A la Spicery in County Durham - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Don't bother going it's shut down now massive cannabis grow discovered inside gutted it was a lovely restaurant the staff were lovely food delicious going to be a massive misd

Food atmosphere and service was excellent can't fault it at all

One of the best Indian takeaways I’ve ever had. Will be returning!

Third week in a row we have ordered from here and it won’t be the last. Food was piping hot and perfect! Best Indians in our area by a mile!

AMAZING quality food! Best Indian Takeaway in the area!! :)

Food was amazing! 100% the best Indian takeaway in our area :) thank you!

IF YOUR ON A DIET, WELL THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU, COS YOU WON'T PUT ON WEIGHT EATING HERE, very small portions, starter chicken pakora 4 bits looked like it had been sliced with a razor blade that's how thin it was, £1 each poppadom, £2.50 chutneys tiny square pots chicken dupiaza, chicken tikka massala 4 bits of chicken in each bowl very small portions 2 nan breads, 1 shandy 1x lemon on lime, £59.90 There are Alot better places then this to dine at, it was A SPUR of the moment meal, won't be back,

Absolutely delicious food. Beautiful Tender chicken and the rogan josh spiced just how it should be. Onion bajjis were spot on. Decent portions and reasonable priced too. Will definitely be ordering again.

Lovely food, lots of it and still hot. Definitely use again

Absolutely beautiful food. Highly recommend

I went as part of a large group of 18 people on Saturday evening . Everything about this visit was first class. From communication before the event .... they opened 45 mins early to accommodate us..... to splitting the bill and covering a small shortfall. The food was amazing.... it all came out together, was beautifully presented and was of a really good quality - everyone really enjoyed their meal. The service was first class, they offer great value and a really great menu. I have to make special mention of the peshawar naan, a personal favourite of mine. I often go to the west end of Newcastle to buy freshly baked naan, this was every bit as delicious .... and as nice as any I had on a recent tour of India. Authentic flavours in lovely surroundings. This was my first visit, but I will definitely be back with other friends and family....it will soon be a firm favourite.

Mouth watering food and quite atmosphere. Service are fascinated to me.

Beautiful meal. I ordered the Butter which was amazing. Great popadoms and coconut naan 🫓

Ordered for delivery came within 45 mins as opposed to the hour on the order. Garlic mushroom chicken tikka and onion bahji were delicious. Main course of butter chicken tikka and lamb dopiaza were really tasty. The chips were fantastic not your usual frozen chips. All food was hot cannot fault anything. Thank you

I've had a number of takeaways from here delivered by them and they've been mostly good with good portion sizes and tasty food. First time eating in. Restaurant was empty at 7pm. Comfortable temperature and attentive staff. I don't like providing negative feedback but I'm sorry, I'm not dining in here again. Portions were small for the approx £12 price per main, sag paneer, the paneer was like rubber, 5 small pieces of chicken in my dish, beer was £4 - £5 per bottle/draught. We just felt a delivered takeaway was better all round. Naan breads were first class. It was my birthday and I felt disappointed all round. Could not recommend for dining in

Lovely food and friendly service

Food was terrible tonight said they were busy!! So don’t take on orders that you deliver cold ! Onion bhaji was like a cold piece of soft cardboard… shockingly bad ! Don’t order !!

Really good food Fantastic service, polite and professional

Very good atmosphere great decor and fabulous food not to mention the great service booked for another meal to let the family enjoy

Extremely poor food, again. The food we first got from this takeaway was very good and we were impressed, with lots of flavour and depth to the food. Our experience previous to last night was not good though and I received a naga chili curry that had zero taste of naga chillies. These are distinctive in flavour and so are very easy to recognise. The curry didn't hardly taste of anything at all and was more like an Indian base gravy. We hadn't ordered for a while after that, until last night. We thought it may have been an 'off night' for them, although there was no excuse for what we received. We thought we'd give them another chance and surely they would have their main chef working on a Saturday night. Last night was much worse. The lamb phall had 4 pieces of meat in it. Just 4! The taste was very poor and had an overriding flavour/texture of too much stale powder. The naga chilli curry was watered down!! you can add as much water as you want when making a curry and when it reduces down and you've finished cooking, it will taste great (if you know how to make a curry), but if you ever add water to a finished curry it just tastes watered down and there's no escaping it - this was watered down and tasted so weak. The last chicken curry tasted off and soon as you tasted it. Something in the curry was off and not fresh. The curry tasted off. We ate very little of these and the vast majority was thrown into the bin and a waste of £36. To top it off my partner and I both had a 'bad belly' today and it cannot have been from anything other than the takeaway food. We will never order from there again. They have clearly changed chef as the food was appalling the last twice. I'll never chance them again.

