Tumbi Craft

Worst food I have ever had. We all the veg options but the taste of the food was bad. Never had this type of taste before. Would not recommend.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

The idli fries were amazing. The chicken biryani was very good. The vada pao was made in fusion style with caramelised onions. We liked it. The chicken malai tikka was a little dry and lacked spices and could have been better. The service was great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Tumbi restaurant falls short of expectations. The service was slow and inattentive, leading to long waits and no water refills throughout the meal. The portion sizes were disappointingly mismatched in a plate, and the food itself was basic and lacked flavor—far from justifying the high-end prices. Overall, Tumbi offers poor value for money with subpar food and lackluster service. Would not recommend.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

I wish I can give 0 star. Taste less food and staff doesn’t understand simple word.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Palak Paneer, Naan

Good food and the ambience!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Do yourself a favor, completely skip this one.

Filter the reviews based on lowest and read through. All of those reviews are bang on correct. I made the mistake of giving benefit of doubt, and oh boy I was so wrong. Don’t be me - it’s just with your one penny.

Wheelchair accessibility: Accessible.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Love this restaurant! Their service is amazing and so kind. The Paper Dosa is brilliant, presented as a huge crispy tube of deliciousness with yummy sauces and chutneys to dip it in. There is nothing like it, go experience their Paper Dosa. I have ordered it while two different cooks are working and both times it was fantastic.

Everything I have ordered is delicious here and it is right by the beach and the Santa Monica Pier. You can sit outside with a view of the water and walk down to the beach afterwards. And inside is a nice cozy bar and seating area. It is a great place to people watch if you sit outside, I feel like I am in the heart of a city at the same time as right by the beach.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Kashmiri Rogan Josh, Classic Masala Dosa, Garlic Naan

Worst Indian food ever.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Pretty good Indian restaurant with both South and North Indian options near santa monica pier. We had pani puri, gobi 65 and idli fries for appetizers and they were all great. For the main course paper dosa, masala dosa, channa batura and sides of poori were good. The aloo gobi was a little bland and the paratha was different.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Pani Puri Shots, Classic Masala Dosa

Fantastic Indian food. The dosa was better than most dosas I’ve had in India. Great service from Tony. Not sure why there are negative reviews! They have fixed a lot of things. People should get back out here.

Vegetarian options: Great selection of vegetarian food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Vada Pav and Idli Fries, Kashmiri Rogan Josh, Classic Masala Dosa

We used to love this place. Unfortunately I can not recommend it anymore. In the last month they changed the menu to literally ONLY chicken. The entire menu. All the prices went up $3-$5 on everything, just not worth it, especially for chicken. They used to have amazing slightly smaller plates for $18 and we would order a few, great variety. The food went downhill, the prices went up 20%. Too bad.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

27$ for a small box of biryani! It’s a scam!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 1

Deeeelish! The vada pav, chole bhature, and biryani were really good. The vada pav was decently spicy as well, so we got some raita on the side. Would def come back!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Great Indian food! We tried dosa and chana-batura which were both awesome.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 3

It’s a sunny day today and I really love to eat curry and chicken tikka masala on a nice weather.