Spices - The Peninsula Manila

E Alcanzare

3.0

Great food and excellent service but unnecessarily expensive.Spices is definitely one of those overly posh places. Locates at the ground floor of the Manila Peninsula, its target market is mainly the guests staying at the hotel. The ambiance is quite serene and relaxing and the service is top notch. Nothing less than what you'd expect from a beautiful hotel such as the Manila Peninsula.The food itself is also great. Being a big fan of Indian food, this is probably one of the best places I've been to that serves carefully crafted Indian dishes. However, I feel that authentic Indian food should not be this posh. Indian food is all about experiencing not the the flavors but the dining experience (like eating with your hands).I also found the dishes overly expensive. Quite natural considering their target audience but still... It's not all unaffordable for the working professional but paying exorbitant amounts for food you can get for a quarter of the price seem excessive by principle.

Rafael Canillo

1.0

Worst hotel resto for vegan patrons. Messaged ahead to ask if they can accommodate vegan diners, and they said yes. Fast forward to today and they can't make the simple substitution of taking out ghee in their dal curry, aka the only plant-based protein option in their menu. Settled for the veggie biryani and the flavorless veggie stir fry sans oyster sauce.If they can't handle a simple request such as this, what about more complicated tailored requests? Go elsewhere.