Alwaya a good welcome here. We have been many times to this lovely relaxed restaurant. Free car parking available opposite. We have always enjoyed the food here. It's really gorgous and nicely presented. Our drinks brought out promptly and orders taken with care. We've had various starters of dips, poppadoms to start with, all lovely and fresh. The Lamb Tikka starter is cooked well and tender or Chichen Pakora or onion bajis or mixed kebab. All freshly made. No complaints whatsoever. 👌 Nan bread is light and fresh, not like some other places ... The chef has a gift of using just the right amount of spice for me and my family. You can request more spicy if you'd like your food to be, or milder as u order !! Main courses of tender chicken tikka always good and tasty.. my chicken Tikka Massala has just the right blend of flavour for me and its not heavy, my son loved the food here too. 😋 Chefs specials are varied and always great to try. Also the madras was nice as well. Not all at once obviously!! 😊 The 'specials' for eating in on a Thursday and Sunday or for a takeaway .. are great value and just as freshly made. 5 courses. The restaurant is elegant and newly refurbished and spotlessly clean. Staff always polite can't fault this restaurant and will be back again soon. !! 😋 😋 😋 x

Lovely setting food average, not much crack waiters the old man bless him didn’t really have a clue? it was quiet, chicken tikka was tough. I ordered the Sri Lanka chicken which was way too spicy, after leaving half the way, I did ask me if it was too spicy. This should have coconut in it. I don’t think I did. For my half of cider I was served a can of Strongbow which I had to open myself. It was okay, but I sadly won’t be returning after our friend suggested it we thought we would give it a try. I wouldn’t waste your money here there are plenty more places to spend your money.

Would not recommend after a meal for four people that was not up to scratch. Poor customer service and two if the dishes presented were insipid, bland and not what was ordered, again portion size was below average as a result, shall not revisit

Been going there for years but just lost my business. Very rude towards me on the phone because I asked for Thursday special on a Wednesday. Easy mistake to make but no need laugh at a customer because they got the day wrong. I'm sure it would have made very little difference just to accept my order as I was ordering for just myself so the Wednesday special for 2 was no good. Terrible customer service.

Been going there for years but just lost my business. Very rude towards me on the phone because I asked for Thursday special on a Wednesday. Easy mistake to make but no need laugh at a customer because they got the day wrong. I'm sure it would have made very little difference just to accept my order as I was ordering for just myself so the Wednesday special for 2 was no good. Terrible customer service.

Absolutely shocking service. All the staff are ill mannered and impolite. One brown haired girl on her phone and one blonde running back and fourth looking as if she’s trying to act like she’s doing her job. Won’t be returning. Angry face.

Best Indian ever or was.... Edit: last few times onion bhajis have been raw in the middle 😔 Edit 2: this seems to have been rectified. Last few times the onion bhajis have been great.

I ordered a takeaway. Starter was average, keema pilau had no keema in it! The worst though was the seafood Balti - seafood means various fish, not lots of cheap shrimps and a couple of pieces of a chewy fish. This had no taste whatsoever! Someone had thrown a tin of tomatoes in with the cheap shrimps and called it a Balti. Absolute waste of just under £20 for 1 person. I will never get anything from here again.

Best Indian food I ever tasted, passionate owners who keep the building clean and up to date!

Food is very good, staff are excellent.

Excellent meal for four of us and quickly served. The staff are lovely.

Food was excellent, brilliant service restaurant very clean and modern good size car park, family friendly great value for money.

Ate here on an August Sunday evening, the restaurant is situated in a good place with parking opposite, the food was of very high standard with the service very good, would definitely eat here again.

Nice ambience is the restaurant. Good service, excellent food. Top notch!

Nice restaurant, friendly staff and the food was good and plentiful. The restaurant was spotlessly clean and well ventilated on a muggy summer evening.

I was dining alone. Everyone was very friendly and welcoming. It was a quite nice but the service was still fast and efficient.

Had a meal from the spicery this evening it wasn't good at all. keema naan next to no meat in it keema rice the same. madras was pretty week it terms of spice. other two meals we got were watery very disappointed. best indian restaurant by far in the northeast is sajis along sunderland road in gateshead. ive struggled to find a good takeaway in this part of the northeast full stop thats counts as 2 poor indian takeaways and bad chinese and 2 poor chip shops aswell.

