Spice valley in Norwich

Best curry house in Norwich, great service and brilliant food.

All i am gonna say is, Stay away from Mr Khan, i don’t understand why this guy is still working at this restaurant as previous reviews clearly mention his rude behaviour. As someone who is from India, it would be a shame to call this Indian food, its bland no taste no salt even. My advice to whoever is reading this, if you wanna try real Indian food don’t go to this restaurant. Additionally: I saw someone’s review about Mr Khan being rude to customers and the restaurant has replied to that review and guess what they called it a Fake review 😂😂 Disgraceful.

"I had an unforgettable dining experience at Spice Valley! The Chicken Chilly, Tandoori Rotti, and Jalfrezi were absolutely mouthwatering—every bite was packed with flavor and perfectly spiced. The staff were incredibly warm and attentive, making us feel right at home. The ambiance was equally impressive, with a welcoming and cozy atmosphere that added to the overall enjoyment. Thank you, Spice Valley, for a delightful meal—I’ll definitely be recommending this gem to all my friends and family!"

Absolutely brilliant! Amazing food, great staff and the place itself is lovely 😊

New favourite curry house. Fun decor. The service was lovely, not pushy or rushed, but not slow or annoying like it can be. Just right. Great food, good flavours, standard prices. Best garlic naan I've ever had, light,fluffy and delicious. Better wine wine than most of the places I've tried and very reasonable prices re beer. Will be coming back soon. Definitely recommend!

Bloody awful experience, after waiting 1.3hours for our food and being told its 5 mins ever time we asked my food turned out 20 mins later. my food was pretty average. My 2 friends had ordered chicken tikka and got hot sauce but the chicken was cold! And raw! Then when they walked out it, the manager tried to charge me and a friend 120.00 even though my meal was only 20.00 and his was 40.00, there was a argument about this to the point the server put his hands around my throat infront of more than 15 customers at the bar!! Extremely shocked! Would give 0 stars if possible the customer service was Terrible !!! Never ever going back! Not fake

Very good food one of the best I've had staff are friendly

Large place and not many in so lacked some atmosphere but good service and food

Excellent. As a group we have been trying various Curry Houses in Norwich. This was our 8th and we would rate it as No.1

My favourite Indian restaurant in Norwich, love it here. Excellent service and loved the food. Also really like the lighting and decor :)

The tastiest food i have EVER had! The passanda had soooo much flavour. best food ever. and the costumer service was excellent and gave us a free drink each on the house after our meal

We would like to thank all the staff at spice Valley thay made us very welcome from the moment we arrived, the meal was absolutely fantastic , all the staff are so friendly, see you again soon.

Great food and service. Nice place, fairly quick for the food to come out. Will go back again.

The only downside last night the bombay aloo was firey next time I'll be ordering a mild dish as I'm not huge on spicy dishes but you do great korma. And I must try your murg mum taz one day

Good food lovely staff good value

Absolutely fantastic place to eat and the service is excellent

The best curry I have had in a long time. I always go for a vindaloo as a benchmark - extra chillies - it was spot on. Delicious. Will go again. Great service, perfect Indian restaurant.

Excellent Indian food with great service.

Came here at its opening evening several years ago. I've never been back until last week. I had a very nice Balti curry, with Bombay Aloo and rice.

We visited Spice Valley Sunday evening as a party of 5. Everyone commented how good and well presented all the food was, also all the staff were helpful courteous and polite. We would definitely visit again soon.

Wonderful customer service and dinner experience as a family. Really enjoyed the food and ambience within the restaurant was so gorgeous, welcoming and very relaxing. Great atmosphere for wedding partyes, birthdays and special occasions as well. Thank you so much Spice Valley staff. A MUST TO VISIT RESTAURANT 💕🙏👍👏👏👏👏

Found us a table late Friday evening . Great friendly service and amazing food. Thankyou

ive been a couple of times and really was nice will try again tonight and leave another review to see if still as good as they were 2 years ago. 1 thing id like to add is the price is really fair here too. all of them where very nice

Decided to go to spice valley for my first ever Indian meal, the staff was extremely helpful in helping me select the right choice for me. I opted for the Chicken Madras , Pilau Rice & Garlic Naan. The food was prepared quickly and efficiently and was completely amazing. Staff was quick to clear away my plate and bring me a warm towel and the dessert menu in which I picked the walnut & caramel ice cream bowl. 10/10 for food , service and all round experience. Can’t recommend this place any higher!!!!

