Spice of India in Bournemouth

Authentic Indian dining experience. Attentive service. Unfortunately have discovered spicy food doesn't like me.

Kinson does a lot of food. Nothing like this place though! The food is impeccable! Chicken pathia is the way forwards never had anything quick like it! My friend recommended it and we'll can't look to any other curry from now on if I'm honest! A must try and love dish.

Food was good. Love Tamarin chicken. We had to wait a long time for our food but the restaurant was quite busy and probably a lot of takeaway orders. Good atmosphere in the restaurant.

Went on a Monday so wasn’t busy. Service was great and the food was really tasty.

Great service, lovely food. Great atmosphere. 😃👍

Excellent service quality of food and surroundings..designed will Excellent professionalism and courteous

Amazing restaurant, don't need to go anywhere else, awsome as always.

If I could give more stars I absolutely would I had a meal with my children And as a single parent I don't often go to nice places the kids usually choose... I was so worried about taking the little one. But honestly I couldn't have asked for better service they loved her made so much effort with her that keeping her entertained throughout the meal seemed a breeze She made a mess with the rice and I apologised and offered to clean it up and was told not to be worried it's fine she's having a good times she's enjoying it let her be They made me feel completely at ease The food was absolutely devine and well worth ever single penny It's such a warm and inviting place With the kindest people Everyone was smiling And soooo clean everything tidy clean fresh and inviting fresh flowers on every table Little candles Beautifully laid tables So much effort was out into the whole dining experience I would absolutely recommend to anyone And a massive thank you to everyone that made our evening so great

Really enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere at Spice of India. The seating is comfortable and nicely laid out. Great service and lovely aromatic food. Easy evening parking across the road and I even did some late shopping around the corner at Tesco afterwards which is open until 11pm. Will definitely return.

Excellent food & service I admit to being a little biased I wouldn't think of going elsewhere else best in town & near where I live Cant ask for anything else

We had to ask for our order to be taken as we had been there about 35 minutes unattended. We waited another half hour for our starter to arrive and again had to ask where our main was after waiting another 40 minutes. We had been in the restaurant over two hours by the time our main arrived. The only upside was that when the food itself arrived it was good. Won't be rushing back.

A firm family favourite. Great food, great service and a fantastic choice on the menu. Friendly, knowledgeable staff and a great interior.

Love this place for tasty food and grest service

The food is not cooked well, and the taste has nothing to do with Indian food and is completely unacceptable. The pieces of meat taste very bad and have a bad flavour. The pieces of chicken are full of blood and were not cooked well, and the bread is dough. In all honesty, it was the worst experience in my life.

I is lovely I can’t believe I have not gone there before I only found out because I was with guides But. Loved it

It was awful food .lamb was stale .cover-up with spices.phoned and complain .they was not interested. Always recommend them .not now

Very rude staff, spending money here is not worth it. Will never visit this place again.

If Visiting bournemouth this place is the worst place to have food. Very rude staffs, tasteless food and bad service

The staff were all amazing from from the minute you walked in the door. Very professional and nothing was too much trouble. Banquet night was such good value for money and if anything, there was too much food. They even asked if we wanted to take some home (which we obviously did) and we can't praise them enough.The kids would like to thank you all for tonight. Ice creams went down a treat 😋

Very good food and everything wonderful

Verry friendly environment with welcoming staff, food was amazing, will go there again and again, can’t find better food then this

Excellent food, quantity is pretty good and taste is delicious

Had our 1st meal here on Tuesday 28th May,and we all really really enjoyed it.The restaurant is emaculate as is the food plus the service 1st class.

Great food great staff lovely deco and fantastic value for money

Beautiful place! Fantastic service, great food and very reasonably priced. Thankyou so much

We ordered from the Banquet menu and whilst it represented good value it was not great quality . Love home cooked Indian but the pakora was breaded chicken nuggets Yuk. Reformed chicken instead of marinated chicken in batter. Manager said thats how they come in now. . Also Onion Barji were flat and red like uncooked burgers in stead of round balls and a deep golden brown . Shame.

Poor experience. Went with my elderly Mother EARLY evening. We had booked. We were sent to an area right at the back where a music speaker blasted out music. We told our waiter and he just walked away! Starter of prawn cocktail poor. No Bread, lemon or Marie rose sauce but something resembling jam! Main course of biriani had a tasty veg curry but I had 2 slices of egg onto of some greasy basmati rice. Sadly I guess they hadn't realised I'd just returned from a tour of India where I experienced how it should be done. It appeared to us that larger groups got all the attention and we were the poor relations. We left feeling very poorly treated and it's doubtful we will return.

