Masala Chai Nashta Reviews Summary

Category: Indian restaurant London

Address: 90A Upton Ln, London, E7 9LW, United Kingdom

Phone: +447400730132

Rating: 4.1
based on 158 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "From the get go I've enjoyed delicious food from here, their food is very flavoursome."
  • "Their food is amazing, love the pori they make..so soft and tasty."
  • "The food was great and the desi breakfast was lovely."
  • "The food was soo yummy, we went in at about 6pm and they dont make poori after 5 but they made it especially for us."
  • "Amazing fresh food, really tasty roti which was soft and hot with a desi omelette, daal and chana and the tea was nice too."
  • "The food they serve is succulent, rich in aromatic spices and their chai and masal coffee is out of this world!"
  • "The food is great; try the masala coffee and the chana in the Desi breakfast."

Cons:

  • "The muscle man breakfast is a little dry and they messed up my order."
  • "The flavour of the food is not very exciting. Its quite simple and plain."
  • "Peas were more on the sweet side, maybe to cater english market."
  • "Food was excellent, except for the pizza."
  • "The food was ok ish nothing special lacks taste."
  • "The food was decent and very filling. I got the Desi Nashta."
  • "The food was ok ish nothing special lacks taste but paratha was very good."

Service

Pros:

  • "Great customer service and helpful staff."
  • "Really good, generous sized desi breakfast and the service was great."
  • "The service is always prompt and the staff are very courteous and professional."
  • "The portions are extremely generous, good service and all backed up by awesome food."
  • "Service was quick."
  • "They took orders as fast as they could, remained polite in a busy period, so that was nice."
  • "Fast service in a friendly respectful atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "Service was a bit slow aside from the young brother at the till."
  • "The service is terrible and slow and that someone of the staff is unfriendly as the food is great."
  • "The service is terrible expect a long wait i almost got a ticket waiting over 40 mins for food."
  • "Most pathetic service. I was there today and there was no food on table for 45mins."
  • "Customer service was slow and rude."
  • "The service wasn't great, it didn't seem that they paid much attention to the customers being there and I saw some people leave after not being served."
  • "Service was very slow😶 and it needs to be improved."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Very nice and cosy, family run, fully HMC approved halal cafe serving delicious Desi and English food."
  • "Decor and atmosphere nice and cosy."
  • "Nice and clean place to eat and friendly service!"
  • "The ambience is a nice one if you need to hang out with friends and family."
  • "Atmosphere basically feels like home in an uptown cafe."

Cons:

  • "Waste of time. Upon arrival, all the free tables were stained and chairs in in-orderly manner."
  • "The restaurant decor is simple and nice but always messy."
  • "Sticky tables, filthy menus, roasting hot inside, staff that look like zombies."
  • "Its a shame the hygiene rating is very low."
  • "There is nothing cosy about this place, a real shame as it has the potential to be amazing, I like the concept."

Payment and Accessibility

Pros:

  • "They have nice portions with reasonable price."
  • "Price was reasonable."
  • "A friend of mine took me to this place... Great value too."

Cons:

  • "Parking in the area is very limited. Cash only."
  • "Usually I hate restaurants that do not offer card payment and accept cash only specially if a nearby cash point charges a pound for every transaction."
  • "Parking isn't great but public transport links are available. Cash only, but plenty of cash points close by."
  • "Don't serve masala potatoes on weekdays and it's cash only."
  • "They only take cash. There's a Barclays free cash machine up the road (5min walk)."
  • "They accept online orders for delivery but won't take card payments."
  • "Decent food, no five star as cash only! It's the year 2022!! Who has cash these days."

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