Spice Oven - Reading
AVN Score: 2.6
Omnivore Indian Restaurant
The Spice Oven has stood out from Reading's other Indian restaurants by it unusual menu, good cooking and smart surroundings, including an indoor water garden! The Spice Oven has recently extended its menu to include cuisines from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Italy, Spain, French as well as your favourite South India dishes.
The restaurant is very keen to cater for the vegetarian and vegan market and as such boasts the most impressively food labelling of any restuarant in Reading. Dish are very clearly marked as suitable for vegetarians or vegans, glutten-free, diary-free and nut-free. They also cleary grade the spiceness of dishes so for those who fear the unexpected firey dish, fear not.
Many of the staff are vegetarian and the owners lean in the direction of being vegan.
The Spice Oven has many times been very supportive of our group including organising great group events at the restaurant, donating prizes and helping at veggie events, such as the Viva Roadshow. Please return their generosity with your custom - you win both ways!
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Address
2- 4 Church Street, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, UK, RG4 8AT
Directions
Easy to walk to from Reading town centre - cross the Thames using Caversham Bridge and you'll find the Spice Oven at the traffic lights on the other side.
Phone
0118 948 1000
Web
Open
Sun: 12:30-15:30, 17:00-10:00, Mon-Wed: 17:30-22:30, Thu-Sat: 17:30-23:00
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More info
- Number of vegan main dishes: approx. 20.
- Vegan labelling.
- Restaurant
- Does takeaways
Reviews
In the past have been disappointed with our meal but really believe that is the exception to the rule and must be when the normal chef is not on. I think it is important to stress you are vegan and what that means to the waiter and then you are fine. We went to the organised event and they had done amazingly well so we started going again. On several occasions the chef has come out to see us and they could not have done better. Mistakes do happen, but 95% of the time this place is so good don't let a negative experience put you off.
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Well, I gave this restaurant another shot, and I'm convinced this place is not so vegan-friendly, though I am not 100% sure. About 2 hours later I had a serious migraine, so I think they use MSG. Also, I had a rather phlegmy throat the next morning. My guess is that I had some dairy as well....
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In terms of organising a meal here, the Spice Oven went out of their way, in all respects, to make the meal a really special night.
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This is a fantastic restaurant for vegans - we have our own menu! An amazing array of different and unusual dishes, breads and sides. The staff are always very helpful and the chef is always willing to create any variation on a dish you would like. I've been here lots and haven't even nearly gone through the vegan menu - a treat!
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It all kind of tasted the same, and not very good, either.... I have my doubts as to whether or not it was actually vegan....
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