Sid's Spice

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#1 of 4 Restaurants in Brora££ - £££, Indian, Asian, Vegetarian friendly

+44 1408 621467+ Add website

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Hours

Sun

16:30 - 20:00

Mon

16:30 - 21:00

Tue

16:30 - 21:00

Wed

16:30 - 21:00

Thu

16:30 - 21:00

Fri

16:30 - 21:00

Sat

16:30 - 21:00

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4.5

339 reviews

#1 of 4 Restaurants in Brora

Travellers' Choice 2024

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Food and ambience

Indian, Asian, Balti, Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options

“Amazing authentic Indian food.”

“... for the old favourites, Jalfrezi and pasanda, Palau rice and a Nan bread.”

“Naan bread good too.”

“... fluffy and heavenly, and the naan bread was to die for, lovely inviting a...”

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1 Station Square Station Square, Brora KW9 6QJ Scotland

+44 1408 621467

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Rated No 2 of all Scotland's Indian Restuarants by the Herald Newspaper Sid's comfortable and spacious Indian restaurant provides Asian dishes to eat in or take away - "Great food and a friendly environment. This is one of the best Asian restaurants that I have eaten at in The Highlands." says a local visitor - our local 'executive' takeaway is very popular and fantastic value! - find the menu on our website.

CUISINES

Indian, Asian, Balti

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options

Meals

Lunch, Dinner

FEATURES

Takeout, Reservations, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Free Wifi, Table Service

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Lancaster52 contributions

Great Food and Friendly Staff

Dec 2019 • family

Had a New Year’s Eve meal here and it didn’t disappoint. Yes - it did take a long time to get our food but the owner was very apologetic and gave us a free round of drinks but you could clearly see how busy they were so I fully understand! The food was worth the wait and was freshly cooked & hot and well presented. There’s a wide variety of dishes on the menu and an English section if you’re not a fan of Indian food. 5/5 would definitely recommend!

Written 1 January 2020

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Shajan

22 contributions

An excellent place for great Indian food.

Jun 2021 • none

We visited Sid's spice in Brora while staying there one night. WE had been travelling the NC500 and this was our 4th stop and as Indian we had been missing home cooked food. This place did not disappoint. we ordered a chicken dish and a veg biryani and it was lovely. The owner had taken time to adapt the dishes to our taste and we really appreciated that. He even included a free dessert, thank you. I look forward to visiting in the future, especially when their refurbed restaurant opens.

Written 13 July 2021

Shedboy

Dundee305 contributions

Super Indian Food

May 2021 • couples

We ordered a couple of meals for takeaway during our stay in Golspie. The food was still piping hot by the time we drove back to Golspie and it was well worth the trip. The lamb tikka balti and south Indian garlic chicken tikka with pilau rice and garlic nan was absolutely delicious. One of the best curries we have tasted for a while. If you are in the area please give it a try we highly recommended it 😋

Written 6 May 2021

Solobay

880 contributions

Average at best but probably lower

Aug 2020 • couples

Ordered online, great experience. Menu really helped selection of dishes to suit our palate and stated desired pick up time. That’s where the good bits ended Got a call to say despite pickup being 45 mins away needed another 15 mins and on arrival still had to wait. At best food was average, very mild despite menu saying otherwise and the Dahl was like thin cheap lentil soup. Coconut rice was like rice and sawdust! Given price was expensive, not great value!

Written 1 September 2020

Amy H

1 contribution

Food quite good but service poor

Jul 2022 • family

Food was quite nice, small- average size portions. Service not great - we had to wait about 45 minutes to get 3 very small bajis then another 45 minutes for our mains meal. Pilau rice seemed awfully like boiled rice. Overall, we were disappointed and it was quite stressful keeping 2 young children entertained while waiting 90 minutes for food.

Written 2 July 2022

679lab

Banbury21 contributions

Absolutely delicious meal out

Apr 2022 • none

We recently visited the restaurant. We found the staff to be friendly, welcoming and the man that served us was helpful when I asked about a dish and he recommended 2 dishes which we ordered. It was nice to hear the restaurant had recently been refurbished whilst closed and it was nice to see it busy and open for business. The food was delicious and full of flavour. The chef came into the restaurant and He was pleased when we complimented him on the food. We can definitely recommend

Written 25 April 2022

Bayble

Isle of Lewis15 contributions

The best curry house in Sutherland

Jun 2022 • none

This place is a breath of fresh air to the gastronauhts of the county and should be wholeheartedly supported by the community and beyond. I was in a party of four and every one of us enjoyed our meal as well as the accompaniments, all served by the most charming waiter on the planet. We'll all be back. Soon.

Written 28 June 2022

Yvonne W

Livingston26 contributions

Wonderful Food & Great Service

Sept 2022 • none

This restaurant came highly recommended from locals and visitors. We were not disappointed, the food is freshly cook and tastes amazing. The staff are very attentive and keen that you enjoy your food and enjoy the experience, We have been twice in a week and hope to return again before the end of our holiday.

Written 7 September 2022

DCGriffith

14 contributions

Very Disappointing

Sept 2020 • none

Pakora comprises 4 meagre pieces per portion. Chicken pakora is chicken in batter. Lamb Rogan Josh was beef. The sauce was old congealed gravy heated up. It was far from fresh and very sweet. King Prawn Kashmiri was King Prawn Korma with bananas. The nan bread was like rubber and was a heated up supermarket nan. Far from clear how this business claims to be second best in Scotland. Suggestion. Try harder. Stop conning your customers.

