Sylheti Spice in Vale of White Horse

Not great. This place gets the highest review score in Wantage, so we gave it a whirl on a Saturday night. There was one other table of 4 in an otherwise empty restaurant. Despite this, no staff approached us for 20 minutes and we had to ask if we could place our orders in the end. The food arrived half an hour later. I had King Prawn Biryani, the other half a Sag Aloo. Both were cold. Mine had lots of rice, a small bowl of biryani, 3 or 4 king prawns but MOUNTAINS of peas - not an ingredient I've even noticed in 35 years of eating the dish. Both dishes were cold, but at least the other half's tasted of Sag Aloo - mine was more like gravy than biryani. The chapatis were very thick, floury and salty and as such, inedible. We were given no opportunity to comment on the food and indeed had to approach the kitchen area to pay, such was the absence of any service. Easily the worst Indian meal I've ever had, with the worst service too.

Great food every time I come here. If you are eating in, it’s bring your own booze.

Friendly service and tasty lamb curry using fresh ingredients. Wish they had packed more as the serving was a bit small. Otherwise decent.

My daughter requested some help choosing a king prawn curry. The chef suggested a dish that was superb. Great service!

We live in town and we wouldn’t eat anywhere else. Amazing flavours and variety and we’ve never had a bad meal here. We’ve eaten a lot of Indian cuisine around the country and this is one of the best. Excellent value for money too, BYOB is a fun addition and there is a lovely pub over the road to grab drinks from.

Cracking little Indian , lovely food and good value with big portions

Thought we'd try sylheti aga8n after being loyal to house of spice for a while. Lamb in curry was tough, onions undercooked, not great at all. Would not go againg, back to house of spice!!!!

As newcomers to Wantage we are trying out all the local restaurants and we booked Sylheti Spice after reading the reviews. We ordered a variety of dishes a very interesting interpretation of Indian food, which were very tasty. We especially liked the Peshwari naan bread! The great thing about this restaurant is one can bring one’s own drinks of any type. We noticed one of the diners went backwards and forwards with glasses of beer from the Swan pub across the road! Brilliant idea. We really enjoyed our evening and we will definitely go back and try some more different dishes.

Absolutely awful meal swimming in oil! As you can see by the photo, 60 pound spent on oil!

Another great night in the Sylheti Spice, fantastic food and treated like family, great memories every time Thanks to Ash and the team 11\10!

Excellent food, its small family run restaurant, just ask what you need and they will provide for you. if this place was on a high street then you would struggle to get a table.

Special shout out to Silheti tonight! Their food is always amazing but due to this tonight’s wait was longer than their usual. (We were warned when ordering that there would be a little bit of a wait which is fine!) Upon arrival our delivery driver could not have been more apologetic for our slightly delayed food which was absolutely worth it! It was piping hot and flavoursome as always. Thank you from two happy regulars!

Great service, food is tasty, `bring your own` works very well - we go here frequently and enjoy it every time.

Delicious food and great service 😊

Great staff good food reasonable prices. Have been many times and always consistently good. Bring your own booze.

We have just had a takeaway from here, never again, food was cold, chips were limp. Not good at all

The best Indian food i have ever eaten. Tender moist made me want to hug my mum

The best curry you can get anywhere let alone the area and run by lovely people who are experts and genuinely pleased to serve you food you like, bring your own drinks, prices incredibly reasonable, Sylheti Spice is the best.

Awesome curries, lovely people. Highly recommend the vegetarian rogan josh and sag aloo, top notch

Great little Indian restaurant and food was very good. Would recommend if you are ever in this area.

This is the best Indian in the area. The owner is so welcoming and lovely, he always gives us extras, and refuses to let us tip as much as we want. I highly recommend if you’re visiting or from the area. You will not be disappointed :)

Great food as always, always well looked after by Ash. In my opinion best Indian restaurant and take away in Wantage👌

I have had two great family meals here so far and I would both definitely go again and recommend to others.

It's weird that they don't sell any drinks at all, even soft drinks!! I didn't realise before I visited as a friend had booked it. We had to walk across the road to the nearby pub, get drinks there and ask to borrow their glasses to take back to the restaurant. You then have to return them yourselves. I guess if I'd known beforehand I could have taken my own drinks, but honestly I'd prefer to just go to the other Indian restaurant in Wantage instead.

