
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Masala Uttappam**
View photo Open-faced variation of the dosai topped with a mixture of shallots, tomato, coriander and green chili
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Plain Dosai**
Golden crisp rice, lentil, light crepe, served plain
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ON THE SIDE
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Pappadums (4 pcs)
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Mango Chutney
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Cucumber Raitha
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Lime Pickle
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Onion & Tomato
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Mint Chutney
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CURRIES
*contains dairy-
Prawns Konkan (6 pcs) (mild) View photo
coconut cream, kokum, ginger, green chilli
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Prawns Balchao (6 pcs) (hot)
View photo Pan-cooked in tangy red onion, tomato sauce, cayenne pepper
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Goan Fish Curry (med) View photo
Ling fish cubes, coconut milk, 'kokum', chilli, capsicum
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Chicken Chettinad (med) View photo
Peppery hot dish, crushed peppercorns, fennel seeds, star aniseed, curry leaves
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Chicken Makhani* (mild) View photo
(Our version of butter chicken) a smooth creamy tomato sauce, sweetened with honey and flavoured with fenugreek leaves
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Mangalorean Chicken (med)
Roast pounded spices, coconut, toasted red chilli
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Duck Moilee (mild) View photo
Skinned duck, extracts of coconut milk, fennel seeds, ginger, red chilli (bone on)
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Lamb Varutha (hot)
View photo Slow cooked with onions, home grown curry leaves, pepper corns, garam masala
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Lamb Kurumah* (mild) View photo
A light sauce made of khus khus, cashew nuts, bay leaves, whole garam masala
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Lamb Shank Roganjosh* (med) View photo
Fennel seeds, yogurt, 'rathanjogh' (bone on)
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Goat Mappas (med) View photo
Slow cooked in masala, coconut milk, green chilli, ginger (bone on)
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Beef Kerala (med) View photo
Fresh coconut milk, grated ginger, baby potatoes
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Beef Vindaloo (hot)
View photo Hot and sour sauce, ground cayenne pepper, vinegar, garlic, coriander seeds
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STARTERS
*contains dairy, ***contains gluten-
Starter Sampler View photo
One piece of tandoori chicken tikka*, mysore chilli chops and patti samosa***
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Vegetarian Sampler
View photo One piece each of patti samosa***, cauliflower & potato dumpling, spinach chaat*
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Patti Samosa*** (2 pcs) View photo
Layered filo pastry triangles, sweet baby green peas, julienne’s of onion
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Cauliflower Bonda (3 pcs)
Cauliflower florettes & potato dumplings in a lightly spiced chickpea batter
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Mysore Chilli Chops (3 pcs) View photo
lamb cutlets, hot chilli, 'carom seeds' , grilled and topped with toasted sesame seeds
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Mellagu Prawns (6 pcs) View photo
Tiger prawns, malabar peppercorns, tossed in a red onion and tomato relish
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Tandoori Chicken Tikka (3 pcs) View photo
Marinated in the famous 'tandoori masala', cooked on skewers in the traditional tandoor
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Spinach Chaat* View photo
Served cold, crunchy layers of deep fried baby spinach leaves, diced potatoes, chickpeas, yoghurt, date and tamarind chutney
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Garlic and Pepper Rasam
tomato based soup with tamarind, garlic, crackled brown mustard, curry leaves
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VEGETARIAN CURRIES
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Okra Masala (med)
Stir fried whole baby okra, onion, tomato, capsicum, black caraway
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Mushroom and Spinach** (mild)
Button mushrooms and English baby spinach, carom seeds, green chili, fenugreek leaves
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Baby Eggplant and Potato* (mild)
Pan-cooked in masala, panch phoran
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Palak Paneer* (mild)
Fresh local spinach blended, home made cottage cheese hot from the stove yet mild in flavors
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Vegetable Curry (mild)
Seasonal vegetables, light coconut milk
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Dal Makhani* (mild)
Red kidney beans and a mix of lentils, garam masala bouquet garni, garlic
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RICE AND BREAD
*contains dairy, ***contains gluten-
Basmati Rice (p.p.) View photo
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Brown Rice
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Naan* ***
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Garlic Naan* *** View photo
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Cheese Naan* *** View photo
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Cheese Chilli Naan* ***
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Peshwari Naan* ***
Stuffed with sultanas, coconut and cashew nuts
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Aloo Kulcha* *** View photo
Stuffed with desiree potatoes and chopped shallots
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Malabar Paratha*** View photo
Flaky bread pan-fried
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Roti View photo
Wholemeal bread
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DRINKS
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Mango Lassi
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375ml Can
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1.25ltr Bottle
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DESSERTS
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Kesar Pista Kulfi
Indian ice cream made with pistachio nuts and flavoured with saffron and cardamom
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Mango Kulfi
Indian ice cream made in house with Alphonso mangoes
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Duo of Kulfi
Kesar pista kulfi and mango kulfi
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Gulab Jamun
cottage cheese dumplings flavoured with saffron, steeped in cardamon syrup
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YOUR ORDER
Overall User Rating 8.5
- Overall 8 | Food 8 | Value 7 | Speed 9
Consistently good quality, service and speed.
April, 2013
Damian
- Overall 10 | Food 10 | Value 10 | Speed 10
Always very good
- Overall 7.3 | Food 10 | Value 6 | Speed 6
Best Indian, always hot and fresh. Love it
December, 2012
Katrina
- Overall 8.3 | Food 10 | Value 6 | Speed 9
Best Indian in Sydney!