Great food! We went here for a birthday and all 6 of us really enjoyed our food. Servers were very friendly and even gave a bottle of beer to the birthday boy!

Lovely place. Food was amazing and staff very friendly. Highly recommending, thank you ☺️ Best mushroom rice I’ve ever had in my life 😋

Delicious curry, different to the usual same old jar spice currys you normally have in Norwich. Fresh, good service, not a bad price will definitely be returning. Update, order a takeaway last night, utterly brilliant

BLOODY AWFUL PLACE ZERO HOSPITALITY MANNERISMS They don't serve Indian food at all. They are Bangladeshi not Indian and they don't even know how to cook Indian food. They took ages to serve our food. Everything was super bland and flavourless. The presentation was not appealing. The food was pathetic, we didn't eat anything. The staff service was horrible and inappropriate. They were too loud. They literally took our starter plate though we didn't finish that. We were extremely disappointed by their hospitality. I would never recommend anyone to go for Indian food. Moreover, when we asked them for a customer copy of the invoice...they didn't even give us one. They didn't even greet or welcome. They didn't even say any thank you. They didn't have the courtesy to ask whether we liked the food however everything was left as it is. If I was given a choice, I would have given them negative numbers of stars to rate. Ughhh..!! I want to write much more but I am sure it's explicit enough for people to choose whether to go or not. Not at all thankful Yours truly One of the honest customers :)

Possibly one of the best tasting Indian restaurants I have ever visited. The Patia had a good heat, but was not overpowering so still possible to taste the delights of the whole meal. The staff and owner present a family atmosphere and couldn’t be more helpful. An excellent selection of Asian beers along with a zero alcohol one too. I would thoroughly recommend a visit to others. 5 stars.

Korma was over sweet madras was bland and can't get a simple pilau rice it's a no from us

Went here again tonight after a long time, we will not return! Place was empty, food was disgusting, greasy and horrible, not a nice experience again!!!

Second visit to Spice Valley. We have eaten in many, many curry houses over the years but would now not consider anywhere else. The Kala Bhuna is amazing, as is the service.

The food was tasty, we loved everything, very good gentleman there for service😊👍 We had great time.

We always have an amazing time at Spice Valley. Food is always excellent. Staff always go above and beyond. Atmosphere always pleasant. Definitely my favourite restaurant in Norwich.

Ordered a takeaway from uber eats, paneer and chicken grill. The paneer was aweful. Chicken was okay. I wouldn't recommend this food to anyone. Interesting to note that anyone's low review, has been regarded as fake or racist.

lovely meal and wonderful servers

Not often I would do this but this takeaway that was just delivered was the worst Indian I’ve ever received. Currently we are trying a different one every week to see what’s best now lucky tandoori has changed. The byriani Christ the rice watery all you can taste of full on water. The vegetables curry I’m not sure what it even was no taste flavour or anything. Same with my gf meal passander and special fried rice. Worst ever

Warm and friendly staff. Drinks and food came in an instant. And free drinks offered after dessert. We will go back

Top service and brilliant food served by gentlemen. Orders taken and no rush…. Brilliant service and exceptional food.

Nice place , and friendly, I tried the lamb but they hadn't removed the fatty bits so didn't really enjoy the dish , will try again but something different

Lamb Karahi and Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi were OK, but exceptionally oily that was disappointing. Having to decant the curry from oil for me and my son was not enjoyable. I am sure the food is good but not easy to tell on a first visit. Would probably return for a biryani and a mixed grill but will avoid curries. Staff were attentive and professional.

Ordered Lamb Kharai and Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi (£36) with 4 popadoms and pickle. I think the curries were OK and had some flavour but very hard to tell as they were both "exceptionally oily". I did mention it and the waiter said the jalfrezi is usually oily not realising my sons curry was just as oily. I suspect this is the way the curries are cooked amd havind to drain the curry from oil is not a great experinece (see pics). I don't think we will return but the chicken tikka was very well cooked so they tandoori dishes will probably be very nice.

Amazing Food. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Lots of seats available. Very reasonable prices as well.

