Rice N Spice in Edinburgh, City of

Best Indian food I’ve tasted in a long time. Piping hot and so flavourful. Coconut rice is to die for. Great starters and chicken jalfreizi was epic.

Very friendly and attentive to extra wishes. Outstanding food quality and service 👍 and pretty good portions as well.

This is my new favourite Indian takeaway! Our order included butter chicken and naan. They weren't overly sweetened but was aromatic. The fenel seeds in the peshwari was a nice touch. Also, there was loads of meat with sauce in the mains, and the food wasn't overly oily like most other places.

it was quiet and unprepossessing. and the food was very good - a. little wait but because cooked fresh flavours delicious - paratha was a bit heavy

Very tasty fresh vegetarian food, highly recommend

Up there in the top 5 eating experiences I’ve had at an Indian restaurant in the uk. Staff were so kind and accommodating and the food was excellent. Cannot recommend highly enough.

Ordered takeaway was told 40 mins, arrived 40 mins later and was told to come back in an hour

Uchtung baby The curry kings took part in a biblical pilgrimage to try and find another establishment that could match the high standard of rice and spice. We left with heavy hearts and kissed our families goodbye as we attempted to go back on the curry trial and rate other curry houses after becoming complacent with our perfect curry world. This was no easy feat… One Friday during Oktoberfest my host suggested bratwurst and sauerkraut and I said “nein”. Our early investigations established that rice and spice is head and shoulders above the rest. This is a difficult thing to share as the more demand for our beloved curry house creates the less chance we get of quality (based on historical personal experiences). The order Onion bhadhi / a little “fantastiche” discs of joy that will leave your mouth asking for more Vegetable pakoras - little crispy “stachelg”that are a thing of beauty Green curry - “schon” one of the best dishes we have tasted and it took us almost 20 years to discover the variety of flavours and ingredients that will make blow your mind. Lamb madras - a classic and cooked to perfection - sehr gut Chicken tikka - Brings it all together. We make this one a little more funky and ask for it a “little spicy” which creates the most perfect combo. “Verlochend”. Aufwiedersen pet The curry kings

Great food, the best mango lassi ever. The staff was very helpfull and kind

Very nice and fresh meal, the staff was very friendly. The Fish Tikka Marsala was excellent. We can highly recommend this place.

Our dinners were absolutely delicious and the service was top notch! Each meal our table ordered had unique artistry of spices and culinary excellence! Highly recommend !

The food was fantastic, you would never know as the place is so tiny, but we were pleasantly surprised by both food and service. Super warm and friendly service and awesome Paneer! We will be back.

Excellent experience with delicious food (the sauces in particular) and excellent service!

Amazing Food, very nice people 🙏🏻

What a find walking down street looking something to eat on our anniversary and checked the previous reviews for this place where good and they weren't lying. Best Indian we have had in a long time. Highly recommend. And if want an acholic drink can just nip next door and bring your bottle in with you. Very friendly staff. Thank you for your hospitality made our nite x

Nice Indian food if you are looking for near portobello beach.

These guys knock it out the park food is fresh and tasty the best Indian I have tasted for years I look forward to my next meal.thank you so so much

Amazing food, best chicken pakora I’ve had, and the staff were great, would highly recommend to anyone coming down to Edinburgh

The food was good, the vibe of the restaurant was welcoming and the service great super friendly and professional 👌

Absolutely delicious, authentic Indian food ! Lovely and quick service, just be aware that the place is tiny and usually very crowded. Would heartily recommend.

Travelling from Finland. What a little gem of Indian restaurant. Excellent service and lovely food. Jenny the waitress was lovely.

In a modest environment but a cuisine made from the heart, all the dishes we took (there were eight of us) were an emotion. Thanks for the lovely evening

Went to Rice n Spice as I was working nearby. Excellent choice on the menu. Lovely curries. While in Scotland I thought I would try the haggis samosa. Very delicately spiced with a great tamarind dip. The mixed grill was perfect. Would highly recommend, it's a shame I live over 200 miles away. I would be a regular.

I always order from rice and spice.food is always beautiful and comes lovely and hot

Paneer tikka was delicious! Mango lassi was great too...

Amazing restaurant with amazing staff

Lovely meal delivered very quickly.

