ISH

One of the best in Indian Restaurants in Australia, surely. This restaurant is so authentic in its flavour, respectful to the ingredients and pleasing on the eye. The menu is fantastic and I must say, could well charge more for the sheer quality of experience you have. Will be coming back for sure. Thank you for a great night.

Food was fresh and delightfully spiced. Smart, honest Indian food with an Ish twist to make it unique! Will definitely go back again. Not your ordinary curry house in the burbs.

A experience to remember. Food, Ambience, service, all in all top class Peckish, Moreish and Famished all are well designer for different pallets. Gulab Jamoon with Tiramasu met our expectations. Definitely recommend for fine dining! Towards higher side of pricing, but worth every cent! We did go out with our 7 week daughter and we were well placed with a space from Pram

Went to this restaurant as we had heard a lot of positive feedback. Here's my experience with them: Good - Staff is excellent. From the time we entered the restaurant till we left, we were attended appropriately. None of them had Indian background but they knew about the food and what to recommend and they were very humble and friendly. - Ambience is great. - Entree are good, specifically mini Vada Pav and Peking Duck Taco (which not Indian at all) Not so good - Everything else. The mains were average. We had ordered ISH butter chicken and one Paneer based curry. Surprisingly both had exactly same gravy. Summary Staff is amazing. Great ambience. Food is ok, overpriced. Will we go again? No

Great food and service...we had the beef and butter chicken... Full of flavour and moreish.. Hard to stop eating!!!! We sat outside, they have created a really lush space.. Will definitely come back

The single star is for the service. The manager and the staff were friendly and nice. 0 stars for the food. The food here lacked authentic Indian flavor and taste. I will start with Dahi puri. My 5 year old daughter can do better Dahi puri than this. A puri with very little potato filling, yogurt and sev and no spices? Really? Next up was egg bonda. It was too oily and below average. These are the most common street food in India and apart from the names, nothing was Indian about it here. Eggplant curry was alright, but it wasn't really worth $26. Naan was okay. Dal makhni - Haldiram's ready to eat Dal makhni tastes better than this one. Aged basmati and turmeric rice was bad. It had no fragrance of basmati rice and had coriander seeds in it. I mean, who puts coriander seed in basmati rice? This may be a modern Indian restaurant, but it is too modern for my liking. I don't recommend it.

We visited ISH last night for my husband’s 30th. Unfortunately our booking for 8 people had been lost so there wasn’t room for us, but that wasn’t a problem because the staff opened up the upstairs area for us and we had a private dining room all night! The waitstaff were incredibly attentive and were accommodating of my vegan dietary requirement. At one stage we even had 3 members of staff upstairs looking after us at once, including the sommelier who told us stories of his studies. We had the “Celebration” banquet and there was SO. MUCH. FOOD. We were all saying we have to come back some time just to eat the mains when we’re not so full from delicious food. I highly recommend the Amrit Pinot Noir to accompany your meal - it’s heavier than your average Pinot and the spiciness perfectly complements the food. And if you’re vegan, you won’t be disappointed. My personal highlight was the mushroom “scallops” dish which I think I’ll be dreaming about for a while. To the staff at ISH - thanks so much for making my husband’s birthday a special, memorable experience!

Loved the authentic taste, but also the experience and amazing atmosphere

Ish is a cozy fine-dine modern Indian restaurant in Fitzroy. The service was warm, welcoming and fast. However, there are room for some improvements in service like the servers frequently bumped into our tables while taking order/serving. My food recommendations- Grilled Broccoli and Dal Makhani. They are bang for buck and absolutely delicious! Not worth it- Malabar Paratha and I expected a bit more innovative Gulab Jamun Tiramisu. Overall, some outstanding dishes with amazing flavour but some were not upto the mark.

Really impressed with this place- coming back for sure!