November, 2012
Helen
- Overall 9.3 | Food 10 | Value 8 | Speed 10
Best indian I've tried, will definitely use again. Was told delivery would take an hour, it arrived within 30 mins.
October, 2012
Andrew
- Overall 8.7 | Food 9 | Value 10 | Speed 7
Excellent value. I've already ordered 5 times. I love to go to this restaurant but not delivery next time!
October, 2012
Akihiko
- Overall 10 | Food 10 | Value 10 | Speed 10
Love it!! Great Ruby Murray!!
September, 2012
Donna
- Overall 9 | Food 10 | Value 8 | Speed 9
I've tried loads of Indian restaurants and Malabar is a true favorite. The dosais are delicious, the chicken tikka is succulent, great vindaloo, the okra masala is worth trying for something different. If you like paratha, they make some good 'uns! The only dish I haven't enjoyed here are the lamb shanks rogan josh, but that's because I'm not a massive fan of shanks in the first place - I find them a bit slimy/fatty with an overpowering 'lamby' flavour. But that's just me!
August, 2012
Rebecca
- Overall 8.3 | Food 9 | Value 8 | Speed 8
Delicious. Everything we ordered was excellent & arrived in good time, piping hot. What more can you ask for.
August, 2012
Chris
- Overall 10 | Food 10 | Value 10 | Speed 10
Always great food and fast delivery. Easily the best Indian around Potts Point. Love the Chicken Chettihad and Dosai.
- Overall 8.3 | Food 9 | Value 6 | Speed 10
Pros: Very fast delivery, great quality food! Cons: A little $$$y! Recommend their version of the Butter Chicken!
June, 2012
Jason
- Overall 9 | Food 9 | Value 8 | Speed 10
Great food, delivered on time (early Sunday evening). Loved the dosai and the butter chicken.
May, 2012
Gee
- Overall 7.3 | Food 9 | Value 6 | Speed 7
Great food. A bit pricey. Overall, the best Indian in the area.
April, 2012
Chris
- Overall 9.7 | Food 10 | Value 9 | Speed 10
Great food! like the previous comment mentioned i took the butter chicken which is amazing!
April, 2012
Elad
- Overall 9 | Food 10 | Value 9 | Speed 8
Their version of Butter Chicken is to die for. Friendly staff and completely delicious.
- Overall 7.3 | Food 9 | Value 6 | Speed 7
Tasty but a bit pricey - so happy to have dosai delivered though!
- Overall 8 | Food 9 | Value 8 | Speed 7
Everything we've tried from this menu has been delicious, and worth the slight premium on your average curry house. They also impressed with the way they handled a messed up & late order, with prompt apologies, personal service & a complimentary replacement on another occasion. Main room for improvement is delivery time - almost an hour, but at least the text & phone confirmations were accurate
- Overall 8.3 | Food 8 | Value 8 | Speed 9
Best Indian Food in Potts Point...was delivered fast and great value
- Overall 8 | Food 9 | Value 7 | Speed 8
The best indian to order food from in the area, you pay a little more but you get the quality and the flavour. Don't bother with any other indian restaurant - Malabar is fantastic.
- Overall 8 | Food 9 | Value 7 | Speed 8
Cost wise I thought it was a little dear however the food was delicious!
January, 2012
Sharlaine
- Overall 8.3 | Food 9 | Value 8 | Speed 8
delicious meal - interesting menu, lots of flavour, not greasy. Arrived on time - will definitely buy again
- Overall 9 | Food 9 | Value 8 | Speed 10
Very impressed with the delivery speed. Upon ordering we were told 40mins and the food arrived exactly on time. Yummy food and delivery man very pleasant.
January, 2012
Kathryn
- Overall 9 | Food 10 | Value 8 | Speed 9
Its expensive but well worth it, our favourite by a country mile!
- Overall 9.7 | Food 10 | Value 9 | Speed 10
Very fast delivery. Delicious food, piping hot and not at all greasy like some Indian can be.
- Overall 8.3 | Food 9 | Value 8 | Speed 8
I received 2 x Kheema Dosai instead of 1 x Kheema and 1 x Bangalore, but besides that the food was very good, albeit a little cold. But that's what microwaves are for, right? I have eaten at this restaurant many times and have always loved the food. I'll keep going back. Goan Fish Curry is to die for.
August, 2011
- Overall 9 | Food 10 | Value 7 | Speed 10
Best Indian I've had in Australia. Said an hour and turned up in half that, and the food is AMAZING. Sad there was only one of the gulab jamun, it was so delicious.
- Overall 10 | Food 10 | Value 10 | Speed 10
Delicious food. Fast delivery. Best indian I've had in Australia! Delivery man also very friendly. Highly recommended
- Overall 8 | Food 8 | Value 7 | Speed 9
Delicious food! It was our first time to order from there as it was recommended by a friend. The dosai, butter chicken and beef vindaloo all tasty but could of been warmer..the naan bread was cold. Overall very good quality but is more expensive because of this.
- Overall 8.7 | Food 9 | Value 8 | Speed 9
Very tasty. this is the second time we ordered and had very speedy delivery this time. will use again.
- Overall 8.3 | Food 9 | Value 7 | Speed 9
yummy but expensive. its a good place when you're after a high class takeaway
April, 2011
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