Very good chicken tikka masala😋

Small place with a cafe feel. Great service. One of the best starters (paneer tikka) and tastiest curries (North Indian chilli garlic lamb) I’ve ever had. Delicious naan, lovely pickles with the popadums. It’s BYO. All in all, absolutely superb. Not to be missed.

Second time I have ordered from Rice n Spice when visiting Edinburgh/Musselburgh. Very enjoyable - will order next time I am here for sure.

Very nice with good quantity.Jeni , who served the food she is so so kind and chill.

Food is very delicious and jeni, who served the food she is so so kind.

A five star curry house. Fish curry excellent. BYO. Beer next door. That's it. Go here

Food was very good and delicious, service was good, staff was very friendly, quality and quantity both were superb. Definitely will visit this place again.

Best in town , authentic style , quality food and welcoming What would you expect more ?

This is a small gem! We ordered two take away curries to eat at the beach, and we really loved the food! It wasn't heavy, the chicken bits were generous size and very tender, spices were just right. A very delicious meal. We will be back

Vindaloo lamb was to die for - nice and spicy. The service was very polite and friendly! Will definitely come back when visiting Edinburgh again.

Had food at this place a couple of weeks ago. It is a little gem of a restaurant. The food quality was really good, with minimal oil used, which is really good. Very reasonably priced and the service was good too!

This place is really so good on food and service, it’s a fantastic find, we’ll be back soon. Thanks guys

Beautiful food with fantastic service, I’m from Nepal to visit Scotland and this place is really so good. Thanks to the team !!

Wonderful experience and fabulous food. Hugely recommend Indian restaurant in the heart of Portobello Edinburgh. I visited with my friend and enjoyed my time here. Highly recommend.

Really flavourful and delicious dinner and a welcoming staff! We enjoyed it very much!

Lovely food, nice n quiet place to eat Indian food.

Lovely food,nice and hot when it was delivered.

Food was fresh spices in lamb baltie were really nice and chicken was really nice loved my popodoms 👌

Great little place. Food delicious, staff polite and attentive. BYOB. Recommend of you fancy indian food in Portobello.

Feel lucky to have a great place for curry with vegan options just around the corner.

Food wasn't that late, but the app said it had been delivered confusing us! Contacted through app and got a quick update though. Food was excellent, enjoyed by all.

Excellent food! Lovely atmosphere!

Awesome,little late but well worth the wait excellent food best we’ve had in years

king prawn Puri had 3 prawns in it... and my curry was luke warm. not as good as last time 😕

Good food, really poor on the delivery time

Good spot for indian food, their service is very good and especially for takeaway their delivery time is very fast.

We had a really lovely dinner here. Everything was delicious and full of flavour 😍 portion sizes were really good too. Will definitely be back! The service was so friendly too!

Delicious food, well packaged and delivered with a smile :)

One of the best Indian foods we have had, food was fresh and cooked to perfection. One person from USA, one from Hartlepool and 2 from Newcastle and all of us give this 5 Stars out of 5 for food ,service and price. Keep it up guy's

I was craving for some Indian food and came across this new restaurant. Instructions were followed, delivery was fast, delivery person was lovely and professional. But the best were the dishes. I order the coconut rice with lamb chilli garlic sauce amongst other things when I tell you it was delicious it was! Lamb was succulent, rice was nice and fluffy very authentic spices. Go check it out!

Food was late, then late again for revised time. Food was okay but 2 dishes did not match description, no raita or sauce with biryani and not Tikka chicken with chilli garlic. First and last time with this restaurant

Tried for the first time this weekend. Will definitely go again. Food was delicious and service was great too. The manager was able to answer all questions my friend had about dietary requirements for future visits with family members. BYOB is a definite bonus helping us to still have a night out with friends. Highly recommend!

Really nice, pleasant and chilled. We had a great time. So much so that we're going back again this Thu for more of the same

Delicious food and hot so didn’t need to reheat 👌🏻

Sooo tasty, the korma is divine

Almost 1hr late, some items cold, rest tasted ok.

