Chennai Spice in Enfield

I recently visited chennai spice to eat biryani , but unfortunately, it was a huge disappointment. This is one of worst biryani and its not even 1% of Hyderabad biryani taste didn’t have much spices you'd expect from a traditional biryani. To make matters worse, the portion size was surprisingly small, leaving me hungry even after finishing my plate. For the price they charge, I expected a much better experience. It's definitely not worth the cost ,taste especially when compared to other local restaurants.Overall, I would not recommend this place for biryani.

The worst takeaway I have ever had in years the chicken was full of bones just about got meat on it . The other meals had to go in the bin never again will I get food from this place what a waste

If you’re craving genuine Sri Lankan and South Indian cuisine, Chennai Spice is a must visit. The dishes here are wonderfully authentic, capturing the true essence of regional flavors. Whether it’s a classic dosa or a vibrant curry, every bite feels like a trip to the subcontinent. Service is consistently attentive and friendly, with the owners going out of their way to make guests feel welcome. However, keep in mind that weekends are especially popular, so I recommend booking ahead to secure a table. One of the standout features is their buffet experience, offered every Friday with live music that adds a lively yet relaxed ambiance. And if you’re in the mood to dance, don’t miss the first Thursday of each month when they step it up with a DJ, dance floor, and live music. Seating is comfortable but could use a more modern update to match the vibrant energy of the place. Parking is free on nearby streets, though it can be tricky to find a spot during peak times. Overall, Chennai Spice offers a warm, welcoming experience with rich flavors and an enjoyable atmosphere, a perfect spot for anyone who loves Sri Lankan and South Indian food!

Food disgusting, sheek kabab starter more money than the main, staff won't take things out of the food if u ask them that u don't want that in there, rice to dry not done right, nan bread not done to perfection. Worse Indian restaurant I've even been to

Very friendly service and great asian (Sri lankan and south indian food) for an affordable price.

Authentic ceylon flavours. Excellent taste and quality food. Worth the spend.

Delicious fresh food that had that homemade taste. We really enjoyed everything and will be ordering from here again. The fried fish was out of this world. The string hoppers were so tasty too and the Ceylon dosa was full of flavour. Nothing was greasy and everything was packed nicely. Looking forward to trying other items from the menu.

As always the food was perfect thank you

The South Indian fish curry was excellent. Not hot and very tasty . Will order again another time

Authentic native flavours. Balanced spice. Excellent taste and quality food. Worth the spend. I will repeat my orders and visit again. Thank you.. everyone must try..

You can find SriLankan and other Asian cuisines here.

They delivered the wrong food, even tho I’ve told them over the phone what I wanted exactly. The restaurant need to get a good speaking English at reception!!!!

We go to this place at least once a week,sometimes two or three times as a family and we are very pleased with the food and the waitresses Natalie,Somayeh,Sırni and the other woman.They are so friendly that we feel like we are at home.I can't say the same thing about a person named Gajen.He thinks he is a waiter but he is not even aware that his job is in the service sector and he is disrespectful towards the customers.

I went here for a party the service is beautiful and naan was so nice with chicken curry please come here

Poor food tasted like it was re heated and poor service staff are very argumentative, never again I will waste my money.

I'm 10 vegetable samosa short and paid for, please deliver

Not happy with the food and prices

Usually the food is great but the mutton was very tough and not cooked well today.

Need to park side roads, service ok

Bad customer service and bad deliveries. They always deliberately miss keeping items in your delivery order. Especially rasmalais If you order two, they put 2 together in the same box instead of 2 different box to save on the item which is really bad and steal customers money. Not customer centric and I don’t recommend

My order was never delivered to me. And no one from just eat has yet contacted me with my order.

Friendly staff and service with great mouthwatering cuisines! They do take out as well.

I didn't even get my order, the driver cl me , but he didn't know english, i said wait 2 minutes and went out he weren't there, then after i got confirmation that the order been delivered.

Lovely food and fantastic staff and service.