Written 9 September 2020

Robert D

Alloa6 contributions

Don’t bother going here !

Jun 2024 • couples

Passed this restaurant on way to work site , decided this would be a good place to get our evening meal ! On returning from work we went in and were seated immediately. We studied the menu and decided on what we were going to have . Gave the young male waiter our order. He brought our drinks . Then we waited and waited . Eventually after asking we got our starter . This was chicken pakura as they call it and onion baji ! The chicken pakura was chicken nuggets ! The baji were ok ! When we ordered the meal we were told the tandoori chicken tikka came “dry” and on a sizzle plate . So we ordered a medium curry sauce . The tandoori chicken tikka came on a normal plate which was kind of disappointing and the chicken was cut into small slices,not large chucks of breast like you usually get in Indian restaurants! The amount of chicken was very disappointing also ! No curry sauce arrived and when asked a different waiter said the tikka came dry ! We explained we ordered a sauce ! He disappeared and returned to say the chef was coming ! We continued to eat our meal and as we finished the chef arrived with the sauce and a plate of tikka and said sorry short staffed busy night ! This on the house ! Sauce was to late in coming as we had finished the Nan bread! To sumerise very slow service , inexperienced staff , food quantity miserable and very expensive for what you get ! Very disappointed ☹️! We will not be going back!

Written 13 July 2024

Sheila W

1 contribution

Lovely Indian takeaway

Sept 2020 • friends

Contrary to the last 2 poor reviews, we have just enjoyed a lovely Indian takeaway while visiting Brora. Perhaps the restaurant was just struggling to get up and running again post lock down? We found the portion size of both starters and main courses to be more than adequate. The food tasted fresh and delicious and the service was great. All in all a lovely meal. Thank you Sid's Spice.

Written 18 September 2020

SyedM900

Thank you for this great review - yes - it is challenging post Covid lockdown but our food is always freshly cooked - glad to be appreciated - Sid

Written 1 October 2020

This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Katrina R

4 contributions

Arrogantly priced, bland food. Who on Earth rated this second best Indian? Because it's very very far from it.

Aug 2023 • couples

Their curry's are far from authentic and priced ridiculously. You can get a curry twice this size, 10 times as good and likely buy 2 of them most places for the price you pay for 1 here. Didn't even inform us they add a service charge themselves. We booked a table for 2 so it's not like it was a big booking, I'm happy to tip but how arrogant is it that they do it instead of letting you decide? This place used to be well renound and they boast on their flyers about being the second best rated Indian restaurant in Scotland. Well, I'm guessing whoever rated that has a fairly bland palate or the place used to be good and since they got lazy and let that rating carry them. Because the food was sub par but the prices suggested they actually thought it was worth it which I find even more astonishing. The spice and flavours seem to suggest they think that if you throw a mix of spice together on top of a generic base it might just work...it doesn't. When you have a curry made with care and passion you should have a progression of flavours and spice that compliment and enhance each other. The food we had just seemed like the curry was made with a 'meh that'll do' attitude. My recommendation, if you want a good curry, get the train to wick or go South, get 10 times better food and hey, the money you save compared to their over priced dinner may even be enough to cover your train fair!

Written 20 August 2023

53670

9 contributions

Best vegetarian takeaway

Aug 2021 • couples

We were staying in Brora for 2 nights and ate in our hotel the first night which was ok but nothing special and quite pricey for what it was. As the weather was gorgeous we planned to have a takeaway on the beach the second night and chose Sids Spice as it had such good reviews. I only wish that I could give it more than 5 stars. Granted there was a bit of a wait, but when we got our food we could understand the reason for the queues. We ate probably the best vegetarian takeaway we’ve ever had. We chose the vegetable saagwala, a guji shabzi, lemon cashew rice, tarka dal and naan. All were faultless and the portions were generous. They even threw in some free poppadom. I couldn’t recommend this place more.

Written 27 August 2021

Liv

Aberdeen59 contributions

Absolutely delicious

Sept 2022 • family

Absolutely fantastic meal with a great range of choices. Be sure to inform your server if vegan/dairy free as although the key shows vg I think it’s more that there is an option for it to be vegan. We ordered poppadoms and all 4 dips to start then a vegetable passanda and vegetable gujrati shabzi. We shared a chapati and a boiled rice. The portions were small but being honest I think it was about right for us. If we had been staying closer we would definitely have eaten there a few times on holiday. One thing to note is that they don’t serve alcohol but you are welcome to bring your own.

Written 6 October 2022

Mr-Tax Tax

215 contributions

Whats happened

Sept 2022 • none

We, and other family members, have had carry outs here over the years and always happy to come back. But our last one was very disappointing. Tikka Masala was way to creamy, and very very salty. In fact so salty its all you could taste. The Pathia was also way too creamy and again full of salt. This should be a medium strength dish but no taste of spice at all, just salt. One Nan was tiny, but the other one was so huge it was folded over 3 times to get it into the bag. It all seemed like it was cooked by someone who didnt really know what they were doing. Hopefully this is a one off and we will try again in the hope the usual standard has returned.

Written 13 September 2022