Forest Spice in Bournemouth

Found my new favourite restaurant!

Bring your own booze, I saw others bring there own soft drinks which I thought a bit cheeky but they didn’t say anything. Glasses and a jug of ice no problem.food top notch, without the drinks it was less then £50 me and wife starters, main, rice and sides. There was a service charge only I noticed on the bill I think £2.80 per person, i didn’t see it in the menu. Anyway all considered it’s quite reasonable.

Excellent food and service. Would highly recommend

As lovely as usual. If you like authentic food from India this is one of the best.

everything was very good, i look forward to ordering again.

Yummy definitely best Indian in the area

The Best restaurant with cuisine going above and beyond my expectations. This is a MUST TRY for Indian Cuisine Lovers ESPECIALLY. Try NOW. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Onion bhajee and king prawn butterfly overcooked, dry and inedible.

This place is number 1 excellent food u go a long way to beat it

Amazing curry…and great portion sizes…would definitely recommend…👍👍.

Ordered a takeaway impressed with speedy delivery and the food was great thank you we will be using your restaurant again

Mistakenly ordered online and cancelled over the phone. Wrong restaurant with same name. Was assured it would be cancelled instantly their side as it’s impossible to do my side after ordering online. Three days later they’ve not replied to any emails or phone calls. Been shafted. Avoid.

Didn’t get 1 Pashwari naan and missing 2 chicken makani

if u live in bournemouth dont miss this. thats it! Don't miss it food service amazing😌

A family friend told us to try forest Spice again. The portions were generous, and lots of meat in the mains we chose, however the flavour wasn’t there and the meat was dry and tough. The keema was very odd, tasted exactly like it had been made with goat meat.

Ordered a takeaway, food collected and was ok not good but not bad just ok. They put a menu in the bag and was just looking at it later that evening and realised a difference in the price I paid so phoned the restaurant to ask why the difference he said it’s a different website the prices are higher although it was forest spice web site I used and although it was only about £3 different I felt ripped off, he seemed to agree, just kept saying yes yes yes but no apologies. Won’t be using again out of principle!!

Excellent food, really tasty and really enough for tomorrow.

As lovely and authentic as usual!

The Biryani served here is not at all an authentic indian cuisine, as iam a biryani lover and fortunate to have tasted almost all kinds of biryanis, all over india, as different regions have different style of masala,spices and rice. To much oil, and the chicken doesnt have any flavour of the biryani. Just the smell of spices dominates. Wouldnt try the biryani again for sure, but maybe other signature dishes 👍

As lovely as usual. For me one of the most authentic tastes after spending many years working in India.

The menu is huge, so I order different dish every time I'm there. So far, all of them were delicious. The portions are huge, most of my friends had to take their leftovers home. It's not the most romantic place because the tables are close together. It's great for groups and you can bring your own alcohol.

Food was fantastic & good value for money. Would have been 5 stars but we must have been last on the delivery route as food wasn't very hot. Wouldn't stop us ordering again though 🙂

Delicious, hot and on time as always.

Hot, delicious and plenty of it.

This was such a shame. This restaurant has always been reliable and delicious. Tonight the chicken and prawns were both terribly over cooked and therefore rubbery. Sauces were also under seasoned. I hope this is just a bad day.

What an outstanding service, polite, on time, food immaculate, best take out i have had!!!! Added to their honesty, delivery man turned up, apparently i had not paid, still gave me the food, based on he trusted me, immediately called restaurant, gave the relevant details to pay... How many businesses operate with those morals and, on that level, you deserve 10 stars, as does your delivery guy!!!

Delivery was on time but unfortunately our food arrived cold.

Perfect and as authentic as usual. Highly recommended!!

Raj and the team always great guys Portions are good size and traditional flavours, no coriander needed as the flavours are Always have a god night here

Extremely underwhelming with 0 flavour. I had high hopes and I do not ever write reviews but I've not been to a curry place before and have had to put my own salt into it. The bread was plain,cold and greasy just not worth the money.

Arrived on time and was very tasty.

Great food and food was requested asap so was very happy it was 15 mins early! Great food as always

This is a real shame - but we ordered dinner - it arrived late and cold -

meat samosas were lovely, the rest of the food ok

Lovely food as usual. The app is missing off the extra, I tried to select samosas but it would not add to the basket.

Great service and great food, very tasty!

Forest spice is the best! Always amazing food and they are always early!

Our food was fantastic, full of flavour & spice. Best curry we've had for ages! The only downside was the length of time it was with the delivery driver. It was almost cold by the time it reached us.

I’m not as fond of Indian food as my partner but I have to say my meal was amazing! The onion Bajhi’s were crisp, the birihani & vegetable curry so moreish I wanted to eat the lot but hate that stuffed to the gills feeling so took half back to our holiday let for lunch/ dinner today. The service was great we didn’t have to wait long for our food. We walked to the restaurant so we could have a beer but it’s not licensed , didn’t realise that we planned on getting a taxi back but Evan, a restaurant college, offered to drive us back, now that’s service! 😀 He even gave us his number to call him if we need a ride elsewhere. I’m sure we will eat there again, or maybe get a take out delivery before we go back home.

