Arrogant and short-tempered, especially when people show up to grab their food.
Service: 1
Vikrant Mule
I visited A1 Adyar Ananda Bhavan during my 12-day trip to the USA with my parents, and it was truly the highlight of all the Indian restaurants I tried—even better than some big names like Saravana Bhavan.
The food here is simply amazing! Their vegetarian thali is a must-try—so flavorful and satisfying. I also enjoyed their dosa, idli, and upma, all of which were excellent. Everything tasted authentic, fresh, and full of traditional South Indian flavors.
The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and the staff made us feel very happy and comfortable. If you’re in New York and looking for delicious Indian vegetarian food, this is definitely the place to go. Highly recommend to all Indian food lovers!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mukti Gandhi
Very good food. Touches the soul. Not sure why low ratings. Been in NY for a few years and this restaurant is literally in my neighborhood. Regret not trying it earlier because of the reviews. Restaurant is very simple and reminds you of home. And every thing tastes like home cooked. This place is my new fav. A bit pricey for fully vegetarian meals.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Harish Chandru
I went in 45 minutes before closing with my parents and had just Dosas to serve. We mentioned very politely that it’s slightly unusual for kitchen to close 45 minutes before the mentioned time, for which a rude lady who worked there, mentioned that we have to be there 45 minutes early or else look for other options . When I mentioned I’m not there to argue she kept on insisting that customers need to come early by at least an hour early and doesn’t really care if customers are unhappy about it. Never again, definitely not recommend.
Mohit Shrivastava
I am stunned that they do not allow restroom use for take out customers. That was very rude when the person at the reception did not allow ladies with us to use restrooms even though we were waiting for our order. The filter coffee we ordered was pathetic.
Sarah Fathima
At the Lexington branch New York was served stale Idli that was made in the afternoon as acknowledged by the server herself. It was just about 7pm and she said as it was closing time, they would not prepare fresh Idli. How is this even normal to serve stale food? I wanted to have a second serving, but decided against it- obviously. In the past, I have had fresh cooked idlis even beyond 8. Owners watch out, so that the image is not tarnished by such casual remarks by ever changing staff. Even the Sambhar did not taste fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sulthan Iqbal
Food is ok. Not worthy. Thaali was not authentic.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Madhavan Poyyapakkam
Excellent Chennai food. Very tasty and less spicy. Ghee pongal was yummy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amirtha Varshini A S
Tasty ghee dosa and authentic filter coffee—just a short walk from Grand Central Station.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Nandita Dingankar
We were staying in a hotel just across the street and spotted this place. We were happy to see a veg South Indian restaurant so near by at a place like NewYork. We visited this place expecting reasonably good good and service But, to our surprise the experience was not great. Restaurant was almost empty, still there was a long wait to even place an order
We ordered Gun Powder Masala Dosa (gun powder is dry lentil power, which is one of the commonest items served as accompaniment with South Indian food), and to our utter disbelief, they told us that ‘gun powder’ was not available.
We looked at the menu again and placed an order
Once ordered, the food came on time. But the preparations were not up to the mark. Set dosas too thick and undercooked, Uthappas too spicy and thick. Coconut chutney which is the soul of South Indian food was served like pickle, so little. Sambar, which is so easy to make, was also not tasty. With hardly any customers around, the staff still looked overwhelmed and busy. Overall, poor service, ordinary food and ambience.
Food was not tasty at all. Party of 4 ordered 4 dishes and all were not very good at all. Left most of the dishes uneaten. Also received lassi after the meal despite reminders. Plus one guy managing the entire front end so service was not good
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
jayashree ganesan
Tucked away near E 39th Street is this restaurant famous for its dosas, and rightly so. Mr Sudhir is quick in service and friendly. The Deluxe South Indian thali is good, but wish they would give rice to customers who dont want the phulka.
Pets are not allowed.
Reservations are recommended for weekends.
Note restaurant closes daily at 9.pm
Bus routes M 102 and M 103 service this route
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bud
Outstanding home cooked food in an unassuming setting. The service is very goid and the Chef is friendly and serves tbe best Indian I have ever tasted.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
deepan prabhu
For real South Indians this has okish food. The food is good for non Indians as the spice level is well under control.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Nitesh Shukla
Pathetic staff and customer service attitude, there was staff named Raju didn’t bring order to our table but served same food to table next to us. Also he tried to keep the money from due change.
