February 2025: Stopped by for lunch on a Saturday morning right before noon. .
I have been eating masala dosa since 2000 at Vik's in Berkeley. This place has dosas which are pretty good.
My dosa was not as crispy as I liked. But perhaps they were having an off morning. They were just starting their day as there was no one else eating at the restaurant when we arrived.
Sambar was very tasty. I wish they sold a side of sambar because I could eat a big bowl of this delicious soup!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
harshit kaushal
I have been to this place and ordered Dosa, Pizza and Idli. Dosa and idli taste’s fresh, but Pizza is hot from the bottom and cold from inside looks like they are reheating frozen pizza. The quantity of sambhar is very less and it’s cold. Overall, my experience was not good.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Safura Baporia
We called ahead to confirm they seat customers until 7 PM and arrived with our kids at 6:50, only to be told they were already closed. Despite mentioning the call, they refused to seat us. Clear communication would have saved us the hassle—very disappointing, especially with kids in tow.
Service: 1
Kumar Vaibhav
Although the ambience and service is pretty much non existent, I can't judge this place based on that. It's a small shop/restaurant - few sitting spots but you get very good south indian food. I tried simple idly, some of their drinks such as Chai and Almond Rose Chia drink - all of them were good. Idlys were really great. Disappointed with Sambhar.
I realised over time that it's really difficult to find good tasty sambhar. The chutney is relatively decent.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Neil Adit
I committed the crime of ordering paneer dosa but they did a great job! It's definitely not paneer tikka but rather bhurji. Sambar could be punchier and chutneys were tiny. Will come back for masala dosa and ghee idli!
Nic Woodyard
Had the Mutton Dosa and Rose Chia Almond Milk. Both are DELICIOUS. Quick service during lunch rush.
I can't rate dining in as highly as I would like - the restaurant was uncomfortably cold due to the always open door. Will be great in warmer weather or for take out.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 5
Parth Banker
We had live dosa party for our son's birthday and we absolutely loved it. All guests enjoyed the delicious appetizers and varieties of Dosas. The cook was very polite, easy going and took care of everything end to end. We received several compliments from our guests about how tasty the food was. Thank you Once Upon a Dosa!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Manisha Kamal
We had Once Upon a Dosa cater at a private event recently. The entire process was transparent, smooth and flexible.The dosa station was a great hit! It was appreciated by everyone that attended. And if you haven’t already, you must taste the Badam halwa. It was heavenly, people took multiple servings. The containers used also enhanced the ambience.All in all, I highly recommend using Once upon a Dosa for your next event!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jasleen Kaur
We went to their kitchen on a Sunday evening. It was open according to the website/Google. We placed the order, and sat there - waited for our order to be ready. Our 22 month old twins were with us and we believed that the kitchen order would be quick. The kiosk suggested that the time for order pickup would be 7-17 mins. We waited for 30 minutes - hungry, managing hangry toddlers and our order kept showing delayed. I then called the number and requested them to make it quick when they informed us that the kitchen was closed and the order should not have gone through in the first place. We were so so upset. We had hungry and cranky children, we had waited for 35 minutes by this time and had no quick alternatives for dinner.Next time you go - make sure you call them and ask if they are open in the first place, because well, they will close the physical kitchen but might have not bothered to close the system online making it difficult and frustrating for their customers. This happened on 5.30 pm - and up until 8 pm google showed them open, door dash was taking their orders (it is not just the kiosk that wasn't working). I made it a point to check before I posted a negative review because while the money for our order had been refunded, more customers could clearly have ordered and might have to go through this ordeal.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Raghav Jayaraman
We hired Rukmani to cater our little boy’s birthday party last night for more over 50 people. Overall, we were quite pleased with the food, service, and, in particular, the live dosa booth! The dinner was brought in with great packaging, with high-quality ingredients, and on time!When I initially called Rukmani, it was barely two days before the event, and I'm still in awe at how she managed to coordinate everything so quickly before the event. I don't usually post reviews online, but I'm personally very happy with these people and would heartily suggest them for absolutely delicious South Indian vegetarian items!I'm grateful.
We have been catering from Wellbowls for a while now. We love Rukhmini’s innovative, healthy and tasty creations. We had an onsite dosa party the past weekend. We had requested no onions/garlic and nuts. The food was excellent. Dosas were crispy and yummy. She offered many varieties of dosas. Our guests loved the Millet noodles. Happy guests, happy hosts!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Butter Podi Dosa
Sesh Ramaswami
Vegetarian options: WOnderful dosa, sambar, idli and chutneys. Friendly and efficinet chef and assistant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Butter Podi Dosa
Akanksha Chopra
Great to have a selection of vegan items/dosas including the waffle bowls which I'd highly recommend. The rose almond chia shake was pretty good as well. It's only a take-out place.
Mathuri Vasudev
Hosted an onsite Fusion taco bar and Dosa party catering in Novemeber and was extremely pleased with the service. The onsite chef's were amazing, friendly and were individually catering to the needs of our party guests while making dosas. Quality of the food was superior, doasas, chutney, Sambhar, Veggie pulav had great flavors. Badam halwa was divine, and the guests were going in for seconds. What was special about the service was all the food was served in decent server ware instead of the regular aluminum trays. Would definitely recommend them for any family events and get-together. Thank you
Divya Shekhar
Freshness of home made food that is delicious and mouth watering. All age groups loved the dosa (12 varieties to choose from) ans fresh spongy idli. Apart from the food itself the utensils and entire set up was hygienic and clean. I will 100% recommend once upon a dosa for catering service.
