Tea Villa Cafe, Chennai

I visited this place a week back and it was amazing.
The pav bhaji fondue is a must try.
Great ambience, tasty food.
This place is probably one of the best multi cuisine restaurants I've been to. Everything we ordered was great.
In desserts, their nutty buddy waffle is a must must try. It was the best waffle I've had in a while.

Ambience: 9/10
Food: 10/10
Cost wise: 8/10 (a little expensive but totally worth it IMO)

This place is a must try!

Went yesterday to clear this off from my waitlist.
Order paneer siliciana which i found to be good from other reviews and found it to be nice. The quantity was also really good. Didn't expect that much

Ordered veg burger which was served with potato wedges . Nice in taste.

Then finally in dessert ordered chocolate overloaded waffle.

All the three items 1152 including taxes.

The portion was good although little pricy.
Ambience was really nice....

Would definitely visit again to try their others items.

First and foremost, this place has the best waiting staff. Secondly, the food was amazing, some might call it overpriced but it's definitely worth it. We ordered the Fried Lotus Root, Cheesed Stuffed Fritters, Crystal Dim Sum, Pav Bhaji Fondue, ice cream and a Frappe.

All of these items were served on time and the ambience was wonderful too. This is surely a must visit place!

We went to Tea Villa Cafe for lunch today with a lot of expectations & left disappointed. Summarising our experience:

Food:

Cream of Almond & Brocolli Soup: Great start to the lunch - mildly flavoured with crunchy almonds & creamy flavour profile

Cream of Tomato Soup: The usual

Pav Bhaji Fondue: Enough has been spoken about it in Zomato & Google Reviews. One of their best selling dishes & for a good reason. We loved the subtly flavoured Bhaji - not spicy, not bland, not too cheesy.

Schezwan Hargao: Crystal dimsums with Schezwan Sauce - delicious & subtly flavoured

Exotic Italian Pizza: Good thin crust pizza, not disappointing, no wow factors either

Mac & Cheese Pasta: Delicious & flavourful cheese sauce & perfectly cooked Macaroni. We loved it!

Churros: Didn't try but my wife liked it

Strawberry & Chocolate Lassi: Good Strawberry Lassi, Chocolate Lassi is for adventure lovers

Desi Lassi (Salted): The usual Salt Lassi

Service:

* Polite but inattentive staff

* Slow service (but that's forgivable since they were running at full capacity & they were clearly trying to do their best) - but Sunday lunch may not be a great time to visit if you need prompt service

* Wait staff do not have knowledge about the menu items or their availability either. It took a lot of back & forth to understand that pretty much 90% of their Tea Items (& 100% of their non-standard Tea items) are unavailable. The wait staff didn't know about availability or the items, choosing to go back & forth to check until we asked them to just let us know what they have.

* Language gap: Wait staff neither speak the local language nor understand basic English (even for short questions about the menu items) In a city like Chennai, especially T Nagar that's frequented by expats, this is a problem 🤷🏼‍♂️

* 1.30 PM on Sunday (just a couple of hours after the opened) & they were out of most of Tea varieties except a couple of Green Teas & Masala Chai. For a place named "Tea Villa", boasting of an extensive Tea menu, this was thoroughly disappointing.

* We had to keep calling the wait staff repeatedly to get water refills, to light up the Fondue candle, or to place our orders. While this can be understandable in a rush, it's also disappointing when you see at least 1 or 2 staff standing idle/staring at random tables without checking.

Price:

Paid a total of Rs. 3500 for 4 people, averaging Rs. 875/head - the food & service aren't worth as much tbf.

Another sore point was that the bill was for Rs. 3407 which already included a service charge. We paid Rs. 3500 in cash & they didn't return the change. We were planning to tip more anyway (since the default service charge was only 5%) despite the shoddy service but the fact that they didn't even bother checking if we wanted the change & just pocketed it without asking made us leave.

Overall Rating:

Food: 4/5
Service: 2/5
Ambiance: 3.5/5
Price: 3/5

Overall: 3/5

This cafe is one of the good options for those looking for 100% veg cafe. The ambience here was something i enjoyed more here. Great service. We ordered the cheese corn fritters as starters and it was as cheesy as it could be. We also had Alfredo cheese pasta and the panner pizza. They have a lot more cuisine options that i haven't tried yet.

We came here only after seeing some of the reviews and wanted to try out the unique veg cuisines. This place is really awesome and we enjoyed the food like anything. Everything that we tried was too good. Loved the place, food, Ambience and the Service..

Tea Villa Cafe is a state of the art cafe located in T. Nagar, Chennai. The interiors are amazing making it a fun place to visit.

We ordered Pesto Potatoes and Oriental Sizzlers.

The Pesto Potato had the right crispness with the right amount of sauce and spices. And the Oriental Sizzlers is something I would recommend to one and all.

If you're looking for Chinese and confused between Rice and Noodles, Oriental Sizzlers is the one you must go with. It's a mix of Rice and Noodles served with English vegetable gravy.

I would rate it a 5/5 because I loved the experience and suggest it to everyone.

Visited this place with my family on a Sunday evening, there was a waiting time of 20 minutes. Got a table on the first floor. Very good ambience and they offer a wide variety of Indian, Italian, Mexican and other cuisines. Food quality, quantity and taste was exceptional. The staff was super friendly and the service was excellent. They offer various tea varieties as well. Valet parking available. Overall a great dining experience. Must try!!!