The Spice Pavilion

Thurday nights meeting at the Theosophical Society in Great King Street, then off to meet mine host Christina for our regular Thursday night meal. It is the highlight of the week. Wonderful food, excellent hospitality from Christina and her staff. We have almost been right through the menu. Good news it will soon be time to start and work our way through again. I certainly agree with the earlier posting about the vegeterain otpions. I am not a vegeterain either, but they are wonderful. We regularly take guests there and they all rave about it. We can't all be wrong can we? By far the best curry house in the area. I don't do reviews and this is not a fake one. I just read curry connaisseur's review and had to take issue. Maybe if he could spell connoisseur it would appear more credible. I wonder who is faking it here? perhaps a rival who can't keep up. Who knows but food is A1.

Had a fantastic meal at The Spice Pavilion on 17 Aug 2012. Based in a New Town basement, it eschews the twee fixtures and fittings that normally scream ‘Indian!’ However, in the interest of balance, I should not that the waiters were dressed in slightly twee tartan waistcoats and the phraseology of the menu is a little eccentric. The only complaint I’d have of the stylish but cosy interior was that, on the muggy evening we arrived, it was uncomfortably warm. Fortunately we were seated by a window which we were able to open. The food was great, amazing flavours and all clearly freshly made. There were none of the oily bowls of indiscriminate gloop that all too many Indian restaurants churn out. A particular highlight was the ‘Atishi lamb chops’; deliciously tender chucks of spiced meat that had me gnawing every last scrap off the bone. Three courses for two people, including a nice bottle of viognier for £17 (house wines start at £13), came to £63. I left trying to plan when we can go back.

To 'curry connaisseur' - your review looks like it's trying to sabotage one of Edinburgh's finest Indian Restaurants.

I have now been eating here for two years and have no complaints to do with the surroundings, the food, the service etc.

In fact, The List recently 'hit listed' this restaurant as one of the best in Edinburgh.

I am not vegetarian, but the non-meat dishes served here are out of this world.
I'll continue to eat here and enjoy the owner's hospitality and great cooking.

" Are you guys for real ?"
As i had a meeting on the west side of town..I decided to meet my wife after work and get some food. we decided to go indian and headed for spice pavillions as we have tried most indian restaurant in edinburgh..
It felt claustrophobic and like enclosed in a box...my friend had told me not to bother going there as he rated it as mediocre..restaurant was quiet as it was early evening. we were given poppadums on the house
the food i just dont know what to say...the curries were greasy and utter crap and the naan bread had so much raw garlic buter on it...as we ate my wife was laughing and sighed are we jinxed or what..she even spat the chicken in her napkin...and was not willing to eat any more...we paid for the bills and headed to cafe andaluz where we continued our evening...and ordered two of their garlic bread and cheese..Now folks i travel a lot especially to london and i have to say that edinburgh does not have very good traditional indian restaurant only a few..the food was better than what kushis served. but was just atrocious. good luck to them..but folk stop writing fake reviews..

I love curry, I have eaten a lot of curries from a lot of different places, but in my entire entire life i have never eaten a Chicken Vindaloo as wonderful as the one served to me tonight at the Spice Pavilion. Put simply, its the best curry i have ever eaten!
Add the brilliant service, friendly staff and comfortable surroundings and we have ourselves are ruddy marvelous dining experience. I will be back!

Beautiful. Absolutely fresh, well judged dishes done to perfection. Really nice, friendly woman owner serving. Highly recommended.

We took a chance and ate here last night after seeing a review in The List. There were four of us, one of whom is a veggie. Every dish was delicious. We had two chicken dishes, a lamb dish and a paneer veggie main. The sauces were all rich ad tasty and decidedly different from one another. The spice levels were perfect. In addition we ordered 4 vegetable sides (potatoes, cauliflower, lentils and okra). Again, can't fault any of them. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I woke up this morning wishing I had some leftovers for breakfast! That doesn't happen very much when I go out to eat. I am already looking for an excuse to go back.

This Indian is absolutely amazing. The quality of food is superb and after eating at one specific Edinburgh Indian for years, I was reluctant to even try this one, but my friend insisted and now I have eaten here 4 times and wouldn't go anywhere else. Sumptious surroundings, pleasant and efficient staff. Portions are large and prices average for eating in the New Town. Can't recommend highly enough - check out their reviews elsewhere till there's more on here, no one has a bad word to say about them.