Spice & Tonic - Indian Cuisine & Bar
Spice & Tonic - Indian Cuisine & Bar
Warm crispy stuffed pastries of potatoes and green peas blended with Indian spices. Perhaps the most popular stuffed pastry from the East.
Ground broiled beef blended with cumin and coriander stuffed into a crispy pastry.
A tea time favorite, sliced onions with diced potatoes and spinach complimented with spices and battered with chickpea flour and fried until golden brown.
Thin slices chicken breast fried in our house special chickpea batter.
Traditionally homemade cheese fried in our house special chickpea batter.
Crushed Samosa topped with garbanzo, tamarind , mint chutney and yogurt topped with spices.
A classic indo chinese specialty of light battered marinated cauliflower sauted in garlic chili sauce
Chicken chunks coated with spice and sauted in a special sweet & tangy sauce with Onion and bell pepper.
Crispy Flour potatoes garbanzo beans mixed in mint tamarind chutney
Tender pieces of tilapia marinated in ground ginger and spices, fried serve with Onion
A lentil delight, tempered with our special spices and garnished with fresh cilantro.
A traditional Indian soup featuring shredded chicken with herbs and mild spice.
Leavened flatbread made from white flour baked in our tandoor. South Asia's most popular bread.
Flatbread made from whole wheat flour prepared in our tandoor.
Fresh crushed garlic embedded into naan.
Sun-dried coconut, cashews, raisins and cardamom crushed and blended into a pulp then stuffed into a naan.
Seasoned mashed potatoes stuffed in a naan.
Shredded Indian homemade cheese stuffed in naan.
Puffy deep fried whole wheat bread.
Fresh fish prepared in mild curry sauce spiced with garlic, ginger, and onions.
Fresh fish prepared in mild curry sauce with coconut milk and spiced with garlic, ginger, and onions.
Fresh fish cooked with fresh peppers, and onions in mild tomato curry sauce.
Fresh fish and potatoes sauteed with a spicy tangy sauce.
Fresh shrimp prepared in a mild curry sauce with coconut milk, spiced with ginger, garlic and onions.
Fresh shrimp prepared with fresh tomatoes, onions and bell peppers in a mild curry sauce.
Fresh shrimp prepared in a mild curry sauce, spiced with ginger, garlic and onions.
A mughlai dish prepared with chicken and green peas with saffron flavorful rice, garnished with raisins and cashews.
A classic aromatic Mughlai dish flavored with cubes of tender lamb and fragrant with saffron. Served with raita and garnished with cashews and raisins.
Aromatic rice flavored with garden vegetable fragrant with saffron and garnished with raisins and cashews.
Aromatic rice flavored with garden vegetables fragrant with saffron garnish with cashews and raisins
Aromatic dish with bone-in goat and saffron flavored basmati rice garnish with cashews and raisins
Chicken marinated in yogurt and freshly ground herbs and spices baked in tandoor.
Boneless chicken marinated in yogurt and mild spices and cooked on a skewer in our tandoor.
Fresh Indian homemade cheese marinated in spices and cooked in a clay oven.
Lamb chop marinated in Ginger,lemon, red onion with cinnamon toasted in a clay oven
Salmon marinated in Ginger, garlic and tandoori mix roasted in clay oven
Yogurt with cucumbers and tomatoes.
A selection of Indian pickles.
Lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes.
Crispy lentil wafers.
Sweet and spicy mango relish.
Lentils tempered with green chilies, coriander leaves, garlic and cumin.
Garden fresh spinach and chunks of homemade cheese in a flavorful curry sauce.
Mix of fresh vegetables prepared with ginger, garlic, tomatoes and spices.
Fresh cubed tofu cooked in a house special masala with sliced onions, tomatoes, ginger and bell peppers.
Homemade cheese and green peas in a flavorful curry sauce.
Charcoal baked eggplant peeled then smashed with fresh garlic and cooked with fresh tomatoes, onions and green peas.
