Indian Summer(town) (Spice Lounge (Oxford))

Member Name: MagdaDH

Product:	Spice Lounge (Oxford)
Date:	28/05/09 (25 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: great food, nice decor, helpful staff

Disadvantages: none

In a sentence: Good Value, Vibrant, Modern Indian.

I was introduced to Spice Lounge by my husband's 100 year old grandmother! But the place on Banbury Road is modern and with no flock wallpaper in sight: brown-leather covered dining chairs, reasonably tasteful photos of India and food-related items on the walls, cube-like tables.

The service was welcoming and friendly, and the food, on this and another visit, was excellent, and at reasonable prices, especially for Summertown in Oxford.

The welcome plate of poppadums comes with a selection of lovely sauces, and the curries themselves are few notches above your average Indian local/take away standard: bursting with fresh ingredients, zingy, spicy where necessary and mild when required. The nan was the best I ever tasted.

Both times we came in lunch time, so I can't comment on evening audience, but in the lunchtimes the customers were varied, mostly professional looking, young to middle aged. There was some unobtrusive ambient music and the atmosphere was relaxed but not slobby: smart causal would be the best description.

All in all, excellent place and well worth a try if looking for an Indian in Summertown. They do take away too!

Summary: Good Value, Vibrant Modern Indian.