Spice Lounge - County Durham

Don't know what but the tikka chicken and the tandoori chicken are absolutely brilliant lately

Excellent service and the food is delicious! One of my favourite places in Durham!

Came in for a table for one. Really chilled vibe and the food was excellent. Highly recommend the chilli rice. Great atmosphere too.

Very good choice of food. Veggie meat dishes excellent. Lovely staff good service. Enjoyed our meal . 2 nights later ordered a takeaway meal and also excellent. Thank you.

Please do not expect good desi food here. The staff and owners are very nice so it pains me to have to write the rest of this review, please accept my apologies in advance. From purely a managerial sense you seem to run an amazing restaurant. Let me preface this by saying my standards are not high, and I assure you I am quite happy eating those tescos indian microwave meals. I have been to spice lounge around 12 13 times for various socials and events and I must say very few dishes here are even remotely passable. Expect bland, over sweetened, and often very strange flavours. I keep going here again and again after reading the reviews and assuming something is wrong with me. Why cant I enjoy these dishes? The service is very nice, attentive, and honestly I have no complaints, the wait staff employed here at the moment are very good. the restaurant and ambience are also quite frankly better than a few few places in durham and the location is excellent. I just cannot recommend the food. Here are a list of items I have ordered over the years which I have had multiple times and would steer clear of: Starters: Onion Bhaji ,Samosa, Paneer Tikka Starter, Hariali Chicken Tikka. Chicken Tikka Starter Mains : Makhani, Madras, Dupiaza, Pasanda, Bhuna, Rogan Josh (In chicken, chicken tikka, lamb, lamb tikka) Biryanis : Chicken and Chicken Tikka Biryani Grills: All. Dishes you should/can order: Naan (the naans are not bad, they are a little thick, I wouldnt go just for naan but its no worse than other places)