For the curry kings that usually have too much to say, we’re going to keep it sweet and simple… North Indian - so many ingredients this will make your mouth dance, water and sing 👌🏻 Chicken tika - lucky the other dishes were so good and the chicken was gorgeous, however too close to butter chicken than chicken tikka. Lamb madras - just how you want it. Meat was melt in you mouth and the sauce wooooooooooh the sauce and the spice on point. Stop reading and order. Portobellos new king of curry! We say that with a heavy heart because sometimes you want the hidden gem to remain your own but we have to share this with the world. Take a bow rice and spice the new 👑 ‘s Yours sincerely The curry kings

Always had excellent food at the Passage to India so why not try their new restaurant. It didn’t disappoint great lamb chops and superb garlic chilli chicken. Will definitely return .. friendly service too

Ordered takeaway and the food was so delicious, really high quality, 10/10 experience

Delicious freshly cooked curry's made to order, excellent portions of prawn and fish, and perfect naan and rice. Very friendly service. Better than many curry houses. Definitely come again.

This is the best curry we’ve had in a very long time. It took a while to prepare it, but that’s because they were making it fresh. Amazing flavours! It’s more of a takeaway really but there are tables if you want to eat in. They don’t have alcohol, but you can bring your own, and they provide wine glasses. Staff were very friendly and prices were excellent , especially for Edinburgh. We will definitely come back next time we are in Edinburgh.

Great new Indian, lovely flavoured Butter Chicken and great onion bahgi

Really tasty freshly cooked food,with vegan options. Friendly,efficient service.BYO which helps make it an economical meal out.Highly recommended.

Saw small and beautiful Indian restaurant. Came for dinner with my friend . I had butter chicken and my friend had chilli garlic lamb both so delicious. Service is great too. Definitely recommend. Will back soon

On the whole it was good, but the chicken was a bit dry and overcooked.

Nice little Restaurant and Take-away. Really delicious food and a great service. Enjoyed the time I spend there.

The food is delicious and seasoned to the point. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. Highly recommended

The best Indian food we’ve had in Edinburgh!

This place is serving delicious Indian food at reasonable prices. Friendly service and yummie mango lassi.

Lovely service and high quality food with rich flavours. Excellent Mango Lassi and Paneer Butter Masala!

I ordered a chicken bhuna, and although piping hot, the sauce was very watery and not very appealing. I expected a much thicker sauce. Even when I added lots of rice, there was still a lot of watery sauce around. Really disappointing. Poor quality really

We had lovely time in this restaurant rice n spice. The food is awesome and very yummy. People hosting were very nice and courteous. Especially Nish was very kind and friendly. Do visit this place if u are looking for some good Indian food. Thank you

I'm so chuffed, because I had a favourite place years ago that did the best rogan josh, but it shut down. I've never been able to find one that was anywhere near that good, till now! I came here tonight with my kid and we had the best meal, that roman josh was the best I've ever had, let alone the one I had from that old favourite from years ago! Not to mention the service was so lovely, they couldn't do enough for us!

4.5/5 It was hot, real hot. The curry kings were embroiled in a Heat haze, aka a heat shimmer. Too exhausted to fend for themselves they took a chance on a flyer that flew down from the heavens “rice and spice”. This was the morning after another tartan army victory and the curry kings were in dire need of some hearty food to soak up the over exuberance from the night before. At first when the order arrived it felt like a mirage too good to be true, however “the proof of the pudding is in eating” (Roy Hodgson). The order: £61 3 popadoms (we got 6 😍) 1 lime pickle 1 Ghee rice 1 coconut rice 1 onion Bhaji (3 pieces) 1 vegetable pakoras (500 pieces) 1 chicken tikka 1 chicken North Indian 1 lamb madras The popadoms - we got 3 more than we asked pretty decent standard, could have been crispier but understandable for a delivery. Lime pickle - the stuff of dreams could eat like it was cereal - please give more. Extras - mango chutney, chilly onions, riata Rice - couldn’t really tell difference between ghee and coconut apart from the cashew nuts in the latter. Please note both were beautiful and felt freshly made. Onion bhaji - lovely little pancakes full of flavour and went down a treat. Only problem was there wasn’t more. Vegetable pakoras - different class - crispy Little critters that came by the bucket load. Different from the traditional veg pakora but for once size did not matter. Chicken tikka - having tried the sit down version this seemed to be a tad more coconut infused but was still something special. Chicken North Indian - the hottest by far. Garlic galore a lovely Smokey taste full of flavour. Chicken was lovely “broke up lovely” with a mouthwatering gravy. Lamb madras - “the lamb was tidy, when lamb is good is good” when you get a good lamb dish it’s the sign of a good chef/restaurant. The amount of ingredients in this must make it worthy of a Guinness book of records claim. My mouth is still watering. The 3 curry kings have tried curry’s from John O’ Groats to Timbuktu, however portobello has always been a hot bed for fantastic Indian cuisine. A new contender has not just entered the conversation but close-lined the others out the way. From the glory days of old “the prince balti” to the new pretenders that flattered to deceive” RICE AND SPICE feels like it really could be the real deal. When the Scottish Indian summer is over and it’s safe to venture back outside to avoid sunburn give it a try…your life might just depend on it. The curry kings have spoken… take heid. 4.5/5