I've just ordered on deliveroo and thrown it in the bin and ordered something else from another restaurant. The madras did not taste like a madras, sag aloo had absolutely no flavour and the garlic naan bread tasted worse than ones you get in the shop. No flavour at all. Wish I hadn't spent the money here.

Very nice food, the biriyani was huge and very tasty

Poor quality Also charged for delivery. Prices going up daily but quality getting poor daily

Great food and lovely staff. Food is always spot on - tastes authentic just how my grandmother makes food back in Chennai!

Very worst customer service.... Even if the seats are empty and no reservation... they were like "hello, excuse me ..you sit here" ... This is the way they treat everyone .... Instead of that, you can use some polite words like "hi, hello... how can I help you?" with a smiling face. Today's staff was very bad. At least they should give some respect to their customers. I was a regular customer. Please appoint some good staff at the front desk.

Love the menue. So many varieties.

Prices are too high for the items

Phenomenal food! Tasty, hot and filling. Worth the money and I can’t recommend this place enough! I’ll be ordering from you again for sure.

I ordered 20 veggie rolls and 20 veggie patties yesterday. The 20 veggie patties were terrible and just couldn’t be eaten. They were simply rotten. Last week also I ordered 20 veggie rolls but the sauce was missing. The restaurant just doesn’t seem to care about their customers or the quality of their food items. Sarath- Lingfield Close Enfield

The food is amazing but customer service sucks!! The waiter just takes your plate away thinking you are done eating. Please train your staff to be more polite and courteous.

Bombay potato was nice bit spicy. the korma had no taste at all! I ordered coconut rice and I’m sure they sent me boiled rice yet again no taste of coconut at all! I don’t recommend and I won’t be returning

Ordered a butter chicken as a takeaway away ..it was just bones with bit of meat and a wing added to it...the gravy was watery and definitely no cream or butter to it...

To be honest, I accidentally ordered from this restaurant a second time because I mixed up the name with another place using my order history. I have never actually been there in person. I've eaten at many Indian tandoori restaurants, and the food here was terrible. The vindaloo was not spicy at all and very bland, making me question if the chef even knows what a vindaloo is. It seemed like a mix of canned tomato sauce, some green peppers, light spices, and potatoes, which does not make a proper vindaloo—it needs to be a fused dish. The tandoori chicken tasted like someone used a ready-made paste from Sainsbury's, brushed it on the chicken, and grilled it without using a tandoor oven, which defeats the purpose. The food quality was poor, and I would recommend avoiding this place. However, the driver was good and polite, likely because he is independent.

To be honest, I accidentally ordered from this restaurant a second time because I mixed up the name with another place using my order history. I have never actually been there in person. I've eaten at many Indian tandoori restaurants, and the food here was terrible. The vindaloo was not spicy at all and very bland, making me question if the chef even knows what a vindaloo is. It seemed like a mix of canned tomato sauce, some green peppers, light spices, and potatoes, which does not make a proper vindaloo—it needs to be a fused dish. The tandoori chicken tasted like someone used a ready-made paste from Sainsbury's, brushed it on the chicken, and grilled it without using a tandoor oven, which defeats the purpose. The food quality was poor, and I would recommend avoiding this place. However, the driver was good and polite, likely because he is independent.

Special Kottu, quality was not up to standards. I used to eat from this place for a long time now. I can clearly taste the drop in quality

Usually order mutton biriyani and the meat is edible, but today it was so chewy and tough that I’m considering not ordering from here again it’s that bad

Very nice place, went with my friend and had a nice starter and veg lunch. Not bad, will visit again.

Really tasty food, great flavour and spice

We had a wedding and now I feel the people who got married are lucky really recommended

The food was very oily and the meat was very gristly. Not bad not great.

Food is lovely as always but forgot a small item.

Nice dosas and idli chutney sambar ...hats off ,this place is the best in London for authentic south Indian food...

very tasty and delicious food 👌👌

Not as good as usual. the taste and smell was different. Maybe kitchen was too busy and used onions from another style of cooking. Still a healthier option when it comes to buying take away.

