SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is tasteofspice.ca legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Official site for Taste of Spice restaurant in Manitoba with clean scans, 3.4-year-old domain, and confirmed business registration.

Cross-checked against 9 independent sources 1 raised a concern
tasteofspice.caScanned 1h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 87·MT 78
Screenshot of tasteofspice.caSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 3 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
3 years old
Registered Feb 1, 2023

Website Preview

Screenshot of tasteofspice.ca
LIVE RENDER
tasteofspice.ca

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Visual analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

5
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The website appears to be a legitimate restaurant landing page for 'Taste of Spice' with no visual indicators of fraud or malicious intent.

Visual risk5/100

What our vision model saw

4 signals

Professional restaurant branding and high-quality hero image

Standard navigation menu for a legitimate business (About, Menu, Services, Contact)

No fake trust badges or urgency tactics visible

Layout and typography are consistent with a standard hospitality website

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust78/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain tasteofspice.ca was registered in February 2023 and hosts a professional restaurant site with menus, catering services, and event booking. Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines and the hosting IP shows no abuse history. The business is registered in Canada as Taste of Spice Inc. with a confirmed physical address at 61 Saskatchewan Ave East. Local news reported a separate impersonating domain in 2023 that copied the restaurant's details to steal payments, but this .ca site is the real operation. Tripadvisor shows positive reviews for the actual restaurant and the page itself displays no fake trust badges or urgency tactics.
Risk Factors
2
  • Contact email uses a free Gmail address instead of the business domain.
  • No physical address is displayed directly on the homepage.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered 3.4 years ago with no privacy protection.
  • Zero detections from our antivirus network across 92 engines.
  • Hosting IP shows zero abuse reports and clean reputation.
  • Business is registered in Canada with confirmed physical location.
  • Tripadvisor reviews confirm real operations and positive customer experiences.
The full analysis

Page Content

The site presents Taste of Spice as a luxury Indian restaurant, sports bar, and lounge offering a la carte menus, catering packages, banquet hall bookings, and monthly meal plans. The page lists services for weddings, corporate events, and private parties with professional branding and high-quality imagery. Contact information includes a phone number and social media links but uses a Gmail address rather than a domain email.

Infrastructure

The site runs on IP 162.241.217.93 with a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. No antivirus engines flagged the page and the hosting IP carries a zero abuse score. External resources load from standard CDNs plus clover.com for payments and webitaltechnologies.com for development services.

Domain History

The domain was registered on 2023-02-02 through PublicDomainRegistry.com Inc. and is now 3.4 years old. WHOIS shows no privacy protection. The business registration confirms Taste of Spice Inc. operating in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba since around the same period.

Web Reputation

Local news outlet PortageOnline reported a 2023 scam where fraudsters created tasteofspice-mb.com to impersonate the restaurant and take online orders without delivery. The real owner alerted authorities. Tripadvisor lists 4.8/5 from five reviews praising food quality and atmosphere. No scam reports target the actual tasteofspice.ca domain.

What this means for you

The site belongs to a legitimate, registered restaurant with physical premises and positive local feedback. The only reported scam used a different domain. Standard caution with any online order still applies, but the domain itself shows no malicious indicators.

AI Recommendation
You can safely browse the site for menu and contact information. Use the restaurant's verified phone number for reservations or orders rather than any unconfirmed online checkout links.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for tasteofspice.ca, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Canada
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
1 scam report · 1 positive
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain registered February 2023; operates as a physical luxury Indian restaurant, sports bar & lounge at 61 Saskatchewan Ave East, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (phone (204) 239-1234).
  • November 2023: Local news reported scammers created fake site tasteofspice-mb.com copying the real business's name, address, and menu to take online orders without delivery; owner Arishya Aggarwal alerted RCMP and public.
  • Tripadvisor shows 4.8/5 rating from 5 reviews (2023–2024) praising food quality, flavors, ambiance, and staff helpfulness; minor notes on service variability and buffet availability.
  • Active social media (Facebook TasteofSpice.ca, Instagram @tasteofspice.ca) and LinkedIn profile confirm real business operations; no widespread scam reports against the .ca domain itself.
  • No Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or BBB profiles found; other "Taste of Spice" results refer to unrelated restaurants (e.g., Fredericksburg VA).
  • Business appears legitimate with in-person dining, catering, and positive local reviews; the reported scam involved a separate impersonating domain.
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • PortageOnline.comopen

    "Scammers impersonated Taste of Spice... created a fake website with all correct information about the real business, including name, address, and menu. When customers pay for an order on the fake site, they receive nothing. Real: https://ta"

Positive reviews (1)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Tripadvisoropen

    "4.8 of 5 bubbles (5 reviews). Reviews praise excellent flavors, really good food, superb meal, friendly and helpful staff, great atmosphere. One notes high food quality but occasional inattentive service and buffet not always open."

Business registration
Status: active · Canada

Operates as Taste of Spice Inc. in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (owner references: Arishya Aggarwal CMO, Ajay Aggarwal President). Physical location at 61 Saskatchewan Ave East confirmed across official site, Facebook, LinkedIn, Tripadvisor, and local directories. Registered ~2023.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

PortageOnline reported that scammers created a fake website copying Taste of Spice's name, address, and menu to steal online orders. The real owner contacted RCMP. Tripadvisor lists positive reviews for the actual restaurant at 61 Saskatchewan Ave East. No scam reports were found against tasteofspice.ca itself.

Domain Timeline

  1. Feb 1, 2023
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 3.4 years old today.

  2. Jul 12, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

    This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

tasteofspice.ca has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Threat Detection

Scam Network

Cross-site correlation

This site shares signals with a broader cluster

Low correlation

Many scams don't operate alone. We correlate third-party scripts, hosting infrastructure, brand-impersonation signals, and the AI evidence package to detect when a site is part of a broader scam network.

Suspicion score
0/100
ClearLowModerateHighCritical
Linked signals (3)
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Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
Has contact info, but not on the site's domain
Emails on site's domainNone
Free-mail addressestasteofspiceplap@gmail.com
Phone numbers+1 (204) 239-1234
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles2
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
  • Contact address uses a free-mail provider (gmail.com) — unusual for a real business.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (+1 (204) 239-1234).
  • Links to 2 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age3 years old
RegistrarPublicDomainRegistry.com Inc
RegisteredFeb 1, 2023
ExpiresFeb 1, 2028
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresSep 12, 2026 (61d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingUnified Layer
Server locationUS
Web servernginx/1.29.8
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://tasteofspice.ca/
  • 2200https://tasteofspice.ca/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPUnified Layer
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

What to do

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on tasteofspice.ca and not a lookalike like t-asteofspice.ca.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·tasteofspice.ca
SAFE

This is the official website for Taste of Spice, a real Indian restaurant in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The domain is 3.4 years old with clean scans and a physical business registration. A separate fake site was reported in 2023, but this .ca domain is the legitimate one.

You can safely browse the site for menu and contact information. Use the restaurant's verified phone number for reservations or orders rather than any unconfirmed online checkout links.

AV engines
92
Domain age
3 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on tasteofspice.ca, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 3.4 years old, registered on February 1, 2023 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • tasteofspice.ca passed our automated checks with a trust score of 81/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from tasteofspice.ca), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from tasteofspice.ca is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report tasteofspice.ca as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — tasteofspice.ca is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
  • tasteofspice.ca is 3.4 years old, registered on February 1, 2023 through PublicDomainRegistry.com Inc. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
  • Yes — tasteofspice.ca presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 61 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
  • tasteofspice.ca resolves to an IP operated by Unified Layer in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 12, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about tasteofspice.ca has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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