House of Spice in Vale of White Horse

Would of been 5 stars if I received everything I paid for

It was marked as delivered but no sign so we called and they sent it out in another ten mins it arrived and it wasn't that hot but it tasted ok

delivery was over 1hr 30 minutes called the restaurant said we are very busy.no apologies or updates on order.

Excellent restaurant that also allow you to bring your own drinks with a small corkage charge. All food was excellent and tasted great. Chicken dopiaza, onion rice and garlic naan are recommended. Service was also very good and friendly.

The chicken in both my main dishes had a funny taste to it, like old oil that had soured. Put us off the whole meal

First time I've used this place. Ordered a takeaway. The portions were tiny, meat was chewy. Will never use this place again.

over 2 hours. marked as delivered but still not!

we've had three orders from House of Spice, two were good and worth re-ordering...I'm not sure what went wrong tonight. Huge separation between the fats and the sauces so everything was runny and unappealing. the tikka masala just tasted like gravy and the chicken in the sharing platter was extremely dry.

Once again. Gorgeous. And filling. Lovely. Thank you.

Excellent food and great service. I got the chicken jalfrezi and it was nicely seasoned and a little spicy. The staff were very friendly. Thank you!

Not the first time! Always late!

Freezing cold food delivered Had twice before and was lovely but third time freezing cold Spent £70 for the privilege Wont be buying again

Lovely and filling just what needed on a cold rainy evening.

no flavour whatsoever just over taken by spice.

Food arrived earlier than expected, it was warm, well flavoured and decent portion sizes. Would recommend to anyone!

Time was quire long and the food wasn't very warm and had no flavour

Good routine Bengali restaurant

I was in Wantage overnight prior ot RIAT. I was looking forward to an Indian meal and disappointed to discover that my first choice Indian restaurant with excellent reviews had ceased trading! It was a very hot night at 32 degrees. There were very few diners in the restaurant at 6.30pm so I had no difficulty in getting a single table. There was no air conditioning but there were soem wall mounted fans. I was rather surprised to see one fan had no external guard and had someone a little taller than me inadvertenly walked into it, could have been injured. Given the chosie of sweltering or the coolish breeze from the fan, I decided to ignore the safety issue! My order ws taken promptly and the starter (Poppadums and chutney arrived very quickly. The restaruant serves a limited selection of alcohol and I had a bottle of Cobra beer. When the main course arrived I was very surprised at the small portions of rice and curry. The rice was very dry and the prawns in the curry overcooked and chewy. Nevertheless the curry had a nice flavour. I have certainly had better curries, and overall the meal was OK. The best part was the plain Naan which was very nice. The staff did check on me during the meal, but I had to get their attention in order to pay the bill which was presented with a wrapped chocloate mint that was totally melted. A little foresight might have been to keep the chocolate refrigerated prior to serving! I probably wouldn't go back,as there are certainly other Indian restaurants in the area with much more favourable reviews.

Lovely food and very good service.

Lovely. Good. So filling. Got free items as well thank you. Yummy.

My go to curry house. Never had a dissapointing meal. Guys on site are really friendly, I don't need to tell them my order anymore - just introduce myself on the phone and they reply with "the usual?". Always ask me about my wife & kids too, showing they really do care about customer service. Would highly recommend

All good was cold the bhoona was not spiced what so ever no spice the butter chicken was a very water down korma not what was order the lamb tikka was so bland no flavour and just filled with water the whole meal was disgusting will never order again from here definitely weren’t freshly cooked for ordering as soon as open

I haven’t been to eat in the restaurant for quite sometime because I get a delivery . Food is really good , great taste and delivery is alway excellent with polite and friendly staff but tonight the food was nearly cold , it still tasted good but considering I live very close to the restaurant I would have expected it to hot , I would still recommend it though.

Love this food. It's so filling and so nice. Good size as well. Love it.

