Burghfield Spices - Reading

No way is this the best in Berkshire. Very average food. My dish did not have enough sauce. The ratio of meat to sauce resulted in a very dry meal.

On a quiet Monday evening we had a brilliant meal at The Burghfield Spices . Great service, welcoming atmosphere, excellent food, you can always tell a good Indian restaurant by the quality of the onion bhajee, crispy on the outside, cooked and soft in the middle. Our main courses were really tasty and good portion size. Highly recommended.

Friends encouraged us to try this takeaway instead of out other favoured local restaurant, stating everything was so fresh, so for our once a month Friday night treat we decided to give it a go. I wish we had just ordered from our reliable trusted restaurant. Poppadum's were rancid and inedible, clearly VERY old fat in the fryer. Pappads were burnt. Mint sauce was watered down so split, the mango chutney was sugary water, also watered down. The Onion salad has very little coriander, no mint and tough. The Nann was undercooked, chewy and insipid, the Tikka Balti had sliced chicken not cubed, but the Tikka Masala had cubed chicken? I have no idea what went wrong, but it was to such an extent I will never ever be ordering again.

Buddy the owner is an exceptional host. Buddy goes above and beyond to make your meal enjoyable. The food is the best authentic meal we have had in reading. There are special evenings with Elvis Mike Mova who has a brilliant voice and entertains all.

Very good food very good prices staff are very pleasant indeed and I will most definitely be back and recommending to many a friend