We have just received our takeaway, now I'm only complaining about one dish that was the Lamb it was so bad tuff and unedible that I left it and phoned in with my complaint of the worst lamb dish I have ever had. Now they were very apologetic and offered to give me another meal. I have refused their offer and won't be using them again.
Ryan Searle
Visited for the first time for a take away and have been back many times since!Great friendly team, great attention to detail with complex orders!Very good with specific dietary restrictions especially vegan & gluten free. Happy to talk through ingredients and check with the chefs!Will be visiting many times again!Vegetarian options: Wide range of vegetarian/vegan optionsDietary restrictions: Very good with specific dietary restrictions especially vegan & gluten free. Happy to talk through ingredients and check with the chefs!
angel1857
Hadn’t been to this restaurant for a while and decided that as we were in walking distance to Apsley Marina that we would book up a meal there for my birthday, booked online via their website, all confirmed, but when we got there, much to our disappointment it was closed!! Have since found out that it has been closed for sometime and re located, but why still continue to show pics of restaurant at the Marina and why still call it ‘Marina’ spice lounge? all very confusing. Having said that, we did order a takeaway, through ‘just eat’ a few weeks prior and were very impressed with the food and service, just want to warn other potential customers that want to dine in, they are no longer in the beautiful setting of Apsley lock, unless it’s just a refurbishment??
Sadık Işbilen
thought for visitors. very nice corner. Good memory to spend great time.Vegetarian options: There are vegetarian options
Robert Harris
Really great food. The restaurant is now closed and the service has moved to takeaway orders in Old Hemel. New owners of the location are renovating the place - not sure what it will be or when it will open.
Lexie Jordanne
The BEST Indian takeaway I’ve had honestly so happy. Prices are very reasonable and extremely good quality food! The service from the restaurant was second to none, they were so friendly on the phone and although we live in woodhall farm (quite far from the restaurant) they had still delivered within the hour!! Honestly can not fault anything and will definitely be ordering again! Very happy customer :)
Mizza Hall
My birthday (64th) meal out was quite a big letdown. As friendly as the staff were, it’s decent food people eat out for.The pickle tray was fine but all down hill from there. Very greasy flavourless onion bahgees followed. Chicken Dopiaza without any heat was my wife’s choice when it was served with too much heat she set it aside and ate the rice and Nan. My choice was the shank of Lamb but this came with a strange thick sauce where none of the raw spices had been cooked out I just couldn’t eat it. Unfortunately it was a bad choice we made to go to this restaurant.Wheelchair accessibility: Level ground floor restaurant no steps involved.
andy bryant
Having seen an article in hemel today which listed this as the no.1 curry house in the area we thought we'd give it a try.Having tried it, I have to wonder what planet all the people who voted for it are living on.Service was desperately slow, to the point of being comically bad at times. If it was a massive restaurant, or was massively busy i could understand it - but it isn't and it wasn't, there was only a couple of tables occupied. The interior is extremely dated and gives the ambience of eating in a bus or railway terminus.High spot of the terrible service for me was when they brought us 3 bottled cobra beers that we didn't order. They took them away, proceeded to fish the caps out of the bin and then put them back on the bottles and the bottles went into the fridge to be resold to the next unwitting customer. Then they brought us 3 kingfisher beers - which again we hadn't ordered.One of the waiting staff took it on himself to pour my beer into the glass so quickly that it overflowed, leaving me with a glass of 95% froth and a small amount of (now flat) beer. He set my glass onto a saucer as it was overflowing, and then just walked off without saying a word. I had to spend the rest of the meal watching my drink in case he tried to do this again.As for the food, i had the house starter which tasted like tinned curry from a supermarket shelf. My main course actually tasted ok, but was let down by cheap rubbery meat, the rice somehow managed to arrive with a film of grease on it, and the saag paneer had a total of 3 very small pieces of paneer in it.Not the worst dining experience i have ever had, but not far off it. I wouldn't go back if you paid me.