Unfortunately, having ordered what we thought to be 5 buffet meals we had extra charges on the bill. The king prawns were like rubber and the onions bhaji had been cremated. Staff were rude and impatient when taking the order and especially rude when I asked about the extra charges. 'The extra charges are your own fault for not reading the menu properly and people get offended when they are told they're making a mistake'. Our 3 children were asked individually what drink they would like, after having asked for water. The waiter then said a second jug of water would be £15 and turned his back. The last time we ate here was 2 years ago and 3 us were ill the next day. This time only 2 of us were ill. So a slight improvement. We won't be returning to this restaurant!

Was told to give this place a try by someone I know. Incredible food, and by far the best I've ever had from an Indian. Won't be going anywhere else now and can highly recommend 👌

Seven of us went for the Banquet Night recently and it was superb, two were children who were very well looked after. Everything we ordered was delicious. Enough that we all were able to have bits from all the platters including our personal main courses. Food was hot and very tasty as always. Staff were attentive and fun without being over the top. Thoroughly enjoyed a great evening out. So pleased we have this gem of a restaurant on our doorstep.

If you're looking for a place to eat where the staff is warm & welcoming - this ISN'T it!!! We've been here twice now. The 1st time we gave them the benefit of the doubt as it was a large party, but the 2nd time there was only 5 of us. The food is mediocre at best. The waiters are surly & behave as if they're doing you a favour to be serving you. One in particular is definitely in the wrong job. I get that English probably isn't his 1st language, but that doesn't give him the right to be rude to diners.

Last night was my first time experience at Spice of India and I have to say, it was exceptional superb. From the excellent quality of food, to the friendly staff and the calming atmospheric environment, I would recommend this restaurant for a good curry.

What an amazing experience myself and the family have had tonight at the spice of India. The service was fantastic, food was incredible and we shared a lot of laughs and joy. Thank you

Staff are always very friendly and accommodating. Great food that's consistently delicious.

Excellent food, been here a few times and never disappointed.

Tikka with prawns clearly overcooked. Shrunk too much and looked like there's not many of them. Hard like hell. I was really happy for this takeaway this evening. What a disappointment.

great food , great service . thank you

Attended on buffet evening with a group of work colleagues. Definitely we'll worth a trip for a fixed price then portions are huge and the food is very tasty.

No taste at all .. no spices at least no aroma .

So, so disappointed. Either too spicy are extremely bland, such a waste of hard earned money. Won't be going back!!!

A truly remarkable restaurant, stylish, spacious & relaxing. Food is exceptional & the staff are relaxed, friendly and helpful. Congratulations to all & highly recommended. The best Indian restaurant we've been in, ever! The menu offers a huge variety to suit all.

Restaurant and takeaways delivered from Spice of India have always been excellent every time. We had Christmas Lunch there and it was fantastic. Have recommended to family members and they agreed too. Can't recommend this place enough.

Absolutely fantastic Christmas meal! The lamb was tender and fell right off the bone and the chicken was cooked perfectly! The nicest peshwari naan I've ever had! The highlight for me was Rina's homemade dessert though, never had anything like it, light and sweet!

Great place, food was wonderful! Would recomend, and I will visit again.

Lovely staff gave my family birthday party group a warm reception. Food was good although I felt the pickles with the poppadums were a bit bland, but i guess that's may be what most people like. Price was very reasonable

Wouldn't go for a mixed grill or biriyani again, cost too much for what it is. The food was very tasty 👍

We dined here with friends on a Tuesday night for the banquet night, and we will 100% be going back again. Fab food and excellent value for money. £17.95 per person, you get a poppadom with the chutneys and pickles, a starter, a main, rice or naan, a side, tea, or coffee. As far as eating out goes, it really is a bargain. The waiters were really nice and friendly. We had someone in our group who had lots of allergies, and the waiter was extremely knowledgeable and answered all questions without any hesitation. The venue is really spacious, so you don't feel like you're on top of other people in the restaurant. You can easily move your chair back, for example, without worrying about hitting someone behind you (which sadly happens quite a bit in some places). I would highly recommend this restaurant.

