The Royal Spice, Wakefield in Wakefield

Been going to the Royal Spice over 20 years , firstly at Darton and now at Wakefield , can honestly say been elsewhere but nothing compares to the Royal Spice , take a bow guys 👏👏👏👏

Very good food. Friendly service and absolute fair prizes.

Would give 0 stars if I could, never eaten anything like it! Ordered a chicken tikka masala, came out n was a bowl of red water with tiny pieces of chicken. Tasted like chicken soup. Absolutely awful. Not a curry in the slightest! Staff took it away, didn’t apologise, brought me another dish out was just a mix of herbs and spices, very perfume like, couldn’t stomach it due to being put off by the first slop. Soggy pakoras, poppadoms were edible. Don’t be fooled by these 5 star reviews!

Very disappointing. Poor quality food especially the watery korma. Online menu is from 2020 and the prices are out of date. We were charged £12 more. Chips were cold.

Ordered online and then went through to pick it up it was more expensive than the original order so there online app or order form may be outto date so be wary. Food wasn't the best portions again were rubbish it wasn't good value for money and ive had better for less from just normal takeaways with out them being full blown restaurants like this so overall we felt ripped off and won't be going again.

Really nice restaurant. The best in Wakefield in my opinion. Delicious food with really friendly and helpful staff. Highly recommended.

Lovely people who really make you feel welcome and the food is always great!

EXCELLENT Food and Service is second to none, Ali treats you like family. Would highly recommend.

Fantastic food excelant and friendly service

Amazing food, hot and on time. Great value for money. Thank you

absolutely amazing food as usual, top A1 quality 👌

No respect for neighbours at all. Their staff are dumping empty glass after 10pm every bloody day. Noise they make can be heard from far and it could wake up dead, not mentioning kids. If they treat their neighbours like that, how they must treat their customers?

First time here and it was absolutely fantastic. Delicious food and portions were excellent. Had the Garlic chilli chicken and they didn't skimp on the chicken. Dont get the family naan between only two of you, its flipping massive! Staff were great, very friendly and the service was also very quick. Couldn't recommend this place more

This restaurant is my favourite one by far. The staff are lovely, the atmosphere is delightful and the food is exquisite 🤌 Would definitely recommend

Absolutely amazing yet again. Came for our son's birthday and we're greated with a very friendly welcome from Ali and the team. Had a mixture of buffet and menu order and everyone was top quality. Buffet food was very hot (temperature wise not spice), full of flavour and lots to choose from as always. Menu dishes were excellent and well presented as well. All in all yet another brilliant visit and the best Indian restaurant for both food and friendly staff/atmosphere in Wakefield.

Beautiful food, nice atmosphere, lovely staff! Can’t recommend the food enough. Nicest and freshest Indian we’ve had in a long time! Thanks again

Service was very good. Wife forgot her reading glasses so the boss lent her some to see the menu. Food was plentiful and delicious. Would highly recommend and will be going again.

Do not recommed the Nawabi meat. Chicken biryani was subpar.

Very busy but offered customers a complimentary drink for waiting five minutes

Yet Again, Outstanding Meal. Outstanding Service, Delivered on the time agreed, piping hot, full of flavour and great value for money, Royal Spice is our Go-To Indian Restaurant and have had years of Great Service and Great Meals from them, Such an extensive menu to suit all tastes, the ones we've tried very flavoursome and with such fantastic friendly staff in all areas of service, What is there not to like ! 🤷‍♂️ Thankyou to all at Royal Spice Wakefield for all you do and "We Highly Recommend", Keep up the Great Work, "Thankyou " Steve.

We went to this restaurant whilst on holiday in the area. The service was great from phone call to enquire, to service at the venue. The staff were very helpful and very friendly. The food was lovely and really enjoyed it. We would rate this highly and recommend it to to anyone thinking of paying it a visit.

