Spice Exchange in Birmingham

We have visited The Spice Exchange many times and never been disappointed. The restaurant is spacious, the tables elegant, with freshly laundered cloths. The food is always delicious: well cooked meat, fish & vegetables, with tasty sauces flavoured with different spices. On top of that, the service is amazing: professional yet friendly; individual yet detached. We always feel like welcome guests, in a huge family home where they remember our names and preferences, and offer the best advice when we can’t decide what we want. Definitely we recommend this restaurant 100%.

Food reliably good and sometimes excellent

Absolutely fabulous meal as usual xx

I love this place. The food is amazing. The staff are fantastic. I come from Australia so when I come home to visit my mates take me here. And the staff were kind enough to give me two pint glasses that I have kept in pristine condition for years. Very happy memories. Great selection in the menu. Very attractive restaurant. Good cold beers. Definitely one of my favourite places when I come home. I hope they continue to provide the good folks of Brum fantastic Indian food for years. They deserve to prosper. Every experience was an amazing experience. Thank you guys.

Hired this restaurant for a birthday party, food was amazing from starters to mains, staff were really kind and attentive. 👍🏻👍🏻

Wasn’t impressed at all with food, hardly any chicken in the curry, just lots of sauce. 2 pieces of potato in the side dish. Rogan Josh was so sweet. Waste of time, won’t bother again.

Food was luke worm the chicken not the best its my first and last time .

me and my partner had a lovely meal on Saturday early evening staff were great and there king prawn balti was fantastic very enjoyable experience

Wonderful Indian Restaurant the food is absolutely excellent, it's hot freshly cooked and extremely tasty. I highly recommend this excellent restaurant. Service and staff extremely warm and welcoming and attentive. I would eat here every Friday and Saturday if I could!!!!!!!

Visited here early evening and was not quite the experience we had wanted. As we entered there was no one else in the restaurant and there was one member of staff who seemed to be irritated by our entrance, maybe he wanted a quiet evening. We were seated and were asked if we wanted a drink.....the restaurant is licenced. We then ordered our food from an extensive menu. In all this time we were the only people in the establishment but service wasn't that quick. The waiter eventually bought our starters over and just "plonked" them in front of us and then just walked away. There were no condiments on the table so I had to go and find him to ask for them. To be fair our main dish arrived in a reasonable time and was hot and tasty. There were no issues with the food at all.....a very good menu with plenty of choice and delicious to taste but the service leaves a lot to be desired. At point I needed to use the toilet and asked him where they were....a reasonable question I thought.....his reply was "where they have always been"!! Guess a good answer if you have been there before. As mentioned before this restaurant is licenced and we bought drinks from the bar......however just before we left another couple arrived and we noticed that they had bought in their own alcoholic drinks. So it seems you can take your own alcohol too. Maybe worth thinking about if you visit here and wish to save some money off the bill. With all the restaurant competition in the area sadly this is one we will not be returning to.

Ordered a variety of food for a big family meal and everyone loved it, really delicious! Arrived in great time and the service was excellent. We will definitely be ordering again!

One Pompadom for 90p and sends 3 sauces! RIP off!

Food was excellent service was very slow and the restaurant was cold I will go back but I'll wait until the weather warms up

Lamb was dry curry curry was very watery, Parrata was not as it should have been, and 4 pieces of pakora for £3.50 wha5 a joke

The spice exchange have exceeded my expectations again. I haven’t been for nearly three years. Expected a ordinary currry. The food was much better than expected. This is not an English curry house. Truly authentic dishes skilfully prepared. Thank you guys. Will be back soon

Had a lovely meal on New year's eve with family. Staff were all polite and friendly. A bit of renovation seemed to be going on which impacted the state of the restaurant. But my meal was exceptional

Was honestly so delicious and affordable. Not to mention how good the service was. Friendly staff. A local gem. Will definitely be going back again soon!

For real, if you like meat, DONT GO ON A MONDAY! They only do a buffet on a Monday and it's only vegetarian food on a Monday?! And even that selection was limited to rabbit food and 1 sauce.

Great food and service. Starters and mains were a bit slow but suited me fine as more time for Cobra.

Food was fantastic, service very good. Coke Cola expensive for 200mls. Restaurant layout and social distancing good.