Amazing, delicious food that came quick. The staff were incredibly kind and funny.

Just had a meal here, my first visit it was amazing, did not disappoint at all. It was hands down the best meal I have had at an Indian restaurant. Will 100% be returning. The staff are so friendly too.

Best Indian in Wantage and surrounding areas, have tried all of them and Sylheti beat them all on quality, service and value. We use Sylheti once a week and are always happy. Thank you

The food was good and generally mild for thise who are not too keen on spices/strong flavour (i am not talking about hot pepper). It was a nice and enjoyable visit. I will certainly visit again but it's not too one indian food restaurant. One of the great things at Sylheti is that you bring your own drings not a bad option to save some money here. The portion sizes were reasonable. Staff was great.

Nice local food and if eating in don't forget to bring alcohol or pop in to the pub next door.

Stunning food and great hospitality. The curries are among the best in Oxfordshire. Do not let thier disorganisation with a terrible website and menu put you off.

Amazing food best ever had quick service and kind and helpful staff (bring own drinks you can get them from the pub across the road they don't mind!)

Just taken delivery of a take away meal , just the best indian meal my wife and I have had for years!

Good food, but it seems their portion size is getting smaller. On a couple of occasions i felt that the Peshwari Nan was a bit low on filling

Really friendly service. Great Food. Enjoyed an evening with friends (group of 12).

We ordered a takeaway curry at 6:30pm to be delivered and was told it would be around 1hour to 90mins maximum then phoned when it hadn't turned up to be told another half an hour! I was told they are very busy and I asked why did you take our order and the lady didn't have an answer! Such a shame but won't be ordering a delivery from them again, I love there curries when I have had them before. Disappointed!

Sylheti never disappoints. Fantastic food, wonderful friendly staff and great value for money. I love it here so much I always struggle to broaden my horizons and eat elsewhere in town!

We often get a delivery from here & it’s always good !! Tonight’s was delicious though ! Thanks

So so so impressed!!! Amazing food and Amazing service for a reasonable price.

We had a takeaway at 6:30 on a Friday.. the starters were ok at best but the mains. The chicken Balti had no flavour the chicken madras had no spice and was basically grease the Naan bread tasted like it was frozen and the “rotti” was basically a thick uncooked chopsticks. This is probably the worst curry I have had in my life

Excellent great to be back with Ash and his team Such good food and service Hugh Wantage

Nice place. Great staff. Food A++

Great curry, friendly staff and speedy service

We had the mid week bargain bag last night, delivered to us. The food was plentiful and very tasty. We could specify one vegetarian & one meat, plus how spicy we like the food. It arrived well packaged, on time and hot. For £22.95, we had some onion bhajis and dip, 2 naan bread, a side, a large rice and 2 main meals. Just excellent. Will definitely order again from here. Helpful staff on the phone too.

Superp everytime. Chicken is so tender, lamb melts in the mouth. Great friendly service.

Ask them if they deliver to Childrey, they said they do, I asked for Lamb Madras, Pilua Rice, Garlic Naan and onion Bhajis and they told me they want me to order more before they will deliver because my house normally makes large orders!

Love sylheti spice great food good portions and nice people

First time visit, my daughter lives nearby. Food was excellent, Korma to my wife’s liking, not to sweet. Friendly service and was ready as advised. Would certainly go again.

Hidden gem. Not as snazzy as other Indian restaurants, but authentic, very good food, reasonably priced and is not licensed, so you can take your own drinks (they also don't do soft drinks). The pub opposite are happy for you to take drinks over. They have wine glasses on the table and will open your beer. This also keeps your bill down massively. There were regulars in there when we visited which is a good sign. Friendly service. 👍👍 they will be doing takeaway during lockdown.

Set meal for 4, collected in person but delivery was an option. Top quality meal, thoroughly enjoyed by all of the family. This will become a regular treat, by demand. Thanks Anwar.

Excellent Indian restaurant. Amazing value for money and great customer service. A family favourite

Beautiful take away Saturday night 10/10

Had a fantastic meal. Loved that you can bring you own drink to accompany your meal.

