The Spicy Affair in Croydon

Visited here with my wife. We had a lovely time together. Each meal we had was delicious, tasty and appetising truly African taste. We even had to do take away. The restaurant is clean and serene with awesome service. Aduane Pa Fie.

Family business. the Food is amazing and served on nice hot plates. Nice clean interior with authentic details of the 400 year old building. The portions are good size and not to big. The staff is professional and made me feel welcome. They provide me some nice suggestions about the surrounding. I will come back definitely. All the best.

Regardless of how tasty the food is, I unfortunately can't excuse the tardiness of never knowing when they're open. Misleading info on Deliveroo, Just Eat and Google. This is Tuesday afternoon and they still aren't open....neither were they open on Wednesday 😡

Made an order over the phone on Friday evening. First time trying this restaurant, food was amazing & fresh. Very much enjoyed and will be returning! The lady who took my order and greeted me had brilliant customer service. Would highly recommend this venue.

Food is absolutely delicious. Portion sizes are generous, friendly staff. Honestly very good authentic Ghanaian food!

Delicious food 😋 just wish the kebab portions came as a pair rather than just one kebab stick for £5.50. However, it is very tasty, spicy and delicious.

The food was delicious and spicy just how I liked it…the customer service was excellent really helpful and accommodating well seasoned Delivery was on time definitely ordering from this restaurant again Thank you

Good food, Good vibes, Great customer service

Friendly staff, good music and good food

The food and customer service were great. The portions were more than reasonable. The spices and favor left me savoring for more. As a traveler and foodie, the Spicy Affair is a restaurant I would love to visit again.

Loved the jollof. Ghana jollof away from Ghana 😍

Really nice food and very large portions. Would definitely go again.

Food specific review: the jollof rice is "not" jollof rice!!

Lovely customer service I enjoyed the service the food was very lovely and all us enjoyed the food and the customer service.

Love the outdoor space at the back

Good food and good customer service

Lovely place good food nice customer service.

Good chill spot. I didn't eat though so can't comment on the food. But overall great experience.

Good food slightly overpriced like most African restaurants, so find it quite and empty all the time I've been there, and wonder if it's not better to price reasonable and get more customers in....hey ho...I might be wrong..... But the food is jolly good

Loved the food! Best African food I’ve had in ages. Really recommend the Jollof rice! (Their coleslaw is divine). Booked here for my mum’s surprise dinner and she enjoyed it aswell. Will definitely continue to come

I found the food here most enjoyable, much better than the sort of curries you can get in places where good flavour and texture are replaced by salt, sugar and hot spice all put into something more like a porridge. Also great in this small restaurant was that one of the main guys there was very pleasant and easy to talk to. Under new management and ownership, with now a great atmosphere in a wonderful location, a short distance from East Croydon Station, with lovely welcoming staff, a brilliant catering team preparing amazing Afro-Caribbean Food. A delicious delight...!!!

Because of the lovely atmosphere , tasty food and good service.

Dreadful service.. we went for a birthday which began at 7.30 the restaurant had our orders 3 weeks in advance.. i got my food at 11pm.. awful service.. never again

Food is top quality! I Recommend it fully

Delicious food. Especially the suya and wings.

2nd time attending this establishment absolutely empty at 8.30pm on a Friday evening excluding 9 yr old child taking pics of my guest and i whilst attempting 2 enjoy a beverage staff unpleasant no knowledge of mixolology or the present modern bar scene menu dissapointed as last time false advertising

Had a great time. Food was delicious so much so I made an effort to come and leave a review. I'm lazy and usually can't be bothered to do anything like this so that is saying something!!

Great food and fantastic service! Will be back soon.

Took my mum & stepdad here for a surprise birthday meal and they loved it! They had the jollof & jerk chicken, my mum tried Banku & Tilapia with shitto & Goat Suya kebabs for starters. The portions were massive and the food was really enjoyable so you definitely get value for money. Everyone I've recommended the restaurant to has never complained. I think it's great for any kind of dining. Also, the ginger shots are a great compliment to your meal!

Me and my friend went there last minute . We both had eghusi soup and pounded yam. Was delicious and tasty. I will definitely go back. And the service was efficient and good.

Very friendly staff. Made my birthday special.

As it's now a Ghanaian restaurant, I can fully rate it's food and I must say it's top notch. The atmosphere is great and cosy. The maître d' was brilliant and quite an entertaining fellow. It is relatively new so the only issue is the fact that its' front is the original design that was used by the previous owners. It does not scream African until you enter. But rest assured, the interior looks splendid and homely. Prices are fair and service very friendly. Highly recommended.

Friendly staff, great food and a very warm atmosphere!

Lovely flavour in food great afro-Caribean resturant definitely recommend it food is lovely and definitely fills u up

I loved the kebab to bits. Tender. Well cooked and mildly spiced. Will visit again!

Amazing food! Real depth of flavour and great selection! Can't wait to go back

Samosa was OK,but asked for roti and got a crumbly don't know what.

lovely restaurant. . food is very tasty and customer service is next to none .. keep the good work up

Under new management and ownership, with now a great atmosphere in a wonderful location, a short distance from East Croydon Station, with lovely welcoming staff, a brilliant catering team preparing amazing Afro-Caribbean Food. A delicious delight...!!!

Poor service ,nasty tastless food and the manager was not keen on solving the problem. White customers are paid more attention to then Indian customers. Never going back again.

Excellent food. Super meat dishes . Had a mixture of vegetarian and meat dishes . Would recommend it thoroughly. Definitely comeback

Fui a este restaurante la semana pasada. Pedimos tanto platos vegetarianos y platos de carne que eran muy sabroso y auténtico. Nos quedamos muy contentos con el servicio. Sin duda volveremos.