Went here for family celebration. Took 2 grandkids. No English menu, no kids menu. Waiter was aloof and disinterested, no offers of child size meals, so had to pay full price, for food they didn't eat. It was very disappointing, and the food was very poor. The atmosphere was cold, no interaction between diners and customers, felt rushed to order. Drinks so expensive, £2 for a very small bottle of coke...disgusting. I can not recommend this place, either for food, atmosphere or service. Will travel up to stirchley next time where there are far better restaurants.

I have been to this restaurant many times, and I enjoy it most of the time. The decor is subtle and pleasant and I absolutely love the way the napkins are folded. There are additions from Indian culture, which are very beautiful. The food is very tasty and presented pleasingly, however it can be a bit salty at times. The waiters are friendly, but on busy days, they can take up to half an hour to collect dishes, ask for food/drinks etc. Generally, I recommend to anyone who wants a nice family dinner or a tasty curry!

staff are very friendly and food is pretty good, has no parking tho.

The food wasnt really that tasty the service was good the waiters were pleasant but it wasnt great the portion of the starter was stingy and lacked flavour and the main was bland the naan bread was crunchy.....I've had a lot nicer theres room for improvement.

amazing food an the atmosphere is just smashing and the service is also really good. i would suggest it any day.

Brilliant staff and beautiful food

Had poppadoms and dips to nibble on, then 3 different main meals. All very tasty and good portions. Staff always very welcoming.

had popadums starters and mains, all really nice tasty food, came out hot (heat not spice). Not many eating in so it was a bit quiet, but service was very good, will be visiting again...

We’ve been coming here since the kids were still in high chairs. 15 years on were still coming, sometimes to sit, sometimes for takeaway, but always consistently good. It may have changed hands but the team continues to be great at looking after us and the food is always good.

I dine here for time to time on my own, very attentive staff and the food is great, my choice if I fancy a curry.

This is our local ‘Indian’ restaurant. The food is very good and on the hot side. The wine selection is decent and they serve a nice fresh pint of Cobra. We like to sit in the window where we can watch busy Cotteridge go by. The waiters don’t bother you with constant asks of more food or alcohol. A really good, overall restaurant. Thank you

Very nice good food and very friendly good service

Very welcoming staff showed us to our table. Very extensive menu and a good wine selection. We had the pino grigio which was lovely. Food was delicious, we had a chickpea chat, merchi chicken, lamb tikka bryani, garlic naan bread and saag paneer. All absolutley lovely with good portion sizes. Definitely going to be back regularly. highly recommended.

Instead of a takeaway we decided to walk up to The Spice exchange. Hadn't been for a while but the meal was as usual high quality and extremely tasty. The food here is always lovely.

I have used this restaurant both to eat in and to take away, For as long as I can remember. The food is absolutely perfect, Staff are polite gentlemen, Very catering. Being fully licensed you can purchase alcoholic beverages for competitive prices, And I’ve moved a few miles further away and they still deliver!! Can’t beat that. Thanks spice exchange. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Qué triste que haya llegado a esto una gran casa de curry, casi siempre vacía y ahora sirve comida que claramente ha sido cocinada en el microondas y no tiene sabor. El pollo a la mantequilla era básicamente Heinz Tomato Ketchup con una gota de crema en él. Ningún esfuerzo discernible parece incidir en ningún aspecto de este restaurante cansado, ya que cree que logra mantenerse abierto.No pierdas tu tiempo y dinero - ¡Evita!

Really good service. Tasty food. Would recommend.

We had a lovely meal friendly atmosphere good setting great service just the right size meal to have start, main and puddling. Good quality curry's presented well. We will be back and if I go with other people elsewhere it never the same as Spice exchange. We also enjoy take-aways.

Lots of space. Tasty food, without being exceptional.

Asistió a la función de jubilación de un colega; como un grupo grande, se organizó una selección de buffet. La comida era abundante, con una buena selección de platos, pero una vez en las bandejas, no se mantenía muy caliente; estaba relativamente tibio.

Food took an age to come out... But was "ok" when it did. Despite booking for 16 people they seemed totally I'll equipped to deal with 16 people, then complained that we had 16 people.

Salty! Not very comfortable and salty. No lock on toilet door ... did I mention salty? Couldn’t really taste anything apart from the salt on either of of mains, saying a lot for “well spiced” curries. In a plus point the Bhindi Bhakji was nice. Generally a meh at best.