Fantastic food eat In or take away, staff are always friendly

I’ve eaten here several times & the food is always delicious. I personally like the Sylheti Special Spicy mix with rice & keema nan bread as it’s very tasty & not hot. However, if you do like hot dishes they have plenty to choose from. The price of food here is very reasonable & you can take your own alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages, which helps keep the cost down as there are a few local supermarkets (Sainsbury’s & Waitrose) nearby to purchase your own drinks. I’d recommend this place as the staff & service is very friendly. 10/10

The food was excellent as always. But I did use the website to attempt to make a reservation a few days earlier but didn't get a response. So I ended up going down to the restaurant on the day we were due to eat there (Monday 11th November) but at 2pm there was nobody around so I put a note through the letter box including my mobile contact number. In fairness I did get 2 calls from them which I missed because there was a potential problem due to a staff shortage. So they needed to close by 9pm. Rather than cancelling I decided we could probably get to the restaurant a bit earlier which we did (7:45) and indeed we were all fed and watered by 8:55 and back in the Swan pub over the road. So no damage done but maybe something a bit more pro-active on the website could have prevented that potential problem.

Excellent Indian food, its a family run restaurant very polite and friendly you can ask for anything while there and they will out of there way for you. Top guys went there after recommendation found out they have been there for the past 19 years. So 19 years of cooking Indian food they definitely do know how to cook yummy Indian dishes.

Bring your own drinks, boozy or not, to this cosy little restaurant which has occupied the same site for 20 years. Not flashy but homely and comfortable. Good food and friendly service.

Great local curry house, fantastic service. I highly recommend the Sylheti Special. Don’t expect anything fancy, but you will be highly satisfied with the food.

We order on a regular basis from here and have never had a bad meal or anything missing. Staff are always really friendly. Prices good and food is always delicious. Would highly recommend!!

This place is great. Staff always order for us based on our general vague guidelines (hot / medium / mild etc) and their choices have never let us down. Usually use for takeaway. Price is good, super friendly service, and the food is terrific. Highly recommended.

Must admit probably the worst Indian I think I have eaten. Korma very runny almost like tap water! Chicken pink. Onion bhaji dryer that the Sahara desert. Poppadoms stale. Wont be ordering again

After repeated take aways and eating in ,I felt I should write a review!!!! The food is very good and brilliant value. Tastes fresh well presented. Great service!!!! Looking forward to my next visit

Awesome food but the best thing here is that they will adapt any of the dishes to your taste. Nice atmosphere and very friendly happy staff. Well worth a visit.

We love this place. Great guys who run it, very friendly and helpful and will tailor any dish to your palate. Lovely flavours with good depth of spices. Dishes are made to order, not in advance then warmed up. Pilau rice fragrant, naans really fluffy. Very good portions.

food and service was good. it's a pity the kitchen wasn't closed of because there was something in the air that made my eyes smart a bit

Excellent hosting by Lisa, she was so patient! Booked for 20 but due to weather we had 12! Gorgeous food, great service and brilliant price! Beautiful evening! It is bring ur own drinks but there is the Swan pub directly opposite where u can purchase drinks and bring to the restaurant! I’ve used their delivery numerous times and always spot on! Thanks guys! Loved it!

Best curry in Wantage, based on food. Its BYO drinks, but the Swan opposite is close if you want a pub. We usually go to the off license in the square. Great menu, simple restaurant. We love it.

Large takeaway ordered by phone, arrived at agreed time. Food was ready. On arrival home all the dishes were correct and very tasty. Thankyou

Lovely food, good friendly service.

This is my favourite take away in Wantage, amazing Curry ,always fresh and delicious .

I just love this place, we have been going for years. The folks are really lovely, the lamb mariche mossala with extra fresh green chillis is excellent. Don't forget to take your own drinks..

Bitterly disappointed about the meal we ordered. It was our first time ordering as we thought we would try a new place (and old reviews seemed good). However both our Madras’ were more oil the anything else. Mild and lacking flavour. Lack of options for vegetarians (no paneer?) Side dish of Bombay Aloo was also poor and had little flavour. I appreciate the lovely delivery guy and fast service but I won’t be ordering from there again.

