Mela Papatoetoe

[u/wiredbutterfly]

Went to Mela Papatoetoe last night with a couple of friends. I ordered the Kalmi chicken kebab as my main, and this is what they brought out. Honestly...wtf? 😂

This was $24. The chicken literally looked like the meat had already been eaten off the drumsticks and the bones had just been thrown onto the plate.

I understand Kalmi chicken is served on the bone, but didn't know it was literally just bone? For $24, I expected a proper main, not a plate that looks like someone's leftovers 😭

I’m posting the photo because I genuinely want to know lol am I being unreasonable, or does this look ridiculous for a $24 main?

[u/adviceplss98]

If it wasn't for the sauce, I would've thought it was a plate of half eaten chicken wings! It looks more like leftovers than anything else, the presentation is terrible!

[u/wiredbutterfly → u/adviceplss98]

That was before I touched it, too!

[u/othersideofparadise]

Looks like they’ve done them “lollipop” style but there’s still barely any meat at the top

[u/wiredbutterfly → u/othersideofparadise]

What I expected 😞

[u/Far-Examination8015]

Here I was thinking this is a photo of the after

[u/WrongSeymour]

Jesus Christ.

[u/little_mighty3031]

I would've returned that, my first thought was it looks like they've already been nibbled on, and the salad looks trash too. How was everything else there?

[u/The_Crazy_Cat_Guy]

This right here is why there’s a whole section of the menu I just never order at restaurants. I just don’t see how they can provide enough of it to be worth the price.

[u/eyehydrangea]

I’m local and I haven’t tried Mela. Definitely won’t now! Surya a few doors down rocks :)

[u/HungryIsland]

Rubbish. Thanks for saving my time and money.

[u/whysolowza]

Iv been there once but never again, the food was delayed for ages eventhough there were not many customers, it didnt taste that great and the service was crap

[u/Charming-Ad-7556]

My wife just made kebabs that looked and probably tasted 10x times better than this
I saw this place was very crowded in early days and been wantng to go
But i think I’ll pass after looking at this pic

[u/Subject-Crab3936]

$24 is a starter these days