Saravanaa Bhavan Tooting Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The quality of food is really good and with some kind people to take care."
• "Simply scrumptious....very clean, reasonably priced and quick service."
• "Best place to have south indian food in UK. The south indian thaali is just too good and connects you with its variety of curries, sambaar, mor, appalam, payasam..ect to the wide south indian gastronomy."
• "Food was nice and tasty, a little bit spicy and hot though which is not compatible to my taste."
• "The coffee, south Indian thali and kaima idli were very good."
• "The food here is consistently delicious. It's a no-frills kind of place, but if you like dosas, this is the place to eat them!"
• "Love the food here. It's always fresh and tasty."

Cons:

• "All curries were imbalanced and tasted horrendous."
• "The Pongal was not fresh and the vada was reheated."
• "Food is not good that potato curry is not even fresh. Test is not even good."
• "The dosa was undercooked and the sambar was unquestionably watered down."
• "I tried their 7 mini oothappam which was not upto the mark as it was merely dosa with stingy toppings."
• "The worst Dosa we ever had in life."
• "The food was awful and tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was prompt."
• "All other staff over there are very respectful and well mannered."
• "Prices are reasonable and portions are adequate."
• "Food was good and the speed at which it was served was great."
• "Asked for Medhu wada and South Indian thali. The Medhu wada was crispy (just how I like it) and the sambhar was lip smacking."
• "Staff are very attentive and super nice atmosphere, price is reasonable."
• "Servers are polite, professional and diligent."

Cons:

• "No positive comments regarding management and staff conduct."
• "Very rude behaviour, disgusting attitudes of staff."
• "The manager, in particular, seemed disinterested and failed to acknowledge throughout our entire visit."
• "But service becomes poor during busy periods, which is annoying when you run out of chutney or sambhar."
• "Service used to be good but has gone from bad to worse especially post-lockdown."
• "Service was slow today, walls covered in flies, food was inconsistent."
• "The staff were rude and the service was beyond slow."

Hygiene and Ambience

Pros:

• "A lovely little spot for veggie/vegan food. They have a lot of choices and a good-sized menu. The staff were very friendly and helpful, the restaurant was clean, and the food was tasty."
• "The ambience brings back memories of eating in a Udipi back in South India."
• "They cafe like restaurant reminds me Mumbai the style the atmosphere and food. Nice place to hang out with a few mates who love Indian food."
• "Lovely dosas, lovely cauliflower Manchurian and tasty chilli paneer. Naans were fantastic - thin, fresh and full of flavour."
• "Small restaurant with a nice, homely atmosphere and simple yet authentic serving dishes."
• "Ambience is good for noisy groups like us."
• "This place serves authentic South Indian Dishes. It's pure Vegetarian. The dishes are made fresh."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately, the tables and chairs were also poorly cleaned. There were food particles and remnants left on the seats."
• "No positive comments regarding hygiene were found."
• "They use bad quality of vegetables."
• "For hygiene 1 star, table was smell due to cloth they used for cleaning table."
• "Restaurant is not neat and clean even toilet flush is not working properly."
• "Cutleries and plates were dirty."
• "Glasses for drinking water were not cleaned."