Good veggie choice. Friendly staff. Good beer. Well worth a try.

1hr to be served starter, a further 1hr before mains. When food did arrive there was upto a 15mins delay from the dishes and sides arriving resulting in food going cold. 30mins after asking for a drink, it arrived. Our party of guests was booked in advance so didn't just turn up. Food was OK but timing completely unreasonable and restaurant was only half full.

Super plain, it looks like they use a standard sauce so everything is bland. It's also overpriced and the drinks are tiny

Good taste of food, we just googled and walked in, taste was good and the ambience is good but the quantity of food is low I can say one mutton biryani is for a kid portion

Excellent food, always consistent. Good point of Cobra too 🙂

Fui con la familia en una recomendación. Me viene a la mente la frase "no juzgues un libro por su portada", el exterior no se parece a nada especial y puedes pasar fácilmente. Sin embargo, una vez dentro el personal es amable y muy atento. El menú es extenso y todo sonaba delicioso! Tuvimos una amplia variedad de platos y todos fueron absolutamente deslumbrantes. Sin duda volveremos la próxima vez que esté en Birmingham.

As a vegetarian I found the choice limited but tasty. There was only one other customer when we were there.

Typical Saturday evening, no one could decide what to have to eat! We settled on Indian food and decided to use the amazing Spice Exchange, Cotteridge. This was not the first time we have ordered food from The Spice Exchange, however, the excellent food, great service and the personal touch offered by the restaurant prompted this 5 star review.

Ordered my tikka masala and tasted like tomato soup. Other people in the party had undercooked chicken and nobody enjoyed the food. All came out at different times and things were missing. Staff were rude also. Do not waste your money

Over priced for very average food!

Had some lovely food and atmosphere great

Always excellent! Guaranteed a great meal every time. Friendly service, fabulous food, worth the wait as it is always cooked fresh. Highly recommended.

Fabulous Sunday buffet lunch today. So many dishes, first class service, waiters were very attentive and no request was too much trouble. A real treat on a Sunday afternoon. Small, friendly restaurant with so much on offer. The lamb rogan josh was top class, big tender chunks of slow cooked lamb. I genuinely enjoyed all the dishes. Enough to choose from if your vegetarian. Highly recommend you try this well priced 'all you can eat' buffet.

We’ve known Spice Exchange for a number of years as a good local curry house but seeing they have started a new Sunday lunch buffet decided to try it out. Pleased to say not disappointed at all.

Only us 2 where there and half way through a family of 4 came in.

Very relaxed venue to eat & enjoy conversation with friends. Food is decent too.

Always a good meal never let me down ever

Lovely restaurant with delightful staff and excellent food.

I really enjoyed the food and service here. The food was very tasty, well seasoned and delicious! Thank you.

Terrible food, Ordered from here for the 1st time after reading good reviews. Ordered 3 different main dishes all with rice & nan bread.. Firstly I had to pour the oil off the top of 2 dishes before serving them , each of the 3 dishes tasted heavily of salt , the rice was very greasy, hence overall the dining experience was very disappointing, though the nan was light and tasty. Needless to say we won't be ordering from spice exchange again.

A local GEM of a restaurant (and takeaway)! Have been visiting The Spice Exchange regularly for well over a decade and not once have they been a disappointment, either food or service. The staff are very friendly and willing to accept orders for items a little off the regular menu. Food is exceptional, outstanding and very, very high quality. Keep up the excellent standards The Spice Exchange, from a loyal and very happy customer 😀

Siempre se puede garantizar una buena comida en el restaurante Spice final. La decoración es moderna, el menú es muy bueno y el personal amable. Hemos estado yendo a la sazón Final durante muchos años y nunca nos ha decepcionado.

customer service needs to be improved. they gave us wrong food and still charged us full price even though they said would not. when raised this we got abuse. we paid and left. overpriced and food adequate will not be going there again,

We decided to go here for a meal on Sunday evening to save cooking. The restaurant has changed in appearance since I last went and is very nicely decorated and very clean. The food was very tasty and service was very good. I had poppadoms,...

Very nice, not too expensive. Parking is a bit of a faf though hence the 4 star.

I come in all the time for family occasions and I have never once been disappointed. They are always so friendly and caring to all their customers and the food is always up to standards. Reasonably priced, too. They have buffet nights on once a...

