Rick H.
Yelp
Hungry, road-weary, and in from out of town on a Friday night when the loveliest of smells caresses our noses. The delightfull smells wafting from JaxSpice. Dinner solved!
We enjoy a lot of Indian and Nepalese food and have a set of "staples" that we order for our first visit at a new restaurant. Tonight that meant chicken tikka masala, tandoori chicken, garlic naan, pass on chicken mommi as deep fried only), and mango lassi.
Ambiance is good, but very loud (busy night combined with club music) - low lighting, but still bright enough to see your dinner partner and your food. Staff was friendly, but haggard even at mid-service. It felt like there may have been some glassware shortages in the kitchen. A good mix of guest tables (2 to 10 tops). Food,though, was slow moving out of the kitchen. Time from seated (pretty quick) to served for us was an hour and several minutes (longer than expected wait to order, longer yet for the food to arrive in comparable situations).
When the food did arrive, we were past being hungry. Tandoori was good. The tikka was a bit on the sweet side and not as hot as we had expected (3 on a scale of 5 cam.put as a 2). The meal might have been very tasty had in arrived when we were ravenous.
Things to know:
* Parking is tight, but roof parking for guests is available and is a good option.
* Spice levels are wobbly - a level of 3 got us a 2.
* Dine with an open evening.