GURKHA SPICE WINCHESTER — Restaurant in Winchester

Update to our initial review. The Gurkha Spice is now well established and a go to location for locals. The proprietor knows most regulars by name (and there is a hard core of regular take away users as well). We have visited many times now and our experiences have always been really great. The staff are Nepali and are very welcoming but the main reason you go is for the food. Menu items look similar to mainstream ones in a few cases but with more intense, rich flavours. You get taste rather than heat and apparently all ingredients are locally sourced (apart from the Gurkha beer). There are also some unfamiliar dishes which really are worth trying. The Momos are amazing with a zingy taste. The Napalese specials are worth trying (Pork Bhutawa, Masu Pudina, Achari Ghost and Garlic Kukhura in particular). All in all, unpretentious surroundings with amazingly tasty food at good prices. Really worth making a special journey for. A bit on the outskirts if you are visiting Winchester but only a 30 minute walk from the...

Travelled in on the way back to Berkshire..food was a huge disappointment. Asked for a chicken tikka bhutwa. Chicken was dry. Sauce very oily. It was literally served to the table in 10 minutes from my order time and was just plain old dry chicken. My partners shashlik was not good either. One peshwari nan forgotten too that was then rushed out. Garlic nan asked for well done wasn't good either. Sadly the staff didn't listen and it was nowhere near the standard I expect of a Nepalese restuarant. Overall appauling. Can only assume the reviews I read are from people that haven't eaten Nepalese or gurkha cuisine before or they have lost a couple of chefs. Hugely...

I live in Winchester and have a Gurkha spice every weekend. It’s such excellent food, and fairly priced which makes our weekly takeaway the highlight of the week. The chicken dhansak is honestly outstanding, one of the best I have ever had, and I have had a few! All other dishes are brilliant of what I have seen. Always cooked fresh, doesn’t take an age to prepare and always well presented. I haven’t ever had a bad experience since this restaurant became ghurka spice. The owners are welcoming, warm and friendly, and my 4 year old loves going down there for a free chocolate while we wait. You don’t get better than...