Mirch Masala

Excellent food and fast service, well-mannered staff *****, great atmosphere and reasonable price, recommended for family dinners.
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sam
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Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Being an indian I know my curry's very well and sadly I was very disappointed after I visited this restaurant with all the hype about this restaurant all I can say is their food was bland for my taste buds and it felt that there was a large pot of pre-cooked curry and all curries were altered accordingly with the few added extras the attitude of staff was poor as well have also visited their Southall branch and sadly thats no better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!unfortunately their curries are made for the wider public with no taste..... will never go their again
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K Haider - View all reviews by this user
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Food 2 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 2
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Boyfriends favourite curry! No fuss, no frills, just excellent food. BYO makes it a cheap night out too!
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

A fab place - we live locally and never go anywhere else for a curry. The peshwari naan and karahi chicken are to die for. It's important to note this place is what it s - a BYO restaurant that has fantastic quick cheap food. It's not a place to go if you're expecting a calm, quiet sit down meal. Definitely good for a quick meal pre-drinks at bars in Balham, Wimbledon or Clapham.
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Food 10 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 10
Friday, January 04, 2008

Excellent restaurant, excellent food.

I also adore the way the restaurant treated the children of the reviewer below. It has a strict no hooray henry and their snobbish kids policy. Well done!
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Neil
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Monday, December 31, 2007

Handy staple if you don't know the area, food is quite nice and usually quick.
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dom
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Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Hi there, I recently regretfully visited the Southall branch after hearing all the publicity. I was eager to try the restaurant but very disapointed with the service.

We ordered a large meal, however there was no childrens menu and decided to feed our children with food bought else where. We were told that that food could not be consumed there. We explained there was no options on the menu for children and on this occasion if they could make an exception as we could not have a meal whist our children go hungry.

I was disgusted with their attitude! We decided not to give them our service if they could not accompany our children. They could'nt get us out any faster! There have asolutely no idea what customer service is! Unfortunately i didnt make it an issue however i do not wish for any one else to be treated in the same manner.
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

well went to mirch masala thinkin that it would be as nice as south hall one is, but was very disappointed. food is good no doubt in it but the staff is so much full of attitude and disorder. i almost had a fight with one of the waiters. i always give respect to the people who are working there but waiters in mirch masala on commercial road near white chappel is so rude and agressive. when i said to him that do not bang the plates on the table please as it does not look good he replied' well thats how we deal here, and that is what we are tought to do'. no ways i know mirch masala in south hall and tooting. they are very nice and properly trained staff.

but the one on commercial road near white chappel is too bad, rude and agressive.

i had to leave without eating there because the really enjoy insulting the customer, and never say they are wrong. i wuill give 0/10 to that branch staff.

will not recommend any one to go there, not atleast some one who has self respect.
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syed shah hassan
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Food 6 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 3
Monday, November 12, 2007

Being a local we always go to Lahore Karachi down the road but thought we'd give Mirch Masala a go last night. Wasn't a great experience mainly to do with the service - waiters were rude, some could not speak English and had bad hygiene. I know that this is meant to be a fast food joint but you can go else in Tooting for a sit-down meal for a cheaper meal. I had to ask 3 times to be given a glass. We asked what something was on the menu and was told it was sweet potato. When it came, it turned out to be a plate of chips - and when I asked again what this was another waiter said it wasn't sweet potato but cassava! I think the worse thing was that when I asked to bring home the naan bread that was left over, the waiter put his hand on it and then put some plates on top to take it away. I told him that we wanted to take it home and he replied that he understood and he was going to put it in a bag! Gross! Especially when most of the waiters were handling money and wiping their noses with their hand!

Food was ok - we had the Chicken Jalfrezi and the Karachi King Prawns - very miniscule praws though - the size of a penny....

Will not go back!
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Lu
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Food 6 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 6
Monday, October 15, 2007

This is a real gem of a place. We visited on a Friday evening and managed to get a table straight away but there were soon queues out of the door.

We ordered 2 curries, naan, chapati, popodoms and chilli paneer and the whole thing came to £15 - what a bargain!

Other reviewers have commented on lack of staff attention but we found them to be courteous and quick and for the price you pay - what more could you want?

This is a great place for vegetarians - I would definitely recommend the egg curry which tasted fantastic.
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AliG
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Food 8 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Saturday, October 13, 2007