Friendly service, great food good atmosphere 👍

Food delicious and was ready for collection, Priced very reasonably too.

Al ways fantastic food great service and great value for money

Super quick and beautiful thanks

Staff are lovely on the phone taking the orders. Food is piping hot when it is delivered and it tastes lush

Very friendly staff the food was outstanding and the restaurant itself is immaculate if you like Indian cuisine you need to pay a visit you will not be disappointed

Just perfect. !! A lovely surprise !!! Visited the following week too and can't wait for our next visit, which is already arranged !! Food outstandingly good. Delicious !! Lamb and chicken tikka very tender and flavours of each dish just gives something special. Great chef. !! Service was great, very attentive. Great variation on chefs specialities. Staff lovely, made welcome, felt relaxed and at home in the comfortable and newly refurbished restaurant. Thank you. 😊 We've since had a takeaway which was just as enjoyable, would recommend. !!

Not used these for a while so thought I'd give them another try. Onion bhajis were OK but very greasy. Chicken Tikka starter was OK but mint sauce was like water, very poor quality. Main course was chicken dupiaza, chicken was very tough and chewy so most of it went in the bin. Given this place is a bit more expensive than most of the other takeaways in the area I expected better. Quality has gone downhill over the last year or so, certainly won't be using again :(.

Absolutely Stunning food. Service is top notch. The decor is modern, and really smart. Easy 5 stars.. I can't wait to go back.

Bland small portions, one guest had prawns in his meal when they weren't ordered, a hair in another! Tasteless naan, no salt or pepper n when requested a well used plastic saxa container was put in the table (see photo)

Fantastic restaurant offering a good takeaway service with both delivery and collection offered. In the six times, I have used them, the food has always been fantastic and the consistency of the standard is refreshing. I highly recommend trying them if you haven't already

Real friendly staff, and excellent food

Beautiful meal, excellent service , pleasant staff.

Amazing food at a fantastic price. Staff very friendly & helpful

Always have a lovely meal and the service is great.

Absolutely stunning food and service is outstanding reasonable prices and frer car parking

It's OK.Tasted better indian food.Service wasn't great.Ordered a second drink and the girl forgot to get it.

Food was fantastic 😋 would definitely go again

Excellent food great beer and excellent service

Unfortunately, we returned to a la spicery for a takeaway, after having not eaten from here since before lockdown. A friend of ours had advised against us trying here, informing us that it had gone downhill. And I’m afraid to say I agree with him. Chaat starter lacked its usual flavours. Lamb was dry/chewy. Curry sauce was not hot and frankly quite bland. Naan wasn’t very garlicky. Overall, portion sizes were good, but it was lacked its previous quality of authentic (british) Indian taste. We won’t be returning again after this performance. Sorry

Ordered starters and mains for 5 people for takeaway. Spend +£70 on the meal. All curries were NOTICEABLY watered down, to the point that it was like water with food colouring. When I called to complain I was advised they would replace two of the five curry dishes we ordered but this had already soiled the rice and ruined the meal. He then suggested he will give us "two free curries next time" even though 4 of the 5 people eating binned their mains! Will NOT be ordering from here again. Food was disgusting, you expect some substance to a curry, not for it to be watered.

Great food, excellent service, shared with wonderful.company.

Ordered last night, the food arrived on time, was hot and all very delicious.

Spur of the moment visit, but A la Spicery had been recommended, so was looking forward to a good Indian meal. Started with a very warm welcome from the young ladies who showed use to our table. The menu was your normal Indian cuisine and a very good selection. Asked a couple of questions with regards to sauces etc and the young lady was very knowledgeable. That’s where normal stopped, The food is exceptionally quality, fresh flavours and tasteful, portion size was spot on and Both Freshly made popadoms and Nans.

It was beautiful as was the food, well worth the money, be very hungry if u go.

Yet another great meal and fabulous value on specials night

Always lovely 😍 best Indian in the area

Absolutely amazing food well worth the money will definitely be going back

Brilliant 😍the food is amazing, staff Lovely very attentive, highly recommended absolutely nothing to complain about will definitely be returning x

Placed and order last week, part of the order was missing after waiting around 1 hour. Rang today to place another order told arrogant woman on phone they missed part of my order last time to then be told their is nothing she can do about it after been charged full amount! Very poor customer service didn't try to help manager should brief on customer service skills!

