Monsalva Cuisine - Jenkintown

Excellent eating great service. I will return to try the Searchh Cabobs. I had the ziegenbiryani. yus

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. I have no idea what anyone is tasting that warrants them to have a 4.4 star rating. After waiting 30 minutes to pick up them an additional 15 minutes once I got there I was excited that the food may be really delicious and I had found a new take out spot! ABSOLUTELY NOT! The lamb chops were so overdone I couldn’t even chew them. The chicken tikka masala tasted like tomato soup from a can, the naan was like a leftover pancake that was left out on the counter all day. The chicken briani was the only edible thing I got with my whole $80 order. What a waste of money!! I will never be returning here.

Tonight I introduced my brother from another mother to curry chicken, tandoori chicken and everything was delicious. The owner and Chef Calvin is awesome. Everything we ate was recommended by chef and was spot. Will definitely be back.

I never leave reviews, let alone bad ones, but my experience here was almost unbelievably bad. I ordered online for pick up through the restaurant 's own site. The online ordering did not reflect an extra service charge, which only was apparent after the order was placed and I received the confirmation email. When I got there, I was told that the credit card machine was broken and that they would only accept cash. I didn 't have any cash on me. The cashier told me there was an ATM next door. There is indeed a bank, but it was closed and the lobby with the ATM was locked. I had to go all the way back home and return with cash. Despite the delay, our food was luckily at least still hot. However, I was given only spoons as utensils (how am I to eat salad with a spoon? , one of which was visibly dirty. We got 2 chicken Tikka masala, 1 mango lassi, 1 garlic naan. I had asked for 1 mild, 1 medium spicy chicken Tikka. The 2 entrees tasted exactly the same, not different spice levels at all. There was barely any chicken, mostly just sauce. They were generous with the rice. This was by far the worst chicken Tikka masala I 've ever had. Even when asking for mild spiciness, there is usually a little spice and good flavor. These dishes had no spice at all, and all I could taste was tomato paste. It literally tasted like tomato sauce you 'd eat with pasta. The mango lassi was very watery and the cup was only 3/4 full, very disappointing considering it was $6. Even the garlic naan was totally bland and flavorless. Tasted neither like garlic nor naan. It was also very thin and greasy. The side salads that came with the meals were pitiful: a few pieces of chopped Romaine and maybe 1 slice of onion. The salad dressing was again flavorless, some sort of yogurt sauce. TLDR; the food was incredibly bland and watered down and not at all worth the price.

Food is totally AMAZING ? first time trying Pakistani food but ? coming back. Even made more food as Togo after finishing all the dishes. Highly recommend. Servers and owner are amazingly kind too!!!!