This is the cutest shop with the sweetest staff. My friend recommended I visit and I was not disappointed. It is a little overwhelming, only because there are so many wonderful things to choose from and taste! They have so many spices, sauces, cookbooks, and other little items for your kitchen. They also have beautiful charcuterie boards. The staff are very friendly (dare I say even joyful) and helpful without being pushy or hovering. They ask how they can help, let you know about the store and offer samples, and then they step back and let you have your space to explore. If you enjoy cooking or are new to the craft, make sure to stop in and visit this perfect slice of spice heaven.
Just tried to shop at Savory Spice but found one clerk wearing a face shield while another arrogantly went maskless. When I reminded this female clerk there is a mask mandate, she acknowledged she chooses to not wear one in defiance of the mandate. I will not shop there because of this & hope the owner reprimands this employee who caused them to lose business today.Update: I was glad to see the response from the owner to my post and will return to Savory Spice in the hope that all clerks will now follow the mandate to keep them and customers safe.
Love this shop! They have every spice imaginable and are so helpful. Patty went above and beyond to help me find a gift for a friend. They do custom gift sets and you can choose your own spices. They were very prepared for customers returning to their store due to the Covid19. They have a great location located in Lafayette Village along with other great shops to visit. I highly recommend a visit to Savory Spice Shop Raleigh!
I have been visiting this store for several years. The customer service is superior. Staff is knowledgeable and friendly. I have unsuccessfully tried to stump them for recommendations for spices for unusual ingredients. I love the time they will take with you in selecting products--- especially helpful if you dont know the difference between the different spices. Sampling is a welcome way to understand those difference. We have found the products and service so outstanding, we regularly buy their products to give as house warming and other gifts. A great store to visit and to shop.
This is a very unique spice shop with a warm, inviting culture. Our family loves to shop for spices that you use every day and for special gifts. We are always given awesome customer service and they always have great recommendations. We highly recommend!!!
Wonderful store!!!! The staff are very helpful and courteous. The products are phenomenal and I use them on a weekly basis. Highly recommend this store.
Best spice shop around! My husband and I have been shopping here for specialty blends and spices for years. Owners and staff are very welcoming to everyone and the customer service is superior bar none.
First time here. Very new, different and welcoming experience with purchasing spices. I was able to mention what I wanted to cook and multiple spices were recommended. I was even able to taste the spices before making a decision and purchase. This was awesome. My meal turned out great as well! Lots of options here.
Best Spice Shop in North Carolina! Have everything imaginable and then some. The owners are top notch and know what products you will needs for all kinds of items from chili, veggies, seafood to baking. The spices will make any dish better! Love isnt a strong enough word. They have more than just spices as well, the recipe kits are great and the soups.
Savory Spice in Raleigh, NC offers the best spices and customer service in the area. I highly recommend the shop!
Fantastic place with a fun variety of items and knowledgeable staff. Reasonable prices too.
Great selection or spices and rubs. Staff are knowledgeable and friendly. Live this store
Every spice you can imagine. Made fresh and pure.
Wonderful shop! Great selection and fantastic service!
I tried Savory Spice Shop Raleighs Costal Cali Fennel Pollen Rub, as well as their Tikka Masala seasoning and was impressed. Their seasonings are freshly ground and you can smell and taste the difference. As a foodie I appreciate the variety as well as the quality of their products. I highly recommend checking them out!
Always find more than you went in for. We have our favorites but always on the lookout for new ideas, most have been very good
The friendly and knowledgeable staff at Savory Spice Shop make it easy to find the right ingredients and also gives me great ideas on new and simple things to try. Have gotten several gifts from here for others as well!
Smells so good when you walk in and so much to choose from. Staff was very friendly and helpful.
The freshest spices with some hard to find ones as well!
I have been to this shop on two separate occasions now. Besides having an amazing array of spices, sauces and more, the customer service I received from both Cindy and Patty was not only genuine but sets the bar of what customer service is truly about. They were not pushy, very knowledgeable, patient and incredibly passionate about their store and products. I recommend coming here for all your spice needs.
I had an amazing experience here and found a beautiful gift! They are really helpful and they package and ship too.
Always enjoy our visit. The spices are awesome.
Always a great experience here! The staff is friendly and helpful. Aside from awesome spice blends, there are local treasures in this shop. Parking can be a bear sometimes, but its well worth the hunt for an afternoon hanging out and exploring the shops!
I love this shop. The Vanilla Bean Sugar is BEYOND delicious, and I cant get enough of the Homestead Seasoning (I put that stuff on everything). I got a couple of new spices to try out yesterday too, and I am so excited. The Savory Spice employees always provide service with a smile and theyre happy to answer any questions or let you try/taste something new. The prices are reasonable. This place is the entire reason I go to Lafayette Village, but with such a cute location I tend to browse the other shops since Ive made the trip anyway.
Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Wonderful smells of spices! Large variety of blends to make a meatloaf, roast, sandwich spreads and dips. Also great finds like Ceylon & Indonesian Cinnamon, a whole section of just salt & pepper, & New Duck oil grilling spray. Could have spent an hour if I had more time. Next time I will!
I know, another 5 star review from Justin.... Of all the reviewers out there, this possibly cannot be a 5 star. Well trust me.... This place delivers the 5 star rating ten-fold. The moment you walk in the staff is ready to greet you with a smile and help you with whatever you may be looking for. You may think to yourself, why does a spice shop exist? The prices have got to be out of this world! Trust me when I say theyre not. What you find in the local stores is quite more expensive per ounce than what Savory offers up. Also the quality is beyond reproach. I cant find a better flavored dried basil than here. Even from my own garden, the flavor almost seems lost when added to broth or other foods. The distributors for this chain is out of this world good. When you try their products youll be amazed at the flavors that can come out in your food with just a little of their herbs/spices/etc... If youve got a need for a spice, swing in. I can say this for certain, their spices/herbs will brighten your dish any day of the week. Im always going to be a regular!
Smells so good the moment you walk in! Huge selection of nearly every type of spice/spice mix imaginable with some awesome house blends made on site as well. THE place to get that hard to find spice youve been looking for or one you may not have even known you needed but are so glad to have found. Good loyalty program too. Check them out if youre ever in the area because these kinds of quality purveyors are hard to find. Love it!!
A lot of good things available. Not like Penzys. A lot of premixed spice blends.
Employees unmasked.
Excellent shop! Great selection of spices! Very friendly and knowledgeable.
Been coming to Savory for years. Great selection of spices, and always friendly and helpful service.
They always have great options for every type of food or baking. We regularly use 6 different spices for chicken, fish, pork and beef. I usually end up picking up something new when I stop in to fill up my bottles and half the time I add the new spice to my rotation. I love that a lot of their options are salt free as well. I can even find a variety of cocoa and sugar for delicious drinks or to add to my tea or coffee.
They have everything we needed. Very friendly. Great service
Lovely spices, blends and recipes. Friendly and helpful staff...great place!
What a great spice shop! Huge varied selection that covers everything imaginable. Very knowledgeable staff. Everything here is fresh. Aroma is to die for. Worth the trip from anywhere in the Raleigh/Cary/Apex area.
This is a delightful culinary place with such a variety of traditional and unique spices, sauces, and seasonings. The people here are friendly and exceptionally helpful! If you need a suggestion on what to season a particular dish with, they are more than willing to provide carefully thought out suggestions based on your taste. Mount Massive steak seasoning is one of my favorites for steaks and burgers. And the Cherry Creek Seafood seasoning is hard to beat for excellent grilled, fried, and baked fish. Make sure to check out their exceptional variety of barbecue rubs and Seasonings.
Cindy and the staff at the Savory Spice Shop make shopping at their store a fun experience. Cooking with their products is a game changer! Such a fun store and amazing products. Warning--youll get hooked!
Truly a hidden gem, the staff is uber knowledgeable and helpful, Ill definitely be back!!! Thank you Kit
Nice place with friendly staff.
I got a bunch of Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers here and had so much fun going through and smelling/tasting all the different spice blends. Really unique, delicious products.
This store is awesome! Just walking in the door and inhaling the savory fragrances makes you wish you could buy one of everything! The staff are extremely helpful. I never knew how much fresh seasoning can make a difference in the foods you cook. Try them! You wont be disappointed. BUY LOCAL!!!
Wonderful experience! Cindy and her husband were most helpful in making recommendations for the the Hungarian Goulash Im making (the smoked sweet paprika smells amazing!), and my chocolate cookie recipe (Dutch cocoa).I highly recommend checking them out if you enjoy cooking!
Fantastic selection!Great place to buy spices and wonderful to visit.This store smells fantastic.I highly recommend you stop in... it is not inexpensive but I think its worth.Spices are one area of your life where cheapening out isnt recommended. The quality is reflected in the price.
This place is really great. I had been struggling to find certain spices and herbs at the local grocery stores, even in the bulk spice sections. They were very helpful in showing me around the store and pointing out spices you can taste test. The prices are not cheap but no more than a grocery store. Bit you can also save a lot of time if you are looking for specific items. They also have a large variety of spice mixes for every situation. Highly recommend!
