Food was decent, not great but certainly not bad. Service was fine, and the ambiance was ok…read more Overall a little better than average Indian food.

Super delicious food. Excellent service…read more All the yum yum you can handle. It's also BYOB

The Spice Lounge Kitchen is in a restaurant desert. Slap bang in the middle of a residential area,…read moreyou'd think that it's got no chance and would be constantly empty; it's not the first place to think of when you fancy some grub. However, despite its odd location I've visited twice and both times it was packed. The food is not the Indian that everyone knows and loves. Gone are the kormas, tikka masalas and vindaloos, replaced instead with popular traditional Indian dishes cooked from scratch by the chefs. A big favourite is the butter chicken, and I've also really enjoyed a lentil daal. The food is light and full of flavour. Portion sizes are not enormous, but they are perfect to fill a hungry tummy. Garlic naan breads are freshly baked and taste wonderful, and rice is fluffy and nomtastic. Service is also good. Maybe a bit too good actually, as waiters frequently pop over to ask if your meal is okay. One waiter made the comment that chefs will prepare any meal that you ask for if the menu isn't to your taste and you just can't go without a balti. It looks like SLK is happy to bend over backwards for its customers, and this, coupled with a really decent curry, is probably why it's so busy!

So this place as history apparently, from what my husband tells me it used to be a dive and a pub…read morewhere a lot of bad people would hang around. Good news the spice lounge has been all done up and the time of the rainbow (what it used to be called) is long gone. The surroundings are modern, the place is huge and caters for functions as well as small tables. I have been a couple times and food has always been nice, the menu could do with a little bit more description as if you are not familiar with Indian food you aren't really sure what you are ordering. Staff there can be a bit mix, all nice especially if you get to meet the owner, a very friendly bubbly man. Though last time we went there although the place was unusually quiet we were received with noisy hoovering (it was 1pm) and a bored waitress who took ages to attend to us despite us being the only one in... Overall i will come back as it is well priced, convenient and nice.

This was the best Indian food I've ever had in my life. The flavor had great depth. Service was…read moregreat. It's good for different group size

The last stellar rating was 3 years ago and that should tell you something. The food is mediocre,…read morebut what really garnered the low score is the shakedown one gets from the staff expecting a big tip for poor service. First we had to wait nearly 20 minutes just to get a waiter to come over to give us water. The food took more than 30 minutes for an appetizer and one main and bread. We were lucky. Both couples seated on either side of us, and who were there when we were seated, were still waiting for their food after us. The place was only 50% full, so not sure why service was so poor. Tables are so close together that you worry that your bottom will clear the table next to you when getting up and down! When the bill finally came, we couldn't wait to leave and pick up what remained of our afternoon. We paid cash to hurry the process, leaving a 10% tip which was generous considering our experience. One of the staff came over took the bill and came back saying that they didn't have a service charge. Yeah, so? He kept repeating that there was no service charge included, so we should consider a larger tip. What a shakedown! BEWARE. This restaurant provides shoddy service, blah food and then will try and embarrass you to give them a hearty tip. Stay away!

good food, friendly staff, handy location, especially prior to events @ nearby townhouse. booking…read moreadvised, especially @ weekends. good value.

Used to go here when I lived in Hamilton many many years ago. Had the pleasure of coming again last…read moreweek. It was absolutely fabulous. Best curry & pakora I've had in years. Biggest naan bread I've ever seen! Only complaint was the waiter took my food away without asking me if I wanted to take the leftovers home. Otherwise service & food was great. Couldn't believe the place had to make a table for us on a Wednesday, that's how busy it was at lunch time!!

Food was tasty...just not very Indian. For example, had a fish appetizer that was excellent…read morebreaded fish. It just didn't have much going for it in the spice department. I also had the Tandoori Chicken which seemed more like it was cooked like fajita chicken rather than in a Tandoori oven. The chicken had more spice, but still pretty understated. The rice and curry were somewhat bland. Lastly I had an order of garlic naan that did not disappoint. Waiter was friendly and responsive--the place was pretty empty. I did watch him picking his nose prior to serving up my meal. Ewww.

Gid likes…read more I eat here all the time and its fantastic. My good friend Oscar owns it. Great food. I love the cuisine.

