Honestly, I don't know why this place has so many mediocre reviews on Google. Every time I've been to this place, the food has been outstanding!For authentic Punjabi food, this is the best place I've been to so far in the US. Especially recommend all their Chaat - golgappe and aloo tikki chat are my favorites. The golgappe (pani puri shells) are semolina based I believe - the only place in the US where I've had these.Of course, you can't leave without having their special chole bhatoore. Again the bhatoore are made fresh, the chana masala is proper dhaba style. First time I've come across whole spices in chana masala and it just warmed my heart. 10/10 and I absolutely recommend this place to everyone visiting the DC area.
Possibly the worst food we’ve ever eaten and we’re adventurous eaters and world travelers. Shockingly terrible. We went without reading the other reviews and it really is THAT bad. Probable health code violations - everything was cold and I’m pretty sure the chicken in the chicken Kati roll was spoiled. Like scarily bad. Worse than even the worst fast food meal I’ve ever eaten. Please avoid.
I have been regular customer for 4+ years now, mostly order veg food. Also catered on special occasions. There is no change in quality and taste of the food in these years. Service is always great and not rushed. Highly recommend!
PLEASE READ THIS FOR PUBLIC SAFETYThis has been the singularly WORST dining experience for me, as far back as EVER. This place should be shut down. The food is deplorable, the service is nonexistent and the selling of products under the Punjabi name is a fraud. I went there today with my family after a fun morning, hoping to have a cultural rewind to desi lunches filled with buttery parathas and hot chhole with flavorful tandoori. Masala chai has to start this fantasy lunch right? They said they were “out of masala.” No big deal, we order regular chai but it comes out (after an eternity) in a paper cup, cold, smelling of turned cooking oil. We cannot drink it. Then comes the chhole bhature. There are probably prison dishes which taste better than this. The samosa chat was literally the same chhole smeared on a sorry looking samosa. Did I mention everything was cold? The parathas were cold, thin, soggy, with filling that I couldn’t even recognize (I had asked for an aloo paratha). The chicken tandoori was boiled chicken with a smattering of tandoori masala rubbed on top. This is a particularly difficult thing to do, spoil the taste and texture of meat with such aplomb. The paneer smelled vinegar-y and was consistent with the theme of the lunch-cold and tasteless. We did complain about the chai while waiting for the food and they did bring us a second cup each, which was more palatable but we couldn’t bring ourselves to complain about the food. We really felt that a public safety advisory needs to be posted outside this hopeless kitchen. If they had any shame, they’d call me to apologize to my family and refund us fully. Are there examples of suing a restaurant for emotional trauma? They not only spoilt our entire morning but we had to look for hajmola to get the wretched taste out of our mouths. Got home to devour some oranges to do so finally. I have no doubt that the sanitation in the back kitchen is deplorable, extrapolating from the strong spoilt oil taste we had in everything. This I do not have proof for but if I were a betting man, I would bet my house on it. The pictures uploaded were taken in my kitchen because I could not stand there a minute more than I needed to!! I wouldn’t go there to eat even if I was paid to do so by a cooking show or reality tv. One star is unfortunately the minimum I can click here otherwise it would have been very different. PLEASE AVOID IF YOU CARE FOR YOUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
Guys please save your time and money. Food is really not good. We ordered chole batura and chicken biryani. Cholesterol was black and its not at all tasty. Worst chicken biryani I ever tasted in USA. The mixed cooked baskets rise with some gravy and gave it as chicken biryani. Customer service is not good.. I won't suggest this place to anyone.
I don't like to give even one star, but it wont allow me . They charged 18.99 for goat biryani, I think the highest price comparing with all the restaurant in VA taste is worst. We ordered chilly panner. They put the panner in the ketchup and Chicken tikka taste like tamarind curry. Worst foods never go back. I checked the review, i think the owner do not care about it
This is the worst food I have ever eaten in any Indian restaurant. Please be careful. Don’t just go there by name and picture.This is inside a grocery market and near seafood area. Smell is terrible there. J should have run just by smell, but my bad, that I decided to try the food
Do not order from this place! We ordered chole bhatoore and paneer tikka. The chole were black in color, and bhatoore were stale. The paneer tikka didnt taste like paneer tikka at all but was at least edible, compared to the chole which were not edible at all
We ordered Panner Saag, Some chef special goat curry, goat sang, and daal.We paid 77$ for the complete meal.1) The food did not taste good at all2) every single item looks so old and not even their rice was good3) this is 3rd incident with them and I will never ever ever order food againI don't think they know what they are doing by giving old food to customers. We have decided to bring this to the attention of whoever does quality check since they can make someone very sick with their food.
Worst Indian Food Ever in United States and HORRIBLE Customer Service.I had heard a lot about this place. Recently on November 11th 2021,I ordered 1.Paneer kathi Roll 2.Chole Bature 3.Hakka Noodles.Chole Bature- Chole was smelly and Batura was soaked in oil and felt like my mouth is full of spoiled oil.(when asked to owner her words were...hum ji batura aise hi banate hain.) Seriously!!! She was very proud of serving this type of Bhatura from last 13+ years.Paneer kathi roll- Paneer inside the roll was so sour.(when asked to owner... her words were ''Neembu zyada dal gaya hoga'")Hakka Noodles- It was Soy sauce Noodles or my child named it as Black Noodles.(when asked to owner..her words were.. "hum noodles Soy Sauce mein hi banate hain". Does that mean she use only Soy sauce and no other sauce??) TASTELESS BLACK NOODLES - Order it if you want to drink soya sauce.I mean we always think that if one thing is not good may be the other would be better. Thinking that we ordered 3 items and it was a complete waste of $50 and no value for your money. At last we had to order pizza again to fill our tummy. This is the first and the last time I went to this Restaurant and would really warn everyone to NEVER EVER to go there or PICK UP from here.