Mr Prata

Very very good paratha. Super flaky and moist. I got the regular paratha and my friend got the egg and cheese. Both were excellent — the eggs in the egg/​cheese were very fluffy and made the paratha rich and delicious. The regular paratha was tasty and excellent. The fish curry they come with is delicious. We also ordered chicken curry gravy on the side and it had even better spices and taste. Altogether very good paratha and I like that it’s open ²⁴⁄₇.

Decent Prata, service without a smile, and pray that you don’t need to go to the bathroom.

Always good and cheap. S$ 1.70 for thosai (my favorite) and S$ 2.50 for cheese roti prata at a sit-​down restaurant between our home and Botanic Gardens — how can you go wrong? We will miss places like Mr. Prata when we leave Singapore!

Mr. Prata. Considering the area, Mr. Prata is one of the cheapest options around. You can get a prata and drink for just a few dollars. It isn’t fancy by any means, and service isn’t particularly friendly, but it is a casual affordable stop right outside the Botanical Gardens.

I hate to agree with Cherrylene, but let’s face it, she’s right most of the time.
I hate giving out negative reviews, but I think you should be aware that there are other options nearby with better food. I think I’ve done my due diligence coming here regularly over the last year to make sure my impressions of the food were correct.
The food indeed is mediocre at best and in some instances, not really worth the calories. But then again, if you’re hung over or just need to stuff your face after a night of drunken debauchery, the last thing you’re counting is calories… in which case, this place will be just as good as any for a pit stop before falling unconscious into bed.
I believe that the low watermark for an establishment with aspirations of Indian-​Muslim culinary credibility should be the mutton murtabak. Mr Prata’s is doughy and the mutton is unrecognizably mealy. It could be chicken… you just can’t tell. This usually goes well with a fish curry; theirs is watery and recognizable only as fish curry if you really pay attention. There is no hint of tamarind or fish and the consistency is that of day-​old dishwater. Let me remind you that these observations are not based on a single encounter, but a dozen visits over the last year.
Yes, the ambience is nice enough. Al fresco seating is pleasant and clean and you don’t have to sit near a drain or a dumpster. And yes, it is open 24hrs daily.
Other than that, there isn’t much else to recommend Mr Prata over Adam Road Food Centre, Newton down the street or Upper Bukit Timah 15 mins away.

A great place to eat when you’re hungover or just want to chat with friends ’til early morning. It has an extensive menu of prata — whatever fillings you can dream of — and also typical mamak food and drinks like fried rice, fried noodle, milo, teh tarik, bandong. Don’t expect healthy food and clean, quiet environment here although the place is in the middle of neighborhood which makes finding public transport a bit hard — bus or taxi are your best bet. This place is just a feel good place where you can talk as loud as you can while eating a good, greasy, cheap prata like it’s supposed to be made.

This is one of those places where I would just come at night and eat outside just so that I can’t see how dirty this place actually is. It’s dirty and dingy and they charge GST.
I come for the dirt cheap prices of prata and the $ 5.00 chicken prata meal. They also have good murtabak. Their lime drink is too sweet! Nothing worth the trek over but if you’re a student at NUS and need a break from the canteen, this is a good option.

The rating of this place varies with the time of day.
If you go here for lunch on a regular weekday/​weekend, it kinda sucks. Plastic chairs and tables, very dirty toilets and also dirty and messy kitchen. The place screams diahrea the day after.
However, if you go here on a saturday/​sunday morning around 3 – 4 AM, this place is awesome and so much better than spice. Quiet, fast service, cheap and delicious prata! They also have plenty other dishes, wish I have never tried.

Honestly, the food at Mr Prata is below average, sometimes bordering on terrible. It’s not exactly cheap either (there’s GST). With Adam Road Food Centre pretty near by, I would recommend heading over there if you were really craving some good Indian-​Muslim food.
However, if you are just looking for a place to chill with friends while sipping teh-​o bing then this is not a half-​bad location. It’s quiet later in the evening and has a comfortable al fresco setting. If you drive, you can park your car right in front of the place. I’ve never seen a parking attendant there.
Be warned though, your teh-​o ping might be watered down and sugary.

Mr Prata near the Botanic Gardens is open 24 hours a day. I like coming here because the ambience is a lot better than other prata places. Instead of a stuffy, dirty and crowded place, they have a nice outdoor seating full of trees.
It’s a pleasant experience dining here. And their food is really good too! I love their because its crispy, fluffy and not oily at all – something that’s hard to find here. They have every kind of prata imaginable – even Italian prata!
They also serve maggi and nasi goring, curries and dosa. In the daytime they have North Indian food too. Only thing about this place is that its hard to get here without a car since its in a side road and cabs don’t pass by too often and there is no bustop on the road. Worth the trek though.