Coriander's

Coriander's

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Hours
Sun
11:30 am - 2:00 pm4:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Mon
11:30 am - 2:00 pm4:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Tue
11:30 am - 2:00 pm4:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Wed
11:30 am - 2:00 pm4:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Thu
11:30 am - 2:00 pm4:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Fri
11:30 am - 2:00 pm4:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Sat
11:30 am - 2:00 pm4:30 pm - 11:30 pm
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About
Established in 2006, Coriander's take on Indian food has now been a popular favourite for nearly a decade, expanding to three locations and serving hundreds of thousands of Cantabrians from all parts of the area. Coriander’s all restaurants and the brand has been taken over by the new owners in Feb/2020. Coriander’s now is being operated by new corporate management with a team of three owners. All three owners has their area of expertise where one is into corporate governance from last 20 years with second being Operations Director with decade of experience in building and operating Indian Restaurants and third being corporate executive chef who handles all recipes and quality of the food. Trio makes a perfect team to run this big brand and chain of restaurants. New Group has plans to expand with another 5 restaurants in South Island in coming years.
PRICE RANGE
₹983.00 – ₹1,278.00
CUISINES
Indian, Healthy
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Drinks
FEATURES
Delivery, Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Buffet, Seating, Street Parking, Free off-street parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Digital Payments, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
4.5
4.5 of 5 bubbles852 reviews
Excellent
569
Very good
158
Average
56
Poor
36
Terrible
33