Had a takeaway meal last night not good sure the prawns were off. Will not be going back.

Recommended. A hidden gem, Amazing food, amazing service, during the lockdowns we have been getting takeaways from Ala spicery, the food can only be described as exceptional every time. I love Indian food & usually travel from consett to ocean road in South Shields. However this will be our new restaurant & takeaway & it’s not too far from home.

We have used A la Spicery often but they really excelled themselves tonight . Food was superb , 4 people , 4 starters , 4 mains . Everything was piping hot , tasty , plenty of ingredients and 4 very full , very satisfied customers ! Also need to add my daughter has a nut allergy and we are always very confident when we order here that they take that into account .

The most disappointing curry I've ever had. The delivery time was good, just shy of an hour for half 8 on a Friday, no complaints there. I ordered a rogan josh and a pathia, with rices and naans, the rice was nice to be fair but that's all that was. Both curries were a bland watery mess, with the only real flavour coming from under cooked onion and way too much chilli powder, my son got the rogan josh, and couldn't eat it because of the heat, I like a hot curry and, but a one with flavour, this had no taste and was inedible. Both ended in the bin less than half eaten. The poppadoms were stale and soft, clearly a day old. And the naan was doughy and undercooked. The bought in mint sauce was nice though. Will never use this takeaway again.

The most disappointing curry I've ever had. The delivery time was good, just shy of an hour for half 8 on a Friday, no complaints there. I ordered a rogan josh and a pathia, with rices and naans, the rice was nice to be fair but that's all that was. Both curries were a bland watery mess, with the only real flavour coming from under cooked onion and way too much chilli powder, my son got the rogan josh, and couldn't eat it because of the heat, I like a hot curry and, but a one with flavour, this had no taste and was inedible. Both ended in the bin less than half eaten. The poppadoms were stale and soft, clearly a day old. And the naan was doughy and undercooked. The bought in mint sauce was nice though. Will never use this takeaway again.

Sorry but this was the worst Chicken Tikka Masala I have ever had, it was the wrong colour, it smelt bad, the chicken was lumps of frozen chicken for sure we had a taste but even that was bad, I wouldnt care but we ordered two as the reviews were good about this place but never again.

We have ordered a couple of times now and loved it everytime! Brilliant service, quality takeaway and delicious dishes! We will definitely be coming back and hope to come to the restaurant to eat in when restrictions are lifted 😊

Usually enjoy a takeaway from here but my partner was ill through the night after his meal; violently sick and diarrhoea.

Having already experienced the quality of the food as take away I decided to give the restaurant a visit. Lovely evening, staff professional and food as usual was amazing! We’ll definitely be back 😊

Great service friendly staff lovely food 👍

First visit on saturday 5th September. Table booked for 6 people. Absolutely delicious meal, most enjoyable. Very friendly staff and really good service. All covid regulations in place and followed. Look forward to going again soon.

This was a recommendation, from a good and trusted friend , however our pallets are out of sync more than I could expect. Food was tasteless, Not even takeaway standard for the cost of £60........ which the worst takeaway wouldn’t even be £6 Definitely been had .....restaurant was empty (I know why now) staff were in interested and had no knowledge of the dishes

Food amazing staff and service also brilliant 👍👌😊

Very disappointed tonight. Have used this restaurant on a regular basis. Tonight we ordered a takeaway at 7.40pm to be told it would be about an hour. 2 hours later we rang to find out what was happening and was told it would be another 10 mins. Personally I think they lost our order. Not good business .

The food here is fantastic and the service is great, highly recommended

Food was excellent staff were very helpful

Great service/ clean well set out/ good selection/lovely food

Just had 1 of these delivered was abit late but it was so worth the wait! Best curry I’ve had for years

For the price it’s good and I wasn’t disappointed, but it’s not the highest level. £21 got us chicken korma, prawn Balti, chips, plain pilau, garlic naan, 4 baji, 2x salad, mango chutney, yellow sauce & a popadom I ordered take out which was ready in 20 mins. When ordering on the phone the line was cut off before I could ask the price. I was served quickly by a friendly waitress. My partners korma was a bit too watery and they were shy on the chicken. Although it tasted nice. Order was taken wrong, I ordered 2x garlic naan but ended up with 4 onion baji and 1 garlic naan. Naan was nice but not thick and chewy it had a lot of thin and crispy spots which isn’t my preference. I enjoyed my Balti which I must add had plenty of prawns and they were cooked well (not rubbery). I would also add that the prawns and the curry had plenty of taste. Baji were nice I’d say about average standard. Rice was also nice and the chips were great. Le Raaj does the best curries in Durham area but bare in mind that you would pay double. Setting has disabled access ramp is a little steep but not as bad as some that I have seen. There are also nice walks around the location and there is a big free car park for customers. There are railings outside we’re you can lock a cycle too. A brief look of the interior was ok I did not use toilets. Not a particularly fancy setting but good enough. Myself and partner rarely order curry so we would probably not return as we would rather pay a little more for higher quality.

