Being an emotional nation we have made brands just to impress ourselves instead of international commercial brands (chain coffee/tea shops) to compete in the international market and create employment and revenues. Once upon a time this tea shop was a gossiping stop for people working for Urdu literature which made it hotspot. Nowadays this spot is considered literally a date point in order to impress others and some weekly events by old school people. Access is a bit tricky, difficult and parking is a big challenge. Food is average and service too except well decorated interior.

It is the nostalgic place due to its history.It was the gathering point of all famous poets, writers and intellectuals of this area. Cardimom tea is good with nan khate it is the rate list of May 2022

The café was set up in 1940 as the "India Tea House" by Boota Singh, a Sikh family in Lahore. In 1944, it was taken over by two Sikh brothers Surtej Singh Bhalla and Kaiser Singh Bhalla. It remained closed during the 1947 partition riots, and in 1948, it was allotted to Sirajuddin Ahmed. Ahmed who renamed it as "Pak Tea House" in 1950 and ran this restaurant successfully from 1948 to 1978. After his death, his son Zahid Hasan managed the cafe and restaurant, but due to reduction in customers, it was closed in 2000. During this period, its ownership was taken over by the Young Men's Christian. Pak Tea House is an intellectual tea–café located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan known for its association with progressive academics and left-leaning South Asian intelligentsia. Traditionally frequented by country's notably artistic, cultural and literary personalities, it was founded by a Sikh family in 1940 and quickly acquired its current name after it was leased to one of the locals in Lahore after the partition of India in 1947. Intervention of Lahore High Court had led to the re-opening of the Tea House in 2013. Noted for being the birthplace of influential literary movement, the Progressive Writers' Association, the place is described as a hub of Lahore's intellectual life for many years.

I really wish we could have a place like this in Karachi. Old style historical tea house for having quick bites like sandwiches burgers and coffee. They do have chai but the coffee is fantastic as it is hand beaten and made with traditional style. It also have a library with urdu books of history and fiction. Seating arrangement is really good. Full marks for the ambience. Do try their brownies and coffee.

Beautiful place. Impressive outer look. History with beautiful scent of literature. Best place to find lost ends of mind in the center of Lahore. However, food needs to be improved. Even the famous chaye of tea house lost somewhere with the passage of time I think. Need to look after this Virsa for young generation indeed.

I agree it is a historical asset because of obvious reasons as highlighted in reviews of various people about this place. ▪︎ However tea was not good and environment is also not the way it is presented by worthy reviewers. ▪︎ The place requires some improvement besides raising its standard of tea given to the guests. ▪︎ Apart from above mentioned small observations, it was good to see framed photographs of many important personalities of Pakistani literature world.

Good place to chill out and have a cup of hot coffee or chilled drink. Ambiance is really good, prices are a bit on the higher side, but nothing's cheap now a days. Their latte is really good. Lotus cheese cake was really nice, would definitely recommend.

Had read up on this place before visiting and made aware of the historical significance. Walking in you can’t help but feel a little underwhelmed by the setting. The place could certainly do with a facelift as an iconic place of Lahore and Pakistan itself. After a long wait to get someone to take our order, our anticipation only increased. We ordered some chai along with some biscuits and toasted sandwiches. The wait for these was exceptionally long, without any explanation given. It took over half an hour to receive our items. Once they did come, the chai and biscuits were really great. The toasted sandwiches were good too. Overall, this is a good place for chai and snacks but in need of a refurb to give it the status it deserves. The customer service for waiting to order and waiting for the food is just way too long and quite a frustrating experience especially if you are not receiving communication from the staff.

I'm to meet our beloved teacher. We meet also other universities professors. The time we spend here was very worthy and learn a lot of thing.I really enjoyed Cardamom tea ,chicken sandwich, club sandwich and also Brownie.. All was tasty and fresh. I love this place because of its historical environment. Staff was coprative.

I went there on a rainy day,so outdoor dining wasn't available. But the inside was very warm and cozy. We ordered some coffee, donuts and club sandwiches and all of them were very good. The bread for one of the club sandwiches was a little hard but nothing too bad. We had a good chat there ,the interior was decorated with the portraits of many famous and other poets. The tables were simple and classic. It was a very nice experience.

Good

Historic place that needs a good revamping. Food quality was not very good. Ordered cappuccino and brownie. Coffee was good, cake was just okay. ACs were not working. People smoke inside. Slightly economical compared to other cafe's.

a historical tea caffee ,people use to come for tea and recreation.

Amazing place for the literature lovers. If you want to visit the real center of grooming in literary perspective than you should come here should attend the sessions conducting in Pak tea House.

