chaiiwala.co.uk Reviews 

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.4

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Looking at 77 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Many customers consistently highlight the staff as professional, friendly, and very helpful, contributing positively to their visits. People often enjoy the food, with specific items like paani puri, samosas, and chai receiving praise for being delicious and well-prepared. The cozy atmosphere and cleanliness of the locations are also frequently mentioned as positive aspects of the experience. However, some customers also noted inconsistencies with service, including instances of being ignored or experiencing unhelpful staff. Reviewers occasionally reported issues with product quality, such as drinks being warm or underfilled, food served lukewarm, or small portion sizes.

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Service

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Product

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Quality

Customers had ambiguous experiences with quality, with many praising the delicious food, outstanding flavors,... See more

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Aberdeen Union Street - generally nice place to visit for something a little different, it's more like an Indian cafe that a restaurant but there's still a decent amount of the menu to choose from inc... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very nice place to eat. The paani puri , bombay sandwich and pistachio milk cake was amazing. Good service polite. Will come here again. Definitely recommended.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Went to the Chaiiwala Mellor Brook Blackburn and ordered two hot chocolate drinks-£3+ each along with other food items. The drinks were both warm and not hot and both the cups were slightly more than... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Chaiiwala Birmingham Airport Really disappointing, visited Sat 30/8 morning, airport not overly business. Ordered English-ish breakfast as looked lovely. What a surprise, food was hardly warm, to... See more


3.4

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered food and over an hour later the…

Ordered food and over an hour later the app stated the delivery was complete, called the restaurant and they said theres nothing they can do about it and we should call the driver (if we had the drivers number we would of). very rude on the phone and i bet its not the first time they have done this. DO NOT USE AS THEY ARE JUST RIPPING YOU OFF

December 27, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bethnal Green branch is an absolute DISGRACE

I can not complain about the branch in Bethnal Green enough! The sheer cruelty, rudeness, inhumanity and unspeakable foolishness of the workers there is at the very least dangerous. Can you believe a worker called Sofia (there’s two Sofias working there, the one that was the cruel one is the one who’s surname does NOT start with the letter A, as I just been downstairs to ask the surname of that evil Sofia, turns out the girl I’m talking to is also called Sofia😂, the BLAMELESS Sofia’s surname starts with A, the DVIL one I do not know) DENIED calling 999 when I got robbed & attacked…? Chaiiwala in Bethnal Green is 295 Bethnal Green Road, I live 293A Bethnal Green Road, I went there BEGGING for them to call 999 as it was my phone, iPad and speaker that were stolen. Mind you, I been picking up teas and food from there nearly weekly, I like their food. But the employees there? Allah yeshfihu. I’m also going to make the girl that’s leaving soon - Sulleya, also Ashbei, the morning shift guy called Simon with glasses who kicked me out when I was charging my phone. I shall name more names but you as a franchise, Chaiuiwala - sort out the Bethnal Green motherf**era before they bring anymore shame upon your name. The ONLY ZGUY who treated me kindly, with love and smile even shared cigarettes with me outside!! Was called ALI ♥️ love hun! Good luck!

December 1, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Visited the chaiiwala in portswood…

Visited the chaiiwala in portswood southampton with my family
We all loved the decor atmosphere
And of course the food
The owner Hadi personally greeted us
The service was warm and friendly
My daughter loved it so much she us going to find out about getting a part time job there!!
I am going to recommend this to all my friends and family for sure
And we will definitely visit it again
Thank you Hadi and team !!
Dr sodha and family

November 28, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Awesome Experience

This is an amazing restaurant to go with kids and family. The staff are so friendly and the food quality is very good. My wife and I enjoyed being there and a special thank to Layan for the wonderful hospitality during our visit. We recommend this restaurant and you should try their Karak Tea.

