Store

Little India (Toorak)
308 Toorak Rd
South Yarra, VIC 3141
Tel:  (03) 9827 9455
Website: http://www.littleindia.com.au

First of all, my apologies for not keeping this blog up to date. I have plenty of material to write, but just have not had time to scratch myself since the birth of the new year. That sounds so long ago. I will shortly summarise our performance for 2008.

I had the opportunity to get to know Little India a bit over the last year or so. I first saw it about a year ago while driving down my favourite Melbourne road – where else, Toorak of course!

The service
I have gotten to know the manager there, as I am a regular. However he is not aware of Mr Feedback. Saturday nights can be very busy, and they only had 3 staff last night. This seems to be the normal for them. The restaurant is a decent size, and well decored. I waited about 10-15 minutes for my entree, and about 15 minutes further for the main. We did order a lot of dishes, so I was impressed with the prompt service. The waitress was able to cater for my special dietary requirements, without any major errors. They do have to be a bit more formal with their interaction thought, that’s my opinion anyway.

The food
I am a great fan of the Little Indian matter paneer. This is a regular for me. The dishes are well presented, particularly the entree platters. The serves are plenty, and justified. The cost of the food is surprisingly low for a restaurant in Melbourne’s prestige suburbs.

The ambience
The restaurant has certainly grown over the past year. It has gone from quite a bland interior decor, to promoting its outdoor spaces and also simple yet effective interior design. The tables and chairs are modern, and I really like the wall leather seating. The annoyance of having only one bathroom for each gender can be felt. The layout of the restaurant is easy to understand, and makes sense. The chef’s can be seen working hard on the dishes, and there seems to be a clear system of claiming orders.

I am bit disappointed at the lack of register technology. They really can invest in a PDA order systems transmitted wirelessly to the register (similar to many restaurants in Lygon St), and also a better cash register. I was surprised to see the waitress writing out my tax invoice by hand, this is bit backward in today’s day and age.

Summary – Rating (8.5/10)
I really like their online ordering system and their clean website design. A couple pointers to fix, but overall a great restaurant located in Melbourne’s finest roads.