Nice and friendly atmosphere also fast service

Very disappointed with the starters Not many choices for Vegetarians Only 2 things plus chips Not nice and very hot and spicy food Can’t eat

i never received my food and it said delivered

Haven't been for years, and wasn't disappointed, food, drink and service was great

Went there couple of days ago with my wife & couple of friends. Found the ambience very relaxing,food was deliceos, service was 1st class. Will definitely go back even though it means an hour drive since I live in Kent. SENSEI NADER

Love this place! South Indian restaurant

Had a high expectations considering the reviews but totally dissatisfied with the chicken rice noodles. The spices were not mixed well. The plain dosa and chicken fried rice were average. These stars are for the dosa.

Very tasty food and helpful staff, great place to eat out with your family.

The only place with authentic south Asian food in this area , delicious food

Absolutely Delicious Sri Lankan Quisene!! I highly Recommend it! Food took about 20 minutes to arrive! Found it difficult to find Parking.

Great service, very quick, good food and lovely restaurant.

Clean, Well presented, Great service even though restaurant was very busy due to Mother's Day. Indian music was running on the background.. each and every person had a smile on their face. Enjoy the food the most. Definitely going back and highly recommended.....

Had my son 10th birthday party amazing party food was scrumptious all staff was lovely and friend and manager was very helpful and nice thank you for making my son party memorable 5 star rating

Indian style food is ok but they don't know how to make Sri Lankan dishes like chicken devil or mutton devil

There is great music and the service is wonderful.

Food was really nice, my only wish is if the curry wasn’t so sweet but other than that it was great

Fantastic food and value for money. Menu all halal (alcohol also served). Go for their kottu roti which is an authentic novelty item from South India, and my favourite dosa is plain onion or rava. Starters wise, give chicken varuval a go - perfect blend of hot and spicy. Family favourite is also chilli fried idli. Wife ordered a lamb curry but when this was not to her liking, waiter staff very happy to take off our bill and assist with alternatives. Booked table in advance but didn't need to even on busy Friday night. If you want a nice quiet evening, ask for and insist on restaurant side rather than live music/entertainment side which can get loud and irritating and can still be heard on quiet restaurant side. Staff friendly, helpful with menu and very amenable to this. Food served very quickly and all freshly made. Drinks slightly on expensive side (?£2.50-3 for 330ml can), but not horrendous - tap water freely available. Pack away leftovers. Parking is okay in residential areas - go after core hours for free street side parking. In my opinion, one of the best south Indian restaurants in North/East London.

Have been going to Chennai Spice since over 10 years, its one of the best Sri Lankan Restaurants. I used to live locally before but moved away 4 years ago, its now an hour and a half drive away from me but I still make the way as not only their food is amazing but also their service. I have tried to find a local srilankan restaurant around me but I cant find the same flavour at all. Their chicken tikka biryani and hot chutney masala Dosa is a must try! Its full of flavour and spice!

The idiyappam and dosa is well made and also new dessert we tried on suggestion of the waiter- wayadam was very nice.(pic 1) But naan was bad. And almost supermarket like Chiken 65 and was blant Chilly chiken was not even chinese flavour it was indian spice with loads of red coloring and tumeric and no red chilly. Chiken saagwala is - was only ideal for dibetic and kids with spice tolerance. The worst experience was the tandoori mixed grill- 16 £ for tiny and over cooked.

Best venue I have hired staff friendly and manager very nice as well

It's Sri Lankan food, been a few times

I visited Chennai Spice at around 5pm on a Sunday evening. The restaurant was quite busy and there was a party in the function room, despite this service was both quick and friendly. I had two starters, a rather tasty chicken hot and sour soup (£4.25) which was reminiscent of a chinese soup. I also had an onion bhaji (£6.25), this was unusual because it was strands of onion deep fried in a batter rather than the usual ball shape, it was delicious. For my main I had chicken sagwala (£7.50) a spinach and chicken dish. It was tasty but the chicken was a bit dry (it was in large cubes which I am not a fan of). I also had a tasty chilli naan (£3.25). For drinks I had a double Chivas Regal reasonably priced at £7. All in all a nice meal, I will definitely be back.

