New Shakthi Takeaway and Restaurant 42 Burlington Road, Homebush, New South Wales 2140

"good takeaway joint with a couple of outdoor seats. I got rice with 5 veg curries for $16 (+$1 for the paneer). Really tasty dahl, good value as it’s easily two meals. Edit* :( made me sick afterwards"

"Visited the takeaway section of this restaurant on the recommendation of a friend. It's a rather ordinary place. The display of food was very inviting and I went on a buying spree. Brought the food home and I was very disappointed. The stuffed banana chilly looked tempting. My grandmother used to prepare this and I liked it. How disappointed I was to see that it was nothing but a small green chilly with loads of batter (see photo posted). The Paratha was leathery. The small size fish curry had just one small piece of fish. Will not visit again."

"This is a very popular place for Sri Lankan takeaway. We arrived 6pm and there was a queue of about 12 people!! There are tables on footpath you can eat at but we went inside to the restaurant they also operate. You pay a few dollars more per dish, but the place was empty the whole time we were there. Service was very friendly and minimal wait time as its already made and in the window. We ordered dosai which is a thin pancake in South Indian cuisine made from a fermented batter of ground black lentils and rice Goat curry and Biriyani with butter chicken. The absolute stand out was Goat curry which i was trying for the first time. It was so tasty! The butter chicken wasn't bad, but the Biriyani was not like what I think of when I say Biriyani, which is more clove flavoured. I am no expert so I wont comment just assume there is a lot of difference between Indian Biriyani and Sri Lankan. I would return...to get best value, I would get take away and sit on street. I would avoid arrival at peak time of 6pm maybe 7.30pm - as when we left, there was no line. I would get goat curry again. Parking was easy on the street with lots of spots and minimal competition. Update Came back and got 1* Lamb and 3 * Vegetable for $15. I chose ochra, paneer and lamb. It was great flavour and was good value, which is hard to find these days. Paneer is more expensive than others so was Only allowed 2 other vegetable curries but was still flavourful and filling. One suggestion would be to have labels on curries as it is just a plethora of curries with no way to distinguish them apart."

"On the recommendation of @recipetineats we visited New Shakti for dinner and it didn’t disappoint. Amazing flavours and variety on offer. Personally recommend the goat curry and Dahl. The portion sizes are quite large as can be seen in the photos. Great service from the team."