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Hours
Sun
16:00 - 21:30
Mon
17:00 - 22:00
Tue
17:00 - 22:00
Wed
17:00 - 22:00
Thu
17:00 - 22:00
Fri
17:00 - 23:00
Sat
17:00 - 23:00
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4.5
Travellers' Choice 2023
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PRICE RANGE
€21.00 – €29.00
CUISINES
Indian, Seafood, Grill, Balti
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
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About
The true taste of India The best Indian restaurant in Kilkenny. Using the local food producer and finest ingredients to create rich authentic flavours. For those with pure food indulgence in mind, come next door and sate your desires with our ever-changing internationally and seasonally inspired small plates. We love food, lots of different food, just like you. we promise an intimate and relaxed dining experience that offers something different to local and foreign patrons and ensures you enjoy a memorable food experience every time.
PRICE RANGE
€21.00 – €29.00
CUISINES
Indian, Seafood, Grill, Balti
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
Meals
Dinner, Drinks
FEATURES
Delivery, Takeout, Reservations, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Gift Cards Available
Top 3 reasons to eat here
Sponsored by: Royal Spice Kilkenny
1. Great service, Great food
"Great service, friendly staff, food was out of this world. I love Indian food"
karensL4638SG
2. Real Royal indish
"Fine indish food! Flavourful and complex dishes for a fair price"
Trip64979160065
3. Authentic and amazing
"I have never had such good Indian food here in Kilkenny,"
gurlg2023
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4.5
727 reviews
Excellent
501
Very good
146
Average
47
Poor
18
Terrible
16
Stephen Burke
15 contributions
Favourite Review
Apr 2024 • family
Service and food was brilliant. Onion Bhaji and Bombay aloo as our special combo starter was amazing. Chicken tikka and lamb pasanda was unreal
Written 6 April 2024
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Syed Ahmed
Hi Stephen
Thank you very much for taking time to write about your experience. We are delighted with the feedback.
Best Wishes
Syed and team
Written 23 April 2024
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jossoconnor
County Wexford32 contributions
Jan 2020 • family
Had dinner here after a days racing in Gowran. Highly recommend due to quality of food and for no apparent reason we were presented with 2 x second glasses of wine and a coke, compliments of house! Totally unexpected and not advertised, lovely touch. Food was excellent to boot! Will return.
Written 24 January 2020
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Kate O Brien
Gurgaon District39 contributions
Aug 2020 • friends
Great value on early bird, good portion sizes and tasty food!!!!
Covid precautions in place, and screens were very well done as they looked like decor rather than covid screens. Atmosphere was nice.
Only fault, we wanted a 3 course but the dessert options were very poor for al a carte and early bird worh four options in total and very basic desserts
However overall very enjoyable
Written 10 August 2020
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Ian
Ireland86 contributions
Feb 2020 • couples
Ate here recently on a Saturday night. We were in Kilkenny for the weekend and tried here on a Saturday night. First thing that struck me on walking in was how poor the light was in the restaurant. My partner had to use the light on her phone to check out her food when it game to the table. It was her first Indian experience and unfortunately it was a let down. I’ve had lots of Indian and this was extremely bland and flavourless which is something I thought you could never say about Indian food from my experience. I had the Bhuna with very chewy lamb. There was no spice and no real flavour. My partner had the Biryani and also found it to be bland. Overall it was very disappointing and I would not go back there.
Written 7 March 2020
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sean c
County Kilkenny39 contributions
Sept 2020 • none
ordered food for delivery. to be delivered for 730pm.
called restaurant at 7.45pm and they said it would be with me in 5 minutes.
7 more calls, each time 5 minutes away, eventually arrived 8.30pm
1 hour and 8 calls late!!
Food was muck, just pure awful.