This place should be called 'The Aquarium' on account of the rather unusual fish-tank/Russian interrogation room style decor. It doesn't 'look' busy either because all the tables are secretly stowed down the back of the restaurant. I've been in twice over the last month and both times have been impressive. The chicken dhansak is fresh and fragrant, better than the majority of Indian restaurants in Norwich and I have tried them all. Weirdly, the food was even more orgasmic on the night they were very short staffed. Portions are just right too. Poppadoms and chutneys are crispy and fresh. Typically costs us £25pp, we like the staff and we are coming back.

6 of us visited on a Saturday evening around 20:30, the restaurant, unfortunately, was pretty quiet for a Saturday night. We were seated at the front end of the restaurant, which we found to be very cold. The staff were very attentive and helped with choosing our curries. Drinks and starters orders taken all arrived promptly. Then the main orders. All mains delivered were hot and looked really good. I had the Dopiaza which I have had in a few other Indian restaurants so it was strange when I found a hard lump in it, I thought it may be a chunk of pineapple which I have an allergy too. Spoke with the waiter and he was unsure what it was so took it to the kitchen for the chef to check. He came back and apologised and said the chef was cutting pumpkin and unfortunately a chunk ended up in my curry. The waiter apologised but this could have been a lot worse and cross contamination should not be happening. Everyone else’s curries were lovely and no complaints there. We ordered more drinks which only half of the order arrived, we had to re order the other half. When receiving the bill we were unsure whether we had been charged twice for the re ordered drinks as the bill does not specify which drinks have been ordered, just a total of drinks and the food is clearly itemised. Toilets and restaurant in general appeared clean and well looked after. The restaurant is very pretty but not as intimate as other Indian restaurants I have visited and for this, and the issue with the pumpkin in my curry and reordering of drinks, I would not return.

One of the best Indian Restaurants in Norfolk!! Cannot fault the service and food, all 5 stars!!

Worst Indian food restaurant in Norwich. The food had no taste as if there was no salt. The service was extremely bad. The servers didn’t serve properly and got angry when I asked something twice. The old server with shaved head and glasses was extremely rude. First he attended us really late after being seated. This is still understandable due to restaurant being busy. But then once we started to place order, I and my wife tried ordering some starters first but the server literally yelled at us saying you cannot place order one by one, place all at once or do not place it at all. We were stunned by the behaviour. We had to order the whole food. And then food tasted so so bad. It was fairly expensive. The two of us had to pay about £75 for food and drinks. And to be honest £40-50 worth of food was wasted since we didn’t like it at all. The bill copy was a handwritten, it wasn’t a proper invoice. We highly recommend NEVER to go there.

The takeaway food we got was tasty, a little bit too oily for me personally (but my friends were fine with it!)

Absolutely impeccable service! These guys are always so polite, they cater for your needs, and are so welcoming! It’s the ultimate experience, it’s as if you’ve visited India yourself! Amazing food, always cooked to perfection, amazing prices, realistic and beautiful atmosphere and decor! We have been more than three times to this place and we will never change our curry house now! Our favorite curry is their korma! We cannot recommend this place enough we always leave satisfied! Extremely lovely people! Well deserved business! Well done everyone!! From Melissa and Kurtis x

Walked past this place on a Wednesday night whilst staying in Norwich and saw a notice in the window. Ultimate Deal is offered Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. 4 course meal being any starter ( excluding king prawns where you must pay extra ), main meal from the " Old Favourites " section of the menu ( but again extra for king prawns ), any rice or naan and any vegetable side dish. £15.95 the lot. So I gave it a go. I havent been to this place before so I have no past experience to compare it with on non Ultimate Deal nights. I started with Onion Pakora ( posh onion bahjees ) then a main of chicken karahi ( very nice but the sauce was a little watery I thought). A sag paneer as a vegetable side dish and a peshwari naan. Very tasty I thought. No sign of the portions being cut which you can sometimes see with special offer deals. Plenty there for me and I can usually tuck it away ! Pint of Cobra £5.95. I was charged extra for popadoms and chutneys. A good deal I thought for a tasty meal. Place looked clean and tidy, toilets were OK etc. It seemed quiet there mid week hence I assume this was the reason for the mid week special deal to try and get more people in. So give it a go I say Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday nights.

I have NEVER tasted curries like it - awful! Staff were very aggressive when I questioned our meals: when we got the bill, I asked why we had been charged £22 for 2 popadoms for 8 people - that’s the price apparently. Will never return based on food and service

Food here amazing, cooked to perfection. Lobster was fantastic and the chef cooked your food to the spice strength required. Staff really friendly and was given a bottle of prosecco as a gift when we left. This place is a must to eat in.

