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| - After reading the super positive reviews of Simit & Chai, I was looking forward to coming here and purposely went out of my way to try their chai. I'm not sure what happened or even if the people changed. It seems like Lisa S also tried within 2 weeks and experienced a disappointment as well.
I love Chai ... ever since my discovery of them in New Delhi and Dubai, I've been thrilled to find different variations around the world. When Simit and Chai opened, I had it bookmarked forever. I am never in this area of King St so I had to make the trek out. The cafe is a decent size and has a lot of small and shared tables for you to sit. It also have a few cute 2 seaters outside to enjoy the sun if you want.
Their service here is polite and quiet. They had one person taking the orders and cash while 2 others were in the back making the food. Their menu has their bagels with various toppings, some in house baked goods, and their drink menu.
Chai latte with almond milk - When we got the cups, I was shocked at the size. I ordered a large for $6 (with almond milk) and what arrived was a cereal bowl sized drink. Generous ... yes perhaps but thats when I realized their mistake. With such a large cup, you need a lot of tea to overcome the amount of water and milk in it. This was a cup of heated diluted almond milk. Even with the extra shakes of cinnamon, it could not change the flavour of watery milk. What a disappointment as I was hoping for bold flavour and spices. There was no black tea flavour or any spices. I think I'll stick to Plentea and Chaiwalla Chai from here on in. We only drank maybe 5 sips before giving up. 1/5
Turkish cappuccino - Another casualty of a big cup and not understanding flavours need to hold its ground to a lot of water and milk. Similar problem to the chai latte, we got an expensive cup of super watered down coffee. It did have a tiny bit more flavour than the chai latte but this was extremely watery. Normally in the middle east, you can taste the cardamom in the coffee but this... I could barely even taste coffee. I think for Middle Eastern coffee, I will go back to Souk Tabule. There you have good flavour even if it is a latte. Definitely too expensive for hot watery coffee. 1/5
Baklava - Made in house, I was surprised when it arrived to the table. For $2.50 the piece of baklava was only 1 inch squares. I remember the in house made baklava at Baklava King and even then you can share the piece for maybe 2 bites each. This single piece was a morsel. As for flavour, you could taste the pistachios and walnuts but the syrup was not evenly distributed. Even in the single bite I had, there was so super dried out phyllo pieces while others were properly drenched. Good flavour but too small and not the best execution. 3/5
I do have to warn people.. DO NOT USE THE BATHROOM. It is atrocious. I dont want to be graphic but the brown stains and terrible conditions of dirt everywhere in there was a shock. It needs a good bleaching for a few hours.
I'm not sure if they raised prices, lowered quality, or have new staff... but the Simit & Chai I experienced is not the same as others has written. It's unfortunate but I'm hoping this is read and lessons learned to improve.
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