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What a wonderful little cafe, the food was excellent and the staff were so very friendly and accommodating.

Lovely festive xmas bap & mulled wine. Very friendly happy staff & cozy cafe. Will visit again when we're back in the town.

Brilliant family enterprise, serving lovely food with a willing smile... Will call in again when I'm down again. Such a pleasant team of staff...

Second visit to this attractive cafe that sits behind one of the main carparks on/near the towans. We chatted outside as they got ready to open and then found a comfy seat inside with a great view. Ordering was easy, the menu is small but has something for everyone and they also cooked us a dish not on the menu which I always find is the mark of hospitality and good customer service. Food was fresh, hot and the St Ewe eggs were delicious!

Visited for a birthday. Excellent service and food.

Love everything about this place. Pub vibe downstairs, food upstairs. Lush terrace, super friendly. Thanks!!

Decided to book a table after enjoying a takeaway from here. We were so disappointed in the level of service. When we walked in, a waiter was seating a table of 4, he took their coats, made a fuss of them, the usual stuff. A different waiter dealt with us. When I said I had a booking for a table of 2, he mumbled something I thought I hadn’t quite heard properly. But I had heard perfectly well. When I said “Pardon?”, he waved his hand in the direction of the toilet & said “In the corner.” No friendly smile, no offer to take our coats, no taking us to our seat, basically no service whatsoever. When the poppadoms arrived, they checked on us a ridiculous amount of times to see if we were ready for mains, to the point it made my daughter feel very uncomfortable, like she had to hurry up. Once the mains arrived it was back to ignoring us so although we wanted to order more cocktails, trying to catch the attention of a waiter was impossible so we only had the one. It wasn’t the greatest so no loss there. The food was delicious, the sag aloo was a little bland but the rest of the food, I can’t fault. It really is as good as people say. When we left, nobody said goodbye or thank you for coming etc, I have honestly never felt as unwelcome in a restaurant as I have in the Spice Merchant. Awesome food, terrible service ruined our evening so won’t be going back I’m afraid.

Really nice food! Well recommended

Excellent service friendly atmosphere, exceptional food value for money Wonderful staff

Lovely place with plenty of seating. Food and drinks are very well presented and displayed. Staff are very helpful and friendly 🙂

This place has shut down Didn’t even tell Google it’s closed

Food home made and taste good. Went with daughter and grandkids good value.

I had the arancini and beef pasta, both excellent. But the mushroom pasta was way too salty. They accepted it was a ‘bad batch’ and gave us a complimentary dessert. Service was great!

The food was amazing as always!

Good pizza and ice cream sundae. Friendly staff.