Uttam Mukherjee and Aakanksha Sinha started the business in 2018, initially as a pop-up in Fremont and South Lake Union.

[1][2] The menu has included samosas,[3] roti with paneer masala, chicken tikka, and ground lamb as fillings,[4] as well as mango lassi.

[9][10] The first brick and mortar restaurant opened on Capitol Hill in April 2019,[11] in a space which previously housed Kanak Cuisine of India.

"[20] Naomi Tomky included the business in Thrillist's list of 15 "Pacific Northwest fast food chains the entire country needs" and wrote: "An academic and a brand manager serving up Indian street food with a side of social justice mission might be just the kind of thing that would show up in a parody of Seattle, but it turns out that the lamb kebab kathi roll tastes even better when you know that the employs get fair compensation and the owners make sure to take care of the community as well."

[21] In 2022, Spice Waala was named Washington's best Indian restaurant by iHeart,[22] and Sinha was included in the Puget Sound Business Journal's "40 Under 40" list.