The salmon croissant is excellent and the masala tea is some of the best you'll find, but service can be wildly inconsistent β you might wait 90 minutes for quesadillas they don't even have. The vanilla cake is fluffy perfection when they get it right, so go on a weekday when it's quieter.
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One of the worst restaurants in terms of service. After waiting an hour and a half, they told me they didn't have quesadillas after I placed my order! The juice was without ice! Acceptable only on wee...
Decided to try out this restaurant for the first time. Ordered eggs, sausage, bread, waffles, tea and coffee which took 30 minutes to make. Food was cold by the time it was ready. Had to ask why it wa...
Absolutely loved the masala tea and the vanilla cake was the fluffiest, tastiest vanilla cake I have had in a long time. I also had the beef suqaar which was very pleasant.
I was served smelly and leftovers meat despite being waited long enough and When I ask the waiter , I was just told this is what we serve. I don not recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for qu...