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House of Spices: Restaurant Reviews

Kiponda street, Stone Town 1912, Tanzania
+255242231264
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Ranked #6 of 43 restaurants in Stone Town
Price range: $8 - $15
Cuisines: Mediterranean
Dining options: Breakfast/Brunch, Reservations
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Dining options: Breakfast/Brunch, Reservations
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Sydney, Australia
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28 reviews 28 reviews
5 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 18 cities Reviews in 18 cities
14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
“Good Italian but we thought it was Indian”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 29, 2013

Funnily, we were looking for Indian and thought House of Spices was going to be the place to get it! But it turned out to be Italian. We weren't disappointed though - the pizza was pretty good - probably better than the pasta. Cinamon icecream was also delish!

  • Visited January 2013
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Atmosphere
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Food
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Plymouth, United Kingdom
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Spice tour AMAZING!!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 18, 2013

Brilliant... saw all sorts of spices such as tumeric root which I just knew as a powder in my kitchen at home.. then there were fresh cardeman berries.. the list goes on and oh yes.. cloves.. flowers.. wow!!!

Visited December 2012
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Florence, Italy
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Best Food”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 17, 2013

I loved the menu with food for everybody (I am vegetarian). The food was delicious, healthy, very tasty, and fresh!

Visited January 2013
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84 reviews 84 reviews
8 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 69 cities Reviews in 69 cities
204 helpful votes 204 helpful votes
“Great pizza!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 10, 2013

We had great pizza and calzone here - they have a proper pizza oven and know how to use it!

From the look of it the food here is fairly flash compared to other restaurants in Stonetown (nicely presented etc) but the prices are still reasonable. There are little extras like the fresh pizza style bread served as starters.

The desert (a caramel and vanilla sundae) was pretty average and overpriced for what it was but everything else was great!

The location in one of the alleys of Stonetown makes it better for a daytime meal. It is easy to get lost aound here at the best of times and it can feel a little unsafe at night in the dark alleyways though I don't think it actually was that unsafe.

  • Visited January 2013
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Atmosphere
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Food
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Princes Risborough, United Kingdom
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53 reviews 53 reviews
7 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 25 cities Reviews in 25 cities
31 helpful votes 31 helpful votes
“Good food at good value”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 5, 2013

Nice roof top terrace - serves Pizzas as wlla s more traditional cuisine. May need to make a reservation at peak times.

Visited December 2012
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