First time trying this dish. Definitely will be ordering again. It’s delicious! Love the fresh chillis

6* *FIRST VISIT* Came here without a reservation and thankfully they had a table free which is a good thing since just after we arrived it got VERY busy, every table booked. This is without a doubt the best Indian food I've had in years, to say I was impressed is an understatement. The staff were friendly and helpful even though it got very busy. The food,though, was stunning, absolutely faultless, every starter and mains we had was gorgeous. Prices a little over average but worth every penny. This is definitely the best Indian in Wakefield and the best I've had anywhere in years. I'd highly recommend it but make sure to book to avoid disappointment. *Third visit* went for my birthday, group of 13, booked well in advance. The place is still the best Indian restaurant in Wakefield. We all had an amazing time.Food, Service and Prices were still brilliant. Special thanks to Ali who went above and beyond.Much appreciated.

We went for the buffet on Sunday, very good food and even made some extra vegetarian curries for us along with some extra starters. Extremely accommodating definitely recommend

My order was well delivered nice and hot and presented well my only criticism of the food is the korma is far too runny ,but everything taste very good x

We discovered the Royal Spice last year and have been many times since. It is handy for us as it is literally around the corner from us. The food is excellent, the service is excellent, the prices are excellent and the staff are excellent, no more to say really. We would highly recommend.

Food from here is usually spot on, but both dishes I ordered had the consistency of soup. Not the usual standard at all. Asked for mine to be made mild, it was spicy.

Rather watery and quite tasteless won’t be ordering again

We always go for the Sunday buffet because the food is so good all you can eat style.There is 4 starters to pick at including Tandoori chicken wings , onion bhaji and couple of other tasty items 3 or chicken dishes some veg and a meat curry all piping hot and really tasty.Fresh naan bread is served at your table plain or garlic fresh and hot not sat around going soggy.The staff are amazing friendly and helpful we travel from Grimsby about one and a quarter hours away thats how good it is well worth the drive to Wakefield this really is highly recommended by myself and my wife. The quality and value is excellent we will be returning soon thanks to all at Royal spice

Our order was incorrect - the side dish was okra not spinach and potato. Two dishes ordered were supposed to be tikka but weren’t and the portion sizes were small

amazing quality as usual, everything is premium from royal spice, would highly recommend.

The staff are always friendly and create such a welcoming atmosphere. The food was delicious, especially the cheesy seekh kebabs! Thank you!

Normally love royal spice but this was worst take away In A while. Nothing cooked properly, chips soggy and onion bahjis was just mixed spices in a mush consistency no deep fried onions? Food more or less cold and was really early so gathered could have been night before left overs warmed up. Really disappointed as not normally like this.

Really nice treated family well, nice service and everyone looked happy to be there, food was on point and was brought on time

I ordered the wrong starter and rang the restaurant, they changed it for me and couldn't have been more helpful. The lamb chop starter is absolutely delicious.

Best Indian around! Food is always piping hot and super tasty!

Amazing food and amazing service, would definitely recommend coming here, staff are so friendly and welcoming will definitely be coming back here very soon, thank you again!

Beautiful food and very friendly atmosphere very polite 14/10 Amazing place

Ordered delivered on time. Food extremely disappointing, limited chicken in Balti, tiny chunks. . Got tikka Sizzler, cold, over cooked and one small piece of chicken breast bone on for over £9. Not good value at all. All food cold when arrived. . Hugely disappointed!

The food at this restaurant is absolutely delicious. I cannot fault anything. We always have a takeaway and we are never disappointed. I would recommend!! 😊

This is our favourite restaurant in Wakefield but tonight it excelled itself. Fantastic friendly staff as per usual. We usually go for their fantastic buffet on a Sunday but today was our anniversary so we decided to go. Absolutely beautiful food. My new favourite curry is now their Garlic chilli chicken 😋. Well done Naz and team for a beautiful meal.

Lovely curry, just a shame the poppadoms were missing 😔

"Perfection from start to finish" , Delivered on time agreed, Piping Hot, Packaged well , Curries and Rice Awsome , Nans spot on, pickle tray plentyfull and great mix , poppadoms crisp , What is there not to like 😊 ☺ , To top it all, the delivery driver was super nice and friendly. There are no other words than " Perfection" Thankyou to all the Team ❤ , We Highly Recommend Royal Spice .

