Delicious food, plenty of vegan options. I had the masala dosa with chutney and sambar, as well as a couple of samosas. Everything was wonderful, and came out fast.The kitchen was unfortunately rather noisy, and I wish they didn’t use styrofoam and plastic for everything, too much waste. More of a take-out place I would say (there are seats, but at dinner time on a Saturday I was the only one dining in).
A nice cozy small place where food tastes nice and authentic, with pleasant Lata mangeshkar/Kishore kumar hindi music in the background. I have tried parathas, dosas, chole batura, samosas and hukka noodles. Recommend for families or office lunches. Courteous staff.
Uck, the food was terrible. We ordered veg chowmein, Manchurian and vada pav. The pav used for vada pav was sweet! Disgusting. The chowmein despite asking for spicy was bland as hell. It smelled of dirty cooking oil and was terrible despite her offering to fix it. The munchurian again was saltless. I had to drive 30 mins to get here and I’m surely never doing that again. Save a trip and don’t eat here - worst food I’ve eaten in DMV.
Wish I could put it less than oneLousy dry idlis, vadas sambhar dosas we’re all miserable topped with bad attitude of lady at the counter and dirty restaurant
The food here was very tasty. Felt homemade without the aftertaste of restaurant food. We had rava masala dosa, Bhel Puri, Dahi vada, Gobi paratha and mango lassi. All the items were great. The masala chai was the best we ever had. The host was very friendly and attentive to my child’s food allergy restrictions. True to its name- Balaji “Organic” cafe?
Needs so much work. Served water instead of sambhar, God knows what was served in place of masala in the dosa (yellow smashed potatoes), chutney was neutral to taste, peanut garlic chutney was a good one, dosa was less than satisfactory and burnt. The concept of the restaurant seems pretty good but it is due for a major overhaul to fix the food and quality.
Very helpful and friendly! I went with my friend who can't eat anything with chili spice. They helped us find what we can order non spicy. We ordered a bunch of dishes to share, and I got one chaat for myself that was a little spicy. The food was very good! I especially enjoyed the chaat, dosa, and sambar. I will definitely be returning. There are so many other items I look forward to trying.
A favorite for me and my wife, we call it “Daily Dosa” amongst ourselves. We can get enough food for both of us for dinner for under $20 and we love the food. The dosas are great and tangy and we like the sambar so much we learned how to make it at home (that pod vegetable is called ‘drumstick’). Just be careful not to accidentally place your phone order with the other place called Balaji Cafe in Utah.
I should have known the moment I walked into an empty restaurant on a lovely Sunday morning. I was carefree and naive and had no idea how horrible this ordeal was going to turn out to be.. I ordered chaat, Chole Batura and paav bhaji. The order was ready in a few minutes to my surprise from a fairly uneventful kitchen.. (this should have been the second red flag). The food was abysmal to say the least. The chole was cold, the paav was cold, the chat was soggy and the bhaji had a weird taste to it.I really hope the owners take these reviews seriously because I feel for the people who accidentally eat here.
If i could give negative stars, i will. Here are the things that was not good with our experience: the waitress did not know items on the menu even existed. All our paratas were reheated because they took it out of the frozen package, if i want to eat frozen, why will i go to a restaurant? Yogurt had a very odd smell.. even the reheated frozen paratha was like papad. Chaat items were too sweet and noodles had only the taste of soy sauce! Not worth going here