Spice Roots is one of my favourite Indian restaurants! The fish pakora, lamb curry, and garlic naan are a MUST!! I found out about Spice Roots a few months before I moved from Guelph and went about 5 times… I even drove close to 1.5 hours for it! Also, there’s halal options!Dietary restrictions: Halal!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Naan, Tandoori Fish, Chili Fish, Chicken Tikka Masala
Harish RAJPUT (LEPROFESSEUR)
VERY GOOD2024/02/06They have one of the best "Malai Kofta" curry, consistently good. I would call one of the best in Canada. Many people are not able to make this right, this place had it. Here is my review of other items:Malai - one of the Best.Mixed-, I find some of the vegetables could be cooked more to make them smooth rather than having little raw flavour.Dal-, it could have little less salt.Sag-paneer/Spinach - one of the Best.Kadi Pakora / Yogurt curry: 3.5/5 - this also has too much salt, it could have less salt. This is rarely found in restaurant's, try it is good. It could be improved. - very good. - very good.Gazar - very good.Paneer items (kadai paneer, matar paneer, shahi paneer etc.): 4.5/5 - very good. - good. - overall good, I find sometimes it is a bit loud music.They have many items good however they mixed-veg and cauliflower is always consistently undercooked, not very nice. They have been informed about this but we got consistently BAD cauliflower/mixed-veg/aloo-gobi curry. Do NOT take this item.They have a very good affordable buffet as well during lunch time: Tuesday to Friday 11.30AM to 2PM, you can enjoy different curries in a cost effective way.P.S. My reviews are to help people, business owners that they could improve.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
G Clayt
Not great food & terrible service, rude staff.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Peter Jackson
Lunch takeout from the buffet: prompt and helpful service as we made our selections from the good range of dishes available. The food however was not to our taste. Rice, channa and palaak paneer were acceptable, but Aloo Gobi was stale-tasting and too oily for us. Goat curry was too greasy for us. Naan too tough and oily for us. Meal left us feeling bloated and somewhat nauseous.
Food: 2
Service: 5
rajat sharma
Ordered a take out and requested that noodles shouldn’t be super oily as it happened previous time, like they were drizzled with half litre oil after making them. The guy on phone shot us down saying we know what we make and thats how we make.Asked for Manchurian to be mild as kids were to be served the food as well. They made food so freaking spicy that wasn’t even good for adults, had to dump it.If the host is so arrogant and ignorant, why bloody bother even taking orders for take out man. If you guys think you are busy on weekends and care a dime about phone orders, STOP DOING IT.STOP RUINING OTHERS MONEY AND THEIR DINNER.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Matthew Guarino
Really great food, especially the paneer dishes! We were served by a blonde lady that was both very kind and on point with everything. Not a single complaint and will definitely be back next time we’re in the area :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rebecca McDonnell
Updated review: removing some stars because of recent experience. Ordered my typical take out order but when I got home noticed that the container was literally HALF full. Felt like a complete waste of money. Not comparable anymore to other restaurants who offer bigger portions for the same cost. Willing to try it again as its my favourite, but will not hesitate to order elsewhere if it happens again.Spice roots has the best Indian in Guelph. I have been there at least 20 times because the quality of the food is amazing. It is the perfect comfort food. I order a variation of an item on the menu every time and I've never had a problem. They are always happy to accommodate. Everyone I've ever brought here has also adored their food. This is my go-to spot. I have spent the last few months trying other highly rated Indian restaurants in Guelph, just to see if anything could top Spice Roots and and nothing has even remotely compared to the quality and the taste of the food at this restaurant. I am certain, I will never go anywhere else again!
Sindhu Chaudhary
We have been the frequent visitors of this place but today was a really bad experience, the waitress named Gurkiran treated us rudely and demanded for tip. It was very disrespectful of her.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Pooja Devi
Food is so amazing and staff is so friendly
parneet kaur
The food was damn oily. No sufficient salt. It was mostly tomato sauce added in the karahi paneer.
We recently visited Spiceroot for the first time. The service was nice. However, the food taste was not that great. Was more so on the bland side. The most disappointing part was the quantity they served. We ordered a paneer dish, & given the price, the quantity was way too less! I've been to several Indian restaurants in Guelph & other cities too, but the quantity I got here was definitely way less than what I paid for. Personally, I would not visit here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Matt Hickling
Lousy experience last evening on ordering take out. The meal came rather cold, and approximately 20 minutes late. I contacted the restaurant afterwards with regards to this issue, and the fact that one item that we'd ordered (and had been crossed off of the receipt attached to the bag) was not there. No interest to rectify the situation, and not impressed at all.
jesus premraj
Good food and packed very well but didn’t had the required sauces for tandoori’s.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Harneet Singh
Nice spot with interesting decor, good food and courteous service. They have a nice summer patio as well. We tried a mix of tandoor and hakka dishes and all were well-done.