Had a wonderful experience in the store today. Lesa was working the front counter and we had mentioned that it was my birthday. Since I was registered with the store, I got a free small spice jar. Lesa helped out with our choice, provided expert information as what spice was good for which purpose, and an all-around fantastic attitude. Will be coming back soon thanks to her. Cheers!
Great selection of very fresh spices. The perfect alternative to Penzys, which we have decided to not support in the future.
Herbs, spices, blends ground in-house weekly. You can smell the freshness when you walk in. And the best part? You can taste and sample most anything in the store! Cindy and Bob love what they do and can answer all your seasoning questions!
This shop is the main reason we travel to this shopping center. Walking in you are overwhelmed with amazing fresh spices. Everything I have made since shopping at Savory has been much more flavorful. The owners are two of the sweetest people as well. They remember my entire family and just about everything about us. The staff is also trained well. They are extremely helpful and knowledge of their products. This is the only place I will purchase my spices.
Having recently moved from Atlanta, we are a new customer at Savory Spice Shop. It is by far the best spice shop weve ever visited and are extremely pleased with the numerous spices we purchased there. A home cooks dream --- freshly ground spices; definitely fairly priced; many alternative measurements & packaging options; a tremendously varied and large selection of herbs and spices; and most importantly, an owner and staff extremely proud of their business and the products they offer. We shall return soon and often!
Open in spite of COVID, still smells wonderful, even through a mask.
This is a wonderful store. There are spices and seasonings of every kind and you can taste and smell before buying. If you love to cook, make a trip to Savory Spice Store and you will be inspired!
I love this place. The products are high quality and staff are helpful. I have referred alot of my friends here and they have gotten excellent service as well. With online sales Im definitely a lifelong customer.
Good stuff! Brewers Blend turned out to be great on top of Irish Coffee, with whipped cream!
Good selection. The girl that was working when I was there in February couldnt answer questions or find anything. Maybe she was new and hadnt been trained. Good for unique gifts for a cook. Parking in the shopping center is not convenient. Finding stores can be frustrating, as it was for us.
This place really impresses. I got my kids to eat more salad with some of the spices their great staff recommended! Other than that I really like that they take time with you to explain all the ideas behind the spices, the original combinations and this place feels like the kind of stores I went in as a kid. They dont rush you. They want to educate you and inform. I have sent many friends, business associates and colleagues and I will keep doing it.
Great place to find all sorts of spices. If your trying to make that one recipe that calls for a spice youve never heard of this is the place to go. Staff here are extremely knowledgeable and helpful.
My husband & I love this place! Their spice blends are so delicious. We have too many favorites to list. This place has revolutionized my cooking! Customer service is excellent also, & the shop is always neat & clean. Check it out!
I do charcuterie, producing small batches of a range of sausages, smoked and cured meats. I am constantly trying new recipes and require small amounts of large variety of different herbs and spices, many are exotic and hard to find.... I have been able to get everything I need at Savory Spice Shop, and in quantities where I will not have unused bottles of spices laying around for months or more getting stale till needed again.
Love, love, love this place. Todays question. What is the difference between California bay and Turkish bay and they had the answer. They are so helpful and have a great selection and I got a free sample. How cool is that?
I keep going back. Just walk into the shop and your senses will be filled with great aromas. Many choices complete with recipes for some of the spice blend.Interesting articles is you sign up for their email. Join the loyalty program for more perks. I am spoiled by this shop ! I now have at least six new ways to cook chicken and improved some the old ways I was cooking with it.Friendly staff and easy to get to if you live anywhere in the Raleigh area. Located in an upscale shopping area.Do not miss this is you like to explore new tastes.
I love this place. Great place to get hard to find spices that make dishes pop. Or just to get regular everyday spices that are fresh and havent been on the shelf forever
Awesome shop. Lots of good flavors. Super helpful people.
The best place you will ever go for spices.
I always find the best essentials and surprising new products here. The staff are warm and friendly and helpful with ideas and suggestions.
Great atmosphere and the staff is very open and friendly.While it is true that most of these spices can be found online for less, the real draw of this store is to be able to browse and actually taste the spices. It is for this reason Ill be returning to this store.
Love this place! Its a whole different experience than buying spices at the grocery store! These people are so friendly and they know their stuff!
We love this place. The folks here are so pleasant and helpful. And the spices are delish!
Great variety of spices found here. They make many of the products sold in the shop. The owner of the store was super helpful.
I couldn’t ’be without this store. I still visit on all my Raleigh trips, and order spices by phone online when I need.
Being new to the Raleigh area we checking the business out to replace another spice company we had been ordering from online and instore in Minneapolis. The other company has taken to expressing their political views via email and news letter so we were in search for an another spice store option. We recently relocated to the Raleigh area and we are very impressed with this store. We will shop with them online and instore. Loved the store, staff, and owner.
