Southern Spice - San Mateo

I don't know how this place isn't packed full of patrons!! I didn't take photos because we wolfed the food down too fast. We ordered a cauliflower tapas dish, chicken tikka masala, and a tandoori chicken. Everything was delicious!! The server was great as well, and the food came out pretty quickly. We'll be back!

How is it that this place have high ratings is beyond me. We were fooled by the rating and the cute swings It was four of us visiting this restaurant for the first time and we were all equally disappointed and reminded us to stick to mom and pops indian restaurants. Butter chicken and Tikka was the blandest indian food we have ever had. We asked for chilis on the side and something to make it more flavorful and to give it that real indian spiciness that we're used to The sauce was super watery, just awful!!Very, very disappointing indian food. Place was also empty, so maybe our food was cooked from frozen? Waste of Money.

Saag and chicken tikka masala were so good! Love that they came with rice. Naan was also very soft and tasty. The Biryani was good but very spicy for us. The man who served us was not very friendly or attentive. I had to get up to get my own box. The place was super cute (love the swing chairs! but empty when we went. I'm worried they might not make it. This location has gone through about 3 restaurants in recent years. Nothing seems to stick. Their food is good so if they can improve their service and do some marketing to get more people in the door, this would be a great place!

I was at the gym and craving Indian food and I found this place on Yelp. How it has a the rating it has is astounding to me. I have never and I mean ever had worse, cheaper quality garbage with less flavor. I threw most of it away as it was tasteless mushy soggy trash. I had the butter chicken and it was a watery pinkish color with zero spice or flavor. Trader Joe's frozen is better. The chicken 65 was wet and soggy and also completely tasteless. Even the simplest thing to cook tandoori chicken was bland. What a waste of money. I'll stick with curry up which is two doors down.

Been here twice now. Both times I enjoyed my overall experience here. Tried many of the Veggie Starters- the cauliflower kempu, crispy chilli paratha and the ginger fried idly were great. For the main both times I got the jackfruit biriyani. I have never had jackfruit biriyani and it was a really interesting dish. Great flavours and quite filling! All in all it was a great experience :