Spice Merchants

Went for diner on a sunday evening (on the London Marathon day). We went in despite the fact that there was NO other customers. In a nutshell:

-pushy up selling attitude throughout the meal

- dishes on the smallish end of scale but fairly tasty

- weird waiter stayed stationned one table behind us for the whole mean looking out through the window

- waiter could not understand the simple instruction of bringing us some chilly oil, powder or flakes. Instead he brought us some raw chillies. Well it might technically be better for what ever culinary reason but if a customer asks for powder, why argue?

In summary, go there if you are starving otherwise, you get better value from a ready meal from Tesco.
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Food 7 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 4
Saturday, May 03, 2008

We just had a Xmas lunch there

Great value without compromising on great food and very easy to get to, right by WestFerry DLR station! We will head there more regularly for quality Indian food!
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Ian
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Went to Spice Merchants for the first time with Friends last night. Nice place, good service but food ok. We had three varied dishes but the underlying problem seemed to be flavouring.

Nothing stood out as great with one of the dishes being like a hybrid home-made style.

I have to say however quality of food is good but I prefer the orginal East end places that get the taste correct.
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James B
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Food 5 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 5
Friday, November 09, 2007

She forgot to mention one very slight negative, the ghoulish ultra-violet light which I found very disturbing. If you dropped your cash on the floor you would quickly be able to identify any fakes!! Saves the cost of a scanner!

However, food was fantastic. Nice to see a Lamb shank in all its glory served in an indian restaurant. Great food and good value for money.
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Robert Donelan - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 10
Thursday, February 22, 2007

This is place is just perfect: the food is great, the service is excellent and it's located just few steps from where the DLR stops!
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Betty Rooney - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Spice Merchants is the best Indian restaurant in WORLD!!!

My husband and I have had Indian food in many different countries and Spice Merchants is by far, our favourite place. The food is amazing, and service is even better!
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Jennie and Mat Megens
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, January 18, 2007

I love this place, the atmosphere is brilliant, the ataff are very attentive and the food is to die for.
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Rimi Shah
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, December 27, 2006

I'm a regular at this restaurant along with many of my colleagues. I have to say Spice Merchants is one of the best restaurants around. The food is delicious, well presented and service is fab! Highly recommended!
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Nadeem Mohammed
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, December 02, 2006

Wonderful place. great food. unique and worth it. Very quick service and plenty of dishes
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Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Saturday, December 02, 2006

To begin with it's a nice Indian Restaurant to visit.I would suggest you to skip the starters and go straight to the main course if you are a Pure Vegeterian...the food is tasty and ingredients used are of good quality..not forgetting its well presented...there lunch deal seems to be a good one...
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Tanishqa Dua
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, October 13, 2006