The name says it all! Tea villa café is actually a villa which was started of on a note to serve people different concoction of tea’s served around the world. From a range of herbal tea to a simple homemade ginger tea, they have it all! Started off with one outlet and now they have 8-10 spreading across Mumbai. This newly opened outlet at Juhu is something that is eye-opening.
AMBIENCE:
If you want to visit a place with subtle and quiet ambience then, this is the place to visit. this place is Creatively designed and smartly interiored with some funky and fancy décor. The interiors were really impressive and appealing to heart. This outlet is the first one being super huge and especially a three storey café. The best part about the interiors is that it was totally theme based. Hanging lamps made of cups and saucers which looked great with the bright lighting. These super amiable things can make a café look really outstanding.
SERVICE:
All the attendants were not much known to the dishes they were serving. The service was quick though.
Now let’s have look at the food criticism part of it!
- NUTELLA JAR SHAKE
We have definitely licked the Nutella jar and yes you know it tasted finger licking good. Happiness is when you get loads and loads of Nutella at your table! So, this shake is served straight in the Nutella jar itself, it is like having the whole of Nutella in a form of shake! Served with the crunchiness of nuts and topped with cream. This shake was truly heaven.
Budget- Rs.195
- VILLA SPECIAL HUMUS PLATTER-
Looking for something filling and oh! Something healthy too? Try out this villa special hummus platter at tea villa café. It comes with pickled vegetables, olives, in-house salad and with 3 different types of hummus with a normal one. namely-
1.Hummus with black olives-
The flavour of olives could not be felt at all!
BIGtip- try mixing marinated olives in the humus to bring out more flavour to it
2. Humus with sundried tomatoes-
Sundried tomatoes leave a great impact in the dip but, only if stored in the refrigerate for a few days! Yes, this dip was indeed a great idea to add in the platter but, not much impactful in taste.
3.Pesto Humus
Pesto hummus is something that we all love eating in pasta! Lebanese and Italian can go so well together made me realise that today! A dip like hummus which is creamy and nutty can also be combined with pesto is really creative. This amazing concoction bought a new flavour in the normal monotonous humus dip.
Budget- Rs.325
- CRISPY LOTUS ROOTS-
Crispy lotus roots in honey chilli is a tongue tickling way to give your buds a divergent taste. This perfectly made roots are fried and flavoured with sauces, chilis, garlic and honey which gives a sweet and sour taste to the buds.
Budget- Rs.250
- VILLA SPECIAL FRIES BASKET-
This villa special fries basket comes with three different varieties of potato finger food and are also served with three different dips!
Finger food like- Potato Wedges, Potato Fries and Sweet Potato
Dips- Barbeque, Ranch Dip and Chili Mayo
Except for the chilli mayo, rest all the dips didn’t taste like it should.
BIGtip- Ranch dip is basically a dip made of yoghurt and other spices so, to enhance it, it should have more spiciness and tanginess. Barbeque, it should’ve a smokey taste which was missing. This smokey flavour can be given through coal and spicy chilli dips. Also, all over the quantity seemed really low according to the pricing. This was because of the fries served in a cone cutlery which reduces the quantity. Had it been a normal basket, it would have been better!
- BAKED LASAGNE
Layered pasta with spinach and stuffed vegetables, topped with Pesto Basil sauc. Cheesy, creamy and fully heavy!. A perfect end to the meal! The Apt quantity of the dish serving aroud 2-3 people.
Something that went wrong was the layer of Spinach. The Spinach tasted really raw and that bitterness could be felt.
BIGtip– To remove the bitter taste of Spinach, it should be either boiled properly or to avoid this mess, it cpuld also be made in a form of sauce and then baked.
FINAL VERDICT/ BIG TIP-
A MUST VISIT!
the drinks and ambience are too good. the food needs a little bit of improvement.
FOOD-8/10
SERVICE-8/10
AMBIENCE-10/10
TOTAL-8.6/10
PHOTOGRAPHY BY- NATASHA MEHRA
BREAKFAST. BRUNCH. BINGE By – BigFatBite
(Khushi Kadmawala)
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