Spice Library, Mexborough

Jen's Food Blog

March 13

A popular Indian Restaurant set in an old library building, which has been made into a great venue to enjoy a decent curry and great, authentic Indian flavours. BYOB as this place doesn't have a licence to serve alcohol. SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY OFFER- £13.95 for a Starter, Main and sundries

We were kindly invited in January as a party of 4, to sample the delights of this seemingly popular curry house based in Mexborough, and we all really enjoyed our experience including the tasty food, and lovely service we received.

This restaurant has a vast menu that you might typically find at a British curry house, including a wide range of starters, Tandoori, curries, traditional and a signature collection, sides and a decent Vegetarian selection. The price range here is reasonable and around what you would expect at a similar Indian Restaurant with curries averaging around the £9/10 mark, therefore their Sunday & Wednesday offer is definitely value for money.

We enjoyed some delicious food including;

Onion Bhajis - 3 decent sized Bhajis.
Mixed Kebab - all great, the Sheek kebab especially, with a decent hint of spice.
Spice Library Special; mouth-watering spicy curry consisting of lamb tikka, tandoori chicken off the bone, chicken tikka and meatballs all cooked to perfection in a spicy sauce. "Medium to Hot" - in Ben's opinion (someone who does like very spicy food and has a fairly high tolerance) said this wasn't spicy BUT that it was really tasty and the meat was very tender. The meatballs in particular were really good.
Keema India; Mixed keema, chicken tikka and potatoes cooked together with green chillies. Medium - a really yummy curry with big chunks of meat and potato. Very filling.
Goa Green Chicken Curry - the greenest curry I've ever seen!! But went down really well.
Chicken Passanda; Chicken tikka cooked in a sweet creamy dish made with coconut flour, cream, sugar and mango sauce - a mild but flavoursome dish.
The Garlic and Peshawari Naan breads were lovely to scoop up the saucy curries.

The atmosphere here is decent and the service was also good. We enjoyed our visit as a group of two couples on a Sunday evening, and the place filled up with families, including children, and friends alike which was great to see.

This restaurant is open Tuesday to Sunday evenings, and there is parking nearby. For takeaways, you can order direct from Spice Library's website here with 10% off all collections, or via FoodHub. Visit their Instagram page here for more information.

Thanks for taking the time to read my full review and I hope it's inspired you to give this restaurant a visit. Please check out my other reviews, and my recipes too! If you have any restaurant/pub/café suggestions for me to try, please leave a comment below. If you are a restaurant/food vendor and would like to collaborate with me in any way, please just email me at jensfoodblog@gmail.com!

Happy munching!

Jen

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