The Spices African Restaurant in Manchester

Nice but overcrowded on weekend nights

This restaurant needs to make drastic changes to the cooking staff. I’ve been familiar with this place l for the past 6 years. I use to go there all the time, now I only tend to go once in a while because I have moved out from the area. So at least once a year I come back and I am sorry to say that each time I come back I get sick and I get food poisoning from the food for some reason. This will be my last time ordering from here as I have had enough. They don’t even use spices to cook the food, the soup has no taste just pepper !!

Very Terrible! Don’t buy from here. Their soup tastes really bad

Quality food. Great price. Amazing ambience.

Ogbono soup was terrible, not even cooked properly. Meat was raw, ended up in bin. Souse of the soup was like peper or tomato souce most. Never order again!

Food was great. There was a live-band playing on the night that added some more vibe. Space is quite small with high traffic it could be tight..

Food is on point. The service was slow as we had to wait 2 hours for our food but atmosphere was excellent.

Good food, poor services, hygiene on the top.

Delicious nutritious fresh cooked food. Lovely ambience and staff

Angry and nasty workers that do not have common sense. The food is tasteless and full of oil. I’d give a zero if I could, don’t order from them.

Good nigerian food, friendly host.

Food was delicious!! Restaurant is very modern, clean, friendly staff, afrobeat music playing. Good prices. Only thing is food took a while to come out. Will definitely go back!

Spices is the best African restaurant in Manchester. The staff are polite and the food is fresh.

avoid avoid. the lady on the call is awful and so ugly inside. she is also very rude I would be worried she can spit in my food . AVOID

Best in Moston for African food

So I have been ordering food from here nearly every week. I am very regular customer. So many mistakes has been made by the restaurant regarding my order but I never complaint. Last week I ordered food and again there was a mistake. I was given soup that I didn’t order. I called the restaurant and was promised by the lady on the call that they will give me an extra portion NEXT time I order. She first asked me if I can come and pick it up I explained I can’t travel there now and asked if the restaurant can drop it for me as it’s their fault - lady said they don’t have no one with car to drop it. I accepted that and agreed that next time the restaurant will give me an extra portion free of charge. I was about to place an order so I called them first and asked about the free portion - the lady started to make big issue out of it and unprofessionally another worker got involved commenting in the background. She asked me where is the portion of the wrong soup given to me , I said this didn’t the matter as she never mentioned this portion and she said next time I order I will be given free one. What if I ordered 2 months after, do you expect me to keep that soup for 2 months and bring it back? Is this a joke? I know the owners and they always make it fun in there. The lady who spoken on the phone is very very very RUDE. Spices was my favourite restaurant and place to order food on weekly basis. Now I won’t be ordering from there again…

Absolutely impressed by the newly refurbished restaurant. A class for sure. The drink glasses are clean modern and simply makes your drink even more enjoyable. It kinda take long to be served but very much worth the wait with the Home Made style hot tasty delicious àbùlà. Being their signature dish. No other restaurant in the UK makes it as good as African Spices on Moston Lane 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽

The amala was out of this world. Nigerian by all standard. Well cooked cow leg and shaki😍

I got sick with they food the next day

Beautiful serene with african dish

The food is AMAZING. Had abula with assorted meat. Best one in a long time.

I go here for eba and egusi, the 1st time I went wasn't the best but they do good food as I always go now, they have a club african style on site , music, beer , guiness, it a good place friends. On moston Lane Manchester so drop in an visit friends everybody welcome.

Great place to feel the African vibes

Good food, however, had to wait almost an hour for the food to be ready.

Liked the amala with ewedu and gbegiri soup. Very tasty, the only problem is Spices don't keep to time.

Friendly staff, joyful atmosphere, delicious food.....everyone is welcomed with a smile.....good music too

Thanks not ever coming back.please cook your stew till it's done not just hit up the pepper sauce and think it's ready to be served. It has to be cooked properly and some manners please this is England and not Oshogbo.

Checked online, it's open, happy days. Pay for a taxi from Bolton and it's shut! Called them, left a message, no call back.

Authentic Nigerian food with all kinds of spicy flavours that’ll have craving for more.

Horrible service.. bought jallof rice and plantain.. the plantain was burnt to a crisp. I don't know why they thought it was ok to give me such terrible food..

Very unprofessional phone doesn't get picked up they take your order food takes forever and when it comes not fresh at all typical African

Food is not fresh , hit and miss maybe u might cacth them when they finished cooking. Otherwise its frozen. They never have correct change either. And will intentionally not give you complete change. Cleanliness wise it's ok. Customer service does not exist, except if your agbero or a Marlian no offence. Pepper soup was full of cow poo turn black once microwaved from the shaki not been cleaned well. This is a honest non biased review. @spices you can do better

Food is horrible and staff is unprofessional

Very authentic food. Full of flavour and lots to choose from. Take away service available too .

