The best restaurants serving Asian food in Winchester South East

What a find! We were so lucky to have stumbled apon thus restaurant whilst visiting the Christmas markets. Delicious, freshly prepared food and excellent, friendly service.

Looking for a light bite at lunch time and found Marse. We all had the combo bowl, every different item was delicious and we all struggled to find a favourite. On balance mine was the summer roll. We managed to sit outside and the service was with a smile. We will return next time we are in Winchester, it was a real flavour treat.

Lovely food!! Great people driving the customer experience with live! We will be back.

Read the reviews and wanted to try the place out. Not disappointed. The place was busy (large group before me) and I hadn't booked but that was no problem. Had the (traditional) 2 poppadom starter, with sides and a kingfisher beer. Very promptly served and I was asked if I wanted my main meal about 15 minutes after ordering it. Really nice touch and no pressure when I said no. My main meal was chicken chilli masala, house special rice, stuffed naan and some lime pickles. It was very good and plenty of it. I was, then, offered a traditional complimentary dessert, I think called 'shamai', the explanation was that it was a sort of spaghetti wheat, well cooked with sweet milk and spices. Well worth trying! The meal was really well cooked, delicious and the staff were very attentive. Very well worth a visit. The cost was £38 so a bit pricy but very good.

We went for lunch on a Saturday (the day being important) and ended up walking away without even reaching our table. We'd booked a table for 2pm on the understanding that the restaurant would be open all afternoon - I've cut and pasted the following from their website 2 minutes ago ...... Saturday - Open All Day 12-10 pm We arrived 15 mins late, for which we apologised, and were told that the kitchen was closing shortly and we'd have to be out of the restaurant by 3pm as it closed at that time on a Saturday. So that gave us approx 30 minutes to order, eat and pay. That obviously wasn't going to happen so we left and found somewhere else to eat. This clearly isn't the first time this has happened as the lady on the reception desk told us she's told the owner several times that the website opening hours need changing. The booking system also seems to allow bookings up to 2.4 5pm on Saturdays, so something really is amiss. If we'd made a special visit to Winchester just to eat at this restaurant we'd have kicked up more of a stink. As it was we were just really frustrated and annoyed at having to find somewhere else last minute.

We ordered Pad Thai, Sashimi, Curry Prawns and Curry Beef. They were all fantastic! My three year old son loves the Pad Thai. The service was also excellent. Will definitely come again.

We've ordered a takeaway from this restaurant 3 times. The first time it was ok, the second time it was really good, but the third time will ensure we never order from here again. The pork in the sui mai dumplings was completely raw and the chow mein noodles had no flavour, despite opting for spice. The spring rolls were also soggy. But mainly it was the raw meat... 🤢

We have had take away from here before but the dining experience was wonderful Great service, Food was fantastic and beautifully presented Lovely atmosphere Quality of the food was exquisite

First time visiting. Nice venue and a very good atmosphere Staff v friendly . Food was very average . Wouldn’t rush back.

Thought this would be an excellent choice for lunch,but unfortunately this was not the case. From the moment we arrived the greeter tried to explain how things worked but we could not understand him nor did he want to repeat himself. He just kept scribbling on the paper on our table. Despite asking for large drinks they seemed to be small glasses. The food we ordered was well cooked, good quality and enjoyable.overall disappointing service and drinks and unlikely to comeback to this particular restaurant.

Best Indian but don't no if it's still open 😞

We've been to Giggling Squid a few times and it's a shame that it seems to have gone downhill. We arrived on time and were left stood waiting for our table for 15minutes even though the restaurant wasn't full. Once sat down, we waited an hour for our starters which was a sharing platter, so I asked if we could have plates to eat from. The waiter never came back with them! Watching the staff, there were plenty working, but you could tell most didn't really want to be there! Food was cold when it came out and was a disappointment. The Manager was really good about it at the end and did give us 15% discount, but at the moment we probably won't return when there are so many restaurants to choose from in Winchester.

Oh don’t even get me started I loved this place top and bottom my friend lives there and the curry’s I got was so sweet and tasty but one faulter was the fact it took sooooo long😩 it was nice though and the food was pleasing