Chunks of cheese cooked in house special masala with sliced onions, tomatoes, ginger and bell peppers.
Fresh mushrooms cooked in a house special masala with sliced onions, tomatoes, ginger and bell peppers.
Mix of fresh vegetables cooked in tomato sauce with a touch of light cream and house seasonings.
Chunks of Indian cheese cooked in fresh tomato sauce with light cream.
Minced vegetable dumplings cooked in a cream sauce and garnished with cashews and raisins.
Garbanzo beans cooked in fresh onions, tomato and numerous spices in a flavorful sauce.
Mix of fresh vegetables prepared with homemade cheese and garnished with cashews and raisins in a creamy sauce.
Chicken prepared with a special sauce, fresh onions, tomatoes, garlic, cinnamon and cloves.
Chicken prepared with a special sauce and coconut milk, fresh onions, tomatoes, garlic, cinnamon and cloves.
Chicken and potatoes sauteed in a spicy and tangy sauce.
Boneless tandoori chicken cooked in a house special masala with sliced onions, tomatoes, ginger and bell peppers.
A royal dish of chicken cooked with chunks of homemade Indian cheese in a creamy sauce, garnished with cashews and raisins.
Tender boneless pieces of chicken cooked in a fresh tomato sauce with a touch of light cream and house seasonings.
Chicken cooked with assorted vegetables in mild spiced sauce.
Delicately flavored chicken cooked with spinach and blended spices.
Lamb prepared with special sauce, fresh onions, tomatoes, garlic, cinnamon and cloves.
Lamb and potatoes sauteed with spicy tangy sauce.
Boneless lamb prepared with homemade cheese and garnished with cashews and raisins in a creamy sauce.
Boneless lamb and spinach prepared with light curried sauce.
Lean cubed lamb cooked in a yogurt sauce and special spices.
Lamb cooked with assorted vegetables in mild spiced sauce.
Lean beef cubes cooked in an aromatic curry sauce.
Lean beef cubes and potatoes sauteed with spicy tangy sauce.
Beef cooked with assorted vegetables in mild spiced sauce.
Cubes of beef cooked in tomato and cream-based gravy.
Creamy rice pudding with pistachio.
Deep fried milk balls in sweet syrup.
Homemade mango ice cream.
Homemade milk ice cream with pistachio.
All dishes come with rice, if you need more rice added to the meal, please use this.
Lamb masala
Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken Pakora
Bhagain Bharta: smoked charred eggplant in tomato and onion
Peshawari Naan: sun-dried coconut , cashew, raisin and cardamon stuffed clay oven naan
Mango lassal
Cheese Naan & Tandoori Roti
Vegetable Korma
Fish Coconut Curry
Interior of vegetable samosas ($5), vegan by default. Nice texture but too oily.
a plate of fried food
Plain Naan (not covered in grease or oil, thank you!!)
Grilled chicken Chicken Tikka
Lamb madrasal and Chicken Tikka Masala (the orange-ish dish)
Vegetable Pakora
Chicken Makhani
This is only half of a side salad ($3.99).
Vegetable Pakora
Chicken Sabzi
Chai
Taj Mahal lager beer
Zeeck C.
Feb 23, 2025
Hands down best authentic Indian food I've had in a minute! Kebabs, and curry were all spot on. Legit...not whitey Midwest style
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Dustin H.
Aug 31, 2024
We were staying across the street at the A Loft hotel, and popped in not expecting much. As soon as we entered, I noticed a rhythm to the way the staff was working the room. Super efficient, friendly, and around *just enough* to get you your food, with nothing more.And the food?! Wow was it fresh. Some of the freshest Indian flavors I've had in recent memory. The bread was piping hot and delicious, and the house made pickles were a punch in the mouth with flavor. Matar Paneer is a dish I will ALWAYS get when I have the chance, and Spice & Tonic's was a delight. Super clean and refreshing. Honestly everything was so dang good, and my only complaint isn't really even a complaint as much as an observation - they don't do hot very hot. We ordered on the higher end of their spice spectrum (1-5 scale) and nothing raised our temp in the slightest. I am not sure what the Indian food scene in Minneapolis looks like, but Spice & Tonic sure is dang good. If you're in the neighborhood, give them a try!