Our first visit. We popped in for dinner and were made to feel very welcome. A lovely ambiance. Unfortunately my husband uses a hearing aid so he found the music very annoying. I enjoyed it. All drinks are non alcoholic which is not a problem for us. You can BYO but there is a corkage charge. The food was very tasty but I was very disappointed at the quantity. For the price, a chicken dish should have at least a breast of chicken (cubed) not just 6 small pieces. The beef had slightly more meat but as it was so thinly sliced it really didn’t amount to much at all. Would I go back - probably but now I know what to expect…

The chicken korma had very little chicken and was sent only 1 veg samosas

Whilst on time the delivery driver had the food on its side, it’s curry in containers that are loosely sealed. She was then very surprised it had poured out into the bag. Unfortunately despite showing what was meant to be my dinner swimming in the bag to the delivery driver and contacting the restaurant this was not remedied, no refund or replacement issued.

The receptionist was incredibly rude in every interaction. He seemed annoyed when we asked about the menu and was equally irritated when we inquired about splitting bills. His dismissive attitude when we needed assistance was off-putting. While the food was okay, I will never, ever return due to his behavior. Hopefully, there will be a change in his attitude towards customers in the future.

Awful meal! Ordered £65 of food and the meal was bland. No flavour in any of the dishes. Naan bread was clearly just reheated. Lamb dish ordered tasted like it was cooked in bisto with no spices. Complained to restaurant who offered us £15 off next meal. No thanks. Meal was hot and on time which was the only positive. New to the area so really disappointed with our first experience.

Portions for the price are laughably low.

Amaizin food Always friendly Warm and welcoming

Not a Great Taste filled a hole over priced for what you get

Usually very good, it was pretty tasteless tonight

House of spice is always my go to Indian restaurant. Never had a bad meal from them. They are always polite and attententive. Would recommend to everyone

The delivery driver was so lovey. I just wanted to say a massive thank you to her as she was the best.

Glorious dishes - never been disappointed. Even when we’ve rocked up at 23:30 and they squeezed us in for a mid-night-out boost. This is the only curry shop we go to in wantage now.

Food quality was ok, arrived on time. However the food quantity/portion was very small. For the amount of money compared to what we got just not worth it at all.

Sauce was very loose (wet). Chicken was dry and really chewy. Peshwari had nearly no filling and the rice has hardly any meat in. Great service but food was really disappointing.

Amazing food and delightful service

Lovely food, good service. Will happily eat there again

Last went here seven years ago, the food was so bad it has taken us this long to give it another try. Looked at reviews and it looked ok, no mention of bring your own alcohol though. The two of us were seated and the first thing I noticed was that there was a bring your own policy – I did have an idea this was the case as the table next to us were drinking beer from cans. No worries, off to Sainsburys for me to buy three bottles of Cobra, I asked for a corkscrew and the man who I took as the owner offered a cold bottle in return for one of my warm ones – odd! He came and took our order, I was first to be asked everything, my female partner did not seem to exist, on check back he was not worried about her meal, just mine. We had poppadom’s and pickles; you cannot go wrong here all the pickles were out of the same factory as just about every other Indian in the UK. I ordered a chicken dish stuffed with mince at £14.00 + (Oddly it is over £17.00 on their website) and my partner had a chicken dish at around £11.00. Both contained one breast of chicken cut up and a sauce. It must be remembered that this is over £14.00 and £11.00 for a desert-sized bowl of chicken pieces with sauce. I love curry, I cook it at home, but I must say we could not distinguish the difference between the two dishes, it was a heavy red sauce, mine may have had mince but I did not spot any. Now it got interesting, a couple were seated on the table next to us and ordered two bottles of Cobra, they were asked if they wanted alcoholic or non-alcoholic, they went for the alcohol so, I had wasted my time going to Sainsburys after seeing “Bring Your Own” plastered all over the menu! With our meal we had one naan bread, one potato dish and one pila rice. The bill was an astonishing £63.00, this is without any drinks, they even had the cheek to charge £5.00 corkage for the drinks that I had to go and source even though they sold them in the first place. This was a Friday evening from 7.00, only four tables were occupied, and the restaurant was cold. We all know that restaurants have been hit by fuel hikes and other overheads but maybe bring your prices down and sort the bring your own beer thing out? There are a least two other Indian restaurants in Wantage we may be back in seven years, but I would not hold your breath.

Lovely hot nicely seasoned food as always

Food was cold bland and just not worth the money , the samosas were soggy and bland , chicken was so overcooked it could bounce , pilau rice was not even seasoned it was just plain boiled rice. First time ordering from here and will not be ordering again, the whole meal cost 27£ including delivery so for the quality and quantity it’s better going someone else with your order. Very disappointing.

