Spice Of India

Biriani, looks nice but the pepper was cold and completely tasteless. The yellow curry they game me instead of vegetable curry was so bland, it tasted like yellow water. at Spice Of India in Bournemouth

Spice Of India
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Serves meat, vegan options available. Staff are very helpful suggesting vegan dishes when called in advance. Could order vegetable dansak and biryani. One of two locations. Open Mon-Thu 12:00-14:00, Mon-Sun 17:30-22:00, Sat-Sun 12:00-14:00.

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77 Ringwood Rd, Bournemouth, England, BH31 7AB
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First Review by rebeccan1

makingasplash4rescue

Points +123

Vegan

27 Jun 2025

Very bland food - Edit

I had a take away vegan vegetable biryani from here and it was amazing, so I decided to eat in for a special occasion with friends.

I ordered the same, they then told me I had to have a different curry as I was vegan, I thought this was the one I had last time maybe. But no they brought out a dish that had no taste at all, it was like yellow water. And the biryani rice dish had cold tasteless salad items in it and just had no flavour. I always have Biriani but I hated this, and just ate some food because I was hungry.

I can only guess that food is pre prepared as otherwise why couldn't you make a vegan curry.

Also the waiter poured wine from the bottle without asking everyone, so if you are driving he has just poured wine from the bottle you have purchased into your glass and you cannot drink it.

They came over to ask if all was okay, I politely fed back that my curry was really bland and the guy just walked off.

I politely asked why I could not have the two vegetable curries I had had with my takeaway last time. And was told they are not vegan, never have been vegan because they have cream in them, so the person who gave them to me last time, made a mistake.

Couldn't be bothered to complain, just decided not to tip and never come back again.

So if you are vegan, beware of this place

Updated from previous review on 2025-06-27

Pros: Nice decor, Staff friendly

Cons: Food bland, Vegetables not fresh, Confused about veganism

rebeccan1

Points +44

Vegan

16 Oct 2021

My favourite place for Indian - Edit

I'm vegan and have intolerances to garlic and onion so it's rare for me to find somewhere so helpful. At Spice of India they usually have garlic and/or onion in the veg dansak but for me they make a special one without either. They've also made me biryani before but without garlic and onion it was a bit lacking in flavour unsurprisingly! But the veg dansak was incredible.

They have other dishes that are/can be vegan too, but for obvious reasons I've only tried those two.

Pros: Very friendly and helpful staff, Delicious vegetable dansak!

Cons: Not fully vegetarian/vegan