Three Spices — Restaurant in Rushcliffe

Another cracking meal, first rate service and a warm welcome at Ruddington's "Three Spices" Indian restaurant. Brought back so many happy memories of the magical tastes and smells of India.

We sat under a wall decoration beautifully and tastefully depicting the Taj Mahal and remembered our own dawn visit to that wonderful, magical and indescribably beautiful white marble mausoleum in Agra built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1631. It was in memory of his favourite wife and soul-mate Mumtaz and seemed to be entirely appropriate in the gentle and tasteful atmosphere of the "Three Spices". Unlike the Taj Mahal the "Three Spices" is not awe inspiring from the outside - one can easily walk past it on Easthorpe Street and not notice it - but what a treat you would miss by not going in and sampling the food and the atmosphere!

The Three Spices provides beautifully cooked and presented authentic Indian food and the service is impeccable. Our waiter, as on our last visit, was polite, courteous and efficient - a real professional - and advised us on the various dishes and was hugely knowledgeable about the menu. He made it a meal and a night to remember. What a change from so many English restaurants when one asks the waiter "What's 'the soup of the day?' and he/she looks blank as if one is asking him/her to explain Einstein's Theory of Relativity or discuss the implications for the human race of Schrödinger's Cat - before rushing off saying "I'll ask the Chef"!!!!!

As on our last visit we left feeling that we had not only had a lovely night out and delicious meal but our custom had been appreciated and valued. An absolute pleasure...

We had a table booked for 8pm we got seated 20min late due to how busy they were. We ordered a mild lamb curry for 2 to share with chips rice n bread and 3 tapas meals, when the lamb curry arrived we had high hopes as the looks and flavours were great but the rest of it fell short, the bombay potatoes in a spicy sauce had zero spice served in a tomato and onion base sauce and the bhuna was cooked in exactly the same sauce (not curry base sauce) the only difference was the chicken instead of potatoes, the onion pakora/bhaji were ok, chicken kormas good flavour and mild as you would expect, shredded chicken was like sweet and sour Chinese chicken. We received a bill of £104 after getting charged for drinks we never had, we made them aware it was wrong and received another bill for £84 which still included drinks we never had. We eventually got the correct bill of £63 they had kindly deducted a couple of sundries which I presume was for the short wait. Service was slow considering the restaurant is literally a small room in the back of a pub, staff were really polite and friendly the place had a good atmosphere. For a family of 5 I am use to paying considerably more when we eat out but on this occasion I'm happy this was the final bill to reflect the food...

As ever, excellent food. Parking is a real pain as Ruddington has yellow lines almost everywhere. However, you might get a parking space in the village green, about 3 mins walk away. Take away food and some restaurants can be too 'sloppy'. Three Spices has a thicker, high quality consistency. The nam breads are huge and are definitely made fresh. Service is excellent and has a good atmosphere. There is a separate bar / pub style room where you can meet prior to the meal for a proper drink. The only disappointment is that this time they wanted us to pre-order on their app/website. This caused a bit of confusion with the rice/chips as 10 of us did this separately, so none of us knew who was /had ordered the sides as we normally share. We dont need 10 plates of chips and 10 bowls of rice. Also, two of the pre-orders weren't captured on the app, so we had to order theirs on the night anyway. I understand that pre-order helps them but the system doesn't work very well.

All in all, top quality food at...