Brilliant staff, brilliant food. 10/10 Will definitely come back. Veggie menu is amazing!

Sé que a todo el mundo tiene una casa de curry les encanta más que el resto, pero para mí esta es la mejor casa de curry en Birmingham. Mis hijos y mis amigos también les encanta. La comida es excelente. Soy vegetariano y se puede recomendar el Bombay aloo, cilantro, a tarka chole, masala balti y el panir los vegetarianos.

El extenso menú. Precioso fresco, agradable popadoms gambas Korai, pero el pan nan eran delgadas, tibia y apenas llena. El servicio era regular y el ambiente era decepcionante, con apenas unas mesas llenas de rew

Primera visita aquí por recomendación. Me encanta el concepto de plan pero sentir privado al restaurante. Gran variedad de comida, especialmente para los vegetarianos. Rápido y eficiente servicio. El personal es muy amable, especialmente buena con los niños. Sin duda volveremos si estamos de vuelta en la zona.

Auténtica comida casera deliciosa, incluso para solicitudes de azar perfectamente. Nos visitan regularmente y la comida es excelente.

A night out with family and friends at the spice exchange with a beautiful atmosphere and the food never disappointing,exellent services from the staff.Will be definitely returning... and recommended

Came again on a Saturday night after a couple of beers. Spice tray with the popadoms has great tasting onions and we needed a second bowl plus a refill for the mint sauce. Sheesh kebab is marked with a chilli symbol to warn you and is deliciously hot. Chicken wings are good too. Chicken Kholapuri is quite dry but very tasty and as hot as you want it, if you ask, with dried whole red chillies as well as fresh green ones. Chicken Bangla Naga seemed a little tame but came with a rich and tasty sauce even if it wasn't as hot as expected. My friend will insist on the Vindaloo next time.Pulau rice is Pulau rice, but the cheese naan is exceptionally good, with the mature cheese inside the naan, not just sprinkled on after cooking.Their salt lassi is lovely and tap water is iced. What more can you ask of a good Indian restaurant than consistently good food with friendly service? Spice Exchange delivers just that!

Half decent......if you like half decent food at an expensive price...........And to see a little Paki bloke that works in the restaurant. Looks like the manager.....going into the bookies (betfred/William hills) next door wazzing all the takings(customers money) in the machines.I've seen him spend £400 in 15 mins! Always in the bookies after a big crowd of people have spent money. Watch this space,,!!

Lovely food, lovely atmosphere, great staff! Interesting menu, the Lamb Xakuti is highly recommended!

Very tasty curry here with good selection of alcoholic drinks. New owners recently who are really making an effort to make everyone feel welcome

Just got back from the Vegetarian Buffet evening. The food is brilliant, the staff are great and the atmosphere warm and welcoming. Well worth the visit. 👍😊

The food and service is absolutely spot on! Been about 10 times now and never had a bad meal. Friendly staff and a different menu to the usual "chicken tikka masala" places.

Our favorite Indian takeaway, by far the best round here and seems much healthier less oily than most Indian food. The staff are always friendly and treat the kids to lollipops which is a lovely gesture

Standard of food has been maintained over many years, delicious and not bad value. Staff are excellent.

Hadn't been in for a while but as always plenty to chose from. After two courses my stomach was waving the white flag.New menu due around Christmas, looking forward to it.

Superb dishes, delicate tastes, subtle spices and beautiful fried rice , probably the best I've had , so fragrant. The service was impeccable, attentive and polite. Lovely welcoming staff and no requests were too much trouble. The wines we chose were lovely too, Pinot Grigio went down so well we ended up having 3 bottles. Just a wonderful experience and tastes to be savoured. Will definitely return. Been 3 times already.

not the best food, remember this place use to be so busy and the food was great, but this vist was not worth the trip

Having been a regular at Spice Exchange since it open I think over 20 years ago I had stopped going since the owner Habib departed and the general tone changed, no more modern Western music and the once friendly staff berated for talking to clients. Fortunately this has changed and the staff who have always been excellent now have time for the clients. One thing that has not changed over time is the quality of the food, excellent. Now I would highly recommend anyone who likes and enjoys a quality curry to try again. Chicken Shah Jahani is fantastic.

The buffet that they have once a month or so was very tasty and had a good selection of dishes. The real star of the show was the dall curry but unfortunately this has to be ordered separately as it is not an option on the buffet.