I wouldn't say this is the best Indian restaurant that l have been to, but certainly not the worst,…read morewe came by on a Sunday where there is a Sunday buffet for under £9.00 per head, good value but authentic tasting definitely not, the food has been definitely adapted for the westerners. The dining area looks like an 80's theme, needs upgrading, or lick of paint, I got lost in the rest rooms and ended up in the dry stores (what the h*ll was someone thinking of putting a dry store in the toilets) as there was three doors to choose from l got the wrong door. There is only a small selection of draught beers available but the ones we got where not cold and they where flat. On the outside, the signage says that they won awards in this curry house but the newest award was over 10 years ago, they are giving themselves bad advertising by doing this.

Clippers was an a-ok Indian restaurant. The food was decent, as others reviewers have said, but…read morethere's definitely better Indian food to be had a drive away in Edinburgh city. I can never resist the creamy, sweet lure of a korma but Clippers' was by no means among the best. The same with the naan. I've had garlic naans just oozing with delicious fresh garlic but, again, Clippers' offering was just an a-okay in the flavours department. For me, the service was lacking because there was a certain pushiness about it all; pushing us for the buffet option, the persistence of 'another?' when it came to drinks; it was just a little much. The waiter even asked me, 'some rosé?' His attempt at person-drink matching was ultimately flawed. - Firstly, I'm a g & t girl and, secondly, I just wasn't in the mood for alcohol. It's daft to presume that everyone is. So, an a-okay by all means. Three stars for Clippers.

Zest pleasantly surprised me. I believe by this point in our trip everyone was a bit on edge so…read morepicking a place to eat was extremely exhausting. We had finally narrowed it down to Indian food but we still couldn't choose a restaurant. I'll be honest my vote was for a different restaurant so I wasn't too excited about going to the place I didn't choose. I know I was being a brat but this review gets better. Because I came in wanted to prove that my choice would have been better (again so bratty). When we walked in everyone working was so nice and friendly they immediately melted my anger away. I ordered the mango lassi to drink and for my entree I got the paneer marsala. Both items were delicious. I do wish I could have controlled the spice a bit more but that could have been on me and I may have misunderstood. This restaurant wasn't the cleanest, it wasn't gross by any means it just seemed like they were short on staff and didn't have time to clean the bathrooms that day. All in all I really came around and had to eat my own words Zest was delicious and I am very glad I lost!!!

Last night in Edinburgh and what a better way to do it then with Indian. We came in for dinner a…read morelittle before 7pm and had no problem getting a table. We of course started checking out the menu which had a number of options. We started with appetizers which we get a number of. We went with the Lovely Garlic Mushrooms, Sabzi Samosa, Chicken Pakora, and the Himalayan Crushed Chilli Chicken which is an entrée but it sounded good so we got it for the table. All the appetizers were good but what really stuck out to me what the Chicken Pakora, and the Himalayan Crushed Chilli Chicken. I had never had Chicken Pakora but it was great. They were perfectly fried so crispy and the batter had so much flavor. Will for sure be getting me Chicken Pakora in the future. The Himalayan Crushed Chilli Chicken was also very good. I will say this is not like the fried Chilli Chicken I have had at other Indian restaurants but this was full of amazing flavor. It's also marked as a Hot dish but it wasn't over powering at all. For my entrée I will say I ended up going pretty basic and went with Chicken Tikka Massalam but it was just calling my name that night. I comes mild but asked if I could get it hot. Our server did look at me like I was crazy but he said they would give it a try. I will say the rest of our party was a little more adventurous. Once my Chicken Tikka Massalam came out I got into it and it was very good. My sister got the Korma with Chicken (at least that's what she ordered) but she was given Korma with Lamb. I tried hers and I liked it even more then my Tikka and she loved my Tikka she we traded. I'm glad I did too. The Lamb so so tender for sure will be doing this more too.I will say we were a little nervous at Zest when first ordering but after our meal everyone talked about how much we enjoyed everything. For sure a good spot for Indian!

Great decor and nice bar n Indian restaurant…read more We were staying right across in VRBO.. and this was a great location .

Cool staff! I am not a lamb lover but the curried lamb chops here were AMAZING! Also had MURGH…read moreCHANDI TIKKA which is Cubes of chicken, marinated with spices and herbs, roasted and served with a special sauce. Very good! This is worth a try! Very good food!