Just Eat takeaway during Covid 19. Never used this restaurant before, and will definitely use it again. As a special treat for my hubbies birthday decided to order a meal. Cannot fault the food, delivery or pricing. Lovely meal for 3.

Had our first takeaway from here tonight after being tempted by some good reviews. So disappointed, 3 adults, we all chose different dishes, fish, chicken and vegetable mains, all very bland, we love Indian food and spices, we don’t like complaining but a Tesco ready meal curry would have been superior, waste of £35

Fantastic quick prompt service small orders also as I'm vegetarian so only eat a side and nann bread .

Ordered our food at 6.45pm and told the delivery would be here in 1 hour 30 minutes . We are now over 2 and a half hours later and still no food. Called twice to be told each timeNot left yet and 1time told delivered to wrong address despite having our number to call if there was an issue . I appreciate under the current climate that we may have delays and I totally get this but at the end of the day I would have preferred them to say no if they were busy rather than take our order and our money . WillNot use again and also rude staff

We live local to this Indian palace of scrumminest, the food is excellant, the one and only detraction is the soft low seats in he central area of the restaurant

Great food. The Naga curry is spicy and delicious, the Sri Lanka with it’s heat balanced by the coconut always a good choice, the tandoori king prawns were lovely and the special naan was a tasty treat. Friendly and efficient waiting staff too and clean spacious restaurant. Highly recommended.

Excellent food and service highly recommended I will be recommending Ala Spicery to all my family and friends

I’ve scored this average as nothing excelled. It was all fine but that’s all. Dinner for four, Thursday night special to be economical (still came to £100 with tip).Choices were poppadoms, the lime pickle and onion salad were ok. The mango chutney was syrup and the yoghurt dip was also very thin.Starters were chicken chatt, Bhuna prawn on puree and samosas. The puree was crisp rather than soft, the bhuna sauce was nice but there amount of topping was a bit stingy.Mains were lamb bhuna, lamb balti, chicken jalfrezi and chicken pathia. The lamb bhuna arrived as chicken?!? The balti wasn’t what I was expecting. But the pathia and jalfrezi were reported to be good.Service was attentive but a mistake was made with the main.

Food we had tonight was amazing,very clean,reasonable price we definitely going back.

Our usual takeaway closed down so looking for a new one that will deliverOrdered meal last week, quite good, so ordered different meal tonightRubbishPrawn on puri starter, pancake too toughChicken rogan josh. Chicken tough, no taste, must have been over 1lb tomatoes, definitely overkillParatha so thick and tough, could have used it to sole shoesMeal went in the binWon’t be ordering again

Visited in Dec 19 with family. Really nice meal, well flavoured, well spiced - signature starters were a treat. Well worth a visit.

Fantastic food, great ambiance and really lovely staff. Highly recommended

A party of us attended on new years eve (6.30 pre booked). When we arrived the restaurant was virtually empty. The service was slow,we had pickles and poppadoms and some of the party has starters. We had the onion bhaji. It was possibly the worst one we have ever had. No taste and very oily. Anyway we thought no more about it and waited patiently for our mains, and waited and waited. We were repeatedly told that the takeaway trade was really busy and our meal was just about to come out ( the table hasn't been reset no plates, cutlery etc. At 8 o'clock having waited almost an hour for our mains we decided to leave. We paid for the drinks and food we did have and left hungry and annoyed. About 30 mins later the restaurant had the cheek to call one of our party to say they had called the police on us as we left without paying. Never in my life have i experienced such shoddy service and a lack of giving a dam from the people in charge. Really who prioritises takeout over pre booked tables? Will never ever be going here again

Visited the restaurant for the first time ever this evening and we were no disappointed. The food was tasty and fresh whilst the staff were friendly and helpful. The courses were served at a nice pace as there’s nothing worse than feeling rushed in my opinion. We have tried all the Indian restaurants in the Chester le Street area and thus is one of the best no doubt. We will be back again soon