Spiceland

2 Reviews on “Spiceland”

• KrantiKrishna (krantiawelltravelledgourmand)

  Spice land a neighboring restaurant – sits right next to my neighboring door.Paid multiple visits to this casual dine in restaurant with friends.Here is my review about Spice land – that says they specialize in srilankan and Indian fare.Ambiance – 2.5/5A small casual dine in place – with a huge lamp post at the entrance, which is never decorated thoughThe moment you step in you will notice a small bar counter. And a staff with a warm smileThe seating is very minimal and holds up to 30 odd seating capacity.Basic seating options nothing great nor is their ambiance.Food -3/5 (overall)Been here for dinner multiple timesAnd here are the ones we tried Tandoori chicken – 2.5/5The chicken is too dry and lacks spices, and to my surprise they add curry leaves on top of it.At times we see the chicken kept in display and they just reheat it and give it back to us, which is disappointing.At least dishes like tandoori chicken aint done this wayChicken tikka – 1/5 (sad – passable dish)Please just avoid ordering this dish.The chicken breast pieces used to cook chicken tikka are undoubtedly old or too dry,With no marination or seasoning to it.The meat is chewy again! In one word it is disasterThe portions are too less.Ghee dosa – 3/5 (descent one to order)Surprisingly – the dosa is pretty decent but they hardly used any ghee in the dosa, and it was Ghee roast, and the dosa looks pale and not roasted too.The chutney is too bland with no taste, Sambar is better.Vegetable Biryani -3/5The vegetable biryani has loads of spices, veggies cooked wellIt is on a spicier note. So make sure you handle spice well if you are ordering this dish.Chicken Biryani -2.5/5To be honest the chicken biryani is good, the portion is descent and the biryani has loads of spices like cloves, dalchini and bay leaves. The chicken pieces are cooked well.Not the Hyderabad dum biryani though.But at times noticed when they do not have chicken pieces in biryani – they just add chicken from some dry chicken curry, starter and push it across. This is surprising and sad again.Mutton Biryani -2.5/5The biryani rice is good and cooked with basmati rice, the mutton pieces are too small and looks as if it is kheema biryani than a mutton biryani, and some pieces are again chewyThe main problem here is at times the food is descent, at times its below par.They are not consistent in terms of taste.Service -3/5The staff are good and they respond to things and are at least knowledgeable about their menu and what they offer.VFM 3/5The reason I rate them 3 – the staff and prices are not too steepBut when it comes to food – Im not happy or convinced with their style of inconsistency in taste of food which is a major concernThey need to work up the sameKinda skeptical to go back again till they improvise on things!! krantiawelltravelledgourmand.wordpress.com

  April 11, 2019, 8:51 pm

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• Sunita Basak

  Not very good experience…food is average nothing great…the curry seems to b boiled chicken mixed in a gravy…very blunt taste.Had a bad experience yesterday….went for an early dinner takeaway ,the person serving..messed up the order and gave all wrong items in the takeaway…once back home we opened the parcel n was totally upset…Not good they need yo b more attentive than just packing anything tht comes thr way….very annoying…It ruined our dinner and the tastes overall didnot serve the purpose too…..

  October 17, 2017, 2:13 am

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