Two Fat Indians is an Indian restaurant in central Christchurch, at 4/88 Cashel Street, close to Riverside Market and the Avon River. This is the City Central site of a Canterbury restaurant group; the business states it was established in 2000 and has since expanded across the South Island, so the Cashel Street room sits alongside sister branches rather than operating as a standalone.
The offer is regional Indian cooking presented for a New Zealand audience. The operators describe a menu built to showcase local delicacies from across India, and they are specific about kitchen method: spices are ground in-house from whole spices, no artificial colour is used, extra long grain basmati is used across the meals with a separate rice for biryani, and dishes are cooked to order so that they can be customised on request. The restaurant is licensed, and beer is part of the offer alongside the food.
Dietary range is a stated strength. Two Fat Indians lists keto, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free options, along with halal choices and an Indian high tea, and positions the menu as having something workable for most dietary requirements. That breadth is useful for mixed delegate groups where a single menu has to cover several restrictions at once.
For group and event work, the restaurant says it handles medium to large catering for a range of event types, that it can host parties on its own premises, and that it will deliver food to nearby venues and locations. Online ordering, takeaway and delivery are also available, and the City Central site takes bookings through its own booking page.
The combination of a central-city address, a menu that absorbs dietary restrictions without special arrangement, on-site party hosting and delivered catering makes this a practical option for informal group dinners, team meals and offsite catering into nearby Christchurch venues.
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