Masala — Restaurant in Adeje

This place is fantastic. Right from the start, the staff made us feel welcome—we had a great chat and started off with some Indian Cobra Beer, which was pretty decent.

For the food, I had the Dhansak curry and my girlfriend went for the Mango curry. Both dishes were excellent. Even though I’m not usually a fan of mango, I could tell her curry was really well made. We also shared two naans—garlic and onion—which were light in flavor and paired perfectly with the curries. Alongside that, we ordered one portion of rice.

What really stood out was the service. We initially asked for two portions of rice, but our waiter suggested starting with one since we also had the naans—and he was absolutely right. We left completely full and appreciated the honest recommendation rather than just taking our order at face value.

As for the price, I’ve seen a few reviews mentioning it being a bit high, but I honestly don’t get it. The prices were very reasonable—if anything, a bit low for the quality of food and service we received.

I gave the atmosphere 4 stars simply because it wasn’t anything particularly unique—but if I could give 6 stars overall, I would. Based on 1) great prices, 2) excellent food, 3) friendly, honest staff, and 4) a really enjoyable...

Staff seem to have changed since 6 years ago. They were very pleasant. However the 17 euro deal probably wasn't our best choice. It would certainly be budget friendly for a family dining but the dishes we had were average at best. The sag paneer was like soup and the pakora just coated strips of chicken. The balti tasted of thick tomato sauce and nothing like the madras heat we were promised. I'm guessing they don't have a tandoori oven either.

I remember the food here was so good 6 years ago when it was upstairs. Its OK but...

Probably the best Indian meal both me and the wife have had outside of the UK starter's and mains were of a high quality starter's were veg samosa / veg pakora with 2 dipping sauces both excellent for our mains the wife had the tikka sizzler with a separate korma sauce medium heat I opted for the chicken tikka Bhuna both boiled rice 1 chapati & garlic nan I also had 2 pints of Victoria lager and the wife had 2 coke zero's all for the Sum of €51 which I personally thought was good value I'd...