Good food, a shame about the staff/service! Best ever Bombay Aloo and Naam Breads- both Keema and Garlic. The curry was average and a bit concerned by how much food colouring is used as everything was post box red! Bit alarming as try to avoid additives and processing chemicals as much as possible and this seems so unnecessary and I noticed it's been mentioned in other reviews. Unfortunately it is not a friendly place. Staff were quite sullen and unwelcoming. The only time they spoke was when trying to upsell. None of our party are drinkers, of either alcohol or sugary beverages so we only wanted water - don't think they like that very much but as it was virtually empty so we weren't using up a table where they could get more higher paying people in. We still spent nearly £90 anyway so much better than an empty table. They seemed a bit put out that we didn't want deserts or coffee either, couldn't really understand what the waiter was saying most of the time but heard him mention liqueurs several times at the end. Never been made to feel like this at any restaurant before. Was very slow to bring food out despite being virtually empty. 5 of us squashed on to a table of 4 that was very difficult to fit all the plates on. Again, despite the place being empty as we were early diners. Slow to bring the bill, slow to come back for payment so we took it to the counter as couldn't wait any longer but they met us half way and expected to use the machine just standing in the middle of the restaurant with nothing to lean on whist trying to manage with bags and a walking aid. Ridiculous, so I just moved to the counter anyway as had enough of rude attitude by now. So service lets them down and I wouldn't recommend and I wouldn't return.

Great Indian, food is really good and the atmosphere welcoming. They also do takeaway and will definitely be using this service.

Best Indian food in the area by far

Pleasant on the phone, good delivery time. Food appeared to have a LOT of red colouring.Never seen red onion bahjis before or bright red Rogan Josh, it was post box red ! The naan was rubbery. Sag aloo was 👍 . Not sure we would order from them again 🤔 😕, but being local we wanted to give them a chance.

Lovely restaurant with very friendly service. We were a table of 5 and everyone had a great time and we all said the food was amazing. You won't be disappointed here. We will be going back.

Absolutely fantastic, fabulous food excellent service

Absolutely amazing food, you cannot beat this flavour and service, tried something new, usual jalfrezi and went for Ceylon instead and blown away and will be ordering again the flavour is outstanding and cannot recommend enough, the spice combination and heat was spot on, and left very satisfied cannot recommend enough please try you won't be disappointed.

Excellent food. Usually very busy. Have now been to this restaurant 3 times and never been disappointed. Would definitely recommend.

I had a take away delivery which was lovely... King prawn wrapped in sauce and soft taco. then I went for the kheema nan and Chicken Bhuna. Side dish was Bombay Allo (potato curry/dry-ish. All in all. a lovely, tastey meal served up pretty quickly... Thank you :)

Delicious dansak, couldn't fault it

Nice place. Staff are friendly, the food is really nice and you get big portions which is a bonus would go again. The price is reasonable as well.

This restaurant using tag of india name doesn’t have no sense of Indian taste, should be renamed as spice of Bangladesh, not india, awful food, ordered chicken curry and there were mangoes inside, I don’t know which cuisine in india they add chunky mango in curry, ordered lamb rogan gosh which is very famous dish in india, it was way too too much spicy, a spoon of it feels like you are having a full spoon of red chillies in your mouth when complained about spiceness they said that’s how our chef make it, the answer is nice but chef is not making for himself, he has to take care of what sort of spiceness customer can handle, yes if someone wants more spicy he can ask for it. AVOID this restaurant, I don’t know why this restaurant is 4 star on reviews.

It taken over a hour to arrive. And when it arrived it was watery and very bland. No spice what so ever and no flavour either. I had to put spices into it to make it edible. And bread to thicken it up as I hadn’t eaten today. They should be ashamed accepting money for food of this quality.

Visited this place yesterday and could not be happier. Great service and Tuesday banquet deal is amazing. Will definitely come again thank you

First time I've been here and it was SO good. The food was amazing, lovely restaurant, really friendly, welcoming and accommodating staff. Definitely recommend and can't wait to return ❤️

Really great meal in a welcoming, friendly environment. As first-time customers we were made to feel ta home right away. The menu is extensive. The interior is very comfortable. Will definitely be returning.

Excellent Food, excellent service. Bournemouth's number 1 curry house!!!

First time visiting and overall I am ver impressed of how tasty the food is and I have never ate such a good Biriyani like this! Very good restaurant and I strongly recommend this.