John Wright
Takeaway ordered this week, on arrival the waiter/frjont of house was very polite and welcoming. The food was very nice, lamb biriani was tasty and the lamb tender, the chicken vindaloo was one of the hotter vindaloos I have eaten but great texture on the sauce, the chicken was a little dry though but all round I’d definitely try it again. John from Scunthorpe. 8.5/10
Tony Masters
AVOID Do not order from this rude obnoxious business.Ordered a curry for me and my son on as he was staying over for the evening so decided to treat him to his favourite curry. I ordered through Uber Eats. Once the order arrived I tested our order which was:Chicken MadrasRicePlain naan.I can eat really hot food from Vindaloo/ Naga and even I found this dish ridiculously hot, it made me cough. I called the restaurant to say it was not what we ordered. They agree to send a new dish out. 15 minutes later another person at Marina Spice Lounge called to say it was the right dish. He then told me his chef told him it was a Madras, I asked again for a replacement dish as first agreed which was then refused. I then asked for a refund but was told no but was then told to drop the wrong dish off and they will replace it. I had no transport but then told me to never call again and he hung up.The dish had to be put in the bin. I've reported this shocking business.Totally poor customer service and rude staff. The picture added does not say Madras but was told I am lying.The dish added does not say Madras to me..
Food was very nice, but Manager needs to learn some etiquette. It was like eating out at an eighties style curry house. Great location by the marina.
Nikki Hazelwood
Small, but a great restaurant. Fantastic food and service at a good price in a lovely canal side location. First choice for Indian food every time.
A Cuchy
I could have cried this food was so bad. It was flavourless, zero heat, watery, next to no spices and half our party didn't touch theirs. I usually happily eat any Indian dish given to me but this.. Please don't order from here or if you do, eat in, maybe they'll serve up what the good reviewers are liking.
Angela S
We went for evening meal here , a group 9 . 8 adults and 1 child . What can I say the food , service , and atmosphere was lovely . A really enjoyable evening . 1st time here , but definitely going again .
Boxerdogs1
Whilst I still enjoy this restaurant on my visits when in the area, I cannot believe price now charged for a bottle of Cobra at £6.95. I travel all around the country and inevitably end up in an Indian at least twice a week and this is the most expensive Cobra I have been charged, can’t believe this is justified even at todays cost of living.
We have just received our takeaway, now I'm only complaining about one dish that was the Lamb it was so bad tuff and unedible that I left it and phoned in with my complaint of the worst lamb dish I have ever had. Now they were very apologetic and offered to give me another meal. I have refused their offer and won't be using them again.
Visited for the first time for a take away and have been back many times since!Great friendly team, great attention to detail with complex orders!Very good with specific dietary restrictions especially vegan & gluten free. Happy to talk through ingredients and check with the chefs!Will be visiting many times again!Vegetarian options: Wide range of vegetarian/vegan optionsDietary restrictions: Very good with specific dietary restrictions especially vegan & gluten free. Happy to talk through ingredients and check with the chefs!
Hadn’t been to this restaurant for a while and decided that as we were in walking distance to Apsley Marina that we would book up a meal there for my birthday, booked online via their website, all confirmed, but when we got there, much to our disappointment it was closed!! Have since found out that it has been closed for sometime and re located, but why still continue to show pics of restaurant at the Marina and why still call it ‘Marina’ spice lounge? all very confusing. Having said that, we did order a takeaway, through ‘just eat’ a few weeks prior and were very impressed with the food and service, just want to warn other potential customers that want to dine in, they are no longer in the beautiful setting of Apsley lock, unless it’s just a refurbishment??
thought for visitors. very nice corner. Good memory to spend great time.Vegetarian options: There are vegetarian options
Really great food. The restaurant is now closed and the service has moved to takeaway orders in Old Hemel. New owners of the location are renovating the place - not sure what it will be or when it will open.
