Which is better for butter chicken in Newcastle: Spice Affairs Kapoor's Authentic Indian Restaurant or THE ARK NEWCASTLE INDIAN RESTAURANT?

Spice Affairs Kapoor's Authentic Indian Restaurant ranks higher on BestDish (67 vs 63 points). Pick THE ARK NEWCASTLE INDIAN RESTAURANT if its raw Google rating is higher (4.9★ vs 4.8★) or you're closer to Wickham.

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Spice Affairs Kapoor's Authentic Indian Restaurant vs THE ARK NEWCASTLE INDIAN RESTAURANT

the top two for butter chicken in Newcastle, compared properly

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: Spice Affairs Kapoor's Authentic Indian Restaurant beats THE ARK NEWCASTLE INDIAN RESTAURANT for butter chicken in Newcastle — it leads our ranking by 4 points (4.8★ across 1,566 google reviews). Pick THE ARK NEWCASTLE INDIAN RESTAURANT if its raw Google rating is higher (4.9★ vs 4.8★) or you're closer to Wickham.

Spice Affairs Kapoor's Authentic Indian Restaurant vs THE ARK NEWCASTLE INDIAN RESTAURANT — butter chicken in Newcastle (September 2026)
	Spice Affairs Kapoor's Authentic Indian Restaurant	THE ARK NEWCASTLE INDIAN RESTAURANT
BestDish rank	#1 🥇	#2 🥈
BestDish score	67	63
Google rating	4.8★	4.9★
Google reviews	1,566	569
Price tier	$$	—
Suburb	Lambton	Wickham
Known for	—	—
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Go deeper: Spice Affairs Kapoor's Authentic Indian Restaurant dossier · THE ARK NEWCASTLE INDIAN RESTAURANT dossier · the full Newcastle butter chicken ranking

How we score: Google review strength (rating above a 3.8 baseline weighted by volume), blended with community-consensus mining on high-traffic pages. No pay-to-rank.