Chennai Dosa Hut- Vegetarian Restaurant and Indian Restaurant

We visited for Dinner Mid week and they had low crowd in the house but decent pickup orders. Order Podi Dosa which big and tasty but the chutneys were below average. They had the worst sambar I have ever had at any south Indian restaurant. What they had barely qualified as a Sambar. Ordered Meduwada which is okay, and a bit bland. Ordered Chhole Bhature which is 3/5. Bhatures were hot and fresh. So we ordered it again only to be made waiting for 15-20 minutes mid dinner. We again made a mistake of ordering filter coffees, and they didn’t even care to serve it until we got up and payed the check. After asking repeatedly, they served the food. For billing, serving food, giving out orders, and table cleanup, they had ONE GIRL doing all these works. Needless to say, the service was horrible. The other lady probably the owner/manager would hastily put food on the table and before you can even open a mouth she would ignore you and run away. You are not doing charity, you are serving customers who are paying. Have a decency to ask how they are liking the food, if they want something or at the bare minimum have a patience to listen when they are trying to ask you for something. No way I am ever setting my foot again in this restaurant or recommend any of my friends to do it.

I visited this restaurant recently and ordered the tomato onion uttapam. Unfortunately, it was overcooked and the taste was very disappointing. The quality of the dish did not meet my expectations at all. I had looked forward to enjoying the food, but the experience was unpleasant. Based on this visit, I would not recommend the uttapam here. I hope the restaurant works on improving the preparation and taste of their dishes in the future.”

Poori kurma are really good (esp’ if you want to have no masala) chapathi was good but the dal fry tasted more like Tamil style dal it would go well with rice than chapathis. Tea and Coffee are bad, really bad

$16 lunch special Very delicious thali with free 3 chutneys and sambhor soup. The thali portion is so much and wvery dish was delicious. Worth trying and will definitely go back to it.

Overall very nice food. The coconut chutney was delicious 🤤

Great food and nice to have a sambar and chutney bar!

The food is amazing. The staff are fabulous. We come here each week. It is truly a highlight of week. Adding to my review: try the brunch. Its a piece of heaven. True happiness for the taste buds.

I have visited this place many times and have always enjoyed every bite , especially the coconut chutney and other varieties. The sambar has consistently had a good blend of spices and vegetables. However, today was a shocker. The sambar tasted more like a powdered tomato rasam than its usual flavorful self. The coconut chutney looked unusually green and lacked its signature delicious taste. The orange chutney seemed to have tomato paste added, which altered its flavor significantly. The vegetable uttapam was overcooked. My husband ordered thali, but the worker there said, “ we are out of that option. “ I couldn’t help but wonder if the chef has changed. The food no longer tastes like it used to. I truly wonder what happened. Giving 3 points for atmosphere due to extra loud music. What happened to my favorite place?

It was a very strange experience. Pricy for just butter paneer masala, and it only comes with rice. The curry was okay. No one came to the table during the meal to ask how it was or if we needed anything. The restaurant was empty besides one large family, and there was no music or ambiance, just stale silence. Their napkin dispenser mentions that you get a free lassi with your meal if you give a review on Google Maps. I gave a review, showed them, and they refused to give me the lassi because I did not give them 5 stars in my review. I've since updated my review and lowered the ratings further than what I initially gave them, and have now decided to leave a review on Yelp as well.

Tomato chutney used to be really good but now since they have stopped putting all the chutney in the ice, it was sour and not good. Peanut chutney was warm instead of cold (which it was used to be). Sambhar, idli and dosa were good.

Every time we go to the Mandir, me & my family we eat here. Food is beyond excellent, good quantity and quality has stayed the same for years. Service has never been there, I'm not sure if they are always short of staff or not trained enough. Ambiance is good. My 5stars is for food.

We haven't been to Chennai Tiffins in ages and decided to dine here one week night What we ordered - -Onion Pakora - Onion Fritters -Aloo Bonda - Potato Fritters -Dosa - Rice and Lentils Crepe -Onion Rava Dosa - Semolina and rice flour Crepe. If I had to pick one, it would be the Onion Rava Dosa. It was perfectly done! -Mini Tiffin with Idly, Vada and Pongal - For those unfamiliar with South Indian cuisine, this sampler is the best. Everything was very well done and the Dosas both Plain and Rava were a big hit. Special mention to the Chutneys and Sambar. With its authentic taste, generous portion sizes and moderate pricing, Chennai Tiffins checks all boxes!! Chennai Tiffins might be my new favorite! Looking forward to dining here more frequently.

