🍚 Best biryani in Australia

14 cities ranked by the strength of their best biryani. Follow any city through to its full ranked list.

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: on the numbers, Adelaide has Australia’s strongest biryani — led by Biryani Darbaar (4.6★ across 1,031 Google reviews).

#	City	Its best biryani	Rating	Reviews
1	Adelaide	Biryani Darbaar Athol Park	4.6★	1,031
2	Brisbane	Biryani Place Woolloongabba	4.4★	1,010
3	Darwin	Darwin Tandoor Darwin City	4.9★	1,624
4	Gold Coast	Curry Express 🥗 Surfers Paradise	4.6★	11,803
5	Wollongong	Heavenly Indian Restaurant CBD	5★	429
6	Hobart	Magic Curries Battery Point	4.4★	603
7	Geelong	Pizza and Mandi House CBD	4.8★	813
8	Cairns	The Roti Shack Cairns City	4.8★	740
9	Sunshine Coast	Thali Dhaba Maroochydore Maroochydore	4.7★	942
10	Sydney	Dosa Hut Indian Restaurant Harris Park Harris Park	4.6★	18,946
11	Melbourne	Biryani House West Melbourne	3.3★	2,835
12	Canberra	Le Monsoon Phillip	4.7★	459
13	Perth	Bawarchi Biryani House Victoria Park	3.8★	516
14	Newcastle	Indian Biryani Restaurant Newcastle Newcastle West	4.2★	161

How this national table is built: it is not a separate opinion. Each city contributes the venue that currently tops its own biryani ranking, and the cities are then ordered by that venue’s score — review strength above a 3.8 baseline weighted by review volume, plus community mentions where we hold them. Cities are only listed where we actually rank the dish, so an absent city means no ranking yet, not a bad one. Rebuilt weekly.

City by city: Adelaide · Brisbane · Darwin · Gold Coast · Wollongong · Hobart · Geelong · Cairns · Sunshine Coast · Sydney · Melbourne · Canberra · Perth · Newcastle.