We went to the place after seeing the reviews. Unfortunately it was a disappointing experience. Hygiene was ok. Taste was not at all worth the 4.5+ rating. Staff was also ok. Most of the dishes were the readymade curry based. Nothing great about the food

Great food, great staff. But had a party if 18 next to our table and they where very loud so could not hear what our party where saying all through our meal

Arrived within the delivery window, hot and delicious

Smooth order process, flavoursome food, speedy delivery, with complimentary poppadum etc.

Amazing Food, Authentic Flavours, Quality Ingredients And Raj and his team are always welcoming

Half my stuff was missing and it was cold

Absolutely loved this restaurant.just passing and decided to stop so glad we did.if we didn’t live 4 hrs away this would be our place to go the best chicken chaat I have had in 15 years.Friendly staff great food

SIMPLY THE BEST respect to Tina Tuner but Raj and his team leave the others standing Quality Food and lovely staff and delivery guys

Forest Spice is still the Best Raj and his team and delivery drivers are a cut above the competition The Chef keeps standards high in the kitchen

As authentic and lovely as usual. Thanks so much!

Absolutely delicious 😋 really great curry, rice and side dishes. Wholeheartedly recommend 😋

Was our first time ordering from you, but definitely we gonna do again. The portions size was amazing, and the taste was delicious. Thank you

As usual, as lovely and authentic as ever. Thank you!

Good food. A bit quiet as it was a Thursday night but the staff are attentive and polite.

Absolutely amazing food.. exallent service best Indian restaurant in bounemoth

Gobsmacked at the attitude I received from the delivery driver. Telling me I live too far away and it’s taken him ages to find us and that I should have collected. There is an extra delivery charge of £2 for this and would have happily paid more if it has asked me to. He even questioned why we would chose one so far away and did I understand how far he had driven. Heaven forbid he has to drive on a deliver job. This was my favourite Indian but I’m disgusted on the way I was treated and won’t be using them again for this reason alone.

My king prawn byriani was so flavoursome. I asked them to do a madras veg curry instead of the usual mild one. Made it even better. We also order a garlic chicken that had a little tasty kick without being silly. Nice service. Bring your own as well. Great.

Vindaloo was a pot of medium spice sauce, no tomato and half a potato...

The food was great, first time we’ve used this restaurant and we were so impressed. Very good quality curry and plenty of it.

Never had a bad meal from this restaurant.

We order chicken tikka pathia as we always do but this time the flavour was not sweet but very sour and acidic- not quite sure why it was so different to the normal but we just ate the rice and sag

We went there with some friends it was a lovely meal but guy who served us had long hair very messy. When you serve food he should have had his hair tied back in a ponytail or something. Food was good but this was very off putting

Really lovely food and so much of it , excellent value for money and even better being able to take your old alcohol 🍷, highly recommended

Eaten a lamb madras 3 time's from here,good quality food, this is now my go to curry house.

Very good across the full spectrum. I wouldn't say it was the best Indian I've ever eaten but it was great value, great tasting and positive customer service - and I would both return and recommend!

We’ve been coming to forest spice for around 10 yrs we love the food and service is great!! Eating in and takeaways are just fabulous!! Thanks for such amazing food Forest spice!!

Excellent value dining, with friendly staff and great food. Bring your own booze means you can keep prices down and enjoy your favourite tipple. Love the sizzling chicken shashlik.

Fantastic food and Gainsborough too.

Had a delivery. Hour late and food was cold. Food was good quality just cold which is a shame.

I ordered a large takeaway for a lunchtime work meeting. Selection of dishes, sides etc. I also asked them to deliver and provide plates/cutlery. Order arrived promptly and was hot and tasty. I have also eaten in the restaurant and would recommend that as well

I ordered a large takeaway for a lunchtime work meeting. Selection of dishes, sides etc. I also asked them to deliver and provide plates/cutlery. Order arrived promptly and was hot and tasty. I have also eaten in the restaurant and would recommend that as well

Food was delicious, we had the Lamb Naga which was very spicy but extremely tasty. Onion bhajis were the perfect level of crunchiness. Service was fantastic and they seemed very happy to see us arrive. They saw that we brought our own drinks and immediately asked us how many beer and wine glasses we needed. The atmosphere was good, it wasn't too overcrowded I felt like there was plenty of space. The naan bread had more keema in it than I've seen at other places which was fantastic, I cant remember the last time I had a keema naan and there was keema in every bite.

