Mirch Masala

This Mirch Masala is probably the grottiest one. It could really do with being redecorated!
Service is standard fare for authentic punjabi cuisine and the food is pretty good but not as good as it used to be. I used to rate this as Tooting’s best but I think it’s been overtaken by Spice Village in terms of quality and service.

Not the best indian food. Much better options on the same street. The dishes were all below average besides the karahi gosht which was about average. The mango lassi was too sweet. Would not recommend this place.

Decent food but not much else to say. Our server was new and not trained so she struggled, but got some minor assistance from the other guys, who probably should have been supervising her better.
Good lamb dishes, but the naan wasn’t great, the mango lassi was kind of gross, and there were a couple chicken dishes that we didn’t like that much.
I wouldn’t travel to this part of town just to eat here.

Came here on a late Saturday night after the races to grab a quick curry before heading home. The waiters were friendly and quick to bring out the starters.
I ordered the chicken biryani mild and some keema naan on the side. The two paired really well, and luckily I got to steal some tikka masala off my friend — which was great as well.
The portions are generous, and none of us could finish our food, even though we had been yelling and screaming for the past 3.5 hours and had worked up quite an appetite. If this place was closer, I would definitely come back. If I ever find myself down south again, this will definitely be on the radar for a good curry.

‘Meh, I’ve experienced better’ about sums this place up. Not worth writing home about.
Standard Indian food, but just not particularly good.
I took several curry loving mates a while ago. I figured that with Tooting’s large Asian population, then it would be the place. This place (and Lahore Kebab House) had the best reviews. However we were left disappointed. There’s not much of an abience, but I can forgive that. The food was just not very good. We ordered several dishes and they only varied in heat. The food was bland and much of a muchness. My Jalfreizi was OK, but not much more.
I would not go back. That says it all really. Though I have not tried many, there must be better curry houses in this part of London.

The food’s good (especially the lamb dishes which are tender, not too spicy and good cuts of meat) but it’s certainly not worth traveling across London as I was advised to do by a colleague.
I docked a star for the toilets being totally minging and the staff being really surly for no particular reason.

Cheap and cheerful… hole in the wall… Poppadams are stale… curry dishes have great flavor though. Its also BYOB as they don’t serve any beer or alcohol.

Good food! Lamb masala is excellent. Garlic naan is great. Bring your own beer and you’re all set.

Cheap and decent food, wouldn’t do poppadoms though — even at 7pm — and there was definitely a feeling of being rushed. More of a café than a restaurant, and the many bowls and plates that were left until we were done eating made things a little chaotic. Found myself very tempted by the nearby and ‘healthy food’ of Al-​Mirage on the walk back

Still my go to for cheap n cheerful curry, standards dropped a little since they have become more popular.

Probably some of the worst service I’ve ever experienced in a restaurant.
Whilst the food itself was great the onion bhaji are fantastic, like a plate full of delicately battered curly fries rather than the ball of onion you’d get elsewhere.
Unfortunately they really need to work on their service. We were in a group of three. After the starters were done, two of the main courses were brought, along with the naan of the third person who’s main course wasn’t.
It took more than ten minutes, and us having to ask, for our rice and his Biryani to turn up. When we did ask it was clear they had completely forgotten, and yet no attempt was made to apologise I’m not even talking free poppadoms or a discount, I’m talking a sorry about that. Nothing. I’d go so far as to say that one of the waiters who was dealing with it seemed pissed off that we were causing them extra hassle!
The result was that by the time our rice turned up, our main courses weren’t nearly as hot as they should have been, which is a shame because they were actually really nice, and instead of talking about how great the food was we spent most of the meal moaning about how dire the service was.
Main courses finished, we went to leave. Asked for the bill, waited 5 – 10 minutes whilst watching the waiter we asked busy himself with other tasks, yet again had to ask him twice, few minutes later bill arrives, and as we’d rather just get to the pub we decide against demanding a discount, we paid the full price.
Where most Indian restaurants would have been really apologetic about the issues we had, thanked us for our custom and said goodbye etc our waiter picked up the plate of cash and walked off.
Says it all. Big fail. Will be going elsewhere next time.