They were quite late. Placed order at 8.30pm and it came at 10.30pm. However, they did call to apologise and even threw in some free drinks. The food was good too. I understand things happen and a restaurant can become suddenly very busy and I totally expect it on weekends! I would order from here again. 👍🏻

Lovely meal! All cooked lovely! Only downside is the delivery window being an hour - an hour and a half from ordering.

We order every week and never disappoints. Arrived early,the food is always lovely.

Over-priced and food quantity not sufficient for a single person who had a very decent lunch meal. Food was obviously just warmed up ad t not freshly prepared. Delivering a salad in a plastic waste bag is definitely a no go!

Literally, arrived 1 minute before latest delivery time - an hour and 20 minutes after ordering, food was very tasty but it took way longer to arrive, than it should have!

I don’t like the food , delivery service was nice but food was disgusting. Very bad very bad just wasting money .

The food was okay but the portions were very stingy. The butter chicken had 6 pieces of chicken which is terrible for the price. It was mainly just sauce. I ordered a Tandoori Chicken (£6) and got 1 skinny drum stick with barely any chicken on it. The chicken was tasty but very dry with a bad rubbery texture. Definitely a lot of improvements needed before I order from here again.

There was something hard in the rice. But other than that the food is lovely and filling.

Food is always consistently good and staff are always friendly and courteous.

Nice meal turned up 30-45 mins before estimated time

Good quality ingredients however it was almost tasteless. The naan bread was soggy and the volume of sauce was very low on both the dopiaza and biryani, not even enough to mix with the rice.

Woman at the front desk was lovely and welcoming, but unfortunately the portion size was tiny. Every curry we ordered was half full or less. First time I ordered from here they gave normally, proper portions. Picture evidence below, shocked that the cheffs were this stingy at a well known restaurant!

Food is really nice, but it’s so overpriced. We paid over £50 for a meal that only included two curry’s, two rice and two sides. Most Indian takeaways would also give free popadoms with an order of that value, but we didn’t get any from this place. You only get them if you pay. Not sure we’ll be re-ordering, unfortunately.

We have had a takeaway from this restaurant a couple of times. The first time was just okay, albeit slightly cold due to slow delivery. We picked up our latest takeaway to make sure it was hot. However although it was reasonably hot (temperature) we all had chicken dishes and all four of our dishes had extremely dry and tough chicken in them. Also the sauces tasted surprisingly similar even though all four dishes were different sauces! Not very impressed with this place and will not be ordering from here again.

Rice was cold and the naan bread was really undercooked

A takeout meal for two this time. The standard has slipped since our last meal. Rather bland tasting and a watery sauce Onions on the raw side in the rice dish and chickpeas very firm in the side dish.

Chicken very dry food cold for take away

Food arrived cold and late. The delivery driver apologised and said she forgot just about it as she had other deliveries. I had to asked what happened to my order in order for them to remember it. Would have preferred hot food. All in all, not good at all. Not sure I’ll order delivery again or order again at all.

Chicken dry and tough naam undercooked

Missing 2 popadoms, chicken Korma curry lukewarm

Lovely food. Was early and the driver was very nice. Would definitely recommend!

Felt it was really expensive for what actually arrived. Really small portions and the tandoori chicken was almost inedible. Definitely wouldn't order from here again.

A great Indian restaurant, serving some old school favourites and some great chefs specials. Can recommend the Tarka Chicken. Plenty of veg options as well. Eat in or takeaway Lots of parking in and around the market square.

We had a notification to say they had left the restaurant, food arrived 40 minutes later when its not even a 10 minute drive away. Food was cold and not up to usual standards. Weve ordered from here so many times before and it was amazing. Seems to have gone down hill.

Disappointing. Food was cold, the chicken was dry and the madras was spicy but completely flavourless. Everything was so oily too.

Food was cold, very very watery sauce Not worth the price Avoid this place

We moved to the area 18 months ago and this is the second time we have used this restaurant (both times a takeaway). Last time we came the staff were very welcoming friendly and helpful, and the food was great. Last night we went in to order our food and the chap on the desk was very unfriendly, sullen and very miserable, we felt a bit awkward his one syllable answers were very odd. I hope he is ok he seemed very depressed. The food was really tasty a bit expensive, but isn’t everything right now. We will definitely be ordering food again! Happy New Year to all the staff , we hope your business survives!