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Ann Marie C.
Aug 15, 2024
Was craving some Indian and had tickets to the Guthrie. This place came highly recommended by a colleague. It's walking distance from the Guthrie, just a couple of blocks. Service was so fast and excellent. Great selection of menu items. Restaurant was nicely decorated and the bathroom is shared with other businesses.Now for the food. We ordered: the beef samosas (4/5) large and full of ground beef. Surprised that weren't any vegetables like a little bit of potatoes. Nicely deep fried Chicken Tikka Masala, Lamb Vindaloo, chicken Korma (4/5). All were delicious curries. Spice levels could be more accurate. They gave us a range of 1-6 and we ordered a 5 since we love spices and strong flavors. This is what we expect from Indian cuisine.Barely a hint of spices. They were definitely based on a Minnesota scale. Portion sizes were on the smaller end, barely enough to share.The naan (5/5) was soft, crispy, buttery all at the same time.Pickle mix (0/5) do not get! Tasted like acetone.Chai tea (1/5) tasted like warmed milk. Barely any spice to it.Don't think I'd return. I'm looking for stronger flavors from an Indian restaurant. But it's a nice date night, mild Indian food.
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Jenae C.
Oct 2, 2024
To split between two people, we got the vegetable samosas, chicken tikka masala, and of course garlic naan. It was all pretty good and plenty for 2. The patio outside is basic but nice for sunny days. The staff is all really nice and the food came out quickly, which was perfect for before a Guthrie performance!
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Rachel W.
Sep 21, 2024
We came in for a lunch at 12 and was served immediately. They knew when we were ready to order and when we were ready for the check. I got Dal soup and they even asked what level of spice I wanted. It was so good. I would go just for the dal. The nann bread was great and so is the mango lassi!
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Mitchellie V.
May 9, 2024
Place setting... nice touch! Their dining rm has carpet so it's a soft walk to Ur seat. They have a row of booths & an assortment of chairs combined w/ booth seating opposite.Garlic Naan.Veggie Samosa.Fish Pakora. The crust is delicious & the lemon... is on point!Lamb Biryani.Baingan Bharta.
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DaQuia C.
Jun 2, 2024
I went to first note that the bulk of items have gone up $1. Not significant, but just an fyi.Chicken Pakora: the first thing I noticed was the chicken was a bit tough. I didn't prefer this dish, but it wasn't terrible. It was good, just not my cup of tea.Chicken tikka: this chicken was also tough, but my partner got a spice level 2 and it wasn't spicy at all, so it was very enjoyableThe naan was terrible. Really dry and really thin. Only one side was buttered, and the naans at the bottom must have been left on a little too long. I loved the consistency of the lamb but the flavor of the chicken. I don't think I'd come back, but I'm glad I tried it out.
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Nikhil K.
Dec 21, 2024
Great place for Indian food. The curries are very tasty and spiced appropriately. Their chicken biryani with somewhat underwhelming, however. We only got takeout so far, but plan to go back for a dining experience to see the service in ambience.
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John C.
Dec 3, 2024
This is the best Indian food in town. Don't know what to order? Take their recommendations always. Never had a bad meal here.
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Sridhar K.
Jan 25, 2025
Downtown Minneapolis location with free parking during lunch (paid parking during dinner time) . Close proximity to Guthrie theater, Mill city museum and the Stone arch bridge. Decent food, good ambience and service. Ordered Chicken Biryani and chicken curry. Both were good, but not something I would go back for. Will definitely order again go back to try other items on their menu
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Rated: 4.3 (199 reviews) · $$
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