Reviews for Southern Spice in Irvine, CA

Very bad experience. My friend referred me to visit this South Indian restaurant. I visited today with a great expectations.... Dosa was ok, but onion chili utapam was very raw and watery, I told one of the guy at the desk, he took uttapam back and cameback to my table saying that it is due to onion. He thought, I am eating utapam for the first time… the behavior of the chefand that guy was not supportive. He even didn’t offered to replace it. We never expected such a bad service. I decided not togo there again. Completely disappointed with the food and service. Thank you ???????? Read more

One of my friend, referred this place when I said I want to try a restaurant that's not using regular red creamy curries in name... of Indian food. We ordered Hyderabadi mutton biryani, kothu parotta, chicken tikka. Biryani was good, had equal amount of meatpieces, kothu parotta was average felt the parotta wasn't cooked sufficiently before they minced it, tikka is ok. The ambienceis lovely, they have couple of swing n table at entrance which is unique. Worth trying! Read more

They have become too commercial. We orders methu vada and the chutney was not just enough for those so we asked for some. They... asked to order through app. I and my friend dint like the service. The waiter was quite rude when we asked for water. Since weare new we don’t know how the system is like. We dint like the customer service and their too commercial manner of orderingmeals. Order Vijaywada biryani - it was okay. Idly combo was okay as well as dosa was okay.They dint had AC on - they said A.Cwas broke, at this burning California heat at least for courtesy they should place fan. Read more

A good place to have an authentic Indian cuisine. All dishes here north Indian or south Indian are great in taste....as an... Indian myself I can say that. The portions are large. Huge parking space and clean toilets ????. Then can be delay in servicewhen crowded. A great place to visit for Indian food lovers. ???????????????? Read more

Food here is delicioussssss BEST indian food ive had in OC, full of flavor, the place is decorated nice and traditional. The... only thing ill say is be prepared to wait or help yourself. Its extremely busy there all the time and they dont have enoughstaff to handle all the dine-in customers and take out orders. This place is super popular and i can see why. Check out myphotos. Enjoy! ???? Read more

Excellent tasty food. Good service. We had eaten there a few times and also catered twice. Every time it came out great. Price... is reasonable Recommend this place for great Indian food. Update: June 2022 We got a catering service for a party at home. Thefood was excellent and have enough for everyone Read more

Everything is super delicious.. thank you guys. I never had before this kind of delicious Indian food. Oh my god we four people... did oder so much food. Because it’s look so delicious and test to. It’s authentic Indian food. If you guys have visited toirvine please visit to this delicious food. Let me no later how you feel. Place is clean, hospitality is good and restaurantlooks beautiful. Thank you very chef you are amazing. Wish you all the best guys. Keep it up. We will come soon .. might betomorrow ?????????????????????????????????????? Read more

Everything I had was delicious! It smells amazing when you first walk in. They were quite busy tending to to-go orders or... deliveries so if you want to sit down, just grab a table and scan the QR code. No need to wait around to be seated. Read more