Saravanaa Bhavan

This is a pretty good (one of the best) Dosa restaurants as far as variety and authenticity. (Based on my opinion and that of an Indian friend.) Their preparation of food is slow, and somewhat unpredictable, however the food is worth the wait. Everything we tried was good. Will definitely be going back again some day.

When you walk in you will instantly notice that most of the customers are from India. I tend to take this as a good sign. I absolutely love the dosa masala here but this time around I decided to try their South Indian Thali. Everything was very tasty and thank god the spice level was decent. I hate going to Indian restaurants that over do it in the spice level. Portions are quite generous and the staff is very nice, all though it’s primarily counter service. I’ve been coming here for a while now and don’t understand for the life of me how this place even has 3.5 stars. Maybe my standards are too low because I’ve never been to India and don’t know how the dosa is there. But for me this place is wonderful and seems pretty authentic. They say the coffee here is pretty good too. This is a must try!!!

We ordered kaima idly and kothu parota, both items weee soggy and bad. If you have tasted Kaima idly in india which has crispy fried idlis mixed with onions, bell pepper and sauces, this one was just colored unfried idlis in a soggy sauce. I would never recommend this place to anyone. We also ordered mysore bonda which was not crispy or hot, it clearly tasted like microwaved and barely any flavor. I’m wondering what happened to their quality or have people adjusted to this poor quality.

The reason this place has 3.7 average reviews is mostly their service. Their food was delicious. We ordered madras filter coffee and Idli combo. Both were good. Sambhar flavors were good like home made but not sure what was exceptional about green and white coconut chutney. Loved tomato/ red chutney. 1. Even though we ordered two coffees they only brought us one. 2. We wanted to order onion rava dosa but they mentioned it will take awful long to get that order. So we had to change it. Prices are okay but could be cheaper as they don’t provide exceptional service but only quality food.

Excellent food, no complaints on the quality of food. I recommend their filter coffee, we loved it. We also ordered idli-medu vada combo, sambhar was excellent in taste so as the chutneys. They give coconut chutney, tomato chutney and mint chutney along with sambhar as a side, all tasted fresh and amazing in flavors. The size of idlis and medu vada served is quite bigger and it’s more than sufficient to make you feel full. However, their service is terrible so if you are someone who can compromise on service to have quality food, I recommend you to visit this place. We ordered two filter coffees, they served one and second took forever to come after asking twice for it( by the time it arrived, i had finished my food). A tip in advance, if you love sambhar, order extra ones when they serve your food. They can also do better to maintain good hygiene, not all the staff members wore masks. It was surprising to see the person who brought our food didn’t have a mask on and was roaming around without a mask all the time while serving food to others, personally it’s something that I don’t look forward to seeing especially for dining in.

Worst customer service I've ever had to deal with. We ordered our food at the same time and did not recieve our order for a long time. Even worse, one of the orders was just missed and we were ignored trying to get the attention of staff. Even after we did get their attention we were told to wait despite them messing up and waiter didn't even have the decency to apologize. Food was alright but honestly don't go here, there are better dosa places.