Paratha Inn Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere and some delicious food!"
• "Fantastic ambience!"
• "Nice little place near the Croydon flyover which can't be missed with its distinct banner and comfy interiors."
• "The interior is comfy and quite interestingly styled."
• "Beautifully decorated, tidy and cozy place."

Cons:

• "The shop is a bit small so seating is limited."
• "I didn't realise beforehand, but the indoor setting is basic. There are no menu cards as the menu is fixed on the wall. There isn't a lot of cutlery, and disposable plates and forks are provided, if asked."
• "Small place, had to wait for a table as it was a busy Sunday."

Food Quality & Taste

Pros:

• "Their Kashmiri chai (pink tea) and cheese and chicken stuffed paratha is to die for."
• "The chicken, cheese paratha is just plain awesome... Easily my most favourite paratha."
• "The food tastes good for UK standards, the spice level and that sort."
• "Aloo paratha was good as the other reviews state and I personally loved the chicken and cheese paratha and piri piri chicken roll."
• "Authentic Pakistani food and the rolls reminded me of those I had in Karachi. Really flavourful and very reasonably priced too."

Cons:

• "Felt the parathas a bit oily."
• "The Kashmiri pink tea was a bit underwhelming as it was just like hot rose milk with chopped nuts."
• "Yea they make tea, no doubt very good but food is not delicious."
• "Food is about alright. The parathas fillings are great and so is the tea. Other things are pretty much meh!!"
• "Unfortunately, I had a really bad experience, food was full of oil and taste was lost."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "The service we received was very delightful and very professional."
• "Staff are good, decent, and friendly."
• "Friendly service, amazing Kashmiri chai, and lassi selection."
• "Giving this place full 5 stars because of the quality of food, service, and location."
• "Friendly staff with great knowledge of food."

Cons:

• "Service is a little slow. It takes close to 25 minutes to get parathas and other bits."
• "Food took a while to get ready also but everything we ate was very tasty."
• "Small place, had to wait for a table as it was a busy Sunday, food took some time but was nice and warm."
• "The service manager was not bothered when there were no tables available or no attempt made to clean the dirty tables."
• "The service was ok, it used to be better and friendlier, now it's very impersonal."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Prices and quantity are also reasonable."
• "Portions were very reasonably very good for a fiver in these days."
• "Food was very tasty and portions were very large. Prices are really cheap and great bang for your buck."
• "Very good food. It's the slightly crispier version of paratha. The lassis were good. The prawn paratha roll didn't taste very prawn-y but was still highly rated by all three of us."
• "One of the best parathas in London, definitely worth the visit. Taste is authentic and portion of the rolls/fillings are generous."

Cons:

• "Chick peas were overly priced and full of oil taste wise yummy I would get them again but I might tell the boys to put more chickpeas than curry and less oil."
• "Editing my review in August 2022 and moving down from a 5 to a 1 star. These guys have shrunk the size of their Aloo paratha and they also put way less stuffing inside."
• "Ordered few times, good branding & reasonable prices, but TBH I had better desi food and wraps, aloo paratha was very disappointing to oily not authentic desi aloo paratha, masala chips were so so very soggy, Samosa chat was great."
• "4 stars because pricing could be better and seating area needs to be bigger. Also, it would have been nice if they gave yogurt with aloo paratha instead of a mint sauce (chutney)."
• "Didn't like the Parathas- cheese and Aloo or the Lassis. The Parathas were fried roti sandwich and super oily."