Visakhapatnam Restaurant Guide> Indian Spice

Text by: Tanya Munshi
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It started out as the only Indian restaurant in Vizag a few months ago; but on a recent visit we were handed a brand new menu card with continental and Chinese dishes adding to the list.

Care has been taken to pick a few speciality cuisines from each section, making the menu a little limited, but it’s really okay. There’s still ample to choose from.

Indian Spice is a terrace restaurant that offers a beautiful view of Vizag at night. Whenever anyone visits a terrace restaurant, they usually opt for a table that gives them the best view and the natural breeze.

But this is not the case with Indian Spice. Unfortunately, thanks to some underlying trend in Vizag, all the best places are taken up by men who're drinking in groups, while young boys huddled together smoking seesha (Rs. 200/- for 1 hours, I am told) along the railing that offers a good view. We did get funny stares as we were the only married couple sitting at a table for dinner with a view; while all the families were clustered at the entrance of the restaurant, under the shade, which gave no view and no breeze at all.

Sadly, this is a trend we have seen in most restaurants in Vizag how families cluster up in one corner while men in large groups come to drink and have a meal, leaving the other families, especially the women folk feeling uncomfortable.

Anyway, coming back to the food; the food is brilliant at Indian Spice. Pudina ki Tikka consisted of soft chicken tikkas served with the most divine mint chutney with a hint of green mango. The Mutton Rogenjosh was well made, however more on the sweeter side.

The staff is courteous, though the restaurant manager was not too keen to offer a 650 ml beer, instead according to him, Indian Spice only had 330ml pint. This is a recent phenomenon we have noticed in several restaurants in Vizag (not sure about the other places), that as if they only seem to have a 330 ml beer as it is obviously more profitable for them, but less economical for the diners.

Indian Spice has a huge potential, if they found another place for the seesha boys and men who only come to drink. It’s supposed to be a family restaurant and not a bar only.

A meal for two at Indian Spice would cost around Rs. 600/-.

Overall Rating:
Ambience - * * * (I'll deduct points for the band of drinking men and seesha boys in the best spots of the restaurant)
Service - * * * *
Presentation of food & drinks - * * * * *
Quantity of food served - * * * * *
Quality of food - * * * * * *
Price - * * * * *

Location:
Fame Restrobar,
Waltair Uplands,
Visakhapatnam - 3

Note- Indian Spice and Rosso are part of the same brand Fame Restrobar.