We went and had the Balti curry, Poppadoms, and Bhuna Curry with a naan bread with the Balti curry. We had the vegetarian options for the curry. Fantastic customer service, really make sure everything is good and very welcoming. I will definitely return again.

Food was amazing, best curry I’ve had in a long time, friendly staff and good value for money! Would highly recommend.

Food was great and staff were friendly and quick. Decor is quirky but makes for a lovely atmosphere. Only request I would make is making vegan/dairy free options more obvious. Dishes were marked vegetarian but knowing about butter/ghee/cream etc would have been more reassuring.

We came here on a quiet evening to celebrate a birthday and it was great. The food was brilliant with generous portions and the service was very good. Highly recommended.

Spice Valley was recommended to us by friends. We couldn't have been more happy with the choice. Food and service both fantastic. The Naan was some of the fluffiest we've ever tried. Absolutely delicious meal, couldn't recommend it highly enough

We were in Norwich for one night & chose this restaurant based on previous reviews. We had a great evening and were well looked after by the owner, Mr Ahmed, and his team. Food was excellent as was service and ambience. We hope to return soon.

Absolutely brilliant. Excellent service, a warm welcome and fantastic food from beginning to end. A real top end Indian.

Absolutely amazing food and service. I could not recommend enough 10/10

Great curry and friendly service. Lots of good choices and drinks.

Went to Spice Valley la on a date, place was lovely, service was astounding! Food was Top notch! Now I’ve been to many Indian restaurants and I had my doubts to start with before entering Spice Valley, since other restaurants I’ve been to in the past I’ve felt like was being rushed out the door, but not this place! the waiters were brilliant!! Also to finish our night off there they gave us complimentary drinks, plus we was both impressed by the prices!

Nice Indian food. Also have nice vegetarian options.

Lovely quiet restaurant. Good food. Good service. All you could want. Much preferred to all the rowdy places down the street.

My partner and I had dinner at Spice Valley and it was overall such a lovely experience. The food was delicious and full of flavour and the service was like none we have experienced before. All the staff were so hospitable, bubbly and friendly, we were welcomed by everyone. In particular Abdur who waited our table and shared lovely conversation with us, he went above and beyond to make our dinner special and we highly recommend paying a visit to Spice Valley, we certainly will be going back there again.

I've been taking short holidays in Norwich since 2004, mostly for the pubs, sometimes also taking in CAMRAs October beer festival. Indian restaurants have been somewhat here today and gone tomorrow, sadly the Nazma and my old favourite Passage to India in Magdalen St are no longer with us. So on my first visit since lockdowns, I'm happy to say this is my new favourite. Had my usual chicken vindaloo, fried rice, poppadom, half Kingfisher. It was excellent, a bit better than exactly the same dinner I had in the more long established Indian next door the previous night, more chicken, less potato. Bill only £14.65 as a 20% off voucher was included in the beer festival programme, so hope to see you in a years' time.

I have been enjoying Indian cuisine for more than three decades and the meal I had here last night I would count as among the best I have had. The staff were friendly and attentive and the prices reasonable - what more could you want?

A first visit by 14 cricketers enjoying the opportunity to celebrate the end of another successful season. The staff were warm and helpful. The food excellent. The surroundings really comfortable and airy plus the loos were spotless. More than happy to return again in the future.

Very good food, great service. Highly recommend

Excellent food been going to Alis for years but since it was taken over been going down in service and food , rhis was a nice new experience very good

Really great staff. Good variety in food. Excellent Overall

Absolutely top notch Indian food. On a par with pretty much anywhere I’ve been, certainly at this price level. Service was fantastic, really attentive.

Lovely food as always 😋 and Lovely customer service 👍

The prices upped up a notch when you dined there. I felt humiliated when the waiter corrected me. The employees seemed very busy with very little actual things to do. The spices were fine.

Excellent service and food. No rushing.good value. Very nice staff. Especially our waiter Khan. I would recommend spice Valley to any one.

What a lovely meal, super tasty, friendly and attentive staff well run restaurant, thank you guys we will return.