Portion of bhajis disappointing, curries tasted a bit watery. Disappointed for the price.

Food was delivered very late, no contact from the restaurant to say as much so I contacted them to be told another 15 minutes. 15 minutes later they called to say the food was just leaving to be delivered. Food was lukewarm when it arrived. Very disappointing.

Food was average today, as the onion bajis were overcooked and the portions were very small and hardly any chicken in the chicken tikka massala, so I'm not overly happy with my order today.

The length of time for delivery was long however the food was good

The chicken korma is very tasty and naan bread is the best I had so far, really loved the takeaway, thank you, will be ordering again soon

Great delivery driver came the correct way

Always awesome food from these guys! Best Indian for miles. - Always order from them. Just learnt how to do the reviews. :)

It was absolutely mega ! More cheese tgough all the cheese

Did not leave the order at the door, no food at all

4.70 for chicken tikka starter and it was half a chicken breast

Delivered the wrong item. Lamb instead of chicken tikka masala. Gave them the benefit of the doubt as mistakes happen and ordered again. Ordered two mains - one chicken and one king prawn. Both dishes arrived as lamb. Which is significantly cheaper than the prawn dish ordered and paid for. Very disappointing. Won’t bother again.

Both meals were wrong. Prawn Korai became a Lamb Korai and a Chicken Tikka Masala became a Lamb Tikka Masala. Good delivery is no use unless the right meal was delivered

Probably the worst butter chicken I’ve had

The food is some of the worst we have eaten. It was bland & arrived cold. It also arrived almost 50 minutes late with no update from the restaurant - we had to chase to be constantly told it was “minutes away”. Won’t use again or recommend

A warm welcome and lovely white tablecloths and ample white napkins set the style for this restaurant in the corner of the lovely wantage market place and the food lived up to it with delicious dishes both vegetarian and meat based. Sag bhaji the best i can recall. They were very upfront that menu prices now had to increase by 10% but they are still more than competitive. Highly recommended.

Great food as always, and piping hot

Delicious as always, can’t fault it

Very good Indian food, owner of this restaurant is very friendly and welcoming.

First time ordering from House of Spice. Really impressed with the food. Very tasty and arrived hot. Highly recommended

Not great food. Not the usual luxury food feel you get from an Indian restaurant

Was texted at 20.05 to say driver was on his way. After 20 minutes called restaurant to chase. They rang back to say driver was 2/3 minutes away but it still took another 15 mins. Food had to be warmed up. Disappointed

I’m from London I can say that this Indian take away is one of the best I’ve ever had. Thank you 🥳

Fantastic meal, thank you 👍👍👍👍👍

Waited well over an hour and it was cold and dried out. Not great. Hopefully better next time

Not been back to Wantage in ten years , and haven't been out for an Indian in England for over fifteen years (the time spent living in Ireland). Best Indian I've had in decades!!! All dishes were excellent. Really delicious. Next time back in Wantage will definitely be going for an Indian. Staff were all very friendly.

Very disappointed with the portions we paid £10.70 (chicken tikka ) for 6 pieces of chicken in a sea of sauce. £9 (lamb korma) for the same analogy of meat and sauce. £4.50 for two tiny pieces of Samosas. We thought we should give this restaurant a try but it is clearly not worth it. Stay away if you want to have decent portions for the amount of money you are paying.

Food was bland, pile of water on my plate from the potatoes and no free popodums even tho we spent £30

The food arrived a little early but both dishes were swimming in water - I had to drain and then cook more rice to soak up the sauce - such a shame and not worth the money paid - looking for a refund ! Pics to follow …

The mix platter for 2 at £13 had 1 small lump of chicken one dried out onion barji, a small sorry looking shish kebab and a burnt lamb something. The chicken korma had very little flavour and watery. Will Not be ordering again from here.

Food was full of oil Masala didn’t taste like it and really watery The food portions are tiny for the price it come to I have a curry at least once a week and we are trying to find another good one near are new house we will get there but 100% this isn’t the one