Delicious curry just like homemade good quality and lovely chapatti couldn’t have made this better myself . Will order from you again and highly recommend to theta 👍🥰

Absolutely amazing food - hot tasty great portion great flavours literally the best Indian take out in Wakefield. - 5***** perfection

Lovely food, staff and ambience.

One of the nicest curries I’ve ever had. Since moving to the area, this is my go-to for a takeaway

Everything was cooked perfectly and was very enjoyable.

Local curry house 10/10 as always

the food was on point and very tasty 😋 tickled my taste spuds very delightful and I'm one happy customer 😀 will definitely been ordering again great meal .

Not nice at all, the onion bhajis were super spicy to the point my eyes started watering , more batter then onion also the yogurt sauce was curdled and the tikka massala curry was disgusting, the worst curry I have ever tasted and would advise anyone to stay clear

The food was cold and naan bread like cardboard!

Beautiful vindaloo and Pathia but very disappointed with the chicken sizzler on the bone which it didn’t say ! £9 it was soo small, I ordered as tikka main course wasn’t on the menu. Definitely not worth it.

When it's good, it's really good, but the food can be inconsistent.

Very nice meal at reasonable price. Friendly helpful staff

Outstanding the food is so good would recommend everyone to try it.

Very disappointed. The best part was the pickle tray but forgot the poppadoms. Bhaji very doughy. Pilau rice no flavour and texture, mushroom rice exactly same with a few slices of pale mushroom. 2 different chicken curries both containing tiny pieces of chicken and didn't taste fresh. The Tikka butter one tasted like a chicken soup without the flavour . The Dansak was the worst I have ever had. What a complete let down ☹️☹️

Ready at the time it said would be food delicious

Called in on passing after 8pm on a Thursday night. Ali was really friendly and attentive, recommending some really lovely dishes. Nice atmosphere. Fantastic food. Will definitely come back again.

Called in on passing. Service was great, Ali was really friendly, funny and helpful in recommending some dishes for us. The Fish Masti startee was amazing!!! Will definitely come back again.

food fabulous as always, but the starters & chips were really cold - never had an issue before and it was still lovely

The food is very bland and for me a bit cheap in terms of quality . The staff are lovely and friendly but the food lets it down very basic in my opinion.

Such a shame - starters were in bits and the masala was very greasy and the posh spice had 1 prawn in it. The naan was also quite poor - thick and doughy. Gutted as I’ve eaten many times in the restaurant but the take away has put me off.

Absolutely amazing food and staff. Tried for the first time tonight. Couldn’t fault it. Will return

Another small glitch with the packer not reading my request on the receipt but the restaurant quickly corrected it and the delivery guy is the nicest I've ever met.

We go here often. The food is always lovely, staff very friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend. And we can walkl there, bonus.

It was okay this time to be early. Food great as always.

excellent premium from Royal spice, quick delivery and premium quality food 👌

Delicious meal, the samosas were especially good.

Excellent service and great food

Food was good but the order was 30 mins late because they were very busy. The delivery time should have been adjusted to be more realistic on the app if they’d received a lot of orders.

Absolutely unbelievable food, the chicken tikka starter is to die for the special king prawn was delicious. I would recommend to anyone who likes good Indian food

Really good food, all really nice and well sized portions. Very happy with my order

A really good, tasty curry. The best in the area I've had so far.

Best indian food which i ate !!!

No flavour at all. Every bit of food was bland. The chicken was also very fatty

Good food. Good price. Great service. We'll be back definitely.

Ordered a delivery at 9.40pm Saturday night, my order came to £21.90, at 11pm I rang to see where my order was to be told they had no record of it and the kitchen closed at 10.30pm. They then decided they would make my order and get it delivered bearing in mind I only live a couple of miles away from the restaurant. Order arrived at 11.30pm the driver asked for £25, I refused this and he then decided he would take £22 which I had ready. The food was disgusting and cold, won’t be using them again. Catherine Steers

Came here for a family wedding, can't fault anything. Food was really good quality. Staff were amazing and had a good laugh with us all. Definitely would come again.

