Rickshaws Restaurant

I would never recommend this restaurant, because of the following: We went to Rickshaw’s to celebrate my friends Birthday, as a group of six, last Thursday night. They had moved the venue downstairs, although the view and location were the reasons for selecting Rickshaw’s over a range of very good restaurants in the area, this was fine. However we were adamant from the moment we sat down (at 6pm) that our friend, whose Birthday it was, had to perform and leave by 8.45pm. We ordered 3 — 4 rounds of drinks which took a couple of reminders and 20 – 25 minutes to arrive. We were in clear view of the bar and noticed the wait staff just standing around and chatting, instead of organizing our drinks. After a reminder or two, the drinks would be served. We ordered our food by 6.15pm, which took 1 ½ hours and several (5) reminders to come out. Although the food was good enough, this was the time that our friend had to leave. He took two bites and ran out the door. Also there was no apology for the delay, only the comment «at least you can rely on the food being good». The condiments, included in the Combination Banquet meal ($ 50 each), did not come out and we only asked for the Raita, which took another 10 minutes. We did not have the dessert included in the Banquet, as we were frankly sick of waiting and being there. In addition, we asked for a doggy bag for our friend, who was starving, and they presented washed containers with no lids. When I questioned this with the waitress, she offered no apology and said «I was trying to be nice, as we are a restaurant and do not do doggy bags»…then she turned around, as I was talking, and walked away in a huff. After complaining to a manager, I was also promised a discount (for the future) to compensate for our horrible experience, but that email has not come. DO NOT GO TO RICKSHAW’S if you are expecting good food, atmosphere and service. Huge disappointment.

My wife was looking to try Shiki (Intercontinental Adelaide) $ 140 degustation menu, OMG, luckily for my wallet, they were fully booked out for the night. So we settled for something cheaper. lol. :)
And we strolled across the street, came across Stamford hotel, and decided on Rickshaws Restaurant. It’s a nice location just looking out opposite Parliament House on North Terrace.
Food menu is a blend of Vietnam and Indian cuisine.
Quiet ambience. Good for couple.
Waiting time is 15 20 mins after ordering.
Waiting staff are courteous and attentive.
Ordered Rickshaws Tandoori platter for 2. $ 36pp.
(clay baked gulf prawns, chicken tikka, marinated beef and skewered fish kebab served with naan, dahl, steamed rice, salad, chutney and yoghurt dip)
–Tasty and fluffy naan bread
–smooth and tangy yogurt sauce
–Fish and prawn are pretty good
–First time eat Dahl, not bad I would say.
–Average chicken tikka
–downright hard and unchewable beef.
A dessert (can’t rem the name, but the photo is up here.) $ 12.50
— toooooooo sweeeeeet. Didn’t finish the desert. Felt like I pay $ 12 to eat the vanilla ice cream and 2 strawberries… :(
Cappuccino.
–A bit bland for me.
Overall– 3 stars perhaps. There’s good and bad. May go back again… in a few years. :p

Rickshaws offers a range of dishes designed to take you on an Oriental journey — they feature Indian, Thai, and Malaysian offerings — and they do it amazingly well.
I’ve dined here a number of times — we regularly put clients up at the Stamford Plaza, and it was an easy place to meet up with them for a lunch or dinner. Tom Yum is one of my favourite soups, and they do a wonderful version here, fragrant and not sear your mouth off hot.
The thai beef salad is wonderful, the salt and pepper squid is light and crispy and full of flavour, and the Taray is just a brilliant seafood combination that will make your mouth sing.
Park at the Stamford and they’ll validate your ticket, or if you’re not into squeezing your car into an incredibly cramped carpark, park across the road in the convention centre park.
Pricing is a little spendy for asian, but it’s so worth it. Brilliant food — try it :)