Vegetarian options: Dosa 12 varietiesIdliCombo ? tacosVegetarian kids pulav but the dest one is desserts that is unique and fresh.
February 2025:
Stopped by for lunch on a Saturday morning right before noon. .
I have been eating masala dosa since 2000 at Vik's in Berkeley. This place has dosas which are pretty good.
My dosa was not as crispy as I liked. But perhaps they were having an off morning. They were just starting their day as there was no one else eating at the restaurant when we arrived.
Sambar was very tasty. I wish they sold a side of sambar because I could eat a big bowl of this delicious soup!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
I have been to this place and ordered Dosa, Pizza and Idli. Dosa and idli taste’s fresh, but Pizza is hot from the bottom and cold from inside looks like they are reheating frozen pizza. The quantity of sambhar is very less and it’s cold. Overall, my experience was not good.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
We called ahead to confirm they seat customers until 7 PM and arrived with our kids at 6:50, only to be told they were already closed. Despite mentioning the call, they refused to seat us. Clear communication would have saved us the hassle—very disappointing, especially with kids in tow.
Service: 1
Although the ambience and service is pretty much non existent, I can't judge this place based on that. It's a small shop/restaurant - few sitting spots but you get very good south indian food. I tried simple idly, some of their drinks such as Chai and Almond Rose Chia drink - all of them were good. Idlys were really great. Disappointed with Sambhar.
I realised over time that it's really difficult to find good tasty sambhar. The chutney is relatively decent.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
I committed the crime of ordering paneer dosa but they did a great job! It's definitely not paneer tikka but rather bhurji. Sambar could be punchier and chutneys were tiny. Will come back for masala dosa and ghee idli!
Had the Mutton Dosa and Rose Chia Almond Milk. Both are DELICIOUS. Quick service during lunch rush.
I can't rate dining in as highly as I would like - the restaurant was uncomfortably cold due to the always open door. Will be great in warmer weather or for take out.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had live dosa party for our son's birthday and we absolutely loved it. All guests enjoyed the delicious appetizers and varieties of Dosas. The cook was very polite, easy going and took care of everything end to end. We received several compliments from our guests about how tasty the food was. Thank you Once Upon a Dosa!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had Once Upon a Dosa cater at a private event recently. The entire process was transparent, smooth and flexible.The dosa station was a great hit! It was appreciated by everyone that attended. And if you haven’t already, you must taste the Badam halwa. It was heavenly, people took multiple servings. The containers used also enhanced the ambience.All in all, I highly recommend using Once upon a Dosa for your next event!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We went to their kitchen on a Sunday evening. It was open according to the website/Google. We placed the order, and sat there - waited for our order to be ready. Our 22 month old twins were with us and we believed that the kitchen order would be quick. The kiosk suggested that the time for order pickup would be 7-17 mins. We waited for 30 minutes - hungry, managing hangry toddlers and our order kept showing delayed. I then called the number and requested them to make it quick when they informed us that the kitchen was closed and the order should not have gone through in the first place. We were so so upset. We had hungry and cranky children, we had waited for 35 minutes by this time and had no quick alternatives for dinner.Next time you go - make sure you call them and ask if they are open in the first place, because well, they will close the physical kitchen but might have not bothered to close the system online making it difficult and frustrating for their customers. This happened on 5.30 pm - and up until 8 pm google showed them open, door dash was taking their orders (it is not just the kiosk that wasn't working). I made it a point to check before I posted a negative review because while the money for our order had been refunded, more customers could clearly have ordered and might have to go through this ordeal.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
We hired Rukmani to cater our little boy’s birthday party last night for more over 50 people. Overall, we were quite pleased with the food, service, and, in particular, the live dosa booth! The dinner was brought in with great packaging, with high-quality ingredients, and on time!When I initially called Rukmani, it was barely two days before the event, and I'm still in awe at how she managed to coordinate everything so quickly before the event. I don't usually post reviews online, but I'm personally very happy with these people and would heartily suggest them for absolutely delicious South Indian vegetarian items!I'm grateful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
We have been catering from Wellbowls for a while now. We love Rukhmini’s innovative, healthy and tasty creations. We had an onsite dosa party the past weekend. We had requested no onions/garlic and nuts. The food was excellent. Dosas were crispy and yummy. She offered many varieties of dosas. Our guests loved the Millet noodles. Happy guests, happy hosts!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Butter Podi Dosa
Vegetarian options: WOnderful dosa, sambar, idli and chutneys. Friendly and efficinet chef and assistant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Butter Podi Dosa
Great to have a selection of vegan items/dosas including the waffle bowls which I'd highly recommend. The rose almond chia shake was pretty good as well. It's only a take-out place.
Hosted an onsite Fusion taco bar and Dosa party catering in Novemeber and was extremely pleased with the service. The onsite chef's were amazing, friendly and were individually catering to the needs of our party guests while making dosas. Quality of the food was superior, doasas, chutney, Sambhar, Veggie pulav had great flavors. Badam halwa was divine, and the guests were going in for seconds. What was special about the service was all the food was served in decent server ware instead of the regular aluminum trays. Would definitely recommend them for any family events and get-together. Thank you
Freshness of home made food that is delicious and mouth watering. All age groups loved the dosa (12 varieties to choose from) ans fresh spongy idli. Apart from the food itself the utensils and entire set up was hygienic and clean. I will 100% recommend once upon a dosa for catering service.
Vegetarian options: Dosa 12 varietiesIdliCombo ? tacosVegetarian kids pulav but the dest one is desserts that is unique and fresh.
Kid-friendliness: Mouth watering kids food
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