Never never never never again
Written 28 September 2020
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Rhonda Malone
2 contributions
Jun 2020 • solo
Looking for a tasty, reasonably priced Indian restaurant, then look no further. As a family we love eating out here. Cosy atmosphere, great and friendly service. There is a lot of choice to cater for all tastes, adults and children alike. They also serve wine and beer. Due to COVID 19, we were unable to sit in as usual but were pleased when Sayed and team were able to open the doors again to provide a takeaway service. Looking forward to dining in as soon as we are allowed. Wishing you continued success with your business. The Malones
Written 27 July 2020
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michaelab2617
Kilkenny23 contributions
Aug 2022 • couples
Absolutely delicious food my favourite place to get food in town we often get take away, portions are great size and great value. We went for a sit down meal tonight the service was excellent the lady was so Accommodating and friendly. The flavour in the food was just excellent a taste of more 😋 can wait for the next date night will definitely be back
Written 21 August 2022
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Chelsea A
Columbus236 contributions
Apr 2022 • solo
We were here on a Monday and very much enjoyed our meal. Had the kebab appetizer that was very good and entree of tandoori chicken was well spiced and served piping hot. Server was very respectful of allergens and explained that the chips and dip were safe for me, which I really appreciated.
Written 29 April 2022
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uliandree
Wiesbaden29 contributions
Sept 2022 • none
Nice quiet Restaurant with Indian people.
Rice, to be ordered separate and water in small bottles makes it un-nessesary expensive.
The starter, lamb kebab was very tasteful, with very tasty spices, a little bit hot, not too much.
Main dishes had been nice spiced and where a little hot too.
Nice food friendly people!
Written 13 September 2022
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Blessing Obasi
2 contributions
Aug 2020 • couples
Even with the COVID guidelines the restaurant was able to adapt very well to the new normal. The food was delicious and the customer service was impeccable. Hats off to the chef and the friendly waiters. We visited this restaurant 2 years ago and here we are two years later revisiting old memories and making new ones.
Written 25 August 2020
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Ashfak A
Western Ireland7 contributions
Sept 2020 • solo
Awful I had a upset stomach eating 2 days ago king prawn bhuna with rice and nan and drinks. I believe the king prawn were gone of that they served me . Since after that experience I will not ever visit this restaurant as also some of my friends who visits the have said that some staff don't wash there hands properly when they use the lavatory. When the restaurant is busy. Which makes this restaurant an alarm bell on hygiene matters. Eyes can be deceiving please all customers should see how there food is made in kitchen before it comes to table
Written 23 September 2020
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RoyalSpice
Dear Prospective Guest
This review written by one of my relative who has autism and anger issue.
Last few weeks he wrote about my listing and about one of my compititors but managed him to delete. But this time i failed and requested tripadvisor to delete insted they advice me to write review response.
What he wrote it is just unthinkable practice at ROYAL SPICE.
We do wrok hard to give our guest best food and dining experience every single stage.
Best Regards
Sunny
Written 24 September 2020
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neil_dunphy
Dublin15 contributions
Aug 2020 • family
Beautiful fresh food. Pleasant and efficient service. Staff are friendly. Restaurant is clean and hygiene is visibly maintained. Early menu, regular menu and children's menu all offer plenty of variety.
Written 3 August 2020
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M and G
Holywood10 contributions
Sept 2020 • couples
We visited Royal Spice two nights running as part of my 50th birthday celebrations. Both nights were most enjoyable - first night the highlight was the tandoori chicken on the bone which was just beautiful. Second night, we went veggi all the way - Saag Bhaji, Channa Bhaji, Tarka Dall, Aubergine and potato curry (aloo). Service waa excellent as well. Highly recommended.
Written 5 September 2020
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Tracey W
1 contribution
Sept 2020 • none
My wife and I recently dined at Royal Spice. We shared a starter and while it was very nice it did not compare to our main courses which were both excellent. We shared a bottle of Rose wine which was very good and very reasonably priced. The staff were very pleasant and overall we thoroughly enjoyed our experience. Unfortunately, the background music was very unusual. As we were sitting close to a ceiling speaker we couldn't ignore the bizarre mix of MOR music about which we overheard another group comment negatively. At one stage, we had to endure an instrumental version of Silent Night on a saxophone. In September!
Written 5 October 2020
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Jaskaran S
1 contribution
Dec 2023 • friends
Wonderful hosts and Chef personally ensured that the curries are prepared to the taste we expected. Chef also complimentary provided us with a chicken curry which was prepared as if eating at home. Service was quick and so efficient. Quantity was apt.
Thanks to the Chef and Staff!
Written 22 December 2023
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