Mirch Masala i is basied On Tooting High street, nearest station is Tooting Broadway station.
the food taster amazing, good deals. favourite dish for me was the chicken brityani and the lamb too. i loved the naans and the salad. drinks etc.
Seating was good, spacious.
service was good. very helpfull staff. comfortable and would go back.
very famous people come from all over london to eat

Great food for a good price, especially like the bring your own bottle option and they didn’t charge corkage… well worth a vist for the quality of food and value

I was not impressed with this restaurant at all.
The food was average, nothing to rave about, although the chicken kebabs were nice.
The service was really bad, and this was on a quiet day! Felt like the waiters were doing you a favour!
The toilets were disgusting, which made me think what the other areas would be like!
On a busier day, I observed some people getting preferential treatment!!!
As a result will not be going here again.
I would reccommend Spice Village. Authentic tasty food, good prices and good service!

This has been endlessly recommended to me, but then by now, so have most places in Tooting. Each one has something different to offer, I find. We chose Mirch because we wanted a slightly smarter-​than-​canteen (ruling out spice village and lahore karahi, both excellent) setting, and the BYOB was a bonus.
Mirch has to offer: excellent chicken wings (made famous by the review stuck in the window, which I used as leverage to make my party order them), not very meaty but full of flavour. ‘Proper’ popadoms (not greaseballs). Onion bhajia which is actually like spicy onion rings and deliciously bad for you. Beautifully cooked meat, lovely flavours, huge range of dishes.
It also has in my experience pretty poor service — mango chutney received ten minutes after we ate all the popadoms (so we had some more, of course), a refusal to take away dirty plates so we had to re-​use them, and an announcement they’d run out of okra for my main just after they’d served the other 5 people their dishes… I was perfectly happy with mine in the end (lamb to die for), and I’ve learned to expect this kind of service as it’s sort of standard ‘let everyone be’ stuff — we did sit for over 2 hours. But it still grated when we ate too much chilli and had to share a single glass of water!
A friendly and lively Saturday night crowd and no hurry atmosphere make it a good choice though. Not sure about the ‘best curry in Tooting’ tag, but it’s definitely miles above anything Brick Lane has to offer!

Long story short, a young couple was drawn to my Spiderman hoodie while waiting for the 44. We got to talking and during the bus ride, the young couple invited me, my girl and her sister to join them for curry.
Another stranger (who was not joining us for curry but happened to overhear us talking) recommended Mirch Masala. The place is BYOB and everyone from the waiters to the chef to the owner are friendly. I don’t eat Indian food often so take my review with a grain of salt, but the food here is really good. I ate a lot of bland things during my stay in London, but this food was seasoned well.
I would go back if I wasn’t 5360 miles away!

Mirch Masala is actually so good that going there is now known amongst my friends as ‘going for a Tooting’ so it’s taken me a bit of research to find out the name. Mirch Masala it is. Service leaves a bit to be desired but my GOD is the curry excellent. Everything is good. AND you can bring your own alcohol. Eating here is just all-​round a very enjoyable experience. Book ahead to ensure you don’t have to wait.

Cheap and cheerful, this is definitely a great find for an authentic spicy dish along the curry river that is Tooting High Street. (Umm, yuck. Possibly the most visually disgusting sentence ever written on Unilocal.)
They stepped it up with fast service, fresh food and the most liberal of BYOB policies, allowing us to pull out the whiskey + lemonade combo we were coveting.
If you’re in need of a curry in a hurry, (or if you have the sense of humour of a 12-​year-​old boy), head to Mirch Masala on Tooting High Street, it won’t let you down.

Who needs Brick Lane, when Tooting has some of the best curry houses in London. Amid such intense competition, I would have to say that this place does the best curry in Tooting.
Mirch Masala is always busy (a good sign) and reasonably priced. All food is freshly prepared in the open kitchen towards the back, with diners given a choice of how hot they would like the curry (when they say hot they mean hot). Those wanting to experience good honest Indian cuisine should look no further than Mirch Masala!

This place is the bees knees for authentic home style Indian curry in London. You must know the addage about a good place to eat? The idea is you go somewhere that is busy with people from the country of the style of food means it must be good? Well Mirch rocks this one. It is jam packed with people almost always and many of them are Indian families not wishing to do the cooking and cleaning up tonight. I had a reccomendation a couple of years back from an Indian guy I used to drink with who told me ‘it was the only food better than his mum’s”.
Now i havent had the pleasure of having his mum cook for me, but Mirch Masala is so good it won the tiffin cup for the best curry in Tooting a couple of times. This is a REAL accolade! It has been rated in loads of cheap eat guides, best 50 restuarants in broadsheet papers and even my little brother who I took here loved it so much he offered to pay. It was only about 20 quid for the two of us, but still he is not often that free with his money.
Other than that Gry is right about everything she wrote, but i would add they have another (quieter) branch in Norbury and you can bring in your own booze therefore… i love it too!