It was surprising to find an AUTHENTIC SOUTH INDIAN RESTAURANT in NYC. I literally had “BACK TO HOME” feel after a long period. I would recommend to try their South Indian Thali and Dosa’s. The food preparation and presentation was awesome. Friendly and warm welcoming gesture from Staff. Finished off with their excellent Masala Chai that had perfect texture and flavor.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vibe V
Please Do not be deceived by the name . This is not the Original A2B - Adyar Ananda Bhavan. And the worst service and food in the city !
Nirav D
Used to be amazing, like the best South Indian food in the city. The older Indian man/uncle that runs that restaurant has become miserable. As I live a block away I have been to this place over 50x, and every time he becomes worse and worse. I don’t even like walking past the restaurant because I don’t want to see him.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Gopichander Pendra
We visited A2B and had a very disappointing experience. After waiting nearly 20 minutes for someone to take our order, we asked for a chili paratha and two coffees. Being a group of four, we were then told that such an order could not be served for dine-in and would only be available to-go—information shared only after the long wait. The place also appeared severely understaffed.
We proceeded to order coffee to-go, which took another 10 minutes to arrive. The coffee was watery, poorly prepared, and tasted as if it was made without any real experience and charged around $5.00 for each incl all (Taxes and Card processing fee). When we inquired about the delay, instead of addressing the issue, the staff chose to explain how coffee is made. Overall, this was frustrating and unacceptable service.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Hemant Kumar (Harsh)
Decent place overall, but not all the items listed on the menu were available. I tried the dosa it was okay, not the best I’ve had, but still fine for a quick meal.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Shubhendu Dey
This place is complete knockoff version of the authentic A2B. It’s far from the original. We ordered the idli and madhu vada plate, and the Sambar and chutney clearly indicate that it’s not authentic. The masala dosa was quite flat, and the potato masala was bland. I never thought the typical South Indian dish could be so poorly prepared in a supposed to be authentic place.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Raghav Hari Krishna
Good food (not great though). Awful service - They had no ice for water, Sides are all extra, some sides aren't available even if we are willing to pay extra, and extra wide price was $4 on menu but we were charged $6. The server got us a slightly different order and argued with us that I have the order wrong. Consider a different place.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
UM S
Terrible and the worst restaurant on the planet. I ordered Idli and vada combo - Idli was hard and vada even worse fried twice, once a few hours ago and once when I ordered. Was stale.this was priced at $9. Left the vada
Second order was masala Dosa which was terrible with a few drops of coconut chutney and the dosa was made like a knife hurting the tongue. When I asked why there are few drops of chutney, the answer is I can order extra chutney! This is unhygienic place with the serving staff smelling of sweat! This place should be closed by NYC as unhygienic place serving stale food. Total spent $25 on lousy food ! Worst place on the planet
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Aparna Srinivasan
Very expensive. Very small portion sizes. The rasam and sambar given with the meals were filled only half cup. when requested for more they wanted to charge extra. took a while for the server to attend to us and food took time to arrive.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
rohan thakker
Recieved stale chutney multiple times. Terrible attitude when reported
Very slow service. They open pretty late, but even then many dishes weren't ready or available. Uthappam, ghee dosa, idli-vada sambar was good. Mysure Rava Dosa, and Madurai Malli was very thick and unnecessarily heavy. We ordered coffee twice; they did not get it the second time. Overall, I had a very average experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Anich and shiva
Very good indian vegetarian restaurant .authentic south Indian taste , good option for reasona ble price
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Aditi Joshi
Worst staff I’ve ever encountered — zero manners and absolutely no professionalism. I simply requested a dish to be made less spicy, and instead of accommodating (or even politely declining), they outright refused to serve me. This is all when I had my little one with me who was really hungry. The staff was extremely rude and dismissive for no reason.
Restaurants are supposed to provide hospitality, but this place clearly doesn’t understand the basics of customer service. I would never recommend this place to anyone. Avoid at all costs.
What a lie - your staff has a big communication issue She very clearly asked if she can add tomato ketchup To which i said yes After everything said and done i said i’ll pay for the so called paneer fried also but i want masala dosa And the staff simply said no - we cant serve you any further
How disrespectful one can be
One star forever
Manny Palad
Had appetizers and a lovely dessert with my partner. Love this place! A gem.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chaitanya Kalbag
We ordered two items via Grubhub. The restaurant cancelled one item after accepting the order. Did not offer a substitute. Two of us had to share the one item that was delivered (Ooty Spring Dosa) and both of us got stomach ache and diarrhoea overnight and all of the following day. The restaurant was short, verging on the rude, when we called to register the complaint.
