Cuisine: A La Carte, Indian, Vegetarian
Price Point: Mains from $15 - $25
Indian Affair is Taupo’s finest Indian dining experience. They’re easily located on the corner of Ruapehu and Tuwharetoa Street’s right in the heart of Taupo’s bar and restaurant scene.
Indian Affair’s menu combines a diverse mix of traditional and modern Indian cuisine combined with personable and efficient service.
Indian Affair is not just any restaurant, their minimalist environment coupled with the vibrancy generated from our busy nature makes Indian Affair a great place to visit with friends and enjoy a wine or traditional Indian beer.
Indian Affair’s modern, comfortable and relaxing atmosphere will suit anyone's needs.
Reviews
Kerry Baker - dined at Indian Affair on 14 March 2020
Friendly helpful staff, delicious food. Will be back - thank you.
Fay Bagley - dined at Indian Affair on 8 October 2019
We had a fantastic time at Indian Affair. Thank you to the friendly and welcoming staff! My sister and brother-in-law have spent years living in India and have experienced many Indian restaurants back home in NZ - tonight they couldn't speak highly enough of how authentic and enjoyable they found the food. Thanks again, Indian Affair!
Michelle Weston - dined at Indian Affair on 10 August 2019
First ones in the restaurant but this soon changed and created an awesome atmosphere. Staff were attentive and happy to advise on the expansive menu. Food was served in a timely manner, hot, fresh and nicely presented. Great flavours and good portion size. We felt like valued customers and would recommend.
lizzie fulljames - dined at Indian Affair on 19 July 2019
We have tried other Indian restaurants, but we always go back to Indian Affair. In our opinion, the vegetable pakoras are the best in Taupo. Tasty and moist. The Butter Chicken is always consistently full of flavour and my favourite, lamb sagg had my taste buds jumping with every mouthful. We will keep going back and we recommend you do too.
Karen Lever Farrell - dined at Indian Affair on 28 January 2019
At Indian affair we had a lovely night outside. We choose to sit there & bask in the evening sun. We had mango lasski to drink which is sweet. The food was delicious. I had butter chicken which was moist and well flavoured. And coconut rice which was also yummy. My husband had vegetable Korma which was a creamy gravy and onion bujhi which was full of flavour. We both really enjoyed our meals and were full, couldn't quite finish it all. The service was top notch looked after us well. Highly recommend to all!
Kerry Baker - dined at Indian Affair on 14 March 2020
The food was amasing, good servings and delicious flavours. The staff were welcoming, and the restaurant was well presented. Looking forward to going back.
Kim bennett - dined at Indian Affair on 23 February 2020
Amazing food, great service, recommend to all
Angel Smith - dined at Indian Affair on 7 December 2019
We enjoyed a very nice dinner at Indian Affair. Our waitress gave us excellent service, answered our questions superbly.
Louise Cuttance - dined at Indian Affair on 23 November 2019
Friendly helpful staff, delicious food. Will be back - thank you.
Fay Bagley - dined at Indian Affair on 8 October 2019
Awesome service from the time we arrived. Worth experiencing
Duck Carmichael - dined at Indian Affair on 24 August 2019
This was our first experience using first table. We were on holiday and so glad we came across it. We will definitely use again.
We love Indian cuisine and have been to many restaurants. The food at Indian Affair was perfect and the service was great. What a bonus getting 50% off the food bill. Thank you!
Sarah Henstock - dined at Indian Affair on 11 August 2019
We had a fantastic time at Indian Affair. Thank you to the friendly and welcoming staff! My sister and brother-in-law have spent years living in India and have experienced many Indian restaurants back home in NZ - tonight they couldn't speak highly enough of how authentic and enjoyable they found the food. Thanks again, Indian Affair!
Michelle Weston - dined at Indian Affair on 10 August 2019
Fantastic service and food was delicious. Ordered meals medium spicy and it was just right!
Karen Amyes - dined at Indian Affair on 3 August 2019
Always great food and service, very tasty meal...
Francis Ellery - dined at Indian Affair on 24 July 2019
First ones in the restaurant but this soon changed and created an awesome atmosphere. Staff were attentive and happy to advise on the expansive menu. Food was served in a timely manner, hot, fresh and nicely presented. Great flavours and good portion size. We felt like valued customers and would recommend.
lizzie fulljames - dined at Indian Affair on 19 July 2019
Very welcoming and lovely food.
Marion Thompson - dined at Indian Affair on 11 July 2019
Excellent service, super delicious food. Highly recommended.
Csarndra Ogle Plunkett - dined at Indian Affair on 2 June 2019
The decor looks a little tired but that didn't detract from us having a wonderful night out. Would recommend,
Karen Hunter - dined at Indian Affair on 26 May 2019
Welcomed with a genuine smile we were treated to fabulous service and food. I would suggest that some money needs to be spent on the interior, but this would not stop me from eating here
MikeMo Harding - dined at Indian Affair on 25 May 2019
Right from the time our party of 4 entered the restaurant to the time we left we had an awesome experience and were treated beautifully, excellent food and service, nice decor and big spacious Windows to look out at the people outside
Julie and David Bickner - dined at Indian Affair on 11 May 2019
Excellent food and service. Can well recommend Indian Affair.
Thank you.
Janene Louwrens - dined at Indian Affair on 10 May 2019
Reliably good food and Great value
Grant Jorey - dined at Indian Affair on 26 April 2019
The food was delicious and service was great too. They were very friendly and attentive.