Good service and ambiance. First time trying food, got rava dosa. Will come back again.

Best masala Dosa & Rava kesari !!!!!!!! Absolutely love this place when I am craving Dosa.

I like the food here. The service is great. The music is fun. The style is Indian style.

Ghee roast dosa is supposed to be crispy and not a regular dosa. Dahi vada should be cold and not hot vadas in the dahi. Sambhar should taste like sambhar not like bland lentil soup. Deeply disappointed, never visiting.

The food and service is so good and fast and the food is amazing! Pictured: Papadum and Gobi Manchurian

My heart has been broken ever since we lost Surati Farsan, which was located just across from Chennai Tiffins. Thankfully, Chennai is holding it down. Chennai Tiffins is a family style and child friendly South Indian restaurant that is vegetarian with so many options: Idlis, dosas, vadas and sambars -- lots of appetizers and full menu items. The restaurant is on the smaller size, and there is one table outside I have never seen anyone use. I always come for the thali, and also very much enjoy the dosas (lots of options here) and the gobi -- all excellent. It is a heaping serving of delicious home cooking at less than $20. The thali is served with two curries, idy, papad, rasam, dal and white rice, among other tasty items. Highly impressive, and the largest thali I have seen served in San Diego. Thali is served every day, which is also unique. Other places in souhern California will only serve thali on the weekend. Chennai Tiffins also has a weekend buffet that seems popular, also for less than $20. Service can be hit or miss, but the food is always delicious. The restaurant caters, and closes after the lunch hour for a break before dinner. I recommend showing up close to opening because it does have a tendency to get packed, and keeps busy with with to go orders.

We love all the dosa varieties at this restaurant. The peanut chutney and Sambar are also extremely delicious. I highly recommend that this restaurant be visited at least once.

Tried it again. Iddli, Sambar, Oothapam It should be hard to mess those up. I threw the sambar away. No flavor and tooo much chile...The peanut chutney tasted stale and the coconut chutney was rancid, like old dried grated coconut.. The oothapam was edible but not delicious The waitress was fairly ok...

Ordered Paneer Dosa for dinner. The dosa had a good quantity of paneer in it so it was worth the price. But the paneer stuffing was bit dry as the paneer and onions were mostly separate. If the paneer had blended well with the masala it would have been even better. I have been to Chennai Dosa hut multiple times for their South Indian Thali and Parotta with Veg Kurma ( must try items from this store ) The restaurant has a pretty decent seating arrangement and their service is also good in general.

Excellent food! I would recommend Thali! The food is very tasty and authentic and the portion is very generous.

Amazing food and great service!! I really enjoyed the dosa and samosas. Chutneys were so fresh!

Amazing ghee dosa and rava dosa. Overall all the food is great. Amazing and flexible service. Always ready to accommodate modifications.

Food is amazing, so many options to choose. great veg food. very fast service. Ambiance is nice.

Great food, tasty dosas and delicious Sambar. Highly recommend it! I brought my friends to enjoy the dishes. They will return.

Amazing dosas and medu vada. Service was quick and the food was great. The ambiance was very lively.

I like authentic Indian food, and this place has been on my bookmark list for a while, recommended by a friend at work. Two of our family members are vegan; I try to avoid bread and potatoes and starch, but they won this round. My wife doesn't like spicy food so she lost. This is one of my sister's favorite places in the area. We ordered some dishes mild and some spicy, but they were all too spicy for my wife. The fried cauliflower was good, the dosa were good, I guess the potatoes were ok. Pickle sauces were good, and family liked the soup. The bathroom was strange, a single room with an outer washroom, and someone was in there for a while. All in all it was okay, my family liked it but I'd choose somewhere with more protein and less starch.

Waited over 25 minutes for medu vada arrived when restaurant opened and we got our masala dosa first And butter masala dosa we were disappointed with the wait but food was delicious and piping hot Vegetarian cuisine

Terrible customer service. It took forever to get the order, water and process the payment.

A serious let down after enjoying a great meal at Mylapore Express in the Bay Area! The dosa did not taste sufficiently fermented and felt heavy ..not so sure about their batter. The masala stuffing was flavorless. The 'sambar' vaguely tasted of the real stuff. The chutneys were OK. South Indian-ish food at best, hard core south Indian food aficionados please stay away...

