We came here for dinner with another couple and had really good Indian food with fantastic service! We highly recommend this restaurant!!

We decided to visit Spice of India due to the exceptional reviews given on Trip Advisor. I have to say that after our visit I wondered how Spice of India had received such good reviews. We do not normally eat Indian food on holiday but...as it was an extended trip and a lot of the restaurants were shut on a Sunday we decided to have an Indian meal. We arrived at the restaurant and it was absolutely packed which is obviously a good sign but unfortunately due to this the service was poor as I think it was too busy for the amount of staff who were working there. First of all the drinks that we ordered did not arrive until half way through our meal and even then the drinks arrived at different times!! My girlfriend asked three times for our drinks and hers duly arrived eventually without my drink. We were speechless!! Eventually we asked for a fourth time where my drink was!! The cocktails themselves were very good though and my girlfriend’s cocktail was the best that she had during her holiday (mango flavour). In regards to the food - some of it was very good but some of it was not so good. The very good was the peshwari naan which my girlfriend loved (I thought it was okay). The saffron sauce which the chicken was in was really good. The basmati rice was cooked perfectly. The not so good was the poor standard of chicken in the saffron dish. There was also a small bone in it as well. The Chicken Tikka Masala that I ordered was in fact Chicken Bhuna which is not a curry I am a fan of but it was edible. I did not complain about any of this as my philosophy is i chose to visit this restaurant so there is always an element of a risk and by this stage after the cocktail saga I just wanted to pay up and leave. However when the bill arrived and incidentally it is not a particularly cheap restaurant I was staggered to see what was printed at the bottom of the bill after our poor service. On the bottom of the bill the restaurant actually suggest what tip you should pay ranging from 10% to an unbelievable 30%!! This was in addition to the standard 10% service charge which all restaurants charge in Rodney Bay. I had to raise this issue with the person who took the payment who I presume was the owner or manager. I mentioned my late arrival of my drink but I did not raise any of the other ‘not so good’ points listed above. Taking into account the poor service that we received I wanted to know why the restaurant was suggesting up to 30% tips on their bills. The owner/manager replied that it has been on the bottom of the bill for the past twelve years. His reply was in a slightly bolshie manner in my opinion. He did take one of the cocktails of the final bill but I didn’t want that deducted and I explained that to him. My issue is how can you have suggested percentage tips at the bottom of the bill when the service was poor. I would suggest getting more staff to better the service that the customer gets and then and only then in my opinion you can start even considering putting suggested tips at the bottom of your restaurant bills which would still not be right. My suggestion would be if the product/service produced by the restaurant is very good then the customer will tip accordingly without being prompted by a suggested tip percentage at the bottom of the bill. Incidentally this is the first time in my lifetime that I have seen suggested tips mentioned on a restaurant bill. Other restaurants in Rodney Bay that we ate at Matthew’s Rooftop, Amici and Buzz Seafood and Grill did not have suggested tips at the bottom of their bills!!More

Where do I begin???? This place is AMAZING!!! When you walk through the doors-you immediately know that you’re in for an Experience that’s Mind-Blowing!!! Chef Adile Shawani, his fantastic staff (Tamara, Inzigner, Anthony-just to name a few) caters to you as if you’re the only...Persons in the room! How he manages to not only provide authentic dishes and give you more than you’d expect, is the Reason why I keep going back!!! Hahahahahahaha-and not to mention when I asked “can you make me a special drink…colorful and fun…?!?!”… let’s just say that too was more than I expected…🙃😉…When you’re in Saint Lucia (Rodney Bay) and you’re looking for an atmosphere that’s exciting- food that’s tastefully good and impeccable first class service-PLEASE STOP IN!!! And tell them Dr. Tongie sent you…hahahahahahah!!!More