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Nirvana

Address:

6 Dashwood Crescent
Darwin NT 800

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Contact:
Tel : +61 8 8981 2025

Cuisine: Indian, Malaysian, Thai

License: Fully Licensed (no BYO)

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Darwin’s Nirvana Restaurant offers a great combination of rich, welcoming decor and extensive menu with choices that include Thai, Indian and Malay cuisine. If you love spices, you’ll love this place.

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LOCATION
On the fringe of Darwin CBD.

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For live jazz, blues at the bar and exotic feasting, you can’t go past Nirvana Restaurant. An interesting layout leads you through cushioned lounges, palm-fringed corridors and dining areas featuring intimate booths for romantic trysts. The vibe is buoyant to the point of loud and the occasional gorgeously-clad belly dancer adds to the exuberance. With a mixed cuisine of Thai, Malay and Indian dishes, sharing is recommended as the road to the most taste sensations. There’s a tempting a la carte menu plus four well-priced banquets with the option of exchanging mains to suit your taste. Begin with cocktails on a comfy couch and you'll have a fine evening in the making.

Note that Nirvana cooks spicy-hot to a default mild-medium level, but will serve hotter at your request. Dishes have plentiful fresh herb and vegetable garnishes, which pleasantly tone down the multiple heavy sauces and meats. Butter chicken is notoriously rich and the Nirvana version contains a welcome contingent of carrots, a generous sprinkling of crunchy cashews and fresh tomato slices on the side. Other popular curries include Thai roasted red duck, Malay Penang chicken and Indian fish masala. Vegetarians have plenty of choice too. Nirvana offers a wild selection of desserts, from the deep-fried mars bar (high novelty value) to the “Cloud Nine” decadent cocktail-cum-parfait (adults only), fruity sorbets and light but creamy Thai coconut ice-cream. The cherry on top has to be the absinthe fountain; an exquisite glass contraption with miniature gold taps that trickle iced water slowly through a sugar cube into your delicate glass of liquor.

Merridy Anne Pugh

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mwquist:

Excellent meal and well priced. Will return next time in Darwin. review 21/05/2012

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alphacentauri:

For the 8 years I’ve been going to Nirvana restaurant, not once have I been disappointed! Highly reliable! Delicious tasting food, beautifully presented and served in a romantic, stylish and relaxing environment. Very good service, best stocked bar in Darwin with exotic whiskeys and spirits and a great assortment of wines and beers. Desserts are to die for. Pricing is more than fair, value for money/ratio is unbeatable. The perfect location when you have visitors or if you have the family over or even for a romantic dinner. I even got engaged in Nirvana! Highly recommended! review 06/07/2011

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Anonymous:

I love Nirvana for the pure conversational points. I've never seen so many oddities and quirky things in one place. It's such a unique venue with a mix of live music, bellydancing, Asian cuisine, Absinthe fountains, Tiki cocktails and some wild spirits and liqueurs. I don't know how they all come together but Nirvana pulls it off effortlessly. The staff are friendly and not at all pretentious, and take the time to chat about the dishes on the menu. I have been on many occassion for the great atmosphere that the live music sets, and different nights of the week see new bands and a different vibe. Tuesdays are great, with what they call a 'jam session' I never knew there was such talented musicians in such a small town. The night has a laidback vibe and anyone and everyone get together and kick out some great tunes. It's full of surprises. Another bonus is that they stay open until 2am, while other venues around town are either closed or too loud and full of youngsters. The place looks really small from the outside but when you enter you soon realise that it extends further into the back where there are smaller cosy rooms and romantic booths(I celebrated my wedding anniversary in one last year and my husband loved it. He also loved the beer selection) Nirvana will always remain on the top of my list. It's outstanding and rivals any bar/restaurant Australia-wide. review 22/02/2011

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