Anu M
We were disappointed last night, we ordered punjabi sabzi and they provided is half cooked sabzi - this is very bad! Think about person is is hungry and goes to eat food which they find half cooked, this is just insane. I hope they improve food.
Spice Roots is one of my favourite Indian restaurants! The fish pakora, lamb curry, and garlic naan are a MUST!! I found out about Spice Roots a few months before I moved from Guelph and went about 5 times… I even drove close to 1.5 hours for it! Also, there’s halal options!Dietary restrictions: Halal!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Naan, Tandoori Fish, Chili Fish, Chicken Tikka Masala
VERY GOOD2024/02/06They have one of the best "Malai Kofta" curry, consistently good. I would call one of the best in Canada. Many people are not able to make this right, this place had it. Here is my review of other items:Malai - one of the Best.Mixed-, I find some of the vegetables could be cooked more to make them smooth rather than having little raw flavour.Dal-, it could have little less salt.Sag-paneer/Spinach - one of the Best.Kadi Pakora / Yogurt curry: 3.5/5 - this also has too much salt, it could have less salt. This is rarely found in restaurant's, try it is good. It could be improved. - very good. - very good.Gazar - very good.Paneer items (kadai paneer, matar paneer, shahi paneer etc.): 4.5/5 - very good. - good. - overall good, I find sometimes it is a bit loud music.They have many items good however they mixed-veg and cauliflower is always consistently undercooked, not very nice. They have been informed about this but we got consistently BAD cauliflower/mixed-veg/aloo-gobi curry. Do NOT take this item.They have a very good affordable buffet as well during lunch time: Tuesday to Friday 11.30AM to 2PM, you can enjoy different curries in a cost effective way.P.S. My reviews are to help people, business owners that they could improve.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Not great food & terrible service, rude staff.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Lunch takeout from the buffet: prompt and helpful service as we made our selections from the good range of dishes available. The food however was not to our taste. Rice, channa and palaak paneer were acceptable, but Aloo Gobi was stale-tasting and too oily for us. Goat curry was too greasy for us. Naan too tough and oily for us. Meal left us feeling bloated and somewhat nauseous.
Food: 2
Service: 5
Ordered a take out and requested that noodles shouldn’t be super oily as it happened previous time, like they were drizzled with half litre oil after making them. The guy on phone shot us down saying we know what we make and thats how we make.Asked for Manchurian to be mild as kids were to be served the food as well. They made food so freaking spicy that wasn’t even good for adults, had to dump it.If the host is so arrogant and ignorant, why bloody bother even taking orders for take out man. If you guys think you are busy on weekends and care a dime about phone orders, STOP DOING IT.STOP RUINING OTHERS MONEY AND THEIR DINNER.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Really great food, especially the paneer dishes! We were served by a blonde lady that was both very kind and on point with everything. Not a single complaint and will definitely be back next time we’re in the area :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Updated review: removing some stars because of recent experience. Ordered my typical take out order but when I got home noticed that the container was literally HALF full. Felt like a complete waste of money. Not comparable anymore to other restaurants who offer bigger portions for the same cost. Willing to try it again as its my favourite, but will not hesitate to order elsewhere if it happens again.Spice roots has the best Indian in Guelph. I have been there at least 20 times because the quality of the food is amazing. It is the perfect comfort food. I order a variation of an item on the menu every time and I've never had a problem. They are always happy to accommodate. Everyone I've ever brought here has also adored their food. This is my go-to spot. I have spent the last few months trying other highly rated Indian restaurants in Guelph, just to see if anything could top Spice Roots and and nothing has even remotely compared to the quality and the taste of the food at this restaurant. I am certain, I will never go anywhere else again!
We have been the frequent visitors of this place but today was a really bad experience, the waitress named Gurkiran treated us rudely and demanded for tip. It was very disrespectful of her.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Food is so amazing and staff is so friendly
The food was damn oily. No sufficient salt. It was mostly tomato sauce added in the karahi paneer.
Food: 1
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
We recently visited Spiceroot for the first time. The service was nice. However, the food taste was not that great. Was more so on the bland side. The most disappointing part was the quantity they served. We ordered a paneer dish, & given the price, the quantity was way too less! I've been to several Indian restaurants in Guelph & other cities too, but the quantity I got here was definitely way less than what I paid for. Personally, I would not visit here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Lousy experience last evening on ordering take out. The meal came rather cold, and approximately 20 minutes late. I contacted the restaurant afterwards with regards to this issue, and the fact that one item that we'd ordered (and had been crossed off of the receipt attached to the bag) was not there. No interest to rectify the situation, and not impressed at all.
Good food and packed very well but didn’t had the required sauces for tandoori’s.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Nice spot with interesting decor, good food and courteous service. They have a nice summer patio as well. We tried a mix of tandoor and hakka dishes and all were well-done.
We were disappointed last night, we ordered punjabi sabzi and they provided is half cooked sabzi - this is very bad! Think about person is is hungry and goes to eat food which they find half cooked, this is just insane. I hope they improve food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1