Sai Saravana Bhavan

Food was good, server had knowledge on food menu, She was the only one taking orders and brining food. I love dosa it was done well. Customer service is non existent in most South Indian restaurants. Maybe it's cultural.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

I ordered paneer biryani and got paneer pulav :-(

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 3

Best authentic south indian food. I came all the way from DC to eat this. The staff and owner were very friendly. They even gave me free gulab jamuns as I am a student

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was decent, the place had no seating inside and is carryout only.(Its inside a supermarket) The bigger letdown to this vegetarian restaurant is that it has a sea food section next to it!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 4

Aloo paratha was not freshly made, it was from frozen

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Lemon Rice, Masala Dosa, Dosa

Recent update after 2years

*Disappointing Experience with Sai swarna bhawan Place

I recently visited [Sai swarna bhawan
] twice, and unfortunately, both times our order was incorrect. On both occasions, they packed all four different types of dosas (Masala Dosa, Spring Dosa, Maysoor Masala, and Masala Rava Dosa) as Masala Dosa, despite our clear order.

When we pointed out the mistake the first time, they apologized. However, the second time, despite their assurance to double-check, the same error occurred. To add insult to injury, our order was missing sambar both times.

When we called to report the issue, the staff's response was disappointing. They shifted the blame to the customer, implying that we should have known better than to trust their packaging. The 16 oz sambar container they claimed to have provided was irrelevant, as we received none with our order.

Given these experiences, I'm sad to say that [Dosa Place] has lost a loyal customer. To improve, I would suggest:
- Double-check orders before dispatching them.
- Ensure that customers receive what they pay for, including accompanying items like sambar.
Until these issues are addressed, I would caution others to be vigilant when ordering from Sai sawarna bhawan

*Rating:* 0/5 stars

Love the food only back out point is you can only take out which personally like in many cases but dosa kind of stuff you can't take away so big disappointment as you can not seat and enjoy..

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

A really good DC area South Indian Restaurant. It's a pleasure to eat at a good South Indian restaurant. It is a rarity.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good food satisfied

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very good home feel south Indian vegetation food!!! Taste is also very good!!. Definitely recommend this place!!!

This place is serving stale reheated unhealthy food. I had to trash almost everything that I ordered. Free coffee over $x order board/ad is still there and I ordered more than that amount and still did not get the free coffee despite asking for it (I was having a headache and thought a coffee would surely help, not that it was free.) I don’t know how this place has so many good reviews. Have people forgotten how fresh Indian food tastes?? Never going back there ever again!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Very good food. No dine-in, but the food was amazing. Idli and Dosa!

First of food is good. No doubt about that
That being said friendliness of staff is below par
Ordered online at 1249 Pm. Worker showed me a meal ticket printed at 1:03 pm
Not my problem if your system has 10 mins delay.Its your system so fix it
You have a big board outside your shop advertising free coffee or tea for orders above 14.99
My order was more than $20. No one offered any free tea or coffee
If you cannot provide the service please do not do fake advertisement
Above all please teach your workers to service with a smile

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

Our go to place when in reston! Best combo and best south indian treat!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Rava Dosa, S2B Sambar Mini Idli 16 Nos, Pineapple Kesari

Amazing and very authentic South Indian food. Whatever we ordered so far turned out to be good. They sometimes send out complimentary food as well!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Excellent vegetarian food. Just tastes like at home or rather back home. Please keep the quality and quantity. One of the best Thali’s you can eat.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5