It was surprising to find an AUTHENTIC SOUTH INDIAN RESTAURANT in NYC. I literally had “BACK TO HOME” feel after a long period. I would recommend to try their South Indian Thali and Dosa’s. The food preparation and presentation was awesome. Friendly and warm welcoming gesture from Staff. Finished off with their excellent Masala Chai that had perfect texture and flavor.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Please Do not be deceived by the name . This is not the Original A2B - Adyar Ananda Bhavan. And the worst service and food in the city !
Used to be amazing, like the best South Indian food in the city. The older Indian man/uncle that runs that restaurant has become miserable. As I live a block away I have been to this place over 50x, and every time he becomes worse and worse. I don’t even like walking past the restaurant because I don’t want to see him.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
We visited A2B and had a very disappointing experience. After waiting nearly 20 minutes for someone to take our order, we asked for a chili paratha and two coffees. Being a group of four, we were then told that such an order could not be served for dine-in and would only be available to-go—information shared only after the long wait. The place also appeared severely understaffed.
We proceeded to order coffee to-go, which took another 10 minutes to arrive. The coffee was watery, poorly prepared, and tasted as if it was made without any real experience and charged around $5.00 for each incl all (Taxes and Card processing fee). When we inquired about the delay, instead of addressing the issue, the staff chose to explain how coffee is made. Overall, this was frustrating and unacceptable service.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Decent place overall, but not all the items listed on the menu were available. I tried the dosa it was okay, not the best I’ve had, but still fine for a quick meal.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
This place is complete knockoff version of the authentic A2B. It’s far from the original. We ordered the idli and madhu vada plate, and the Sambar and chutney clearly indicate that it’s not authentic. The masala dosa was quite flat, and the potato masala was bland. I never thought the typical South Indian dish could be so poorly prepared in a supposed to be authentic place.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Good food (not great though).
Awful service - They had no ice for water, Sides are all extra, some sides aren't available even if we are willing to pay extra, and extra wide price was $4 on menu but we were charged $6.
The server got us a slightly different order and argued with us that I have the order wrong.
Consider a different place.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Terrible and the worst restaurant on the planet. I ordered Idli and vada combo - Idli was hard and vada even worse fried twice, once a few hours ago and once when I ordered. Was stale.this was priced at $9. Left the vada
Second order was masala Dosa which was terrible with a few drops of coconut chutney and the dosa was made like a knife hurting the tongue. When I asked why there are few drops of chutney, the answer is I can order extra chutney! This is unhygienic place with the serving staff smelling of sweat! This place should be closed by NYC as unhygienic place serving stale food. Total spent $25 on lousy food ! Worst place on the planet
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Very expensive. Very small portion sizes. The rasam and sambar given with the meals were filled only half cup. when requested for more they wanted to charge extra. took a while for the server to attend to us and food took time to arrive.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recieved stale chutney multiple times. Terrible attitude when reported
Restaurantji Recommends
Very slow service. They open pretty late, but even then many dishes weren't ready or available. Uthappam, ghee dosa, idli-vada sambar was good. Mysure Rava Dosa, and Madurai Malli was very thick and unnecessarily heavy. We ordered coffee twice; they did not get it the second time. Overall, I had a very average experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Very good indian vegetarian restaurant .authentic south Indian taste , good option for reasona
ble price
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Worst staff I’ve ever encountered — zero manners and absolutely no professionalism. I simply requested a dish to be made less spicy, and instead of accommodating (or even politely declining), they outright refused to serve me. This is all when I had my little one with me who was really hungry. The staff was extremely rude and dismissive for no reason.
Restaurants are supposed to provide hospitality, but this place clearly doesn’t understand the basics of customer service. I would never recommend this place to anyone. Avoid at all costs.
What a lie - your staff has a big communication issue
She very clearly asked if she can add tomato ketchup
To which i said yes
After everything said and done i said i’ll pay for the so called paneer fried also but i want masala dosa
And the staff simply said no - we cant serve you any further
How disrespectful one can be
One star forever
Had appetizers and a lovely dessert with my partner. Love this place! A gem.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We ordered two items via Grubhub. The restaurant cancelled one item after accepting the order. Did not offer a substitute. Two of us had to share the one item that was delivered (Ooty Spring Dosa) and both of us got stomach ache and diarrhoea overnight and all of the following day. The restaurant was short, verging on the rude, when we called to register the complaint.
Food: 1
Service: 1
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