Spice Lounge — Restaurant in England

Ive been spending money in here since 2019 when I moved to the village, the last time i went in was the other night, i had planned to takeaway and changed my mind and ate in.

But im pretty sure i was ripped off!

My dinner came to £38.50 paid upfront (no surprises there as i usually eat same every time.) But while i was waiting for dinner I had a Bhaji starter & 1 bottle of tonic water, then during dinner i had 2 full glasses of house white wine. So when it came to settling up for the additions mentioned above they charged me £38.40. 1 Onion Bhaji, 1 Tonic water, x2 House white wine. I find it remarkably odd that the additions came to exactly the same as my actual full dinner minus 10p. That would mean the wine was likely at least £10 a glass because i dont know of an Indian anywhere where a Bhaji is over £10 or a bottle of tonic water from schweppes. So total cost for just me was £77 for one small dinner and a couple of glasses of wine, as i said pretty sure i was ripped off!

Also while I dont have any direct issue with the owners son who im on a first name basis with, I do think he's a bit of a chancer and if (like i was) customers are tipsy or drunk I wouldnt put it past him to massage the bill as most people at the end of their night will just pay without examination.

I did think about saying something at the time, but i thought not worth it for the drama, but it does mean ill never eat in there again or drink any alcohol on their premises that might render me not 100% of faculties. If i do buy from there again it will be takeout ONLY, and I may not so thats another regular customer whose...

tasteless.. Usually order take out but stopped this because you get no meat just gravy and when you complain you get, 'we'll speak to the chef' , however usually ok to eat in. This time we are in and it was totally bland and tasteless and just warm with a cold plate, we didn't finish our food it was so bad. We did complain but the usual faff of 'well tell the chef' but we'll still happily make you pay in full even though you left half of it ! Well listen I'd sack this chef and he can go get another career because this one isn't right for him , also this is the same excuse time and time again and now it's boring to be honest, there is clearly an issue here .. I'm local to the village and have been told by others but I make my own decisions... There is a reason this restaurant is no longer packed like it used to be with previous owners ! I'm sure this owner will go in and write himself a positive review with a made up name after this, but please be warned, it's bad so save your money and go to Macdonald's, at least it will taste of something 😞 I never write any reviews so for me to even take 5 minutes out of my life ill never get back must tell...

Delivery 1 hour late, when I called told me 5 mins away, naan, chapatis, onion bhaji all stone cold, rest of food warm at best. Called to complain and told them I would keep food and microwave it but I wasn't happy with service, manager said he would call me back to resolve issue and never did. I sent email, still no response!!! I can't complain about the food it's alway ls nice, but passed 3 or four times, delivery is late (and I don't mean 5 mins) or something is missing from order.... Sort the service out.... Tell the truth on delivery times, don't say 40 mins and take 1hour 50mins..... I'll go to Tadley Tandoori next time just becuase of the...