Murugan Idli in Newham

¡Vuelve aquí para probar la maravillosa comida! Fue increíble como siempre para auténticos platos del sur de la India. ¡Los increíbles idlis y chettinad kurma! Pero lo mejor siempre es el chakkrai pongal, de nuevo un sabor excepcional. Nada cambia después de la reapertura, la comida sigue siendo la mejor. El gerente siempre fue acogedor y complaciente con todas nuestras solicitudes teniendo en cuenta el horario del restaurante, etc. Se aseguró de que obtuviéramos la mejor experiencia. ¡Esperando para comer aquí de nuevo!

This restaurant is a disgrace in every sense of the experience and should not represent the wonderful South Indian cuisine, in the UK. It appears that they cannot even serve a high quality Idli although their name ‘Murugan Idli’ appears to suggest that they are meant to be specialists of the humble idli – a celebrated South Indian staple diet made of ground rice and lentils. One would expect a business name that contains their main product to at least serve up the best idlis that you can buy anywhere in London, but sadly this is not the case with Murugan Idli of Eastham, London. Idlis – which are meant to be soft, light and must immediately melt in ones mouth when it is served with a combination of the ubiquitous South Indian sambar – a hot, flavoursome dish made of lentils and many vegetables cooked with a unique blend of spices, coconut chutney in atleast two formats. Instead, the take-away that we received from Murugan Idli today, was disappointing [to say the least], one portion containing 2 idlis - both of them hard and of meagre quality - all for the high price of £2.80. This was accompanied with a loosely put together and watery sambar with hardly any flavour, no lentils or vegetables – except a few lonely pieces of carrots. This was accompanied by 3 types of chutney – white, red and green – not much flavour and quite spicy. The 4 portions that were ordered contained inadequate quantities of sambar and chutneys for 4 people. Notwithstanding the dismal quality the food, the manager did not even seem to know what had been served up by his staff and further, was defensive of the quality or quantity of food served. He was initially sorry, but refused to make a refund, despite challenging him about consumer rights. The arrogance of the manager culminated in the typical and abrupt cutting-the-call on the customer. Our first [and now last] visit to Murugan Idli happened with much excitement to experience Idlis but turned out to be one of huge disappointment and no value for money. The entire experience seemed like an insincere attempt to rip the general public off with substandard low quality food and service. Alas! Murugan Idli cannot even perform the simple task of plating up something that ought to be their signature dish. What is happening to the standard of food and valueless service on our local high street in Eastham? Who is responsible for this deteriorating standard – is it the Food Standards Agency or are the very people, the deserving consumer who blindly consumes without questioning the appalling standard, that is responsible? I wonder what the Citizen’s Advice or the government’s Consumer Rights will have to say in this instance.

En primer lugar, no compare esto con las otras sucursales en todo el mundo; sí, los idlis no son tan suaves. Pero oh dios mio! ¡La comida es increíble! Ya sea chettinad kurma o el aloo masala para puris o kal dosi, o el dulce chakre pongal, supera a cualquiera de los otros restaurantes vegetarianos en Londres. Un ambiente limpio y tranquilo y un servicio sonriente. Tuvimos el honor de conocer al humilde chef de esta deliciosa comida y le tomamos una foto especialmente para TripAdvisor. Por cierto, el chakre pongal es como el que tienes en un templo.

Visito la tienda Murugan Idli tranquila a menudo en Londres. Soy del sur de la India, Coimbatore. La calidad de la comida se está convirtiendo en la peor. El gerente de la tienda es la persona más grosera que he conocido en mi vida y sabe que visito la tienda regularmente. Fui a buscar a Idli hoy por la noche y estaba tan seco y frío como si estuviera hecho por la tarde y servido. Revisé al gerente y le dije que el Idli estaba demasiado seco y no lo suficientemente frío como para tenerlo, y sentí que no estaba recién hecho. Repetidamente dijo que estaba recién hecho. Le dije que visita aquí solo por el Idli. Después de las discusiones, dijo que reemplazará al Ildi, ¿cuál es el problema? Le pregunté por qué no me diste un idli nuevo cuando ordené por primera vez. En repetidas ocasiones dijo que si lo desea, puedo reemplazar el idli o dejar el problema. Dije que respetaré su edad, pero la actitud fue grosera e inaceptable. Honestamente, nunca volveré a ir a esa tienda ni recomendaré a ninguno de mis familiares o amigos. Solicito amablemente a la gerencia que investigue este asunto. Ni siquiera quiero dar una estrella. Gracias

Este lugar era mejor de lo que pensaba. Visité dos veces durante mi estancia de 1 semana. Probé principalmente alimentos del sur de la India (como variedades dosa, sambar - vada, mini - idli, etc.) y todos fueron igualmente buenos. A los niños les encantó. No probé HSB en Wembley, así que no puedo comparar, pero definitivamente recomendaría este lugar para una buena comida del sur de la India. El precio también era muy razonable, en comparación con muchos buenos restaurantes aquí en los EE. UU. (Dosas eran 5. 5 y la mayoría de los otros eran 2-4). El servicio fue un poco lento, necesita mejorar.

Visited on a Sunday to see the quality of the items. It is a Franchise from India and the brand is very popular in Madurai, India. The items on the menu is limited. The quality is just average and the Idli is served hot . It is good. But the chutney , Sambar etc do not meet the standards of the brand. It is average only. Disable access is there but other facilities are limited .

Healthy South Indian food is served here. Hygienic. New system of ticking on a piece of paper the order you need and then it being used as a bill.

This is in East Ham, the little India, competing with dozens of Indian Restaurants! We were here for breakfast and we enjoyed it. We had the typical South Indian items , Idli and Masala dosas. It was simply good so also the accompaniments, the Sambar and coconut Chutney.

No jigarthanda - there were pictures on their website but not in the shop. Dissappointed. Not comparable to the chennai ones. No extra servings of the chutneys which are given in small quantities only

Service needs to improve. Food was good. Need to manage the crowd by knowing who came first and vice versa. Staffs were friendly.

Worst experience I ever had . We enter the restaurant with my family members of four and a baby for a lunch. We asked to wait for 10 mins to get a seat, We happily accepted to wait because of the brand name. Once we got seated waited for 35 mins to someone attend us with menu card. 35 mins we just waited even with out any water served. Never experienced these kind of customer service. If you can't serve never accept customer to pop in.

Sakkarai pongal is great - but masala in dosai isn't?! It was confusing at best to visit this restaurant. The team missed delivering multiple dishes (misplaced orders, etc). We loved certain dishes(sakkara pongal, onion utthappam), and didn't like many others (sambar rice was awful!) Will maybe give it shot again next time we travel upto East Ham

Great food, Authentic South Indian!! Spacious and clean!! If you’re looking for a place to eat good food in East London and have a good after food feeling, then Murugan Idli is a he place.

Lovely place for clean , neat , authentic - madurai style veggie food. Ghee podi idli, sweet pongal and kaara paniyaaram : Must try...chutney tastes as good as chennai tnagar branch ..opening hours are quite suited for most travellers..only downside - no take aways

It's a small restaurant towards end of the high street. I am impressed by the place. It was very neat and clean and decors was done nicely. Walls adorn photos of dishes served in Chennai. This place has a small menu and all we tried was podi idli, rava dosa and mini meals which has 4 different types of rice like curd rice , tamarind rice, sambar rice and tomato rice. Sweet pongal was very delicious. Filter coffee is must try. Service was bit slow and hence 1 Star missing for that . All in all good place and they do have created magic of Murugan idli of Chennai