Great food; service could be lot better; forcing bottle waters ... additional tips on top of gratuity?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Aappam with Coconut Milk, Chicken Lollipop, Tandoori Chicken
Cayley R.
Mango Lassi was tasty and the rice was fine. Everything else (cauliflower, Chana masala) was so salty it was almost inedible. Service was quick, and maybe other dishes are better but I love Indian food and I basically ate plain rice for dinner and threw out the rest.
Vicky's Expedition
Good food with good service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Sarah Lhymn
My friend and I recently dined here and our meal was fantastic! Everything about it was enjoyable, full of flavor, and delicious. :) We ordered a tandoori chicken (get this!!!), aappam dish (with egg curry, my friend ordered this so I forget the exact name but it was really good), and a kothu parrota (my dream Thanksgiving stuffing) ?.The tandoori chicken comes out sizzling (see pics) and is one of the best I’ve ever had. ☺️All of our food was amazing, the service was great, and I will definitely be coming back! Five stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ all around. ☺️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gee Aye
Way too many opportunities to improve - easily makes it to the worst Indian restaurant experiences in DC area so far.Fish was smelly and foul, chicken biryani was sticky and plain fried (it shouldn’t be called biryani please!). Bar is limited. Restrooms are broken. Ambience is grubby. And it costed us about 50 usd per head for a dinner
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Li Pa
Mutton Pulao - 5/5Chicken biryani - 3/5
Food: 4
Recommended dishes: Goat Biryani
Srini Ramaswamy
Good food, great host,
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Appam with Coconut Milk
Dawn Murphy
Delicious food that makes me remember why I fell in love with Indian cuisine. Kalpasi has the complexity that makes every bite an explosion of flavors. Prices are very good for generous helpings. The staff are wonderful and Alex is always welcoming and helpful.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
karthik reddy
Cauliflower 65 is too salty and idli chutneys are little bit salty.
Delicious South Indian food in the area. Great service and atmosphere. Attuakal soup, chettinad chicken and goat, and mutton varuval are must try. Mysore masala dosa and chutneys were delicious. Chicken 555, vada, chicken lollipops were very tasty. Chicken chettinad was a little bland but had good flavor. Food was served quickly and was hot. Overall a great experience. Will definitely be back to try biryani, fish and dosas.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Syed Rizvi
Chai was fine but the servers were extremely rude. They were talking trash to each other about us. Added bottles of water to the bill themselves even though we never asked for them and didn’t drink them and showed attitude when we asked for it to be
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
bhagavan vg
Food is really bad, bad quality, not fresh.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Leena Regi Saleth
Looking out for some authentic South Indian- Chettinad food, then stop by here and enjoy their food. A bite of their Aappam dipped on coconut milk would remind you of home cooked food by mom. Must try their mutton chukka and chicken chettinad too with their parottas and drumstick chicken. Do you miss that sarbbath that you enjoyed in your hometown, order their nannari sarbath, and complete your meal!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kara Dixon
Delicious! Had the spinach saag with rosemary naan! Hit the spot!
Lovely appams and traditional chettinadu
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food; service could be lot better; forcing bottle waters ... additional tips on top of gratuity?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Aappam with Coconut Milk, Chicken Lollipop, Tandoori Chicken
Mango Lassi was tasty and the rice was fine. Everything else (cauliflower, Chana masala) was so salty it was almost inedible. Service was quick, and maybe other dishes are better but I love Indian food and I basically ate plain rice for dinner and threw out the rest.
Good food with good service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
My friend and I recently dined here and our meal was fantastic! Everything about it was enjoyable, full of flavor, and delicious. :) We ordered a tandoori chicken (get this!!!), aappam dish (with egg curry, my friend ordered this so I forget the exact name but it was really good), and a kothu parrota (my dream Thanksgiving stuffing) ?.The tandoori chicken comes out sizzling (see pics) and is one of the best I’ve ever had. ☺️All of our food was amazing, the service was great, and I will definitely be coming back! Five stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ all around. ☺️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Way too many opportunities to improve - easily makes it to the worst Indian restaurant experiences in DC area so far.Fish was smelly and foul, chicken biryani was sticky and plain fried (it shouldn’t be called biryani please!). Bar is limited. Restrooms are broken. Ambience is grubby. And it costed us about 50 usd per head for a dinner
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Mutton Pulao - 5/5Chicken biryani - 3/5
Food: 4
Recommended dishes: Goat Biryani
Good food, great host,
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Appam with Coconut Milk
Delicious food that makes me remember why I fell in love with Indian cuisine. Kalpasi has the complexity that makes every bite an explosion of flavors. Prices are very good for generous helpings. The staff are wonderful and Alex is always welcoming and helpful.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cauliflower 65 is too salty and idli chutneys are little bit salty.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Delicious South Indian food in the area. Great service and atmosphere. Attuakal soup, chettinad chicken and goat, and mutton varuval are must try. Mysore masala dosa and chutneys were delicious. Chicken 555, vada, chicken lollipops were very tasty. Chicken chettinad was a little bland but had good flavor. Food was served quickly and was hot. Overall a great experience. Will definitely be back to try biryani, fish and dosas.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Chai was fine but the servers were extremely rude. They were talking trash to each other about us. Added bottles of water to the bill themselves even though we never asked for them and didn’t drink them and showed attitude when we asked for it to be
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Food is really bad, bad quality, not fresh.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Looking out for some authentic South Indian- Chettinad food, then stop by here and enjoy their food. A bite of their Aappam dipped on coconut milk would remind you of home cooked food by mom. Must try their mutton chukka and chicken chettinad too with their parottas and drumstick chicken. Do you miss that sarbbath that you enjoyed in your hometown, order their nannari sarbath, and complete your meal!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious! Had the spinach saag with rosemary naan! Hit the spot!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5