Great Kitchen Restaurant

On Guyton Street in the heart of Whanganui, Great Kitchen Restaurant pairs warmth with a quiet polish.

Celebrated for a fusion of flavours and a careful hand with locally sourced ingredients, it welcomes guests into a dining room where generosity and craft sit side by side. The mood shifts from breezy daytime catch-ups to softly lit evenings, but the through-line is hospitality that feels personal.

The kitchen charts a course through the subcontinent, celebrating slow-cooked depth and velvet sauces. Goat curry simmers with garlic, ginger and tomatoes until the meat yields - while the house special dhansak folds lentils and fresh spinach into tender goat or lamb.

From the tandoor, chicken tikka arrives lightly charred - while butter chicken and butter prawns bring rich, tomato-laden comfort. There is coastal sway in prawn malabari with coconut gravy, and calm greens in palak paneer.

Fragrant basmati rice rises in vegetable biryani and lamb biryani, ready to meet garlic naan or sweet, nut-stuffed peshwari naan. A crunch of poppadom and a bright Indian kachumber set the pace - with mango kulfi cooling the finale.

Attentive, friendly service keeps the experience effortless. Make a date with Great Kitchen Restaurant, settle in for a little spice and sparkle, and let Whanganui work its delicious charm!