Dawat Spice in Chatham

Dawat Spice, 286 High St, Chatham ME4 4BP, United Kingdom

★★★★☆
(184 reviews)
Categories: Pakistani restaurant Afghan restaurant Indian restaurant

About

In this restaurant we present Tandoori and Mughal dishes as a sample of the variety of classic South Asian food found across the Indian Sub-continent. We augment this with a series of specially perfected dishes created by our team of long serving chefs who demand only the best. Our food is what has won as so much acclaim and we continue our dedication to this art each and every night. Our efforts have been rewarded with numerous awards over the years and we hope to continue to excite diners in the future.

Website
dawatspicechatham.co.uk
Address
Dawat Spice, 286 High St, Chatham ME4 4BP, United Kingdom
Plus Code
9GJH+7J Chatham, United Kingdom
Time Zone
Europe/London

Business Hours

Monday
11 AM–11 PM
Tuesday
11 AM–11 PM
Wednesday
11 AM–11 PM
Thursday
11 AM–11 PM
Friday
11 AM–11 PM
Saturday
10 AM–11 PM
Sunday
10 AM–11 PM

Services

Service options
Kerbside pickup Delivery Drive-through On-site services Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible seating
Offerings
Coffee Halal food Healthy options Late-night food Vegetarian options
Dining options
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids Has changing table(s) High chairs Kids' menu

Photos

Reviews

4.2
★★★★☆
184 reviews

Most Mentioned

price (22) indian food (12) takeaway (8) naan (6) halal food (5) masala (5) environment (3) mixed grill (3) speed (2) chapli kebab (2)
5 stars
121
4 stars
29
3 stars
8
2 stars
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1 stars
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★★★★
October 31, 2024

We came here for lunch. Halal food. My brother asked for the chicken curry to be spicy hot but it was not to his liking. Food coming out was slow. Roti was tough. Hope you can improve the speed of service.

★★★★★
August 26, 2024

7 star food and service . Extremely pleasant staff and environment . Highly highly recommend anyone to visit . Food can be requested as per taste . Thank you very much . Extremely tasty food .

★★★★★
July 7, 2024

It was a wonderful experience to eat in such a nice environment. Staff is very friendly and active. We were 12 friends and all were very happy with quality of food. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

January 1, 2024

I ordered 2 currys & was disappointed with both. The Chicken Vindaloo was full of potatoes & wasn't spicy at all, tasted like a bland homemade curry. The Aloo Keema had a wonderful gift of a hair just laying ontop of the curry which turned my stomach. Came with no sauces which astounded me £20+ for 2 currys and they didn't even include chutney or a salad.

★★★★★
December 16, 2023

My friend and I recently dined at Dawat Spice and had an incredible experience. The food was absolutely delicious, bursting with authentic flavors that left our taste buds dancing with joy. The tea, hands down, is the best we've had in a long time – a perfect blend of warmth and aroma. Moreover, the friendly service provided by Zain added an extra layer of warmth to the entire dining experience.

★★★★★
August 1, 2023

Halal Food... It's really good Pakistani restaurants. Good price.. Taste amazing... Service is good... Value for money... Overall, it was a really good experience... highly recommended

★★★★★
March 20, 2022

Delicious North Indian/Pakistani food at very reasonable price, particularly enjoyed starters dishes.. Staff are very courteous and friendly. Food is freshly cooked and tastes like authentic home made food.

★★★★★
October 17, 2021

1st time I got food from there and must say it was delicious 😋. I really wanted to try Pakistani food and chicken karahi is now my favourite. I got tarka daal,naan bread ,chicken karahi and rice pudding and all was so tasty and price was good too. I went there my self to get food and staff was very friendly and food was packed well so when got home everything was still piping hot. Will definitely buy again as I want to try more different food. Highly recommend.

★★★★★
December 21, 2024

Very good Pakistani food. The staff are professional. The address is very clean.

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 21, 2024

First class service

September 21, 2024

Luke warm food when arrived .chicken tikka masala was very spicy not nice taste and the rice had texture of packet microwave rice .not enjoyable at all.

★★★★
Local Guide
September 21, 2024

Very nice

★★★★★
September 21, 2024

Very nice customer service Good prices. Lovely food Dawat spice Food : 5/5

★★★★★
September 21, 2024

Best Asian food feels like home

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 21, 2024

Very good food good cutomer servive

August 21, 2024

Very poor services . Iwait on the till 10 12 minites . Two mens didnt care about me. Talking somthing. Vest time with hungry today

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 21, 2024

Great place for a quick bite. Good food and quick service.