Chicken biryani is good but chicken burger is average

Traditionally frequented by country's notably artistic, cultural and literary personalities, it was founded by a Sikh family in 1940 and quickly acquired its current name after it was leased to one of the locals in Lahore after the partition of India in 1947. Intervention of Lahore High Court and led to the re-opening of the Tea House in 2013. Noted for being the birthplace of influential literary movement, the Progressive Writers' Association, the place is described as "house of writers and thinkers who serve the nation selflessly. But nowadays quality and ambiance not good ....

I think it's over- hyped and over expensive. My experience was not good. The prices mentioned on the menu card were different than actual prices 😕 They said tax lggya Hai so brh gai Hain + it was other than 16% GST tax. Students K lie chai + brownie K ilawa kch budget friendly Ni Hai.. the fries were not fresh even. I ordered a grill burger and it was patty burger 🙃 and they charged of grill burger 😭😭 Order was late too... I will not recommend students specially as it's not budget friendly 2/10 🙃

Never thought I would ever visit the house of intellectual heritage, the Pak Tea House. Two Sikh brothers started this in 1940 under the name India Tea House. At this very place after the heartbreaking partition, many South Asian progressive writers and thinkers used to gather, sip tea, and speak their hearts out. Some of the visitors were Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ibne Insha, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chugtai, Nasir Kazmi, Ahmed Faraz, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Josh Malihabadi, Munshi Premchand, and many more. Their tea is something 💘 and do try their club sandwiches. Some famous people are framed on the walls but I think the responsible heads must step up and do better than that. A much-needed push is necessary to attract more customers. I will suggest painting the interior walls with their poetries and passages. Some graffiti literature work is required here. Whenever I visit Mall Road, I will pay a visit here for sure.

Get-together ky lie achi jhga h Buht rushi hai Service achi h Rush buht h But classy h Must visit

The first time I've experienced very bad behaviour throughout Pakistan to-date was here. The waiter stole 30% of my change and insisted on a tip before I noticed, though 16% service charge was already paid for. He also insisted I pay him immediately upon bringing my 1x coffee, 1x small sandwich and 1x mineral water which came to 850R whilst everyone else paid after they were finished. He then tried to remove my coffee when I was only 60% done (probably to get rid of me before I noticed he had short-changed me). Considering the high expectations I had of this place as it is truly very quaint inside and exactly to my taste, I was saddened by this experience. I have included a picture of him in this review (facing away from the camera in white).

A very warm and cozy place. Loved the coffee and brownie.

Some places are worth a visit and this is one of them. Most iconic and famous tea house in Lahore or even in Punjab which has a history before the partition. Mostly famous for meeting place for writers, cultural and literary personalities. Every famous writer, poet has visited this cafe, from Manto to Ibn e Insha to Faiz Ahmad Faiz to many more. Apart from its historic background it also has good taste and service. Cardamom tea was good and so was brownie and dount. Was very fresh and light. It costed 570 which was very reasonable considering taste and quantity. Staff was very cooperative.

Ambiance was great. Its a historic place for all poetry lovers. Many of your poetry legends and idols used to visit there. Quality food needs to improved . Prices are very economical. You should once visit it if you are a poetry lover.

Cozy cafe with good tea and fresh brownies. The waitors are awesome!

I visited probably One year ago, but that was good experience!! My friend took me there. As I'm interested in Literature and Poetry so I love this place I'd love to visit thousands time !!!

Good Taste But needs improvement But service was Good A House of Thinkers and writers I like it very Much

PAK TEA HOUSE ☕ Traditionally frequented by country's notably artistic, cultural and literary personalities, it was founded by a Sikh family in 1940 and quickly acquired its current name after it was leased to one of the locals in Lahore after the partition of India in 1947. Intervention of Lahore High Court and led to the re-opening of the Tea House in 2013. Noted for being the birthplace of influential literary movement, the Progressive Writers' Association, the place is described as "house of writers and thinkers who serve the nation selflessly.

Beat tea point in Lahore

It closed at 10pm ,we were late but they served us with a fantastic tea and brownie.

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I have visited this place one time but found nothing notable as I have listened or read about it.

A quaint tea place with a huge historical significance. The foot print on the literary scene is huge but only as a window in the past. A must visit for those who wish to take a peep in the past and sip hot tea amidst photographs of literary giants of Lahore

Such a historic cafe ruined by the management. Feels like a government office now, really bad service. Broken chairs and tables. Tea should be better, not just machine made cardamom tea found anywhere else.

Good place to hang out and have some tea. The Cafe holds a significant historic value that adds to the overall environment and experience of being there.

Nice experience

Its an old tea house one of the earliest in Lahore ... Tea is so good traditionally cardimom arouma enhanced the taste ......in a bussy located traditional place

Almost everyone spent hours waiting for food or going to the hotel to beggars.

I liked the place. Their service was good and one of the best thing was cardamom tea.

