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Restaurant in Bandra (W)
Rated: Good
based on 16 reviews
5 Spice
3/4, Dheeraj Pali Arcade, Dr Ambedkar Road, Pali Naka, Bandra (W), Mumbai
26421941, 26421943, 26421949, 26421952
| Locality | Bandra (W) |
|---|---|
| Place Type | Restaurant |
| Food Type | Chinese |
| Timings | 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM, 7:00 PM to Midnight |
| Price |
  Moderate
|
- Additional Information
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Home delivery
Air conditioned
Credit cards accepted
- Tags
- chinese restaurant bandra-(w) five
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first reviewed by trevor_rodricks
- User Reviews (16)
Oct 10, 2008
SIMPLY SUPERB !!!!
Been here a number of times, sometimes for group parties and sometimes for a casual dinner with friends and I should say this place deserves a big applause.
The food is simply amazing and the quantity is more than filling. Rs. 250 each for a gravy and rice/noodles which 3 people can share easily is quite something. and when it tasted so good with a decent ambience, its simply gr8 VFM.
Drinks are decently priced as well. Service is slack sometimes on weekends and i dont know why the manager keeps switching off the A/C for 10-15 mins after every half hour.
Probably thats where is loses that one star for me.
Overall gr8 place for "Fancy Indian style Chinese".
Sep 29, 2008
sucks donkey d...
I used to go 5 spice in town, it started out okay, then got pretty bad. gave up.
multiple people told me their Bandra branch was great! the end word in chinese and what not (thats what i get for listening to people)
so i got suckered into going there yesterday, despite all my protests, i said what the hell, maybe i am being too skeptical (i wasnt)
the place is actually not bad looking, it was done up nicely but it has not been maintained well and is losing its sheen.
the service is retarded, they gave me these cheap red plastic chopsticks, i asked for wooden ones and they said they would send them in a minute. they kept sending the red ones insisting they were wooden, when they were clearly plastic.
i then proceeded to break one to show them it was plastic and not wooden (id have set it on fire if i had a lighter)
anyway, the food was terrible, i am still sick from it. we got the burnt chilli garlic soup which was actually pretty good. the crispy potato was volcanic, the hakka button mushrooms were just like mushrooms in general no specific treatment to them.
we then got pan fried noodles which were horrible (how can you screw them up?) the burnt chilli garlic rice was pretty good.
we got the entree to be something in chili garlic sauce with cashews. there were like 5 cashews.
overall, the quality of the food is below par, the taste is also marginal. i think roadside stalls would do better Chinese food.
it is def value for money because it cost less than 2000 for 4, the quantity is also huge.
but overall, one of the worse meals i have had in a while...
Jun 04, 2008
OMG! at the Quantity
I had heard a lot about the Value For Money aspect of 5Spice and finally got a chance to try it out. Dragged along my office colleagues to this place for lunch. Good thing it was empty and we got a table instantly. I liked the ambiance inside, gave the feeling that it was a very very expensive place. A very helpful staff made us feel very welcome. Offcourse, my friend who had been there for dinner had a different opinion and was soon forced to change her opinion about everything.
Soonafter, we got down to the main bit of ordering appetizers which consisted of Dragon Chicken and Chilly Crispy Potatoes. Honestly, the Dragon Chicken was nothing special and the Chilly Crispy Potatoes were nothing more than french fries dipped in some sauce! It tasted pretty good though! Oh and it wasn't chilly, but sweet. quite a misleading name, I must say.
Next up, we ordered for main course - Chicken Thai Rice, Chicken Sezchuan Noodles and Roast Cantonese Chicken. Drinks included Lemon Mojito, Juicy Bird, Watermelon Booster and Sunset Margarita.
The main course stumped us all with the quantity, huge bowl of rice and noodles and accompanied by another huge serving of Cantonese Chicken. The main course was really the highlight of the whole experience. Huge strands of rice and noodle did take us by surprise initially but we soon got down to business. The rice was good and made it better with some liberal serving of the variety of sauces on the table (Except for Soy and Sezchuan, I couldn't figure out what the rest was). The noodles though wasn't very special, though it wasn't bad either. The gravy was awesome. I would order just that if I had too!
Amongst the drinks, Juicy Bird was the standout - A must try at 5Spice. The watermelon Booster is for those who don't catch a cold so easily, I do and one sip was enough for me to go bonkers! But it tasted really fresh and was refreshing as well. Lemon Mojito, well, I have tasted better.
Overall, the quantity was good, thats the USP of 5Spice, but the price was way higher than what you would expect especially when not everything you order stands up to the price it commands. The juices at 130 each were a tad too expensive.
The food was definitely filling and overall quality was good as well. A 3-star rating, maybe a bit harsh but the price is the real turn off here. Besides, the mixed bag, quality of food is the difference maker between 3-star and 4-star here.
Expenses:
Juices: Rs.130 each
Lemon Mojito
Juicy Bird
Watermelon Booster
Sunset Margarita
Appetizers:
Dragon Chicken - Rs.220
Chilly Crispy - Rs. 180
Main Course:
Chicken Thai Rice - Rs. 220
Chicken Cantonese - Rs. 225
Chicken Sezchuan Noodles - Rs.185
I would still go a few more times here, cause the food was not bad atall but just not upto the expectations.
May 24, 2008
VFM? I don't know...
This place has great quantity in their main courses (which is where the VFM tag comes in for 5 Spice). The food is yummy, especially if you know what you like and order accordingly.
The soups aren't all that great, but the desserts are killer!
Expect to pay somewhere alongst the lines of Rs. 250 - 350 per head.
Not cheap, but the place is nice and worth vising.
Apr 29, 2008
Superb Indo-chinese!
5 Spice is an immensely popular indo chinese retaurant-the queues are interminable outside the restaurant but the food is well worth the wait. They serve ENORMOUS portion sizes and one dish + I rice/noodles is often enough to feed a starving family of four! Try the chicken in burnt garlic as starters followed by a vegetable fried rice in the fish in chilli sauce...always makes for a satisfying meal. The vegetarian fare is also brilliant!