★★★★
August 21, 2024

I ordered a chicken biryani from here. I was a little unsure of how it would taste, the atmosphere wasnt great however the food tasted absolutely delicious!

Local Guide
August 21, 2024

I have ordered the food in delivero orde number 9596. and it is full of worst 3×lamb biryani. Taste is worst and smelling . Lost 33 pounds. Keep the name uk biryani . Not Indian biryani

★★★★★
Local Guide
July 21, 2024

Dawat spice

★★★★★
July 21, 2024

Excellent food, thank you very much

June 21, 2024

I asked for some chicken curry, rice and vegetables. 1. They sold it to me for £8 and as they gave it to me, noticed that the curry with the meat was missing - imagine paying £8 for just rice and vegetables! They apologised and then gave it to me. 2. I had asked whether it was all NOT spicy. They said yes, but it turned out the vegetables had large green chilli pieces in them. It severely burned my mouth to the extent that I felt faint. Sorry, but to abuse cusomer trust to such an extent is appalling. Never again.

Local Guide
May 21, 2024

Disgusted, so ordered almost 30mins ago and waiting it to be ready to collect. Recieved call saying lamb paya is not available and its only available on saturday sunday(than update ur menu online) and so far none of the dishes are even prepared, asks to choose something else. So i choose lamb bhuna and call then and that also is not available than just take it off ur menu or make it unavaible no??? The worst place i have ever ordered this is a lesson never ordering again and reccomend others to not to do so. Also first trying to do online order it didnt work, so called resturent only to hear in rude way call after 20mins and hang up. Please avoid the place

★★★★
Local Guide
May 21, 2024

Good meals Good staff polite

March 21, 2024

Ek dam bekar taste low quantity

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

I visit there every weekend, it s very tasty food pure Pakistani food. I love to visit. Nice service specially staff very friendly.

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

Everything we ordered was very tasty. Compliments to the chef

★★★★
January 21, 2024

Lovely food, Very enjoyable meal, friendly & helpful staff, my congratulations to the owner of the lovely restaurant Dawat spice, Chef and the rest of the staff!

★★
December 21, 2023

Very tasty food, but service is toooo bad.

Local Guide
December 21, 2023

The food was good but the main person at the restaurant was rude.

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

Great food, we really enjoyed it so tasty. Really good price and friendly staff. Definitely recommend!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

If you want to eat pakistan and Indian food, then you are in the right place

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

This is wonderful Pakistani restaurant which serves nice quality biriyani and kebabs

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Breakfast was great although service was not where it should be

★★
December 21, 2023

The chicken tikka masala was like having tomatoe soup with a few pieces of chicken. Garlic naan and saag aloo were good, but did not make up for the poor chicken dish.

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

Very tasty food and staff is very helpful too

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Very nice halwa puri.. it should be an all day item .

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Food was good, real Pakistani taste, good options available. Dine in not good for families but good for singles, Plenty of parking available around but paid. Need to train people on counter. Placed order on phone for pick up. When came to pick up, I was asked a funny question take away or delivery? Website says 10%off on orders more than £20/- but the person on counter has brilliant skills in mathematics with £1/- discount on bill of £86.5/- When asked I was told that he has given 10% already. When tried to teach him some mathematics, offered me additional £ 5/- If you cant follow your instructions offers, kindly take away from your website, dont treat customers as beggers.

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

I have been craving indian food this whole pregnancy and been picky about everything i eat but this omg. 1000000/10. Salad was so nice aswell

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

Very delicious food Mixed grill top Good prices love to visit again this place 10/10 Food : 5/5 |

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

Good food fresh and tasty Like this restaurant Food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Just been there once , it was okay, but the name is not corelated to Dawat London branches

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

The food was excellent!! The staff was very friendly ! And we enjoyed the evening in this superb Restaurant !!

December 21, 2023

Waited 45 mins for a takeaway at the shop, the shop was practically empty. Ordered a keema nan, poppadoms, bombay potatoes and massala sauce no chicken. When I got home (lenham) no massala sauce but a container of salad, just a tub of stuff that I dont even recognise ( no potatoes in it?) They said my long wait was due to the keema nan! gutted 1st time of trying this place, go to Chatham once a week and thought Id give a try for my evening meal waste of my time and money. Wont be using again. Plenty of other places in Chatham.

★★
December 21, 2023

Ordered deal meal for 2 would have been nice if hot temperature and had all deal missing Nann bread

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Great lamb curry

December 21, 2023

The worst Indian food in Chatham. Smells like it was cooked in a rubbish bin and container full of oil. Go somewhere else. Food

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

The food is top tier, I m a student and I m actually quite picky with what I eat, but this place is THE best for me, good price. I would recommend 100%. Shout out to the cooks and people making the food, you guys do an amazing job. The food is Halal, which is great for me I m ordering it as I type this haha.