Pip Bickerdike - dined at Indian Affair on 18 April 2019
Love the food and great service!! Thank you India affair will definitely be back next time we're in Taupo.
Nai Nai - dined at Indian Affair on 19 March 2019
Always great service and delicious food :) Mango dessert the best in town..
Darcel Shelford - dined at Indian Affair on 15 March 2019
So much food for a great price.
Louisa de Lange - dined at Indian Affair on 20 February 2019
We have tried other Indian restaurants, but we always go back to Indian Affair. In our opinion, the vegetable pakoras are the best in Taupo. Tasty and moist. The Butter Chicken is always consistently full of flavour and my favourite, lamb sagg had my taste buds jumping with every mouthful. We will keep going back and we recommend you do too.
Karen Lever Farrell - dined at Indian Affair on 28 January 2019
Great service & an unrushed leisurely dinner which we appreciated, thank you. The mixed platter & samosa chats had as entrees by our party of 4 were AMAZING & so filling that we struggled with our mains! However mains were judged by all to be delicious, although in all honesty I have had much better Biryani but it was certainly okay. Thank you for a lovely evening & our friends who live in Taupo said they would go back in a flash & so will we next time we visit! :-)
Tina Gallie - dined at Indian Affair on 17 January 2019
We enjoyed a delicious meal at Indian Affair last night. Very tasty food and great service too. I highly recommend this restaurant!
Amy Schrader - dined at Indian Affair on 15 January 2019
Really enjoyed the experience
Chris Jacobi - dined at Indian Affair on 30 December 2018
Delicious food and excellent service....again! Thank you.
Carmen Harris - dined at Indian Affair on 29 December 2018
Awesome food.
Robert Haworth - dined at Indian Affair on 21 December 2018
Brilliant food!!!
Rebekah Lipp - dined at Indian Affair on 13 December 2018
Best butter chicken and Mango ice cream in town :) lovely service highly recommended Indian Affair :)
Darcel Shelford - dined at Indian Affair on 12 December 2018
First time First Table Diner
Was up to expectations.
john good - dined at Indian Affair on 26 November 2018
Great food and great service. Would definitely recommend!
Michelle Berry - dined at Indian Affair on 22 November 2018
Such amazing food and service.Would visit again!
Corinne Luckie - dined at Indian Affair on 21 November 2018
The service we received was fantastic, friendly and welcoming. The food was really delicious with plenty of flavour. Thoroughly enjoyed my dessert, gulab... and the mango ice cream was yummy with the added coconut. Will be back.
Jane Meredith - dined at Indian Affair on 14 November 2018
A very pleasant experience with unbelievable food.
Janine De Kock - dined at Indian Affair on 10 October 2018
Always love going here, food is yummy and service is always to a high standard.
Ashleigh Braithwaite - dined at Indian Affair on 7 October 2018
The food was amazing and the service was very good. We were greeted with smiles and shown to our table. The food was served fast no waiting around.
Greg N Carol Astwood - dined at Indian Affair on 5 October 2018
Great food and service thanks! Really enjoyed our evening.
Christina Keir - dined at Indian Affair on 25 September 2018
Very tasty starter dish and good mains. We will return.
Graham Lundie - dined at Indian Affair on 26 September 2018
Great food, great service, great staff!
Tristy Vadnjal - dined at Indian Affair on 2 September 2018
Lovely Tikka Marsala
Robert Haworth - dined at Indian Affair on 27 August 2018
Great recommendations for menu choice, very delicious food, great service. No problems bringing guide dog - all in all - excellent all round :)
Wendy Pamplin - dined at Indian Affair on 17 August 2018
Really enjoyable meal. Lovely food and friendly and attentive staff. Will definitely be going again.
Linda Annand - dined at Indian Affair on 10 August 2018
Excellent meal and service. Beautifully cooked food. We will definitely go back.
Yvonne Carter - dined at Indian Affair on 7 August 2018
Delicious food, asked for medium spicy, got medium spicy. Great service. Will definitely revisit. Thank you
Fran Garnett - dined at Indian Affair on 9 August 2018
Great food. Great service.
Leanne Curtis - dined at Indian Affair on 2 August 2018
Best naan breads I've had! Lovely friendly staff, nice atmosphere.
Sara-Jane Austen - dined at Indian Affair on 20 July 2018
Great service and really great food. Some of the best Indian food we have had.
Kylie Mortensen - dined at Indian Affair on 17 July 2018
Great food, nice atmosphere. Will be back next time we are in Taupo.
Phillip Hignett - dined at Indian Affair on 15 July 2018
We were surprised at how busy it was at Indian Affair when we arrived for the first table at 5.30pm on Saturday, and although the service was a little expectedly slow, we couldn't fault a thing.
My vegetable pakoras were the best I have ever had, they were super tasty, I'll be going back for these a lunch time.
My husband had prawn pakoras and butter chicken, which he enjoyed immensely, and I had the Lamb Saag OMG the lamb was juicy tender and oh so tasty.
For sure we will be going back for more.
Karen Lever Farrell - dined at Indian Affair on 14 July 2018
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At Indian affair we had a lovely night outside. We choose to sit there & bask in the evening sun. We had mango lasski to drink which is sweet. The food was delicious. I had butter chicken which was moist and well flavoured. And coconut rice which was also yummy. My husband had vegetable Korma which was a creamy gravy and onion bujhi which was full of flavour. We both really enjoyed our meals and were full, couldn't quite finish it all. The service was top notch looked after us well. Highly recommend to all!