We paid a visit on sunday at noon time and surprisngly tea house has a good number of visitors present in the cafe. No doubt it's a historical place and many known intellectuals, poets, writers use to visit this place regularly. I wish this place to be famous amongst the younger generations. Best of luck to Pak Tea House!!!

Very poor sitting.. pathetic ambiance. Nothing like in the pictures. Fake pictures.

Normal taste.. Not a good place for Karak Chay Lovers

A place which has foot prints of history. Nice tea with brownies.

I like this place.i have been at this place last year,this time I brought my friend to see the wonderful place.but unfortunately it is Sunday and place is closed but it is mentioned Open. I came all the way from sahiwal then From Bagh e Jinnah to Pak tea house.i booked a ride when I reached the destination it was closed.please mentioned on maps that place is closed in Sunday Low stars given because my journey wasted.

Simple tea is unavailable here. Don't know why. Cardamon tea is expensive but one takes it just for being on an historical place

So it was around 7 on the clock when a freind of mine asked me to acompany him to a place called The Pak Tea house. well for starters I had heard lot about this Tea House , about their ambiance , also about the the historic refrence of the place and all. Believe you me their i tried one of the most Finest cardimum tea i've ever tasted and the biggest plus of this place is that this place has a special Ambiance that is so soothing that you'll feel like never leaving from their🙂 The sandwiches were good and freshly made. Brownie was not as good as its looking the picture but over all the experience was top notch. Ambiance 9/10 Service 9/10 Tea 100/10

Nice place in area, need improvement in quality of food.

The place was beautifull n historical but the food quality was just average .. Tea was good .

fantastic

Response time is horrible. We left the place without eating..

Best tea in town

Beautiful Experience

When friends asks me where to visit in Lahore, Pak Tea House is the first thing that comes in my mind. 5/5

Feel honoured to have a cup of tea where renowned intellectuals, writers and poets used to visit, sit and write/produce classic literature.

Historical place of Nasir kazmi, intazar Hussian but little expensive

Most economical please to go with companions and have looooong conversations.

AMAZING TEA

The food is amazing and the price is very reasonable.

Very conjested suffocating on second floor ,mismanagment and high rates the tea was gud but service was horrible got me self a cold tea

Amazing I take tea from here every drop of tea is full of creamy Highly recommended A house of thinkers and writer Pakistan zindabad May long live pakistan

Good to be there, nice coffee and a memorable place...

Tea is good but sometimes it's served warm, not hot. Customer service is average

love this place

Good place to sit with friends Its a good place for snacks

One of the best place to sit with friends and enjoy the tea and snacks.

This place has a credibility due to many factors... 1. Historical value as it was constructed before partition 2. Taste of shami kabab, donuts and tea is too good and i have tasted only these so far 3. Environment is good and apart from being indoor place smokers can smoke too 4. There are often literary parties and get togethers being held there which can one can enjoy too 5. Its economical too The only flaw of Pak Tea House is there slow service

Historical tea point. Many famous prestigious philosophers and writers was used to sit here.

Amazing

A good place for having a tea with a historical touch.

Quality of tea was normal. Ambiance was good. It's a good place to sit with friends and family.

An old place known as Pak tea house. This place was actually a gathering point of famous poets , so people use to spend quality time here and you can also enjoy tea or coffee here !

I actually had great expectations from this place. I ordered Doodh Patti and to my dismay, it was made form a machine and costed me PKR 110. I found that absurd and expensive. Couldn’t really enjoy the experience because we had to be seated outdoors due to COVID regulations.

It is a peaceful place...and I hope you'll enjoy a cup of tea....

Best quality tea. Good place for family sitting together and with friends historical place. Danishwar sit here poet sit here conversation between them very useful I love this place when I eneter this place I fell very good very very memorable place Situated on mall road

House of thinkers and poets

Best tea in town ❤❤

Went there a long time ago. It was a place well maintained and worth visiting. It gives also the vibes or our past and the things which we have lost so far with the passage of time. Our cafes were used to be literary hubs,now replaced by Sheeshah or some qawali chai type low standard places. Now our gossips are centered on Sas bahu dramas or illicit relationships. Our youth does not carry the spark which progressive nations require. Alas, we are crossing the wrong bridge.

Ok if u just want to sit with friends somewhere... Otherwise food is horrible mostly

Peaceful place

Old cafe

(Translated by Google) Sun k sath (Original) Sun k sath

Very organised sitting plan but the can't impress me. Kinda cold.

Historical tea shop

❤️

Tea & cake was awful 🤮🤮🤮

Best for having Quality time with yourself.

The worst place I've ever encountered. Atmosphere 0 Ambiance 0 Service 0 Taste 0 Plus 16% gst no card payment only cash. It's a request not to visit!!