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

10/10 lovely food The customer service was outstanding Food was delicious Food : 5/5

December 21, 2023

Traditobal Pakistani food which is good however service is rubbish.....been 3 times to get takeaway and had issues everytime, when I tried to raise issues the third time I was laughed at. Will not be returning! Dietary restrictions: They dont care about this. I asked for one of my dishes not to have a sauce on it & they prepared it with the sauce on it on, as I was watching them prepare the meal I asked them to remake it without the sauce & they proceeded to scrape the sauce off & tried to make out they were preparing a new one .....when I told them I had seen what they had done, they laughed! Will not be returning...

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Decent prices, nice food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Very reasonable desi breakfast and reasonably priced in Kent. No need to go to Ilford for desi breakfast. Desi chai was really good too. Only disappointment was the slow service. Takeaway customers were being served first for some reason. We had 3 customers who came after us and they were served before us. Perhaps they were regular takeaway customers. We really wanted to try the place so we showed patience. But overall, good experience.

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

Great food , great atmosphere Staffs were amazing as well Food

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

What are delicious food in Dawat Spice Good environment good customer service, 10 of 10 Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Atmosphere is quite ok. And the food is manageable.

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

Had an incredible dining experience at Dawat Spice! The flavors were exquisite, and the ambiance was perfect. Special thanks to Zain Khalid for the outstanding service truly made the evening memorable. Five stars without a doubt!

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

Tea is delicious

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

The food is spectacularly good if you are after genuine Pakistani / North Indian food. Its great value for money too... staff is warm and friendly, and very accommodating. There is plenty of seating inside, it is much larger than we expected!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Good taste food. Please use gloves when you make naan and touch our food. They dont use gloves at all

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Very nice food delicious Tasty food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Good I found Indian food in uk curries are so tasty need to add more chilly in fried rice items due to Indians visit it mostly they need spicy

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

really nice food and service in Chatham

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Highly rated

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

The foods they provided were delicious!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Ordered Chicken Curry and rice and also lamb chops. Everything was delicious. Will order again.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Probably the best Indian food in town on a good price !

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Felt the biryani was quiet similar to Hyderabadi style

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Very good taste amazing

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Great food. But long waiting times.

★★★★
December 21, 2022

The food is so good. We love samosa chat masala which they serve here. We have also tried chicken Tikka masala, karahi, jalfrezi, bhuna, biriyanis, several naan and many more. They were all so tasty. The staff is excellent in understanding their customers especially if you r foreign to the dishes. But when it comes to cleanliness.. it lacks a small amount of it. Also the consistency in the tasty factor is not upto the mark. Sometimes SOOO very good and sometimes not so very good.

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Nice food great price Very fresh I like it

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Nice food and staff is friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

We came all the way from Canterbury to gillingham ,but the restaurant was closed ,so we found this little gem in chartham on Google search . We were craving for Pakistani food so we decided to visit . We were not disappointed at all . The food was excellent ,we even had a takeaway lamb masala for our wives so they can enjoy the taste of Pakistan too. A good place I found to relieve my craving when I need to. Canterbury you do not find a authentic Indian/Pakistani restaurant . Will visit again .

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Superb taste. Authentic pakistani taste.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Amazing meat dishes. Must try the Chapli Kebabs

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Amazing taste with a lot of halal food variety with reasonable pricem

Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Didnt like the food

December 21, 2022

Food was overpriced, very late, cold, tasted awful and i had no apology, dont order from here

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Good desi food at a reasonable price. Just need to speed up a little with their service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

One of best restaurant in kent which provides great taste halal food. Highly recommend to those people who miss Pakistani and and indian food taste.

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Had a great dining experience.. very tasty Indian food with a friendly service.. staff is very helpful with a big smile on a face.. this was my second time visiting the place.. I totally recommend Dawat Spice

Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Nothing special about this restaurant. Foods are expensive and staffs are quite incompetent in terms of serving. You have to ask for every little things, from fork to napkins.

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Dawat Spice service is always good and very accommodating to customers wishes. Food is brought out to the table very quickly and also very Tasty. Would recommend getting the mixed grill, very filling and good entertainment with the hot plate.

December 21, 2022

I phoned and the guy who answered was rude and didnt understand me, he also mixed up our order and forgot dishes.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Food was lovely, could have the nan a little bit softer, but something that reminds you of back home. Nice food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Food was good with a taste of north Indian masala and taste.. service is good . Neat and clean toilets recommended to have some food with taste of North Indian or Asian taste ...