No drinks but you can get them from the swan and bring them over or bring them yourself food was very nice

Not good at all. Awful sauce , rubbery chicken. Nothing enjoyable at all . Dissapointed , couldnt eat it at all.

Our favourite takeaway in Wantage. Food always delicious. Service is no nonsense but friendly and quick. Priced slightly keener than some of its local competitors and in my view the food is better here.

The four people at our table all had a different main dish and all were excellent. Tasty, great value and presented by friendly staff. Nice relaxed atmosphere and would stress food is really very good. Read website but just ignore elegant. Not a place to admire the decor but if you want very good indian cooking with value for money this is the place. Note bring your own booze but no corkage charged - can use pub opposite or bring a bottle(s). Enjoy your meal.

We ordered a takeaway for a treat however we were quite disappointed. We had to wait a while which we understood as it was Saturday night but when it arrived it was all cold and they had not delivered all our food. I called and asked for it to be delivered and they arrived 20 minutes later. The lady I ordered from and spoke about the missing food was lovely on both phone calls. We found the food was not as tasty as had with previous orders. It is quite hit and miss with the food.

This is a hit and miss Indian restaurant - sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. We live locally, so use this if we want a delivery. However, I was really disappointed with last night's delivery (Chicken Madras & a Chicken Vindaloo) - last Sunday I had the Madras & it was soooo nice, one of the best Indian's I've had in ages - the comparison to last nights could not have been more different. This was a very watered down Madras gravy with a few bits of pale chicken floating - there was no sign of any veg or coriander and was runny as, the chicken had definately not been marinated and cooked in the tandoori oven as per the Sunday version - has put me off using for a while.

Brilliant Indian Restaurant. Used them many times for both the sit down restaurant and the Takeaway. Never been let down and always loved the food...

Friendly accommodating service, great value food and a warm welcome. Can’t fault the place. No licence but happy to let you bring your own or carry over from The Swan opposite.

Always dependable, firm favourite

Had a take away from here for the first time on Saturday and have to say it was very good. I was informed it would be 30 minutes for order to be ready and this was correct as I arrived half hour later and our order was ready for us to collect. The vegetable pakoras are one of the best I have tasted. The curry was also very tasty and had a good amount of meat to veg quantity. You get free poppadoms, onion salad and 10% off with collection. So also very good value take away, I ordered pakora and samosa starter, two currys, a rice and naan and all come to £25 and for the standard of curry was excellent value. Will definitely be ordering again!

It was my first time in Sylheti Spice for a few years - not much has changed! Still a good curry, still fast friendly service and still basically a takeaway with the occasional diner. Could have done without the sticky menu though!

Saturday evening takeaway- as usual good food. Dhansak good as was the Bombay Aloo... (why does TripAdvisor make me write more than I want to?)

Dejó aquí desesperados por comida después de un día de paseo. Bastante cutre, pero era amable joven camarero, así que nos alojamos. Con tres poppadoms pidió ips habituales 'D' y me cobraron más de cuatro libras. El cordero era de más de 8 libras y consistía de cinco piezas de algo duro y sinewy. Todo terminado con la factura por £18 (sin bebidas) con guarnición de dos después de 8 minutos. En serio?

Excellent food at prices that are impossible to fault with a relaxed BYOB or Bring-pints-from-nextdoor policy. All time favourite.

Really good curry, very friendly service. Good menu and atmosphere. No drinks license but easy to get drinks in the pub across the road. Have been here on many occassions and will be coming back. Recommended.

great Indian food, bring your own drink

Este lugar está escondido de la calle principal, así que es fácil perderse, pero sería una lástima no encontrar! Tuvimos una cálida bienvenida y se aconsejó que no tienen una licencia de alcohol, sin embargo, se podía pedir desde el pub en la carretera y...

Great food great people great price

Otra excelente para llevar, recomiendo encarecidamente que lo pruebes, en mi humilde opinión el mejor en Wantage.

He disfrutado de muchas comidas para llevar aquí tanto y restaurantes en. Más recientemente anoche con un grupo de 12 tener un menú fijo. La comida siempre ha sido muy sabroso y recién preparado en la cocina. El director es muy amable y servicial. Aunque modesto en apariencia por fuera, este restaurante es sin duda vale la pena visitar por dentro. Altamente recomendado.

