City Spice - Voted Best Indian Restaurant Brick Lane Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Hands down the best Indian takeaway I've ordered in London."
• "Had the meat Tahli, this was so good as its a great selection of different meat and currys, rice and Naan."
• "The sheek kebab was the best I've had with flavour rather than heat and the lamb balti was spot on."
• "The food was excellent with just the right amount of heat."
• "Every dish that we had was delicious!"
• "The lemon rice, naan, and curries such as mattar paneer were very tasty."
• "The food was delicious - the dupiazza and tikka masala were fantastic."

Cons:

• "Allegedly, there are issues of discrimination against non-white individuals, with overly sweet and colorful, yet flavorless food."
• "The rice biryani is nice looking but has little taste but its better then normal rice."
• "There is no authenticity in the food for the price they charge."
• "The food wasn't fantastic."
• "The rice portions are ridiculously small for the price, the curry’s are filled with more peppers than actual meat/chicken."
• "For my taste all a bit bland, needed more seasoning, more spice..."
• "The food itself was mediocre at best."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was impeccable, accurate, orders taken with advice given freely."
• "Quick service."
• "The staff were brilliant, very friendly and helpful."
• "Friendly, fast, attentive staff and good food."
• "The service was incredible. Friendly, courteous, fast, understanding, and so so so efficient!"
• "The staff were great, we were served quickly but never felt rushed."
• "Our waiter took the time to explain each menu item to us."

Cons:

• "The service was terrible."
• "The service from the manager was despicable, he was on the phone fairly loud in the restaurant among customers."
• "The waiter, surprised we wanted only starters and then maybe a full plate after was super rude and didn't even looked at us while taking orders."
• "The food was slow to arrive, and they didn't bring water even after asking twice."
• "The service was really not pleasant."
• "However the service was rather messy."
• "The waiters are very rude, the starters arrive after the main course have arrived."

Price

Pros:

• "The price was very reasonable and well worth the visit."
• "Reasonably priced on a Sunday - man outside offered 20% off, first round of drinks on the house."
• "Prices good for London."
• "Great prices too, very reasonable for London."
• "Got a good deal on food here."
• "Price was reasonable for London too."
• "Everything was great for a fair price!"

Cons:

• "Prices are a little on the higher side."
• "Visited Red Brick Lane for the first time and was persuaded by the staff to try their Indian cuisine. The service was average, and the taste was just normal. Prices were higher than expected."
• "£21 for a truly below average thali."
• "We were charged £49 for 2 curries, 1 rice, 2 breads and 2 soft drinks.. which was a surprise."
• "I found it was overpriced and not really worth the money."
• "They just add extra money on the bill if they think you didn't order enough."
• "It gets 1 out of 5 because the guy who tried to take our bill cheekily tried to add on an extra £10 per head."

Cleanliness & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Several Covid 19 measures were in place to ensure our safety and comfort."
• "Great covid measures for our safety."
• "The restaurant was clean and nicely decorated."
• "Very managed covid-19 measures. The best thing was sanitizers are present on all the tables."
• "The restaurant was as clean as any I have seen."
• "Very excellent covid 19 measures."
• "Covid 19 measures are very good and satisfactory!!!"

Cons:

• "Before going I was bit concern with the comments in this site regarding to the lack of cleanness but what I found was a very professional service and everything was perfectly clean."
• "The huge mountain of garbage thrown out haphazardly across the road by this restaurant made me wonder what kind of cleanliness and hygiene is practised by the restaurant's workers..."
• "The place is all squashed up and noisy not a nice atmosphere, leave the door open and it’s freezing cold your food goes cold in seconds."
• "Table clothes & dishes could have been nicer & cleaner, as well as the bathroom (which was awful)."
• "Don’t be put off by the rubbish building up in Brick lane."
• "The plates were dirty. They put plates down on the table for us and they were greasy with film, one had curry streaks on it (yellow) and the other bits of rice."
• "Found a strand of hair in my food, which wasn’t great."