Delicious food, staffs are very friendly and price are very good.

Had an early dinner at this nice little restaurant in Edmonton Green. Was visiting a friend and went there to have some Indian food. The cuisine can be called Tamil/ Sri Lankan food they have some good North Indian varieties as well. Tried medu vada with coconut chutney for starter. It was ok. Decent Tried idiyappam/ sothi/ sambal- it was good Chicken varuval was really nice a good portion and tasted fresh and was my favorite. Tried Srilanka chicken curry which tasted nice as well. We finished off with some kersari and vanilla ice cream. The vanilla ice cream unlike in most places really tasted of milk and it was really good.

Reshma was amazing at the service and 10 out 10 service ty so much appreciated it hope too see u soon . Becoming regular soon because of service

Had a great service from Rishma. Thank you for the experience! <3

If you like Sri Lanka food this is the place. Excellent string hoppers with tasty curries and great dosa too.

Nice place for Sri Lankan food.Their tikka biriyani is delicious. Desserts are wonderful. Mango lassi & fruit juice also very tasty. Excellent service of staff. We had an amazing lunch today.

First time eating Indian food from a restaurant, chicken madras was flavourful and had more of a spicy kick to it than I thought it would so I am impressed

The live music sound is too loud. Requested a staff member to reduce the volume but she refused in a very rude manner which was not expected.

Ordered 2 takeaway dosas from this place! Lovely.

I went with my husband for dinner They serve it in a hurry and then before we finished the manager collected the plates🤮 Then they gave us spoilt hot water which has some metalic layer on it, when we ask about it a waiter woman said that its london water Very disgusting service and will not recommend at any cost

We were invited to party. The food was wonderful. Staff very attentive.

Take away butter chicken with bone very disappointed had to review your quality food definitely overall is Okie

Unfortunately the korma was hot and spicy and not mild and creamy. Did anyone else order a korma and get the same hot and spicy? My hubby had a chicken tikka masala and there was green chilli’s in it. So unusual for them to get two curries that wrong. Very disappointed

Really Nice Time / Nice & Quiet / Not Many People.

The food was not good as Is to taste before The mix grill chicken was smelling of fish also the lamb chop have reduced in size The price of food has increased quite high specially for roti and mutton rolls Ambience is nice staff is nice but we didn’t enjoy the food

Nice food. Well presented and tasty. Waiters are friendly. will recommend and go there again.

My wife and I had stomach problems after eating the food ordered at night. I have been ordering food from your shop for 5 months but this is the first time.

Great south Indian cuisine .and delicious Briyani.ect.

Si vous cherchez à manger Indien, ce n'est pas le lieu approprié. Par contre très bonne ambiance familiale.

It is different from what I normally ordered from an other Indian food. But its nice.

Good all round, but poor toilet facilities; not upto the standard of the rest!

First time ordered,food was lovely and hot will defo order again.

Curry (Rogan Josh) wasn’t great at all - lacked depth and flavor, mutton was very tough. The “curry” tasted like tomato soup from a can. Little flavor. Delicious pilau rice & chaat. I guess I should’ve ordered a Sri Lankan specialty for the tastiest dishes.

The food was great , so happy to see my favourite restaurant on Just eat !!!

Worst worst Restaurant of the world not add any spoon or fork Even I specially leave note. I don’t like Service of this restaurant again The service is more worse than cheap Restaurants.

Excellent Sri Lankan food! The best in North London. Order the Mutton Kuttu, boneless Sri Lankan curry (if you like spicy), mutton rolls and of course the Masala Dosa!

Food was delicious but no fork added with noodles take care next time Thanks

Excellent service, great atmosphere. Varied menu. Can always rely on Chennai Spice for a quick & delicious Dosa. Great reunion with my college friends some of whom tasted Dosa for the first time.

Worst Falooda of my life Just like melted Ice cream this isn’t Falooda it’s Just like leftover melted ice cream

i had bad experience with restaurant staff. one of the restaurants staff he is very rude and he don’t know how speak nicely with people… my humble request to you guys please teach your staff how to speak nicely with your customers ….. Thanks