The Spice Route

Asian restaurant · Connaught Place ·

The Spice Route

Asian restaurant · Connaught Place ·

Visually stunning South East Asian restaurant with exotic spices

Information

The Imperial, Janpath Lane, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India Get directions

₹2,000+

@afar

25,132 Postcards · 3,702 Cities

"Deep Colors Meet Exotic Spices Spice Route is a heavenly experience where deep colors meet exotic spices. Located in the grand Imperial Hotel, I found the restaurant to be one of the most visually stunning places I’ve ever seen. Restaurants in 5-star hotels are generally known to display lavish and extravagant decor, but this restaurant is on a whole new level. It feels as if you have walked into a dark forest with rich gold branches and heavenly waterfalls, and a pervasive aroma of mysterious spices to match. It’s an escape into nature. And it’s not as if the stunning decor is trying to compensate for the poor quality of food. The food is absolutely scrumptious, offering food from all the places that fell under the ancient spice route, from the Malabar Coast of Kerala to the shores of Thailand. I think it’s one of the very few restaurants in Delhi that has amazing Keralan food. The restaurant is really romantic, making it a perfect place for a date. It is very upscale and they are quite serious about implementing a strict dress code. It’s even rated as one of the top restaurants by Condé Nast Traveler. It’s not just a restaurant, it’s an experience!"

The Best Restaurants in India's Golden Triangle

The Spice Route

@afar

25,132 Postcards · 3,702 Cities

The Best Restaurants in Delhi

The Spice Route

Anil J.

Google

So deserving of its high reviews and ratings. The menu is curated superbly by their Master Chefs and caters for all discerning tastes including vegan and allergy sufferers. Set in the majestic Imperial hotel you are wowed from the point of arrival through the amazing hotel Atrium and taken back into colonial times of the Raj as the interior de or is sublime and interior is painted using food colourings too! The meet and greet is considerate and efficient. The dining area superbly laid out and really there's not a bad seat anywhere. The staff are attentive and considerate and offer advice and shows they've been really well trained by management here. The accompanying drinks complement the dining moods and varying spice levels means select by the glass for each course. A worthy winner of its rosettes and definitely in the conversation for Michelin recognition. You won't find a bad plate and your tastebuds will be left tingling with delight. You will be whisked back into the old times of original India. A booking is essential at the usual peak times as a very popular place and we were staying at the hotel when all the EU Commission dignitaries frequented so I'm sure this experience will reverberate to making this place even more popular.

Ravi C.

Google

Just an amazing experience. Better than a 5 star rating. The decor is mind blowing. The detailing is the best I have seen ever in a restaurant anywhere in the world. The service and food are excellent. The atmosphere is transporting. Given it took 7 years to build this its a complete work of art and a labor of love. Excellent evening. Needs to be experienced not read about.

c2u

Google

A great experience as always. Interiors are overwhelming - you can keep admiring them. Service is great. Staff is attentive and polite. The menu is varied but a bit limited. The cocktails are good. Whisky sour was nice. The mango salad was ok. The prawn starter was also ok. As were the noodles.

himanshu Y.

Google

Highly disappointing and discriminatory experience! The restaurant interior is absolutely outstanding and I was back at the Spice Route after a long time so I was really looking forward to my lunch date, however, the entire experience turned out to be a scar which would always remain in my heart. The service staff was absolutely discriminatory towards Non-Whites, we were made to feel this way by their biased service. Right adjacent to us some Brits were having lunch who were looked after so well and asked about the meals and on contrary no one even bothered to ask us about the food, they were not even bothered to serve us the food with standard service or bothered to ask if we might need some cutlery or chopsticks. We opted for vegetarian set menu, the food could have possibly been a saviour but sadly it was so below average and like i said no one was bothered to even ask us how was the food. You’re only welcome if you’re oozing luxury or you gotta have a white skin at the Imperial hotel. I had glimpse of colonial Era in 21st Century by no one else but my fellow India. I felt I really needed to share it.

Sarat V.

Google

My adult daughter’s birthday dinner. Just to set the context, we are from Atlanta GA and had plenty of different Asian cuisines including Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian etc and love them all. So, we were excited to try this restaurant in the Imperial. Unfortunately, the food was a big let down. To be sure, the ambiance is very ornate with intricate carvings, murals and other things. Service was pretty good but a bit slow at times. But the food was a disappointment. For appetizers, we got chicken satay, which was undercooked (not acceptable in a restaurant of this stature and turned us off), pulled mud crab, which was ok but not great and Papaya salad which was good. For entree we had stir fried lamb (or goat not sure) which was ok, but had very gamey flavor, Mamak Baby chicken, which is literally just a bland butterflied and grilled chicken with yellow curry sauce on the side and absolutely had no flavor, Thai green curry vegetable, which is good and mushroom fried rice, which is ok but is a bit sweet. Very disappointed. We did get the creambrule sample and that was interesting. For a restaurant that charges international prices and is in a five star hotel, this food quality is simply disgraceful.

Khalnayik

Google

Good atmosphere and really good service but the food lacked taste and flavour. It reminded me of Indian restaurant in Canada which were catered towards other peoples taste palettes besides Indians. If that that was their aim they did a good job because 90% of guest were international. I gave them 5 starts because i don’t wanna spoil their ratings just because I didn’t like it, i am sure someone who enjoys blank food might.

jaskaran S.

Google

A sheer extravagance for senses and food. We went there for birthday celebration. The first thing you notice as you enter the imperial is sheer opulence and sense of luxury. The resturant is one of many inside the hotel offering cuisine across the world. The resturant is themed asian history with walls depicting painting from central asia. Food menu is well curated with something for everyone. We ordered chicken puffs and kerala side prawans as appetizers. The puffs were just average however prawns were amazing. Next on table was the roasted duck leg, the meat was well cooked and glazed however the salad serverd with it was too salty which spoilt the taste, chicken noodles were amazing and must try. The staff was kind enough to serve us with mango chia pudding when we complained about the duck dish. Over all visit here for sheer sense of royalty and luxury, however food can be a hit and miss.

shyamant raj H.

Google

Wonderful food, magical ambience, and an experience well worth the splurge. The Spice Route at The Imperial is unforgettable.