Small but well looked after, good service

Takes you to raw African tastes and nuances

One of the top nigerian restaurants in moston. Very nice people and the service is excellent,the food is also very nice. I would recomend

Nice place to chill, full of fun and thrilling music to settle down your dish and drinks

Food unbelievable tasty love it!!! 👌😋👍Best best best 👌👌👌

Proper pub, the naija way! Good food and prompt service too. Small home away from home

Can't hear yourself think in this place.

Much like a lot of the more recent comments, very rude staff overshadowing the benefits of trying to order what turned out to be good good for the most part. Trying to support local businesses and enjoy authentic food, however the tone of voice, the uncharming looks and unwelcoming cook push customers out the door. If you're willing to overlook all of this, the jaloff and stew were good. A shame

Good vibes... family friendly atmosphere

Ordered a takeaway from Spice for the first time yesterday: Egusi with assorted meat and a pcs of Fish. The egusi was nice however i would have expected more meat if this is to be considered an adult meal and value for money. instead i got one pc of beef half of it was on the bone very tough, a pcs of tripe which really should have been in bite size pcs and cow foot still on the bone with a whole lots of sauce, this was not a positive first impression especially since i really enjoy Nigerian food and like to support local businesses is this what we should expect fron this type of establishment.

Nice affordable food and good customer service.

I love it so much I would die for it

Stay away from this restaurant. The food is not worth the abuse that comes with the customer service. They failed to acknowledge my order and hung up on me on two occasions when I tried to confirm they got the right order. They prepared the wrong meal and verbally abused me when I refused to pay and collect the food which wasn’t what I ordered. They called my mobile number (which I initially used to place the order) with a landline and when I hung up the call and blocked the number as the lady was shouting at me, she went on to call me with a mobile number to continue the abuse!

Lovely Amala and gbegiri.... Abula toh make sense.

It's one of the best in Manchester!!

Excellent and Superb Restaurant

Been there a few times now. First two tines food was top notch and customer service was fine. Would have scored it 4/5. However would no longer recommend it following my visit yesterday when the food was mediocre and customer service was awful. Very hit and miss!

Love the food, its a nice chilled place to be and the customer service is good and they are very friendly

Good food but too small. Have to but 2 portions.

Home away from home...all food pan _African is just so available. ..the price may put you off but if you just want that taste and feeling of just popping into a bukkah at home and scream 'e fun mi ni amala abi iyan pelu egusi abi ewedu" it's definitely a place for you

love it!great food..great atmosphere!

Good food and environment. Nice staff too

A very cozy, warm and bubbly atmosphere in here, awesome tasty food selection & excellent customer service. A sure recommendation for everyone.

It's where you can enjoy Yoruba best dishes.

Great restaurant and excellent service

Your well prepared African favorites

A lovely place to enjoy yourself.

Makes you miss nothing back home.

Quality African restaurants in Manchester

The food is nice, if you want some good nigerian food spices is the place to be at.👌

Beautiful Atmosphere, Brilliant Food.

Night out not knowing what to expect... Not what I expected....lovely atmosphere ... reminds me of home......

Great hospitality service I really enjoyed my visit.

F*****g rude set of people( no good manners)...food has no taste and the place unkept...need to shut down

Nice place..friendly staff, can be noisy for it proximity to busy Moston lane but a place you never regret going. A touch of 9ja

authentic nigeria food.best in manchester

Lovely and tasty food. Cheapest of all african food. Worth the money for the value. Owners re quiet receptive and socialble. Nice place to visit Africans

Wonderful and lovely food. Lovely atmosphere, Good place to chill and unwind. Recommended ..

Place to chill out with your boys without any fuss.

Lovely place to feel at home with great African food choices.

Horrible service. I walked in to a very rude middle aged woman taking orders. I only asked her what time they closed and she looked at me, hissed and just walked back into their kitchen. Absolutely shocking service. I took it on the chin and ordered a plate of pounded yam with egusi soup. When it arrived it had a fairly stale smell and when I requested for my soup to be changed due to the smell, this same dreadful woman insulted me and told me to get out of the restaurant. May I add that I had already paid, I didn't eat the food and I was told to leave. Of course I left in peace and felt robbed. Moving forward, I'd rather starve than eat there ever.

Paid £12 for one beer and a portion of jerk chicken and beef with rice. I received a small box of rice with one small piece of chicken and one small piece of beef both of which were inedible. I'm not a fussy eater but didn't manage one bite. Never wrote a bad review about any business but I'm Absolutey disgusted and feel like I've just been robbed