Great food, great staff, great local for beer and curry! Have been coming here for years, they make…read moreroom for groups or good for a cheeky casual date night, looking good since refurb although I miss the fish tanks!

Lovely curry house - particularly great for groups. Very friendly staff, always a good atmosphere…read more Good is delicious.

The food is amazing. Excellent and friendly service. They even hold the door open for you…read more Recommend to any one. Not actually eaten in the restaurant. Take away. But the place looks beautiful.

I've always had this as one of the top two Indian restaurants in town (the other is the Spice Club,…read moreunsuprisingly). Excellent food quality & charming interior. Worth the short walk from town any time.

Have to agree with Simon, the best curry experience in Tunbridge Wells for sure - have been here…read moreloads of times and never disappointed. The round tables with glass tops and little Indian memorabilia are great!

As the chairman of our company 'Curry Club' we booked in as none of us had previously been (!) and…read morewanted an 'unknown' venue to try for our inaugural night out. The service was very accommodating given the strange rituals we were performing (checking the colour of the obligatory Tikka Masala using a pantone reference chart, testing the poppadums by dropping a pound coin through them etc). The presence of the club secretary taking minutes throughout and the number of photos we took were all taken in their stride. Reasonably priced good ambience and easily earning 4 out of 5 stars. (I'll hopefully be back tonight, with the family, in attempt to wean them off the Kirthon.)

WENT AGAIN RECENTLY & HAD A POOR MEAL TUESDAY NIGHT, CONSEQUENTLY, I'M DOCKING A STAR!' ANYWAY…read more.... HERE'S THE ORIGINAL REVIEW. An especially wet Saturday night called for a curry in town and gave an ideal opportunity to test out The Raj Pavilion. TW's worst Qyper legrandflaneur was due to be in attendance but cried off because he 'didn't feel awake enough' and so we soldiered on accordingly and were well rewarded for our staying (out) power. The Raj occupies that happy place between the Gastro-type Indian joints with their poncey nouveau cuisine menus and the 1970s stragglers with their flock wallpaper and prawn cocktail starters. I liked it. They had a blessedly short menu and whilst we hoovered up a fair run of grub, all of it was fresh, oil free and fierily tasty. I had king prawn rogan josh which was solid and a mate eat a herby Goan chilli chicken than was fantastic. The garlic naan will be with me for days and the side dishes were tasty too. What was impressive was that the head waiter came over to discuss each dish with us later. I'm glad I'd paid attention!!! He really cared & was keen to talk about their origins and preparation too. Nice one. I notice they do a Tuesday night starter/main/veg/rice combo for £9.95 per person. Worth a go!!!

Popped in to this slightly-out-of-town restaurant to get my monthly Indian hit hoping to finally…read morefind a change-out-of-twenty pounds-including-drinks place in TW. Well..........here it is!!! Beyond removing the flock wallpaper, The Spice is still very much the 70s/80s generic Indian I remember as a boy. All the old faves were on a menu alongside a grid of various meats and sauces which allowed you to get what you wanted in an uncomplicated fashion. It felt like a local or village restaurant in that they were running a healthy take away trade alongside a client base of the more regular TW people. Pleasant service, tasty and unstodgy. Nothing fancy but does the job............. Special mention must be given to TWs newest Qyper 'legrandflaneur' who was due to attend: True to his name, he didn't get up in time to make it!!!!!!! Truly an idle idol !!!!

I don't often give five star reviews so why is this restaurant different?…read moreIt's not the slightly nostalgic decor that takes you back to your first memories of eating a curry, it isn't the traditional smart dress and polite friendly manner of the staff even though their knowledge of the menu and courteous manners make them much more personal than any old Indian restaurant. For me, it's the attentiveness and quality of the food, their ability to make a curry however you want it, the fact nothing is too much trouble for them and the specials they come up with occasionally surprise the most experienced curry eater. This little out of the way friendly eatery has a special place in my heart and I will be coming here until I'm old and grey. Try the shatkora for an interesting change or the lamb naga if you like heat. Don't be bashful about asking questions, these guys love to help, if you don't see your favourite on the menu, ask them. Well done the spice team, keep up The good work

Love this place. Been coming for well over 25 years now. Always a great curry, good value, friendly…read moreservice and good Indian beers. Love chicken kazana and chicken Hyderabad.

Lalipu is a long established Indian restaurant in Southborough. I can thoroughly recommend their…read moretandoori chicken, I often have it to take home. I haven't had a meal there for some time so my rating is based on their take out service.

Not heard of the Officers Mess - thanks for that. The…read moreservice probably suffers from the (somewhat) overly polite staff. It does tend to dampen the atmos a bit. Then again - this doesnt seem to be on the fourpintsandacurry trail - so an excellent place to enjoy very good food with friends. Look out for the amazingly good value lunch offers - I've been with my Indian pal Del and he was more than satisfied with the quality of the food - and he's a picky bugger at the best of times!

Hearty, interesting food served by extremely polite & friendly staff. It is in a relatively quiet…read morelocation at the end of Church Road (Trinity etc etc) but well worth a visit. The decor is fairly spartan for what it's worth.