Great spice shop with many options and great customer service. Also some great recipe kits with all the spices you need.
My go to for spices. Best staff, always friendly and helpful.
Friendly staff and a great assortment of spices. We have tried many types of spices against Penzeys, and found we preferred The Savory Spice Shop spices most of the time (we found these more fragrant and stronger). While Ill probably still go to Penzeys for one or two blends, Savory Spice Shop is the home base for my spices now.
Down home service with sincere attention. High quality spices with unbelievable variety.
This is where I find all the spices I cant get at the grocery store, and discover things I havent even considered before. Staff is eager to help, and just about everything can be bought bulk in whatever quantity you are looking for. Just about everything can be smelled/tasted too. The little pre-made spice/meal kits near the register are pretty fun too.
Great selection of specialty oils. I like that you can taste them all before buying.
I was in need of finding a great spice shop like the one I went to in Annapolis, Maryland. I did a search and found Savory Spice Shop. When I stepped in the store for the first time 3 years ago, I wanted to pull up a chair and never leave!! The old saying is true, BIG things come out of small packages. I feel at home every time I go, and when I use the spices for my baking business, I feel so confident my clients will enjoy eating them as much as I enjoyed making them.Thank you to all the staff at Savory Spice Shop in Lafayette Village, business is booming, and it never tasted so good!!Best,Stephanie E. WhitmoreRemember When... Baked Goods, LLC
Very nice store, great selection, & very knowledgeable staff! Will definitely return!
Love this place. If you have a passion for food and flavor or if you love to cook this is a Great shop!
Sophie spent a lot of time helping me pick out some gifts, she even grabbed all the recipe cards that matched the spices in the gift sets. Savory is a great shop but we all know its a friendly and helpful staff that make all the difference - thank you!
If you are looking to enhance your current recipes or try a new adventure in the world of tastes, the educated Savory Spice staff will guide you with their expertise!
Very friendly, helpful, with a great selection. Nice custom blends that will keep you coming back.
Hands down best spices, best prices, and best people! Bob, Cindy & Lindsay are great resources for cooking and spice information. Definitely visit them!
I dont know if youve gone there yet or not but I know that everyone should within the radius of this location in Raleigh you cant find a better store to provide you with the spices that you need natural Rich healthy organic the best.
Excellent quality spices and the staff is very knowledgeable. My go to neighborhood spice shop!
They have lots of spices in here *obviously lol And at great prices too ! The staff are extremely helpful .
I love this place, plain and simple. Not only do they have the freshest and most comprehensive selection of spices in town (yes, Whole Foods and Fresh Market, Im talking about you), the spice combinations they offer for rubs, toppings and drinks (Mexican Cocoa - killer!) are hands-down the best Ive had.Beyond that, though, youll not find a more helpful, friendly and knowledgeable staff. While Savory Spice Shop is a franchise, this is a locally owned and operated store - yet another reason to shop there - and the family that runs it is a gem.Do the spices cost more than your local grocery store? Of course the do. They should. Theyre better quality, and youre paying for the culinary expertise of the staff. But you buy only what you need by the ounce, so you end up not wasting spices and herbs that go stale before you can use them. The shop also offers a boatload of recipes using the spices in the store and on the website. And as gifts for friends and family, you just cant beat ingredients that make food taste better and life just a bit spicier (badda-bing).Do I sound like a co-owner of the shop? Yeah, probably. But my enthusiasm is genuine. I visited them when they first opened and have been a loyal customer since.Drop by when youre up this way. Youll be glad you did.
Nice little shop, very good quality spice and herbs. The tomato powder is amazing on beans for a nice dip.
Great selection of top quality spices, and even better staff on-site to help you with choices and uses
High quality products and very knowledgeable service
What a fun, locally-owned source for inspired new dishes! The staff here is wonderful, and very happy to offer suggestions on spices to try for different dishes.
Omg the best selection of spices I have ever seen. Love this place.
Always have what I am looking for and need! Made my Christmas Eve dinner that much better!
Love it !! Have a cheesecake challenge on Nov. 16 with Bob 👍
Always enjoy shopping at Savory Spice, great product, selection and service. Many varieties of spices to choose from and sample.
Friendly, helpful staff. Good selection.
Was a fan of Penzeys but prefer Savory now. The staff is wonderful!
The ONLY place to get any and all kinds of spices, from blends to the purest imports. I got lavender sugar, vietnamese cinnamon, yellow curry, spanish paprika...etc. Buy by the ounce and prices are very reasonable.