What can I say a great traditional Indian restaurant. The food was delicious we ordered both spicy and mild curries with mixed rice dishes nan and pomadoms all to take away and a sneaky tiger beer while we waited and the wait was well worth it. The food was generous portions and the flavours where perfect. I can't rate this Indian restaurant highly enough go try it you won't be disappointed.

Food is excellent but the drinks push the price up considerably

Very miserable looking staff, almost like you're an inconvenience for them. Food was good.

Tuesday night banquet deal is amazing. 5 courses for £17!

Have been here for takeaway many times and it is always excellent

Really disappointed. Entry on Google says open closes at 2pm untill this evening. Drove here especially on my lunch break and found a wasted visit as closed.

Great food but terrible service I was waiting 30 minute not much chicken in the chicken korma and not a lot of rice

Just love this place. I'm off there in an hr for dinner 😁. Good food good service. Lovely atmosphere. Eat in or take away. If you want a good night out then definitely go here.

Food was fantastic and the service is great too! The staff are so friendly and welcoming. Could not fault the food. I cant wait to go back!

Great Indian restaurant. Nice atmosphere as mentioned by others. Food was fantastic quality.

A nice environment. Friendly attentive staff. Lovely food. Very good value.

Consistently great food and modern decor. The staff could do with working together a little more, but it never detracts from us returning every month.

Booked ahead, had a long wait for the table and a long wait for food - food itself was excellent & waiters were friendly

Very cheap food, claims Indian, but not having any sense of Indian taste

Food was amazing, service although polite and everything accurate was very slow.

Excellent food! Will be back very very soon 😁

Valentine’s Day. Made to feel awful by staff. Partner grabbed! We were asked to dance? When out for a meal and when our food had just been served after a long wait. With a curvature of the spine this was very unwelcome and who in there right mind grabs a customer?? Manager wetter than a prozzys knickers. After complaining about the unwanted touching by staff and asking politely twice for them to leave the table and get the bill the 3rd time they were told not asked. Chipped plates, staff who leave you standing around when you get there and then touched twice! My advice is heat up some super noodles and stay at home!

Lovely and friendly staff. Food is delicious 😋. Had a bit of a wait for for food.

Really good food and we were given a complimentary liquor at the end of our meal which was a nice touch.

Amazing food , modern decoration, friendly staff

First time visit and really enjoyed it. It was early evening and so not busy. Seriously great decor, Very friendly team, fantastic food and a must go to place if you've never been

Amazing food, friendly staff good value for money.

Very good Indian restaurant in Kinson. Food is delicious. A must visit restaurant for someone who loves Indian taste. Fresh hot food served in good manners. Open in evenings only. It's a good place for birthday dinner.

Just perfect, our fav Indian restaurant ever, they just get it right every time

We ate here for the first time last night and will definitely be back. The setting and atmosphere was perfect, the food was excellent and the staff all went above and beyond to make our meal a wonderful experience. AMAZING

Always love a visit to the spice ❤️

Just ordered. Very quick delivery, lovely phone communication and amazing food! Loved everything ❤️. We'll definitely be recommending and ordering again. Thank you Spice of India!

Great ambience in this restaurant and larger inside than it appears. Great decor. Dishes our table received were tasty and well presented. When being served the service was good, but had to ask for service to get more drinks. Our table was for 6 and there was plenty of space. I would be happy to return.

Had our Xmas work meal here with 13 guests l, food was excellent and a high standard as always. Staff very welcoming and attentive, highly reccommend eating in or take out, its very nice deco and clean place x

Love this restaurant and the food is so good. The staff are so friendly and quiet and very attentive. I will definitely go back for more. Thank you. Sheena

Mixed kebab on starter had quite a bit of gristle but otherwise very pleased with rest of the food. After given poppadoms they took nearly an hour before taking our orders but otherwise lovely evening.

Been many times and as usual food was superb all 6 of us enjoyed our meals

We love the food from spice of India, we've not had a bad meal until tonight! Watery tikka masala, naan bread seems to have halved in size since our last order and no salad or yogurt. Is this just a one off or is this cut backs? They also insisted we pay pay cash on the door.

Friendly service - good atmosphere - excellent value for money - plenty of choice - DELICIOUS FOOD 😋

Excellent service. Fantastic food and very relaxing clean and tidy place. I'll definitely go back and even order a delivery takeaway from there.