Restaurant review - Soho Spice

The friendly and efficient staff
know the menu and are happy to make recommendations and explain dishes
from the extensive menu that prides itself on using only the freshest
ingredients.

The same team that is behind Mela and Chowki
restaurants in the West End took over Soho Spice last year and has only
just reopened the newly made-over venue. The restaurant is well laid
out and centred around the show kitchen – but not obtrusively so,
making it a suitable venue for entertaining clients.

Washed down
with some rather potent cocktails, for starters we opted for the shared
platter that included supremes of chicken – griddle fried chicken
treated with herbs, spices and nuts; MahiMotia -marinated tilapia
fillet, fried with sago; and lamb-mince pattie kebab – stuffed with
minty yoghurt.

For mains, I went for the marinated lamb chops and
my companion went for the prawn curry. Both dishes, without being
spectacular, were enjoyable and ample in size.

The venue also
includes the Spice Lounge, a downstairs cocktail bar which offers an
extensive range of speciality cocktails with an Indian twist and, if
you're up for it after all those kebabs, a dance floor.

Situated
on Wardour Street, and with a large choice of nibbles and meals, Soho
Spice is an ideal lunch, or evening, venue offering something for most
palates.

124-126 Wardour Street, London

Three courses: £18 (excl wine)

3/5

Review by Sheelagh Doyle