Great food, great service, great beer, great place! Really enjoyed our experience here. One of the curries wasn't close to the standard of the others, mentioned this and they immediately took it off the bill.. impressed 👍

We had a family meal with another family and all our kids, some of whom aren’t overly keen on Indian cuisine. Despite this, they catered for them really well. All the food we had was really nice and the service was fantastic. It was my birthday celebration and they gave me a free drink and dessert which I found very nice. The kids liked all the colourful water features and illuminated menus and they were treated to free ice creams as well. Overall, a very nice place to eat with delicious food and great service. I would highly recommend.

Brilliant food Amazing stuff Excellent evening - highly recommended Lovely evening in a very nice restaurant

Brilliant restaurant - I have never had a bad meal in the place. The staff are always incredibly helpful and polite inside the restaurant. As a side note, we recently booked Spice Valley for our festival wedding. Arrived on time, still hot and the same high quality that we expected. Amazing - thank you so much!

Not bad, not great. I've had better curries to be honest. The service was decent. And the naan bread was a highlight.

We went for a family meal tonight (18th July) and there was a deal on for dine in only which made things ever better, not that it could of got any better as the meal and service fantastic. Thank you to all.

Two things are paramount at a restaurant, food quality and service. We dined here in July 23 and found both to be impeccable. Having moved into the area only a few weeks ago we know we will be back. Thank you!

Outstanding food and service! We ate here last night and both had a wonderful time. We were looked after so well by all the staff, especially Abdul. Thank you for making our night so special. Mitch & Katie (the sweet customers)

This is DEFINITELY the best place to go if you want the most delicious hottest curry in Norwich. Yesterday which was my 2nd visit, I requested a vegetable phall which had ghost chilis in it, not only is it the hottest phall I've ever had by far, it's also the most delicious with a nice selection of vegetables. The staff are very friendly and welcoming especially Abdul who was the one that recommended I requested the phall on my 2nd visit as I wanted a hotter curry than the hottest one they had on the menu. I will most definitely be returning again and most probably again and again lol. Thanks Abdul and your team for the impeccable food and service, really much appreciated!

This is DEFINITELY the best place to go if you want the most delicious hottest curry in Norwich. Yesterday which was my 2nd visit, I requested a vegetable phall which had ghost chilis in it, not only is it the hottest phall I've ever had by far, it's also the most delicious with a nice selection of vegetables. The staff are very friendly. I will most definitely be returning again and most probably again and again lol.

I'm kinda hard to please when it comes to my curry but this place is excellent. It's over an hour from where I live but worth the drive!

Very nice they are. Nice interiors. Food is a bit oily and chicken tasted of tofu.

Delicious food. Really nice and friendly staff. Relaxing atmosphere. You can enjoy an authentic taste of India. Perfect for a meal out with friends or family.

Lacking a little atmosphere due to the time we visited, but that's only because it was early in the evening and was still quiet. Made to feel very welcome, the food and service was excellent, we all chose different meals and they were all extremely flavoursome and well presented. Certainly worth a revisit.

Abdul was amazing. He was very nice to us and made us laugh. Food overpriced for what they served us and hardly spicy.

Absolutely superb! They took us in at short notice and the service was impeccable. One of the best curries I’ve had in years and great value too. Will definitely be returning on our next visit to Norwich.

Once again fenominal food. Greated again by friendly staff as always. Fresh ingredients, being a chef ( Muliti Award Winner ) I can tell.Made to feel like sitting in their own home. Arthur has made his father proud and through covid he and his team have overcome all. True to testament. Thankyou and will see you again very shortly.

Amazing curry great service!! Can’t recommend enough!!! Will be coming back

Top lads, great curry and amazing atmosphere! Definitely coming back!

Just came for a curry got the ultimate deal, great value, amazing food one of the best curries I’ve had for a while and absolutely amazing service, will definitely come back

Good service, but the food definitely didn't come up to expectations.

An excellent restaurant with a top notch selection of food along with friendly staff. Highly recommend it

Extremely polite and attentive staff, great hospitality, food was great aswell. Abdul was so nice, will definitely visit back again.

Had high hopes as recommended. I only eat korma so am quite a connoisseur of a good one. The service was good and attentive staff. I didn’t want to complain as it was so quiet , but the korma was white and just tasted of double cream. It had no taste other than cream and so I couldn’t eat much of it. It’s like they forgot to add anything other than cream, not even salt or any flavour at all. The naan was nice but the restaurant smelt of bleach which put me off abit too. Shame but I wouldn’t return as ambiance abit off too, abit canteen like and not very intimate