My wife and I fancied a curry and thought we would give this place a try for the first time. Menu had so much choice and rather than go for our usual we tried the set menu for two. Really good tasting food and generous portions. Interior is dated but alright 80s vibe as we would remember😊. The also have a takeaway delivery service and seemed busy with that even though we got there when it opened. Worth just looking at the menu to see how comprehensive it is...too much choice.

Great food and friendly atmosphere, will be visiting again.

I only give this rating because the telephone operator has terrible phone skills his un friendly . Obtuse. And unwillingness. Is very off putting and would make you less likely to use again

Scratching my head trying to work out why this place has so many great reviews? I guess the majority of people know absolutely nothing about fine curry and this must be the standard they are used to! The chicken was the chewiest that I had ever come across and looked like it was somebody's left overs... from three nights ago, the rice was clumpy and sticky and the naan bread was burned to a cinder. I have generously given 2 stars because the ceylon sauce definitely resembled a decent ceylon with plenty of coconut, which Is hard to come by these days, the staff were friendly and attentive and it's a bring your own booze affair! I know curry well, I was brought up on it, so do yourselves a favour and go to the Balti House further up the road! Mr Curry.

Always friendly, great flavours and chefs always in clean White uniforms. Portion size is generous and Taj often Looks after his regular customers with a few tasty complementary dishes. No Coriander Chicken Tikka Dansak is my favourite dish . Looking forward to my weekly visit Thankyou Raj

Best Sally chicken ive ever tasted 👍

Had the best ever Sally chicken here last night😋

We've had many tasty meals from here, but the last 2 have been very unsatisfactory. The Chicken Tikka Mossalh used to be a vibrant, thick and creamy red dish, that now appears as a watery orange slop. The rice is clumpy and the effort towards customer satisfaction really showed with the 1 crushed poppadom between a family of 4 (each having a main course). Not to mention the 2 hour wait for the delivery and this restaurant has been removed from our favourites 😕

I like spicy food and the takeaway Naga was just right for me. Didn't need the bag of plain sliced onions though... Hot but not too rich, tender meat in thick sauce that wasn't at all greasy or oily. They even offered to bring it outside to me.

Menu on paper is same as before but the actual food you get doesn't resemble what you got previously. Pity, for years this was our goto Indian restaurant around here.

No longer goto local Indian. Changed food and staff autumn 2021. Cannot recommend now.

Very enjoyable evening, friendly staff, great service, and good food.

Service very good. Food arrived promptly. Unfortunately food very bland, ordered chicken tikka balti and chicken Kari, both dishes lacked flavour. Very disappointed. This is my normal go to curry house, however will be reluctant to order from forest spice again.

We ordered a takeaway to be delivered. It arrived an hour and 25 minutes later, the food was cold, we needed to re-heat it. We called and complained, the gentleman was quite rude and disregarding of our complaint. We have eaten at Forrest Spice for many years and have never needed to complain. I am totally disappointed.

Always the best been going there for 16 years sit on and take a way

I’ve ordered from this restaurant before and the food has been good, but this time it was not pleasant. The food was cold and the chicken was tough. The naan bread was chewy and the rice was clumpy. I also was told that payment was cash only, where the delivery driver had no change and had to return my change later on in the evening. It’s a real shame. I will not be eating at forest spice again.

Nice quality food, reasonably priced, and smart decor. It's on quite a busy road but, luckily, we were able to park very close by. We enjoyed our dinner here.

Great food great service great value definitely coming back

Last week I took 3 friends along that usually eat up the road at the Balti House as closer to the pub ALL 3 said Forest spice food was better quality, largo portions and superb flavour than they are use to up the road , and never had to wait an hour for it as the crammed in busy Balti House with tables so close have so many people in such a confined space and Forest spice has more space between tables so more relaxed atmosphere. Well done Raj and the team

Fantastic service and the food was delicious. Even my kids loved it. Would highly recommend 👌

Very lucky that I found this place, What a lovely Indian restaurant! Very friendly staff and amazing food. highly recommended and will return soon!

First time I have been in years, the food was superb. Had a great visit, definitely worth a try.

Ordered from Forest Spice last night and got to say we are fussy and love our Indian meals but this was superb, lovely flavour, great portions, delivered to us where we were staying at Meadowbanks Holiday Park and generous portions, would highly recommend this Indian...

Good helping of food and very tasty

Always a great takeaway. But now twice forgot coca cola. And now after ordering 6 popadoms and lime pickle - this turns up, and then tell me will sort next time. Not impressed.

Brilliant food, very tasty and quick delivery!

Great curry all very nice dishes tarka Dahl could be a bit thicker but still great taste. Will be back

We ordered the food for a Saturday evening. Arrived on time and even the nan breads were piping hot. Great selection the stars of the meal were the chicken chat and sag panir. Thanks.

We decided to treat ourselves and order a take away to be delivered on a busy Saturday night. Debs tried a Chicken Dupiaza for the first time and I opted for a Murgle Azam, we were told delivery would be an hour but we were...