Sri Periyava Dosa Bhavan
8556 120 St #106, Surrey
(604) 597-3835
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Coming from the land of dosas, I can say this place has the most decent dosa in all of the greater Vancouver area. The taste of sambar and chutney resembles close to home.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
I visit this dosa restaurant very often and usually enjoy the food, but my recent experience with customer service was disappointing.
I called the restaurant to ask if they could add my name to the waiting list because their online waitlist was not working for me. I live only about 10 minutes away, so I thought it would help save some time. The receptionist told me they only accept waitlist requests from people who walk in. However, she also mentioned that there were already five people ahead of me, which made the rule feel a bit confusing. I politely asked again if she could just add my name, but she refused.
Okay I will go there but what they do asked me to wait for next 30 minutes not allowing people to wait in the restaurant because the restaurant have no enough space, okay even I do so, on top of the how would I compensate with the rainy weather???
I understand that restaurants need rules to manage crowds and keep things organized, and I respect that. But situations like this could be handled with a little more flexibility and consideration for customers. Many of us are regular customers and truly enjoy the food here.
I hope the management takes this feedback into consideration. Good customer service is very important because customers are the building blocks of the food industry.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Excellent food. Totally worth it. Kokila was very hospitable and friendly. Be prepared for a bit of waiting if going around noon to about 2:30 pm.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Paper Dosa
Neetu served us dosa great customer service by her
Really liked the dosa💕
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best in BC. Food is great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This Dosa place by far on of the best in town. I’ve been going here for years. They never disappoint. They are usually packed so try calling before coming.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food! Feels like I’m eating home made dosa.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very authentic South Indian food. We always stop here when visiting from Seattle
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Podi Masala Dosa, Paper Dosa
The restaurant is good, food was good as well. Pricing seems expensive as it does not have a great ambience for the price that it takes. Apart from it if you don't mind the price and crave for south Indian food it is great place to have dosa.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
BE FORWARNED: A visit once to this place will be extremely addictive and warrant many visits every month! By sheer stroke of luck, we landed on this hidden gem when we planned to have our midweek dinner and you know what we literally landed on a culinary treasure which is so authentic like the heat of the sun and so genuine like the smile of a child! Completely honest and extremely tasty and excellent value for the money! Place is very unassuming from outside with very modest presence in the social media too but highly hightech and very charming interior, with absolutely immaculate and efficient service! No words to praise the quality and taste of all food items! If you want the most genuine variety and taste of all the South Indian food items, then you don’t have to look anywhere else, come straight to this place! This will not cease to amaze you. Very busy every day and you may book your seats by joining the waitlist in the website and directly walk-in when you’re texted saying your table is ready! The service is great with quick and fresh items reaching your table in the logical sequence - starters first and then the other courses. Many places fail on this one. Among a sea of items, my partner and I ordered this time (our first time to this place in spite of living in the neighborhood for the last 20 years - how silly! - and there will be several next) vegetable uthappam with 1 idli 1 vada combo, tomato-onion uthappam, and plantain Bhajji (for the unversed, it’s a fritters type deep fried preparation made out of unripe banana slices dipped in seasoned besan and fried in oil - try once and you will eat every time). Every item and the sides - sambar and chutneys - were so nice that we felt like ordering for more and more. We will certainly keep visiting this place many times in a month and try their all other items, especially idiyappam and parotta. We also wil have family parties going forward. If you are really looking for a genuine and superior south Indian fare beating all others in the game, you pay a visit and you will be richly rewarded! Certainly, like us, you will quite likely become addicted and this will become your ‘go-to’ place for dosas and all other South Indian items. Special mention about Kokila who served us unassumigly and efficiently and later on we came to know that she is the daughter of father-mother owner couple - Rajendran and Selvi hailing from Madurai, the hotpot of restaurants in south India! While Kokila takes care of the floor, both Rajendran and Selvi take care of the kitchen. The speed and accuracy with which both the floor and kitchen is handled is amazing in spite of the crowd! It’s amazing how quick the items are made and hit the tables so fast and so fresh! It’s a model place for any study or research as to how to run a restaurant absolutely remarkably so well! Congratulations to the entire family and the team for this amazing place and we want to thank them on behalf of the community for keeping up this place and serving all of us! We wish you well for all the success and growth! Please expand into catering and big event parties and opening more branches soon!The above review was done on 31st July 2025 and here we are again within 2 days on 01 August 2025, such is the magnetism of this place and we want to eventually try out all their items gradually during our every frequent visit. Today we tried Thayir Vadai (dahi vada), onion rava dosa and rava Mysore masala dosa! Thayir vadai was top notch and so are their rava dosa items. I also want to record the fact those who stay away from onion and garlic (Jains and Marwadis) they do have all items without onion and garlic! This place never ceases to amaze anyone! More photos and menu cards added by me this time. Thanks. Our 3rd visit in a span of just 10 days yesterday (August 09, 2025). This place has become irresistible now for us and we tried this time their vegetable pakora, curd rice and idiappam (with both coconut milk and vegetable kuruma). All 3 items are as usual extremely fresh (prepared on the spot) and tasty.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sambar and Chutney, Idli Vada Combo, Vegetable Pakora 10 Pieces, Sambar Idli, Butter Masala Dosa, Onion Dosa, Pav Bhaji Dosa Pav Bhaji Masala Dosa, Onion Tomato Uttapam, Podi Masala Dosa, Rava Masala Dosa, Uthappam, Paper Masala Dosa, Vada Sambar, Rice Flour Idiyappam
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It was wonderful experience to be here and the food was very much tasty ; highly recommended 😃👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best dosa place in town! There are some wait times during peak hours, but it’s worth waiting! Amazing staff as well, family owned!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came here for the second time thinking it would become our go-to dosa place. The food is good, no doubt about that.
We ordered two dosas — one paneer dosa and one pav bhaji dosa. Instead of the pav bhaji dosa, we were served only pav bhaji. We understand it could have been a miscommunication. However, the lady who took our order was very unprofessional and started blaming us, saying, “How would I know if you said pav bhaji dosa or only pav bhaji?”
There was no apology, only blame placed on the customer, which was disappointing. Because of the attitude and lack of professionalism, we won’t be coming back despite the food being good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Authenticity at its core.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Dosa place in Surrey.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Onion Tomato Uttapam, Spicy Masala Dosa
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