Traveling Ammonite
Heidelberg360 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2024 couples
An absolute pleasure! Our food (chicken tikka masala & lamb shank) was FANTASTIC, the staff was friendly and welcoming, the ambience was nice, the prices were reasonable, and the portions were enough to make me feel full but not bursting. By the end, I was fat and happy. I had medium spicy, which had a comfortable kick but wasn't bad at all. It was perfect for me. The chicken was tender and the sauce was so scrumptious, I would definitely order it again. In fact, I wish I was eating it right now.
Written 8 November 2024
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Matilda C
Christchurch36 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022 couples
We both ordered vegan curries and they were exceptionally yum! We aren’t vegan, but I think we enjoyed them more than our usual chicken curries we would order. Service was just ok - we stood waiting to be seated for ages until we were attended to. The restaurant wasn’t busy, and there were three staff behind the bar who could visibly see us, but it took them a very long time to attend to us. I’m addition, staff were very poor at wearing their masks (while I’d still currently a requirement). They were down under their chins the whole time
Written 1 July 2022
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182736283638Emma
Picton1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 none
Thank you so much Gopi and team at Corianders St Asaph for making my mum and dads Wedding Anniversary such a lovely evening. You made sure the booked room was ready and clean, made a beautiful buffet dinner and all staff were so helpful, polite and friendly with any requests. Everyone thought the food and restaurant was lovely. Thank you again, we look forward to our next visit :)
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Written 30 September 2023
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pammyjeanNewZealand
Christchurch124 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2024 couples
My husband and I are Sumner locals and dine at Corriander's Sumner quite often. We have now stopped. The service is so slow and so hopeless even if there are only one or two tables dining. The turnover of staff appears to be high and none of them have any idea about waiting on tables let alone having any personality when serving diners. The food is good so its the service that's letting them down. There is an Indian restaurant a few metres down the road, Own Masala, which we also frequent that has equally nice food and much better service. From now on that's where will dine.
Written 2 November 2024
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ManagerUrbanz
Christchurch1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 none
I have never experienced such unfriendly and unhelpful wait staff in a restaurant. When we walked in and I said to the staff member where we were from, he did not smile or greet us, merely pointed to a large table nearby and mumbled something. Thereafter no staff member approached us to see if we wanted a drink or even to provide a menu – even after our party of almost 16 had all arrived. I had to continually signal to staff to ask them if we could order a drink and get menus. We were lucky that we had an Indian staff member who could communicate with most of the Corianders staff and took over the food ordering. But he was also unimpressed by the service. On the plus side the food was excellent so congratulations to the kitchen staff. In my experience, problems with such poor service start with the manager but I was unable to identify the manager.
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Written 4 December 2023
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Stacey
5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 couples
Visiting Christchurch and wanted a currie, rang to book and was told didn't need to as weren't busy. Went in and was seated quickly and given menus. It was a good 45 mins before someone took our drink order let alone our food order. Then waited another 25 mins for drinks to arrive (it wasnt busy, i was on verge of leaving. Cocktail was missing an ingredient they said...charged full price, glass covered in sticky residue, not nice had to wash hands. Finally received starter, prawns were fine but cheese pakora was terrible. Looks very dry and unappetizing on arrival, my other half tried to eat it but abandoned it. We were going to cancel the order and leave and the curries arrived so we stayed and ate them. Curries were alright but wouldn't be go back and wouldn't recommend sorry
Written 22 November 2022
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Mikayla W
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022 none
Was here for a team dinner with about 20+ people, booked for 7pm and I was first to arrive, waitress was unsure about the booking and referred us to the manager at the bar who did not acknowledge us for 15mins. Our team manager arrived who booked the dinner and the restaurant did not reserve a space for us and we had to sit outside. Food was delivered to us 2 hours later which was nice but not worth the wait (order was only 3 types of curries), along with no water until an hour and half after arrival. Very disorganized management of waitstaff as we had a mix of polite and grumpy staff who did not serve us with any compassion or enthusiasm. I understand it can be hard to serve a large group but for future reference to the restaurant maybe some leadership for a large group and organisation would make a huge difference. Waste of money and time from our team who were seriously disappointed with the overall experience.
Written 7 June 2022
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Chris S
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 couples
Reading all the positive reviews my partner and I decided to try out Corianders before the stand up comedy gig next door. The order process was easy and we ordered some drinks and curries, drinks were quick to the table but that is where the positivity ends. After drinks were served we waited for the curries to follow, however they ended up taking 45 minutes. In which time they seated, served and cleared 4 adjacent tables. While all serving staff made a point to avoid our table. When the duty manager did finally ask if we were waiting on food it took a further 10 minutes (typical service time for adjacent tables) for the food to appear. At this point there were no believeable apologies offered and again, avoidance from the staff. The curries themselves were lackluster without much flavor or spice so we didn't feel too bad having to eat them in under 10 minutes to make the show. Overall an underwhelming and disappointing visit.
Written 3 March 2023
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Explore22661663665
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 couples
I went for dinner around 06.00PM , I asked the girl where we can sit if there is a table for two, she said you can sit anywhere, later on she said the table you are sitting on is booked for 06.30PM. We were given the main dinner plates after the food arrived on Table, Food was cold. No one came to see us after serving the dinner if we need to order more food and the table which we were told is booked for 06.30PM was free until 07.05PM until we left.
Written 3 April 2023
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Explore01523294401
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 family
Worst Indian food I had. Service was bad, it felt like we were bothering the staff had to leave in the middle of dinner. Food was extremely salty no appology from the staff , won’t recommend to anyone.
Written 27 February 2024
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Stig O
Christchurch2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2024 couples
Awful. Really disappointed. Had previously dined here and been happy with the food. Ordered a lamb Rogan Josh takeaway and two garlic naan bread. Lamb was tasteless - the sauce seemed to be watered down and flavourless. I'm capable of making an awesome curry at home using fresh ingredients but all I wanted was a night off. Sadly, as they have dropped their standard, I won't go back to Corriander's.
Written 3 January 2025
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Inspire813624
14 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022 none
Excellent, well priced delivery meal. Butter chicken serving was so big we had to leave 1/2 for tomorrow's lunch! Would really recommend this restaurant for delivery. My only problem was that the food was a little cold, might pay to deliver in a heated bag. Didn't detract though.
Written 2 July 2022
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michellecM478CS
Dunedin24 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 family
Wow what a great experience, we last ate at Corrianders in Hamner Springs 3years ago. And Corrianders Christchurch didn’t disappoint. The curries are delicious, full of flavour and the temperatures 100%, thank you for a great night.
Written 10 November 2022
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Barkers
1 contribution
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2022 family
We really enjoyed our takeaway curries from the Sumner branch today, chicken Tikka and Bombay beautiful , vibrant and full of flavor. and the kids loved their butter chicken. Great service. Thank you
Written 21 January 2022
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Ash J
Auckland2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2021 family
Coriander's, is an awesome place for ethnic North Indian cuisine. The food served here is simply delectable! :) Food is perhaps the one thing that brings about a convergence of all five senses. Even ancient scriptures state that one must enjoy the food utilizing all five senses. That is precisely what Merry Mumbai captivates off you - the aroma, the visual drama, the hot sizzles, the texture and then the taste - deliciousness served up in every bite. Service, was just as awesome as the food. As we entered the restaurant we were warmly greeted by the manager Rohan Wagh, and when he learnt that it our first visit to Christchurch and the restaurant was recommended by our friend JK who is also Coriander's frequent customer we received the best restaurant hospitality. The manager Rohan recommended us a few dishes and personally supervised the overall progress. Having said that the moment we gobbled our first morsel ... oh boy ... the taste just lingers on your tongue. Definitely a must visit. My rating - FIVE for food and the staff!
Written 5 January 2022
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