August 5, 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Chaiiwala rochdale

Chaiiwala rochdale

Great service great food can't fault it!
Usually get a karachi bun kebab fully loaded with karak chai
Kids love the nutella wrap and chicken sausage
Thank you to the staff especially Mohammad Qamer and the lovely ladies sorry forgot their names

July 28, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don’t waste ur money Rather get Greg’s

I am appalled at the level of service this reputable company has shown for loyal customer
I had recently bought breakfast from this place an the cheese was like glue the egg was rotten an made me physically sick , I reached out over a month ago an have yet to be contacted even though they keep saying they will call , god awful ethics an definitely keeping away

June 15, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Chai wala fosse park rip off customers

Chai wala Leicester fosse park shopping centre is a complete rip off they charging £2.25 for a tea and the one in Leicester city centre Granby street is charging £1.85p The chai wala is a franchise and they charge different prices and the ones located in the shopping centres are charging more to
Customers. How come they charge more in fosse park? The cups for a small tea are so small and compared to Costa coffee who also do small Costa cups are more bigger.
Won’t be going there again. Costa is far better customer service and has more quality. The portions they do are small and not value for money they rap them up in news paper? The whole chai wala franchise charge different rates as I guess the ones in London will charge even more the one in Tooting in London is charging £2.25. The Fosse Park chai wala is charging London rate which is not acceptable at all. So many discrepancies in their prices. Will avoid going. Costa coffee all the way 😊

April 23, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Abusive & Hostile Environment

Abusive & Hostile Environment

I am raising a complaint to you concerning your abusive member of staff on 19.02.22 at approx 1.30pm based at your branch in Coventry Rd, Small Heath , Birmingham .

I have also submitted my concern to you via your website contact page . I wish to ensure you respond to this complaint therefore I am ensuring the details of the incident is recorded electronically for your response.

The female member of staff concerned was young with pony tail and baseball cap.

I have never had issues with Chaiiwalla staff before today. I have visited this branch before and no problem till today.

I visited with my adult son and it was very busy. I asked for the staff member concerned to clean our table. However it appeared she was not observing hygiene guidance especially in view of Covid suggests training to be provided on how to clean a table. As she wiped the table in one direction to remove dirt , she wiped again in the opposite direction using the same wipe putting the dirt back on the table. She appeared to be mindless of her actions.

Therefore I made her aware politely however she did not apologise as she was deflecting hence I had to address her actions directly is when she became rude and insulting. Therefore I stood up and responded to her as she went off calling for the manager. She is as young as my own daughter however she clearly had no respect for those older than her or for family therefore I made it clear to her that “she might talk to her Mother like that but she doesn’t talk to me like that“ however she remained rude to provoke therefore I dealt with her and at this point , she said F…. Off in public . By the time he came out I was on a call to the police and they advised talk to the manager.

Therefore I called the manager back out, he appeared very young to be a manager . I advised him if he doesn’t take care of it I will further call the police, he offered no apology as he remained unresponsive. He did not appear alert to take the concern seriously as clearly a public offence occurred .

Eventually he sent her away from serving customers due to she further argued that she called our food order , 3 times , .

When I know our food order No wasn’t called as I was sat right next to the counter .
I questioned her actions further as to how can she call for a food order no , 3 times when the food order just arrived at the point I raised the query of the delay?

Your rude member of staff replied , she took it back in” however it was clear the food order just arrived. After they gave me the wrong order.

The service was appalling in a hostile environment that will make me think twice to revisit this branch in the future. Normally abusive staff to customers are sacked . It appears to me your staff are not held accountable hence why think they can behave abusively.

I will make my review of concern to Trip Advisor including to Trust Pilot.

February 19, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good food and nice staff

It's the first time I've got food from here today. The food was lovely and staff polite and helpful. Will definitely go there again.

January 22, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely food & wonderful service

Lovely food & wonderful service.
We had a fully loaded Karachi bun Kebab, & a Butter Chicken roll both very tasty 😋
Yummy Karak coffee is a must if you like sweet coffee!
Chocolate moose cake finished it off well. Highly recommended.

January 21, 2022
Unprompted review

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