Since its refurbish this is a lovely, friendly open feeling restaurant. Our Children(10 & 15) love it and it is the choice of birthday meal for both. Its been a favorite for some years.For the last meal we took out and the food was just as delicious and the service exemplary. It was ready when they said it would be, that's always a good thing.When we sit in our children are made to feel welcome and once when the staff knew it was a birthday for the youngest they brought a little treat out for pudding. Its not much but its the touches like this that make the kids feel really welcome. An example of good customer service in that it probably didn't cost a lot but we always leave feeling happy and welcome.The food is great. I am a big fan of hot food and here the heat is never at the sacrifice of taste, In some restaurants it can be an issue. Every meal I have had has been delicious, My kids try new things every time and always finish the meal. That is a good sign.Id recommend this, we are going to try a buffet night one day. You should visit but not too often so it does not effect our chances of getting a table.

One of the best curries I've had from anywhere in Birmingham! (and I've had alot) I highly recommend this place... The food was beautiful, fresh and full of flavour, plus the fast delivery is a bonus! Think I've found my new curry house :)

Our favourite place in Birmingham. Lovely staff and always fantastic food!!

Visited this restaurant last night, with my two children. Haven't eaten here for years.We ordered our food (Chicken Jalfraazi, Aloo Saag, Pilau Rice, Vegetable Samosa and Naan), the food was well presented and it was nice and hot. We will definitely come back here again.

Fantastic curry and even better customer service always feel welcome and as if staff are always on hand if you need them - also answer the phone hastily!

Back for another meal at The Spice Exchange. This time a Tuesday night with a friend for his birthday. After the usual excellent accompaniment to a couple of popadums and a starter we both had a change from chicken madras and went for garlic chilli chicken. This was nice and hot with lots of garlic and lots of fresh green chillis. The cheese naans are the best in Birmingham - filled with cheese rather than just sprinkled on the top. An unexpected sweet with a candle and the waiters singing Happy Birthday brought a smile to my friend's face, as I tipped a wink to the management when we arrived. The food here is consistent and never disappoints. Thoroughly recommended as always.

Although I live near this restaurant, I haven't dined here for years. We thought it was time to try again as they accept Gourmet Card giving me 25% discount. Poppadoms very very crisp and tasted freshly prepared. I had a tandoori platter with salad which was tasty. Quite a bit of chilli but I managed to cope. My daughter enjoyed her sag paneer Balti although she wasn't keen on their egg fried rice. My husband always has chicken tikka masala wherever we go. He said it was OK but abut salty. The service was friendly but extremely slow. Perhaps they weren't in a hurry as the place was fairly empty. Cobra beer is served on draught. Iced water with lemon on request. The bill was very reasonable with my discount and given with Elizabeth Shaw mints.

I have been a customer for a long time new management has made a difference, quality food and better service new chef is 100 times better. keep it up guys. and you will be seeing us again!!!

I've been a loyal client of this place ever since it opened and recently it has seen a new lease of life with new management.Although the menu is the same (it is time to refresh it I think) the quality of the food has improved. The depth of flavours take an average meal into a really high quality delight without the high prices.Some changes to decor and serving have helped to modernise this place enough for me to write another review in the hope that people will vote with their feet and come back to this great place.I can recommend the Sulaiman Range and Chicken Dopiaza dishes for mains and a side of Bombay Aloo is always a treat.If you've been in the past and not returned maybe it's time for another try, I think you too will notice the change in food quality and overall experience.

Our party of six were really looking forward to this monthly event and were happy with the comfort and cleanliness of the restaurant and the attentive service provided by the waiters. Unfortunately the food was a real let down with only one dish, an aubergine curry, enjoyed by all of us. The other curries seemed far to salty and contained what appeared to be stew pack veg. I expected far more traditional Asian vegetables to be used, not sprouts and carrots. There are far better places to sample vegetarian Asian food in Birmingham so we shall not be eating here again.

had a great meal here, thought the food was very good and the restraunt well decorated. the staff were really attentive and i would defenetley eat here again

I go there with family and friends and have fun and the curry is amazing

4 stars only for the Biriyani. The biriyani was amazing and one of a kind, but watch out for that customer service. The server who catered to us was like a school head master telling us what to do and what not to do..