Mary M.
Yelp
Located in a prime area, you can't miss it. The restaurant interior draws you in. We arrived for a late lunch. Inside the walls feature cultural art. It was at that time I noticed it said the Afghan Tea Room on 2nd floor. So you bet, I walked up those stairs to discover a whole area which was a lot more relaxed, lounge style seating. We decided to dine upstairs.
The menu features everything from lamb, beef and chicken (whether in the form of a qorma, sandwich or platter. Decided to try Mantu (beef dumplings) & Waziri (chicken and shami kabob) platter.
The Mantu was delicious, oozing with flavour! The chicken tandoori was probably the best tandoori I tried, it was grilled to perfection. The shami kabob was average. The kabuli rice was flavourful & the naan was fresh. It's accompanied with garlic sauce and hot sauce.
The portion size was decent, we shared the plate and Mantu and had left overs. Wanted to finish the dinner by enjoying a cup of tea.
The picture of the tea from the menu was a bit deceiving, I thought I'd be getting tea served in those small cups , possibly steeped. Instead, it was tea bag in a mug. They ran out of sugar, so provided icing sugar instead. Tea was my least favourite, it tasted a little off (the water itself or the tea bag)
I definitely recommend the food, the tea not so much. The staff was friendly, the young server kept checking in on us and did his best to answer all our questions.