About Our Restaurant
The Spice is an Indian and Asian themed restaurant at the Hablis Hotel Chennai. It specialises in South Indian, North Indian, and South-Asian cuisines. Tastefully decorated in warm hues, it exudes a cosy, soothing and elegant ambience. The Spice is famous for its buffet spread that features various delectable delicacies. The menu at this restaurant is carefully selected by our staff. Here, we also serve herbal infused water to welcome our guests. Our Executive Chefs appointed to you at The Spice make sure that you are satisfied in every way. Come visit us and experience the exclusive flavours of The Spice in Chennai.
Frequently Asked Questions
What type of cuisine does Spice specialize in?
Spice specializes in authentic Buffet restaurant, Breakfast restaurant, Diner, Lunch restaurant cuisine, featuring traditional recipes made with fresh, high-quality ingredients. Our menu offers a variety of dishes to satisfy every taste preference.
Do you accept reservations?
Yes, we accept reservations for both small and large parties. Please call us at 044 4023 5555 to make a reservation or inquire about availability for special events and group dining.
Do you offer takeout and delivery?
Please call us to inquire about our takeout and delivery options. You can also visit our website or call 044 4023 5555 to place an order.
Restaurant Features & Amenities
- Service options: No-contact delivery, Delivery, Drive-through, Takeaway, Dine-in
- Highlights: Great coffee, Great dessert, Great tea selection, Sport
- Popular for: Lunch, Dinner, Solo dining
- Accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible car park, Wheelchair-accessible entrance, Wheelchair-accessible seating, Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Offerings: Alcohol, All you can eat, Beer, Cocktails, Coffee, Halal food, Late-night food, Organic dishes, Private dining room, Salad bar, Small plates, Spirits, Vegan options, Vegetarian options, Wine, Cuisine
- Dining options: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Catering, Counter service, Dessert, Seating
- Amenities: Bar on site, Gender-neutral toilets, Restroom, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi
- Atmosphere: Casual, Cozy, Quiet, Trendy, Upmarket
- Crowd: Family friendly, Groups, LGBTQ+ friendly, Tourists
- Planning: Dinner reservations recommended, Accepts reservations
- Payments: Credit cards, NFC mobile payments
- Children: Good for kids, Has changing table(s), High chairs, Kids' menu
- Parking: Free parking lot, Free street parking, Parking, Valet parking
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Customer Reviews & Testimonials
We went for a Team Dinner. Limited starter platter options for non veg, only 4. But excellent in Taste. We repeated those platers multiple times. Staffs are very friendly. We thoroughly enjoyed our Dinner. Lot of deserts and fruit salads available..
Good service and nice atmosphere but the food is below average. None of the dishes were great, and they had limited dishes. If you are looking for atmosphere, this is good spot as there wasn't crowde on weekends but if you're looking for good food then you should skip this restaurant.
We were a team of 15 who visited Spice for lunch. We opted for buffet. The starters were served at table and the repeat was fast. The menu supported 5 Veg starters and 5 non veg starters. Main course had a decent variety ranging from south indian, North Indian and Chinese. The desserts were more in number and delicious. The ambience is perfect and service is decent.
Had lunch buffet along with my friends on a weekday, food and service were good
We had team dinner at Spice. The food taste is good just like any other buffet. Apart from that you can have flavour of chettnadu, Malabar and continental.The salad are different but it is cold and dry. There many varieties in desert and it also taste good.The ambience is good. The service can be better particularly in terms of customisable seating arrangement based on numbers. Valet parking is available. Overall good but can be better.
Located in the ground floor of Hablis Hotel in Guindy. Small slightly old themed restaurant. Tested their dinner buffet spread. Starters are limited (04 Veg and Non-veg each). Main course and dessert section are extensive in comparison. Tastewise starters are ok. But main course is very good and every dish has got different texture and taste. Dessert is equally good and the point worth mentioning is that none of the items are on the much sweeter side. Staffs are courteous. Service is quick. But still rated 03 out of 05 because it's damn expensive and I've noted cockroach nuisance in the dessert spread area,which is not sign of good hygiene. Paying this much for this buffet spread will disturb you a bit. Final verdict- can be given a chance only if in bucket list, otherwise not.
Good buffet option, starters are prepared and served during dine in making it fresh. Good vegetarian options and varieties. Limited items but each one is curated enough for a decent buffet. The ambience is calm and excellent service.
Spice used to be one of our favourite restaurants for special occasions. However, today's dinner buffet was highly disappointing. The prawn salad bowl that I picked up had gone bad. Whereas my husband's dish tasted fine. When we brought it to the waiter's notice he argued that it was the normal smell of prawns. Later the Chef came and told us that he'll check and went away. Nobody offered a proper apology. Not the behaviour and service expected from a 5-star hotel. As for the rest of the buffet there were hardly any mutton pieces left in the biriyani and the dessert bar was half empty. The starters were good however there were only 3 options that were repeated only when asked. Overall it was a bad experience. We are definitely not visiting again.
Location & Directions
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