The BEST Indian takeaway I’ve had honestly so happy. Prices are very reasonable and extremely good quality food! The service from the restaurant was second to none, they were so friendly on the phone and although we live in woodhall farm (quite far from the restaurant) they had still delivered within the hour!! Honestly can not fault anything and will definitely be ordering again! Very happy customer :)
My birthday (64th) meal out was quite a big letdown. As friendly as the staff were, it’s decent food people eat out for.The pickle tray was fine but all down hill from there. Very greasy flavourless onion bahgees followed. Chicken Dopiaza without any heat was my wife’s choice when it was served with too much heat she set it aside and ate the rice and Nan. My choice was the shank of Lamb but this came with a strange thick sauce where none of the raw spices had been cooked out I just couldn’t eat it. Unfortunately it was a bad choice we made to go to this restaurant.Wheelchair accessibility: Level ground floor restaurant no steps involved.
Having seen an article in hemel today which listed this as the no.1 curry house in the area we thought we'd give it a try.Having tried it, I have to wonder what planet all the people who voted for it are living on.Service was desperately slow, to the point of being comically bad at times. If it was a massive restaurant, or was massively busy i could understand it - but it isn't and it wasn't, there was only a couple of tables occupied. The interior is extremely dated and gives the ambience of eating in a bus or railway terminus.High spot of the terrible service for me was when they brought us 3 bottled cobra beers that we didn't order. They took them away, proceeded to fish the caps out of the bin and then put them back on the bottles and the bottles went into the fridge to be resold to the next unwitting customer. Then they brought us 3 kingfisher beers - which again we hadn't ordered.One of the waiting staff took it on himself to pour my beer into the glass so quickly that it overflowed, leaving me with a glass of 95% froth and a small amount of (now flat) beer. He set my glass onto a saucer as it was overflowing, and then just walked off without saying a word. I had to spend the rest of the meal watching my drink in case he tried to do this again.As for the food, i had the house starter which tasted like tinned curry from a supermarket shelf. My main course actually tasted ok, but was let down by cheap rubbery meat, the rice somehow managed to arrive with a film of grease on it, and the saag paneer had a total of 3 very small pieces of paneer in it.Not the worst dining experience i have ever had, but not far off it. I wouldn't go back if you paid me.
Takeaway ordered this week, on arrival the waiter/frjont of house was very polite and welcoming. The food was very nice, lamb biriani was tasty and the lamb tender, the chicken vindaloo was one of the hotter vindaloos I have eaten but great texture on the sauce, the chicken was a little dry though but all round I’d definitely try it again. John from Scunthorpe. 8.5/10
AVOID Do not order from this rude obnoxious business.Ordered a curry for me and my son on as he was staying over for the evening so decided to treat him to his favourite curry. I ordered through Uber Eats. Once the order arrived I tested our order which was:Chicken MadrasRicePlain naan.I can eat really hot food from Vindaloo/ Naga and even I found this dish ridiculously hot, it made me cough. I called the restaurant to say it was not what we ordered. They agree to send a new dish out. 15 minutes later another person at Marina Spice Lounge called to say it was the right dish. He then told me his chef told him it was a Madras, I asked again for a replacement dish as first agreed which was then refused. I then asked for a refund but was told no but was then told to drop the wrong dish off and they will replace it. I had no transport but then told me to never call again and he hung up.The dish had to be put in the bin. I've reported this shocking business.Totally poor customer service and rude staff. The picture added does not say Madras but was told I am lying.The dish added does not say Madras to me..
Restaurantji Recommends
Food was very nice, but Manager needs to learn some etiquette. It was like eating out at an eighties style curry house. Great location by the marina.
Small, but a great restaurant. Fantastic food and service at a good price in a lovely canal side location. First choice for Indian food every time.
I could have cried this food was so bad. It was flavourless, zero heat, watery, next to no spices and half our party didn't touch theirs. I usually happily eat any Indian dish given to me but this.. Please don't order from here or if you do, eat in, maybe they'll serve up what the good reviewers are liking.
We went for evening meal here , a group 9 . 8 adults and 1 child . What can I say the food , service , and atmosphere was lovely . A really enjoyable evening . 1st time here , but definitely going again .
Whilst I still enjoy this restaurant on my visits when in the area, I cannot believe price now charged for a bottle of Cobra at £6.95. I travel all around the country and inevitably end up in an Indian at least twice a week and this is the most expensive Cobra I have been charged, can’t believe this is justified even at todays cost of living.