The data behind this ranking: BestDish has scored 15 butter chicken venues in Newcastle, drawing on 9,432 Google reviews across 13 suburbs. The median venue score is 49 (out of a top score of 67); the median Google rating is 4.7★. Current #1: Spice Affairs Kapoor's Authentic Indian Restaurant with a score of 67. Updated September 2026.
| Venues ranked | 15 |
| Google reviews analysed | 9,432 |
| Median BestDish score | 49 |
| Score range | 29–67 |
| Median Google rating | 4.7★ |
| Suburbs represented | 13 |
No ranking moves of 2+ places since the last snapshot — the current order held steady.
Venues are ranked by review strength: Google rating above a 3.8 baseline, weighted by review volume (a 4.6★ with 2,000 reviews beats a 4.8★ with 60). Global fast-food and dessert franchises are excluded.
Scores and review counts on this page are computed at build time from the exact same dataset that powers the live butter chicken ranking — nothing here is a separate or hand-picked figure.