Mirch Masala (Tooting)

MIRCH MASALA (tooting) is one of my favourite resturant in London. I am a regular customer of mirch masala resturant since 4 years... my experience of mirch masala is very gud... I love the food at Mirch Masala espicailly the mixed grill. The enviorment of MM is The price is great and the service is very good.If you want the best meal and the opportunity to have a long relaxed dinner, you must visit MM atleast once...Ienjoy here live cooking the most....

I think the people that gave Mirch Masala bad reviews must have been in the wrong restaurant. It is by far the best curry place in London!!!!
Comment on this reader review

farah
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

I'm a student in saint George. In the early January we had a new year party in mirch. My friend Alex suggested us to go to mirch masala. It was a cold night of saturday with a freezing wind blowing around, we reached there and had to que for almost 20 minutes. Evantually got a table upstairs under the fish tank, it was very nice and warm up though it was quite noisy. It really proved worth waiting for the table when we were served papadums with a spicy red and great green sauce even before all of us got to our seats. It is (BOY) so we had our drinks with us. I reccon it a great place to have party with wonderful food. It is a busy place at weekends but despite that the serivce was quick. I ordered onion bhaji garlic prawn, butter chicken, chicken methi and naans for me and my girl friend. Can't forget taste even weeks after. Proved to be the best night out since along time. I will surely reccommened this place to my friends and others. All marks to the food and services. Thumbs up to environment.
Comment on this reader review

Collins
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Mirch masala is my famly choice last night we are group of 15 and very good. nice staff we are very much enjoy. thanks mirch
Comment on this reader review

Sab
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, January 24, 2010

We have just moved into the area and thought we would try this place for a Friday night treat. We ordered grilled chops and chicken tikka for starters bit got lamb tikka instead and then chicken jalfrezi and lanb tikka masala for our main. It is by far the WORST curry I have ever had in my life. It was bland, swimming in clarified butter and tasted tough, burnt and chewy. I would urge people to seriously give it a miss. Especially since when I ordered on the phone and when I asked how much it would cost the man said he couldn't access the till to tell me!!!

3 out of 10 for the worst curry in my life. I will definitely go back to making it at home after this.
Comment on this reader review

Anjela
Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Used to think this place was great. However, last time was a little underwhelmed by most of the food and whilst its still great value, its not quite the best curry in London as it might used to have been. Probably the worst saag paneer I've ever eaten, obviously made using frozen spinach. It was disgusting. However on the good side starters were cheap and tasty - onion bhajis and samosas. Other main dishes - daal and chickpea curry were ok.

Service was not great - we were brought one dish we didn't order. Also you just receive a bill total - rather than a breakdown on what you had, which with the slightly chaotic service is a little disconcerting. We waited for the change from our bill and it never came back. Whilst we were waiting for our change - we asked by a waiter to get off the table!

Given the number of other great curry houses in the area, not sure I'll be going again for a while.
Comment on this reader review

Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 9
Thursday, December 17, 2009

I have been a Mirch customer for 6 years. Took a friend there for a meal on 28/11.

First courses were ok -just. My main course of Karahi lamb and mushroom rice was inedible - mushrooms in rice appeared tinned, and were slimy and bitter. Lamb in curry was reheated, burnt, and tough. When paying bill (£36) explained to waiter why I hadn't eaten my food - his response was to ask if I wanted the uneaten food as a 'takeaway'

Tried to email my comments subsequently on their web site : not working. Phoned restaurant and spoke to manager - Shehaz Hassan - who said he would pass on my complaint 'to his board of directors' and would phone me back. When I pointed out to him that he hadn't actually taken any details as to what was wrong with my meal, he seemed surprised. He was unable to give me any contact details for anyone who might have had overall responsibility for the quality of food served in Mirch's restaurants.

Needless to say, they have lost a good customer.
Comment on this reader review

Dan O''Connor
Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 2
Wednesday, December 02, 2009

My personal experience, I wouldn't recommend this restaurant to any one. I used to be a regular there, at least once a week with my family . There were instances where I felt I was overcharged, but I ignored thinking it was their genuine mistake. I thought it was unknowingly done. About a year ago,my family and my friends family went there for a meal. We found out that they overcharged us by £10.When we got indoors,we called them to let them know that we've been overcharged.We spoke to the manager. But he refused to believe us.The receipt they gave us had just the total written on it ,no description of we ordered. But we knew what we had ordered. They behaved so very rudely and hung the phone on us, instead of apologising.
Comment on this reader review

Shah
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 7
Friday, November 06, 2009

when i visit the london in past at that time i went to mirchmasala restaurant of tooting . services is poor and bhaviour is also bad i order dal tadka but the taste is not good and waiters dont have manners. pls dont go there service quality and taste is poor
Comment on this reader review

abhishek
Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 2
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

I have been to mirch masala tooting many times before.. however, my last experience has REALLY put me off the place! I was STARVED hungry, there were only two people in the restaurant and I waited 25 minutes for a chicken tikka, which didn't even arrive, they got the order wrong. So I left the restaurant with no food, service was very slow. Price of dishes is high and portions getting smaller.There are many restaurants in the area to choose from and one can generally eat for around a fiver!
Comment on this reader review

Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 2
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Under new management and not looking good I`m afraid........... The previous owner had built this restaurant up so that it was voted in the good food guide top 50. Deservedly so, because everything about Mirch was extraordinary. We have been going for years but our recent visit will be our last for a while.

There is now no longer any organization in the the service: ordering before other guests does not mean your food will come first. Dishes do not come together (our starters were spread out over 10 minutes). Drinks only came after reminding the waiter. The 4 tables around us were all complaining to the waiter about forgotten dishes and drinks.

This would all be acceptable if the food had remained the same, but it hasn`t.

The token salad isn`t fresh any more and the fried starters we had were all oily.

The "previous" Mirch would never have an off day like this; the food was consistant.

On the plus side, the seek kebabs (one of the dishes MM were famous for) are still very good!

The other thing is the prices have rocketed up. I fully understand that being in the Good food guide top 50, merits a price increase. But not to the extent that the new owners have taken.

Such a shame, because it was a real institution.

I`m sure there will still be a queue on weekend nights, but, without trying to cause offence, you will see less and less brown faces among them.

MM is still FAR better than your average indian restaurant for food, but there are OTHER places on the broadway now, which are better than this MM; just look for the familes of indians/pakistanis eating there!
Comment on this reader review

London Indian
Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 6
Saturday, June 20, 2009