Este es mi 'ir a 'restaurante indio en Wantage. Hay otros, pero este es mi favorito. La comida es excelente, el servicio es excelente y las instalaciones limpias y agradables. No están autorizados, pero te puedes pasar al otro lado de la calle (pequeño y no muy transitada) Al Swan para tomar una copa y llevarlo al restaurante. Tuve una comida para llevar el domingo que era tan buena que volvía el lunes para comer en el restaurante. El menú tiene mucho que ofrecer, pero está claramente escrito y fácil de entender. No es caro, buena relación calidad-precio, muy recomendable.

Tenía una llevar por primera vez a partir de aquí es uno de los mejores de la India llevar que he tenido en mucho tiempo y tengo ganas de reserva una mesa pronto vale la pena probar y entregar así definitivamente ganador

We came here as we had been told by a friend that the food was good. We were early (around 6.30pm) and we were the only people there. The menu is good and had a few dishes that were new to me. We ordered 3 soft drinks and the staff apologised that they had almost run out of lemonade so wouldn't charge us for providing 3/4 full glass. Very kind but bemusing as there are shops nearby that sell lemonade. Then some other diners arrived, with beers in hand. I'm guessing then that the expectation is that you buy drinks at the Swan pub opposite and take them with you to dinner. Not really sure...Anyway the food was very good. Service was good and we'll most likely go there again before too long.

Decided to have just a takeaway to see what the food was like. To my surprise the quality of the food was excellent, this has now made my mind to have a meal in this restaurant, I will write a review once I have visited.

We had a meal here Saturday night. Spur of the moment, didn't have a booking, but they still fitted us in.. Service was very good, food was some of the best Indian food I have had. The Restaurant is NOT licensed so you need to take your own alcohol but thats not always a bad thing. Obviously they don't charge Corkage. One of the good things is although they have a complex menu the team their are more than happy to "make adjustments" to strength and ingredients. Great meal thank you.

Amazing chicken pakora best I have tasted and big. Mix grill good also. Currys can be small than you expect but cheaper than rivals. Sitting in is simple, cheap and quick. a good evening for friends to catch up

My partner and I ate here a couple of weeks ago on a Friday evening, had a takeaway the following Monday and returned again for a meal on the Friday.The staff are friendly and efficient, you can see the chiefs working in the kitchen and the gents is clean and hygienic. The fact that you get to take your own drink helps make this an inexpensive restaurant - poppadum's, starter, mains, sides, rice etc for less than £35.00!The only thing I would say is the food could be a tad hotter in tempreture.

There are only two Indian restaurants in Wantage and this is the better of the two. We had pre booked a table but upon us arriving we could see there was a large party in at the same time. Our table was positioned in the corner of the restaurant and we could just squeeze in and be seated. This seemed to be odd as there did seem to be plenty of space within other areas of the restaurant. We were greeted and served by the owner - manager who was extremely friendly and welcoming. We weren't rushed and decided to have a number of starters and mains. The popadoms were slightly chewy which leads me to believe they weren't that fresh. The accompanying Chutneys and sauces were very fresh and tasty. We ordered two starters, tandoori chicken and an Indian lentil fritter. The tandoori chicken was cooked to perfection and was extremely tasty and juicy. The lentil fritter was quite bland and tasteless. We then ordered three main dishes, a prawn and spinach dish (recommended by the manager) a chicken Dansak and a tandoori mixed grill. In addition to this we also ordered coconut basmati rice, plain basmati rice, two nan breads, and a side dish of cauliflower and spinach. It was a bit of a mixed response with regards to the mains. The Dansak tasted great. The recommended prawn and spinach dish was again quite bland and sad to say we believe the spinach was frozen and not fresh. The tandoori mixed grill was nice and fresh but seemed to be lacking a garnish. In other Indian restaurants you often get onions and peppers as a garnish. The rice dishes were excellent however the nan breads were average. It was great being able to bring in our own alcohol and also good that the Sylheti sold soft drinks. We believe the Sylheti is the better of the two Indian restaurants in Wantage and would defiantly return again.