Arrogant and short-tempered, especially when people show up to grab their food.
Service: 1
I visited A1 Adyar Ananda Bhavan during my 12-day trip to the USA with my parents, and it was truly the highlight of all the Indian restaurants I tried—even better than some big names like Saravana Bhavan.
The food here is simply amazing! Their vegetarian thali is a must-try—so flavorful and satisfying. I also enjoyed their dosa, idli, and upma, all of which were excellent. Everything tasted authentic, fresh, and full of traditional South Indian flavors.
The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and the staff made us feel very happy and comfortable. If you’re in New York and looking for delicious Indian vegetarian food, this is definitely the place to go. Highly recommend to all Indian food lovers!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good food. Touches the soul. Not sure why low ratings. Been in NY for a few years and this restaurant is literally in my neighborhood. Regret not trying it earlier because of the reviews. Restaurant is very simple and reminds you of home. And every thing tastes like home cooked. This place is my new fav. A bit pricey for fully vegetarian meals.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I went in 45 minutes before closing with my parents and had just Dosas to serve. We mentioned very politely that it’s slightly unusual for kitchen to close 45 minutes before the mentioned time, for which a rude lady who worked there, mentioned that we have to be there 45 minutes early or else look for other options . When I mentioned I’m not there to argue she kept on insisting that customers need to come early by at least an hour early and doesn’t really care if customers are unhappy about it. Never again, definitely not recommend.
I am stunned that they do not allow restroom use for take out customers. That was very rude when the person at the reception did not allow ladies with us to use restrooms even though we were waiting for our order. The filter coffee we ordered was pathetic.
At the Lexington branch New York was served stale Idli that was made in the afternoon as acknowledged by the server herself. It was just about 7pm and she said as it was closing time, they would not prepare fresh Idli. How is this even normal to serve stale food? I wanted to have a second serving, but decided against it- obviously. In the past, I have had fresh cooked idlis even beyond 8. Owners watch out, so that the image is not tarnished by such casual remarks by ever changing staff. Even the Sambhar did not taste fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
Food is ok. Not worthy. Thaali was not authentic.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Excellent Chennai food. Very tasty and less spicy. Ghee pongal was yummy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tasty ghee dosa and authentic filter coffee—just a short walk from Grand Central Station.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
We were staying in a hotel just across the street and spotted this place. We were happy to see a veg South Indian restaurant so near by at a place like NewYork. We visited this place expecting reasonably good good and service
But, to our surprise the experience was not great.
Restaurant was almost empty, still there was a long wait to even place an order
We ordered Gun Powder Masala Dosa (gun powder is dry lentil power, which is one of the commonest items served as accompaniment with South Indian food), and to our utter disbelief, they told us that ‘gun powder’ was not available.
We looked at the menu again and placed an order
Once ordered, the food came on time. But the preparations were not up to the mark. Set dosas too thick and undercooked, Uthappas too spicy and thick. Coconut chutney which is the soul of South Indian food was served like pickle, so little. Sambar, which is so easy to make, was also not tasty.
With hardly any customers around, the staff still looked overwhelmed and busy.
Overall, poor service, ordinary food and ambience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Restaurantji Recommends
Food was not tasty at all. Party of 4 ordered 4 dishes and all were not very good at all. Left most of the dishes uneaten. Also received lassi after the meal despite reminders. Plus one guy managing the entire front end so service was not good
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Tucked away near E 39th Street is this restaurant famous for its dosas, and rightly so. Mr Sudhir is quick in service and friendly.
The Deluxe South Indian thali is good, but wish they would give rice to customers who dont want the phulka.
Pets are not allowed.
Reservations are recommended for weekends.
Note restaurant closes daily at 9.pm
Bus routes M 102 and M 103 service this route
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Outstanding home cooked food in an unassuming setting. The service is very goid and the Chef is friendly and serves tbe best Indian I have ever tasted.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
For real South Indians this has okish food.
The food is good for non Indians as the spice level is well under control.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Pathetic staff and customer service attitude, there was staff named Raju didn’t bring order to our table but served same food to table next to us. Also he tried to keep the money from due change.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Loading...