Spice Garden
Award-winning Indian restaurant on Ocean Road. Winner of the Curry House of the Year award in 2016, known for its balti and biryani dishes.
About Spice Garden
Spice Garden is an Indian restaurant on Ocean Road in South Shields, part of the town's famous curry mile. Located at 202 Ocean Road, it serves a traditional Indian menu of tikka starters, curries and accompaniments for dine-in, collection and delivery, and customers regularly praise the quality of the cooking. The restaurant opens in the evenings, seven days a week, with delivery available across the local area, and it offers online ordering with occasional discounts as well as dedicated Apple and Google Play ordering apps. It sits alongside a cluster of well-regarded curry houses on Ocean Road close to the South Shields seafront.
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