Nice delivery guy. The portions are huge. Can't recommend it enough.

Delicious food … real tasty! Butter chicken was lovely and chicken pakora very good and not greasy 👌🏻

Fantastic food,so trash and tasty. Every dish seems to have a wee twist to make it better than any other I have had before. Delivery guy is really friendly too.

Nish and team served up delicious meal, provided excellent service, in a relaxed atmosphere. Best Indian meal in ages,

Fantastic food. Enjoyed both the chicken and lamb dishes.

Had to call about allergies and they were very helpful on the phone, food was fast, hot and delicious, alloo potatoes were especially nice!

Despite arriving close to closing time with a group of ten, they warmly welcomed us and agreed to serve us. The staff was patient and took the time to explain each dish on the menu. The food was delicious and we left with full stomachs. Highly recommend this place for their great food and wonderful service!

Food was cold when arrived , chicken byriani had 1 piece of chicken in , nann bread was dry , vegetables pakora was broken up in to tiny unreadable pieces and was soggy and chips were cold ,.

Very tasty and plentiful food. Warm service. We recommend. We will come back and try more dishes. Very very good.

Fantastic food, quality and freshness was very apparent. Vegetable pakora and onion bhaji were particularly great!

Food was very tasty!! Best onion badges I’ve ever had, would highly recommend. Very kind staff as well.

Just found my new Indian takeaway!!! Starters, amazing, Mains, Beautiful chicken and lamb, sauces to match, Will be definitely be back

Amazing food and lovely service. And their tandoori king prawns... It's a paradise 🌸

Really nice addition to the high street, lovely staff, and delicious food at a good price! The pickles tray was actually the nicest selection I've ever had. Loved the butter paneer masala too, and such a delicious peshwari naan, would definitely come again!

The best Indian takeaway that we've had in Edinburgh after trying many others over the past 30 years!! We highly recommend and will be back!😁 Fantastic quality of Indian food-- good price, and portion sizes, a free popadom, delicious flavours with fresh ingredients, cooked perfectly, arrived hot and on time. Ordered- Paneer Buttered Masala (nice paneer pieces in a tasty light smooth cashew buttery sauce) Coconut Rice (delicate long grain basmati rice with coconut/cumin + mustard seeds) Vege Pakora (10 light, non greasy, crispy, small pieces with lots of flavourful spices/spinach/coriander/peas ect) spiced onions (very tasty compared to the usual plastic bag of chilly powder/onions! These are a smaller portion but served in a tomato, spiced, fresh coriander sauce) also ordered 1 popadom. Meal came with 2 sauces and an extra poppadom- small touches like that show that the owners and chefs care about their customers. Thank you! We'll tell our local friends and family about you 🙏

Have been to this fabulous new restaurant in portobello twice now and can recommend it, from the great welcome you receive when entering from the very knowledgeable staff to the fabulous food which is freshly prepared to a very high standard by a chef and kitchen staff who obviously work hard to make sure every dish is served perfectly and taste superb all the dishes that I've had so far have tasted beautiful and I cant wait to visit again to sample even more tasty dishes

So delicious and such a quick delivery

Beautiful food a little late but food was worth it authentic Indian rather than British Indian

Fabulous food! We ordered take away and it was delicious, everyone enjoyed their food, my vegerable bhuna was one of the best ever. Really recommend this restaurant.