The food was amazing and plentiful, the staff were all friendly and attentive, if you are near I would 100% go, you would be missing out if you didn’t

First time ordering from here and it was delicious. Will definitely be ordering again.

The best Indian food for miles and best delivery service. Can't be beaten in my opinion, the chicken tikka starter is to die for. 5 stars from me

The Royal spice is one amazing restaurant and caters for all dietary requirements and they go above and beyond to sort everything out it's a must to try

10 of us went last night and we was seated in a cramped area. We was hemmed in and everyone had to get up just to get out it was terrible. The food was average. The onion bahji was undercooked and tasteless. My chicken pathia was wasn't spicy or hot enough and my sisters chicken tikka was burnt. The staff and owners are lovely and Jess the waitress was excellent .

The food was all cold and the korma was really spicy. Korma shouldn't be that spicy. The vegetables were served in a lot of fat or grease and my partner had a large piece of what he thinks was chilli which he had to spit out because it was so spicy. Neither of us ate the food. The only nice thing was the naan but even that was cold. Very disappointed. Would not return.

very disappointed today after reading the reviews others left. I think they must off been left by staff members I certainly won't be going again. 8 people went and none of us had a good thing to say about it.

The food was inedible!! All the meat tasted off and the yoghurt dip was fizzy on the tongue. Called and spoke to them, got nothing!! Reported to just eat and they did nothing either!! Absolutely disgusting!!

Lovely food would definitely recommend

Absolutely beautiful food with great staff and a brilliant atmosphere highly recommended to anyone who wants the best currys

Go to royal spice for an Indian curry, they are the absolute best, everything is premium, very happy indeed

Myself and wife travelled from Grimsby approx 80 miles away we had the buffet and it was amazing good choice of starters and if i remember 7 mains chicken, meat and veg i tried them all at £11.95 fantastic value . One really good thing is Nan bread is cooked fresh and served steaming hot to your table not left to go soggy on the buffet as in many other places.The staff were great friendly and helpful we will be returning soon thanks Royal spice

Visited here for the buffet that they do on a Sunday. All I can say is WOW ! The value for money is unbelievable. The food was amazing. I’ve had off the menu and the buffet now and both are as good as each other. Can’t wait to return. Keep up the good work

Another great meal here again. Quality food as usual and great staff. Great buffet and all at a good price. Great choice of starters and mains.

Absolutely fantastic food, the chicken tikka starter was succulent and very tasty,the chefs special mix was delightful, I would fully recommend

Returned again to this lovely restaurant. Staff are always great, food was excellent as usual. Very busy on a Friday night so advisable to book. We will be returning.

I've used this restaurant many times and the food has been good or excellent. Not sure what happened with my order yesterday but both curries tasted sour and burnt and floating in fat. We had to bin it. Had to chase restaurant for delivery time as order was running late was told they had influx of orders. Wouldn't have minded the wait if the food had been to usual standard. Disappointed

Absolutely amazing staff, they are very friendly and quickly recognise you and your taste. The food is absolutely spot on, you can ask to make it mild if you prefer.. I can highly recommend the share size naan (they even do half plain / half garlic) Highly recommend this place for a brilliant meal

Disappointing, one of the starters (King Prawn Tikka) was missing and the meals were generally cold. The spinach dish had busted open. Aluminium trays prevented reheating in the microwave. Chapattis were not soft and the nan was partially burnt. I wouldn't order again from here

We visited The Royal Spice for my retirement party with 23 of my colleagues. From arriving all the staff could not have been not been more welcoming and helpful. We had varied mixed starters amongst us - empty plates tell the story. Main courses were all taken from the extensive menu and arrived hot and without delay again empty plates around tell the story. What a farewell night with all my work friends - thank you Royal Spice for making it special . Would I recommend Royal Spice - You bet !

Tonight's food wasn't good and items missed off. Apparently it's a new chef who can't read the order very well. Having said that the delivery guy was wonderful and came back with the missed items and offered sincere apologies.