Vindaloo can range in hotness just like everything else. I'm sure it wasn't hot. It's almost impossible to convince restaurants to actually serve hot food. They will serve hot-ish food, sure. Sriracha is about a 3/5 in my opinion, which is about as hot as most places are willing to get.

I order food as hot as they will make it. I especially cherish places that WILL actually serve really hot food, especially Thai and Indian restaurants. Vindaloo is maybe my very favorite food.

I really don't like the taste of jalapenos, though, even if they are pretty hot.