Akshaya Patra Indian Restaurant

the service was great! the food came out fast, with large portions!

We were there on Thursday with one more couple, the service and the food was to our expectations !!!it was very good and tasty. We would go again definitely

Came for Dinner there with high hopes of trying good food there .. was greatly disappointed with the food and service. We understand that everyone is short staffed so we were prepared to wait patiently for our food. First of all the restaurant was empty when we arrived. There were some carry out bags waiting to be picked up. We are vegetarian so we asked the server (who never introduced herself) what do you recommend.. she said she doesn’t know because she never had tried anything there … wrong answer!! Which was ok we were familiar with some of the items so we ordered Dahi bada to be served first and then masala dosa that looked so crispy on the menu and iddiappam which we were delighted to find on menu.. as my husband grew up in Sri Lanka and his mom made it quiet often and taught me how to make it. I asked what does it come with and the server said with some curry but she doesn’t know what. We asked if we can talk to the Chef and she said he is very busy and can not come out . Which is understandable. So we placed our order. Luckily I ordered the mango lassi which she brought right away and that was the only thing that was good . Then as we were waiting 20 min later a local young men came to dine in and of course they asked some quest and they were answered and they ordered elaborate food items : appetizers, biryani, naan , couple of curries and while we were still waiting for our Dahibada. Finally about half hour later our Dahibada came as I we stared eating that the young mens entire order with hot naan and everything came. And then to our surprise the chef came out and was talking to them.. I asked the server where was our food .. her reply was dosa takes longer… of course she didn’t know that I am a foodie and know that the dosa batter is premade and all it takes is to make the crepes on griddle. And I know that naan take longer to make than dosa . Besides even if it doesn’t, we should have been served first as we were there much before the other two customers. Needless to say the Dahibada were horrible they were just menduvada thrown in the yogurt they were not soft like Dahibada are supposed to be and with no garnish except few cilantro leaves . They are usually served with tamarind chutney. Then when I asked about our food, it came in few min .. oh my god the dosa was os soggy and I don’t know if they made a mistake of making it if different batter… it was nothing like the picture and nothing like I make it at home from store bought batter Priyam.. and she was so busy attending to those other local customers she forgot to bring our coconut relish that goes with dosa. Then few min later my iddiappam arrived .. the noodles were ok but the curry was so spicy I, who can eat petty spicy food couldn’t eat it.. I remembered her asking the other customers about the spice level which she never asked us. I just had the yogurt and the potatoes Masala with my mango lassis. And to top it all when we asked for check she couldn’t find our order on her little iPad so she put the order again right in front of us… so we paid but .. We just were so disgusted with our entire experience That we didn’t leave her any tip.. I was disappointed with the food but more so with the level of service that was provided to those two local young men vs to us who are their own country mates .. I just wanted to put this review so they will learn from it to treat everyone equally and not to discriminate and that too , your own countrymen, we are are from the same Mother India.. if you do that to your own fellow countrymen then don’t complain when you are discriminated here. And as far as the food and service goes … you guys have a long way to go.. the food was served in carry out containers and with plastic silverware which is ok.. Dosa was brought out in a small paper plate .. not a good presentation of food … and believe me nothing like the pictures..dot let them fool you .. but they did give each of us ceramic plates to eat in and a 12 oz water bottle in the beginning, which was good .. the ceilings of the restaurant are very dirt