The Spice Court: "Tasty food, but an off night for service" Top 5 Page for this destination Jaipur Restaurant Tip by 850prc

The Spice Court Restaurant is centrally located in Jaipur, and was recommended to me by a local host representative in the city. The Spice Court advertises itself as a multi-cuisine restaurant, and they also have cultural entertainment in the evening.

The hours of operation are 12.30 - 14.30 for lunch, open for snacks between 15.00 and 18.30. Dinner service is from 19.00 - 22.45.

Let me say this.... we enjoyed the food, the spicing and preparation was excellent. BUT.... we must have picked a bad night to visit. I think they were hosting a large gathering for a tour group, and they'd obviously put all of their efforts into a magnificent five-courser for the guests. Looking back, if I'd realized the situation, I might have just asked them to price me "participation" in the large dinner. The problem was that we were ordering off the menu, and they only "had" about half of the items listed. (Probably because they'd spent so much time putting the big dinner party together) The service for us was kind of an afterthought - they just couldn't seem to decide who was going to be our waiter. It took an inordinate amount of time for our orders to find their way to our table.

The Spice Court has both indoor and outdoor dining space. On our lucky night, it appeared that the only option was to be outdoors - the dining room was pretty much abandoned. Again, we just picked the wrong night. Sigh. Thankfully, it was not too hot outside, although I probably would have chosen indoors if it were available.

At the end of the meal, the manager seemed to understand that we'd been somewhat ignored for the evening, and they gave us a nice round of dessert "on the house". So in closing, let me say this.... the Spice Court has excellent food. Try to find a night that they're really serving dinner and are not tied up with a large group.

As for the cultural entertainment, it's a bit touristy. The big question in all of our minds as it progressed was exactly how many jars can that lady carry on her head at once? <g> The answer appeared to be something like five.

Address: Civil Lines, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Comparison: more expensive than average
Phone: +91 0141-2220202
Price: US$11-20
Rating: 3
Theme: Local
Website: http://spicecourtjaipur.com/index.htm