Food is amazing and very authentic, not like your standard Indian restaurant. It's very clean and service is good too.

Nicely fitted out restaurant but sadly our takeout food was expensive and very average.

I don't know a single reason , why you waste your money on Bangladeshi dishes on name of Indian restaurant..

Ich mag eigentlich nicht so gerne indisches essen. Ich kannte es bisher aber auch nur aus Köln. Jetzt Sitze ich hier und kann nicht genug bekommen. Das essen ist der Hammer. Super freundlicher service.

This is by far the best Indian restaurant in the area. The food was traditional and tasted amazing. Service was quite good too. I think they are under new management and you can definitely see the difference.

La comida era deliciosa. El servicio era muy bueno. Todo el mundo de nuestro grupo de ocho recomendaría esta pequeña joya altamente. Una bonita decoración.

I had a dinner there along with 5 other friends. Two of them were vegetarians. Some of vegetarian dishes on the menu (which we ordered) were not available at all. 'Delhi Chat' was nice though. The non-vegetarian starter was OKish. The different (Vindaloo and Bombay Masala) non-vegetarian main courses tasted exactly same. The portions were really small and the service needed improvements. The lady taking the orders was friendly, overall I would try somewhere else next and won't be going back.

Although it took time for food to be served it was worth waiting for!Main meal portions enough for one. Chicken tikka dry starter is a must.

its nice restaurent with new managment , wonderful services , and quality of food , the food we ordered come on right time as said and it was perfect , the owner Mr Vishnu Bhai is cool guy , and he is taking care of every little needs of the customer. Thank you so much for nice indian curry after long time.

went with family last saturday 7 pm and we were the only one in there it was deserted.service was fine but the food was awful not spicy as indian food or hot and no heat at all.the chef should not be working there.absolutely bad food would not go back again.nasty

We visited this restaurant with some trepidation, the food was always very good, but customer service was lacking. We found that it is now under new management so hopefully the customer service issues will be resolved. We had a takeaway and tried at least seven dishes, some we had not tried before and some we had not, I am pleased to say all the food was excellent and we will be retuning.

Habiendo probado muchos restaurantes indios en croydon, nos encontramos con picante Affair. Nos quedamos muy impresionados por la comida, su sabor es más cercano a el sabor real india de lejos. norteafricanos curry, panes hindúes, india, china, sizzlers lo que quieras y te lo. No demasiado picante ni demasiado soso, el saldo era perfecto, y también lo era el ambiente y el servicio. El propietario Sachin era extremadamente amable e incluso sugirieron el menú correcta para mí cuando me estaba llevando. En general, fue una experiencia fabulosa.

Today I placed an order on the restuarants own website for a delivery, I placed my order was informed approx 45 for delivery on the site and recieved a email from the restuarant telling me the total cost, so when my food had not arrived 40 mins later my husband called the restuarant to get a eta when our food would arrive..We were asked did you order online??? My husband said yes, we were then told "oh no the online ordering dosnt work and we dont do delivery either" ..How can you run a business like this how will you attract new custom with that attitude ?? No wonder theres hardly anyone in there when ive drove past, if thats the service over the internet-phone I'd hate to see the real thing..I wont be trying this place now, I will stick to what i know ie Chat House, Crown and Pepper and the good old Mirch Masala for a delivery, just thought it would be good to give a local place the opportunity to win me over but unfortunately didnt happen !!

I wouldn't normally write reviews and am only doing so after finding the restaurants details on this site as I wanted to check they were open after Christmas when the extended family voted for a post Christmas meal with flavour. I'm glad to say this restaurant was met with approval by everyone (relief!). The restaurant decor is best described as modern Indian - warm, bright and clean with character (muted Bollywood showing on the TV). The choice on the menu was impressive, suiting our mix veggies and meat eaters. We hadn't heard of many dishes but the waiter (owner?) was happy to provide more details and make recommendations. Service was fantastic - a high chair was provided for our toddler and above anyone's expectation when the house wine was unavailable a more expensive wine on the menu was provided at the same price. Swapping mains for starters was no problem. Some reviewers have said their food was too hot - we stated our preferences when ordering (minimal salt and chilli because my partner was pregnant and our toddler was sharing from our plates) and the food we were served was spot on - fresh and tasty. Beer was served ice cold. Couldn't ask for more.

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Good service and friendly staff BUT, even though we asked for mild curry it was served hotter /spicier than any curry I have ever eaten - I even had a takeaway for my daughter and ordered a korma - it was ridiculously spicy hot. Great if you like very hot food - but not for the faint hearted!

Good food. Clean restaurant and fairly good atmosphere. Strange service though, from a man whose customer service skills leave a lot to be desired.

Visisted here a number of times always great food, lots of flavour, do not use their web site for delivery as it does not work.

I had never been around this area to eat before. Had intended to go to The Glamorgan but being a Friday lunch it was extremely busy and was standing room only. Walked down the road to be faced with a chioce between two Indian restaurants (this one and Peppers). Looked at both the menus in the window and decided on this one. Staff were friendly, drinks were produced quickly and the order taken swiftly. Had a selection of dishes all that were very good. I have to say the dhal stood out as the best dish. All decent quality and full of flavour. Not the best Indian restuarant in Croydon but certainly up there give it a go.

I found the food here most enjoyable, much better than the sort of curries you can get in places where good flavour and texture are replaced by salt, sugar and hot spice all put into something more like a porridge. Also great in this small restaurant was that one of the main guys there was very pleasant and easy to talk to.