John Paterson (8 January 2012)

Britannia Spice – as its name suggests – is located beside the Royal Yacht Britannia down on the Shore in Leith. The restaurant continues the nautical theme with navy and gold throughout and the tables being a polished wood, just like the deck of a boat. The room is large and spacious so it feels very airy – just what you want on the muggy nights we are experiencing at the moment. On the night we visited, the restaurant was fairly quiet so the service we got was second to none, waiter greeted us at the front door with a smile and our first drink arrived at the table very promptly. The menu at Britannia Spice is very extensive, with dishes available from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand. We particularly liked this feature as it separated the restaurant from all the millions of other Indian restaurants in Edinburgh.

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Sandra (5 January 2012)

This classy Indian restaurant has a great reputation throughout Edinburgh and worldwide for better than average cuisine of a spicy nature, so after a strenuous afternoon of shopping at the nearby Ocean Terminal shopping centre, my daughter and I decided this was definitely the moment for a curry. As my mother and I are both pretty indecisive people when it comes to choosing anything from a menu that has more than one thing on it, the helpful waiter chap recommended quite a few dishes for us. We went for the Murgh Masallam and actually, I think the other dish was a good old Tikka Masala, which I know is a pretty unadventurous dish to go for, but it tasted so good. Add some garlic nan bread and pilau rice, and you have yourself one awesome meal. Aptly, being near the water and the Royal Yacht Britania, the restaurant's interior is very nautical, with a lot of blue and sail decoration on the go, so you do feel like you could be eating in someone's large yacht. I should also add that not only does Britannia Spice offer Indian food, it also has a range of Bangladeshi, Nepali and Thai cuisine on the menu.