The Spice Merchant

The Spice Merchant offers an experience beyond a drink and a plate of food. We are a traditional warm and friendly pub – but with a twist – our aim is to stimulate your senses with our cosy environment, top quality freshly cooked Thai food, a well maintained cellar and a quality wine list!Download our FREE App and enjoy our food from the comfort of your own home. Available for both Android and Apple devices.

John Simpson
5 Star
Booked a table at this Crookham Village pub. Staff were very pleasant and amenable. Ordered a Red and a Green curry with Egg Fried Rice. Both were very tasty. For dessert it was Banana Fritters and a Strawberry Sundae. Nice way to round off the dinner. Would recommend a visit.
Friday 18th November 2022

Suresh Hariharan
5 Star
This was our first time here. Although I had mentioned when booking that it was our first time and that we were celebrating a birthday, there wasn’t anything done to make our visit special. I think it’d have been a nice touch if this had happened. We were very happy with the food (taste as well as portion sizes - in fact, we had ordered too much and had to take some food back with us). The green curry was my favourite while my wife liked the massaman curry. We were well looked after. Our waitress Ellie listened to our requests regarding vegan food, gave us the allergen menu and despite the allergen menu listing crustaceans/eggs, was able to get us vegan curries without these, made from scratch for us, and also the pineapple fried rice without eggs. She kindly got hot water for my dad from the coffee machine. Towards the end, we were waiting for a little while to catch Ellie’s attention to get the bill - the layout of the restaurant and where we were sat, meant that we couldn’t see her nor could she see us unless she was in our section of the restaurant. It was also a bit too busy/noisy for my dad’s liking. As it was a Saturday night and slightly busy, this is perhaps understandable, but we would have said our visit was perfect had this not happened. We were confused that the bill included service charge because it referred to hospitality but we have now found out this was some tax. The next time we are there, we will make sure to leave a tip for Ellie. Overall, we would say we had a very good experience and will definitely return. I would definitely recommend the restaurant.
Saturday 6th November 2021

Simon S
5 Star
Thank god I don’t live closer to this place - I’d be bankrupt. The food is incredible, the service friendly and efficient, and were pleased to have found this gem!
Monday 29th August 2022

Sere Linda
5 Star
Food was really good, packed with flavours and generous portions. Pleasant ambience and live music. Service could be improved, however the team was friendly and smiling. Definitely one to go back to!
Wednesday 23rd November 2022

Jackie Skinner
5 Star
I cannot rate this place highly enough. I took my (extremely frail, wheelchair - bound) dad for Saturday lunch and Ashleigh could not have been more helpful. She offered a smaller version of the excellent Massaman curry for dad, and only charged us the children's price. We've visited a number of times now and just love it.
Saturday 3rd December 2022