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Quality food, good price and nice staff.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Great food, great service. 10/10 would 100% recommend

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Great food Keep up the great service.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Local Guide

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Wow so nice lamb byraini

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Dawat Spice is the Number 1 in the medway Chatham specially I never eaten food like this so delicious Highly recommended thanks

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Delicious food. Best service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Absolutely delicious food, everything we ordered was so fresh and tasty! My partner and I just moved to the area and this was our celebratory takeaway in our new home - thank You for the great experience and we will definitely order again!

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Dawat Spice been in this country 22 years and for very first time I found what I am looking for the food is absolutely delicious I will recommend everyone try once 10-10 Star Thanks

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Food is fantastic, always cooked to a high standard - great pricing and lovely service. Would definitely recommend!

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Great food, love that they have certain dishes made only on the weekend and appreciate the honestly of the staff.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Ordered Namak Mandi, chapli Kebab, Nihari. Extrmely delicious food and very respectful staff.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Very nice & tasty food.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Food was very delicious. A proper Pakistani style food... a must try

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Extra friendly staff, really great Pakistani food and a great new spot! Wish them all the success!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Very good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Best Indian / Pakistani food I had for years Top top top

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Very delicious food and good service. True taste of biryani and karahi.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

We came across this restaurant by accident last Friday and thought wed try it as there arent many restaurants that still serve meat on the bone. This is a shame as the bone adds a lot of flavour to dishes and makes the meal more interesting as you have to prise the meat off the bone. The staff were very friendly and we decided to eat outside. The food arrived and it was absolutely amazing. The flavours and the spiciness was just perfect. I had the Karahi chicken on the bone and my wife had the lamb bhuna on the bone. We were so impressed that today we ordered a home delivery. It arrived in 45 Minutes as promised and was still piping hot and exactly the same phenominal taste as the last time. I cant recommend this restaurant enough. Go for it and you wont be disappointed. This will defintely be our go to from now on.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Quick takeaway, good service and decent curries

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

The food is authentic Pakistani taste 10/10 Service of the staff is above excellent....I recommend their food to anyone who like Pakistani authentic food ...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

The food was amazing, the staff was really nice even gave me to try something for free.Thank you very much for the lovely service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Very impressive. Nice food, fast service and they bake most of the bread to order. I enjoyed the flavours and the fact that not all food is overly spicy, a lot of mild options. Their Desi Chai is amazing

December 21, 2021

Changed to smaller portions and took 2 hours to arrive

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

After coming from India this is the first time I had some good flavourful food. Ive been going back again and again because now Im so much into their food. Best customer service. Very friendly and polite staff.

December 21, 2021

After spending £45 we were given three inedible sides, a butter chicken that tasted more like blended up apple pie with chicken in it, and we didnt even receive the chicken tikka which the restaurant offered us in place of veg samosas it turned out they didnt have 40min after I ordered our food... The onion bhaji felt and tasted like theyd been cooked last week then ripped up and left on the side till I ordered them, the keema naan was burnt, very dry and tasted like it had been pulled out of a bin... Ive got no idea what they gave me instead of sag aloo but it looked like diarrhea and didnt taste good at all, and all that with only the dips for poppadoms but no actual poppadoms. It was also half and hour late. I feel like Ive been robbed.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Good food and friendly service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Stopped by for lunch - delicious and friendly. I had Chicken Jalfraizi and Garlic Naan and both were excellent!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Nice place cheap price

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Bought some take away by chance without any recommendation . What a pleasant surprise to eat nice chicken curry and biryani , felt like home cooked food . Very reasonable price , would strongly recommend and I will definitely try other dishes soon .

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Delicious food, for a fair price

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Table outside not clean. Cheap food

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Eat almost everyday nice Pakistani Restaurant Fresh food thanks

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

I was searching for places to eat in the local area and this place popped up. I don t normally leave reviews but I feel compelled as the food was absolutely exquisite. When you have a glance at the display, your mouth starts watering.Such an amazing and delicious food. No doubt it s a real Pakistani taste. Also the staff is really good, welcoming and polite..I highly recommend to have dinner there and enjoy the taste for hours..

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Kabuli pulao and the curry was amazing. Must place to try.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Nice food and good customer service Everyone should try this new Pakistani Restaurant 10/10

★★★★
December 21, 2021

Had a shish kebab. Meat was good. The bread was fantastic! Clean, friendly place.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Quality Pakistani food at a good price....a real find for me. Lamb Karahi, mixed grill and chana masala all on point.

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Very nice food, good price, good service and friendly staff.

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Very delicious food and friendly stuff.