This place totally satisfied my dosa craving. Yes, I have. been to San Idli too but that place is too crowded for me. This was our second time here and the dosas are consistently delicious. Service is quick and the waitress was sweet. The table and the restroom were spotless. We ordered the spring dosa which is basically veggies sandwiched inside a dosa. It was a bit spicy and so yummy. We ordered a side of the masala potatoes which we did not need as it had some potatoes inside. I also ordered the onion chili rava dosa with a side of potatoes. This baby was so tasty and crispy, i was in dosa heaven! Everything came with tasty spicy, sam bar and three chutneys. We had tons of leftovers so we could have managed just fine with just one order. Dosas reheat really well so nothing will be wasted! if you like dosas give this place a try!!

Chennai Dosa Hut has very delicious food, and the waiters bring it very fast. The menu is very vast with almost all south indian vegtarian food. The interior is very spacios and designed giving a perfect meal.

Had good food and good service At this place. All family members enjoyed delicious dosas here. Would love to come back for delicious dosas.

The food is very palatable. Service is excellent and they are kind . I enjoy eating Indian style food with my family

Food and service was very good especially the Dosas was crisp and tasty. I tried the Chole bhatura and it was really good.

The food was excellent, love the chutney sauces esp the peanut chutney. All you can drink soup was tasty with a little kick. We got the mysore masala dosa, poori channa, onion & tomato uthappam, paneer butter madala, all were great. Will be back

It was amazing. Food was great! Service is fantastic. Its our go to place for vegetarian food. As family we enjoy the ambience and food

What a delightful treat!! I've never had Indian breakfast. I must say I was pleasantly surprised. I honestly don't know what I was expecting. But this is a very good surprise!!

Good food and service. With good cleanliness, would recommend to my friend and family

Idli was great and experience was very good and sweet was nice and nice view from window high quality food

Update : i am here again on 2024 and i have to say that this feels like a completely new service from the entire team. Food was excellent! Better than what it was in the past, folks were very nice and kept checking on us on what we need, if we were doing good and kept bringing Dosa and Puri! Will definitely return for the weekend breakfast buffet.

Walked in and was excited to try the masala dosa, I was seated and a menu was given to me. I touched the menu and put my hands back on my lap and my pants were DIRTY! I looked a the menu looked like someone dipped it into their plate. There was huge chunks of food and sauce all over. If they cannot clean a simple menu before handing it to guests that makes me wonder how they're cleaning their kitchen. We immediately thought "food poisoning" and got up and left. Not worth it!

It's lunch time! I have been craving some idly and meduvada with sambar and chutney. My normal go to for these was Surati Farsan or I used to go to Rasraj. However I decided to try Chennai tiffins today. The idly are really fluffy, perfectly steamed soft and delicious. It has good fermentation, soft sour notes, overall a very delicious idly. Sambar and coconut chutney should've been a little thicker with more punch, but overall they were decent. Now normally I'm not a peanut chutney fan but I have to say I really like their peanut chutney, it had a nice kick to it and will definitely be eating the rest. The meduvada were also perfectly cooked but it lacked in flavor. I couldn't taste the chilly or the curry leaves. Over all I will definitely be coming back to try out the rest of their menu. I can't wait to dig in to the rest of this food. I would've actually given them a 3 star but anyone who can get to me to like peanut chutney deserves a 4.

Amazing food and service! Would highly recommend. Delicious vadas, dosas, and puris. Wonderful ambience.

We went for brunch. While there are options I felt overall taste was okay. There's an old uncle who very sweetly asks if someone wants fresh hot dosa or Bhatura. Service is decent. It was a buffet. Price didn't feel right to me as I have had much better vegetarian South Indian lunch buffet in Atlanta. Ambiance is normal.

Tried the dosa and idli sambar. Dosa was superb and huge but not a big fan of idli. Sambar was nice and hot. It was self service for sambar and chutneys.We sat outside and enjoyed the food with the lovely weather. The server was very polite and kept checking if we were doing ok.

Amazing service and food! My favorite dishes here are the chili dosa and the paneer butter masala. The spice level is perfect. I'll definitely return whenever I'm craving a great vegetarian Indian meal.

What I liked most about this restaurant was the unlimited sambar and chutneys. We never get such a service in Sunnyvale Bay Area restaurants, which have many South Indian restaurants with lots of community residing in the Bay Area. Also, the prices for all dishes were reasonable, and the best was 70mm long paper dosa - very nicely done and crisp. Kudos to the very nice owner and good chef for making it unique. Very nice restaurant !!

Please dont sell a HUGE ball of a bad combination of paan stuff without a betel leaf and say PAAN. Ruined everything after s good meal..I had to rush to find a paper napkin and spit it out.

morning breakfast buffet is awesome, it contains all the traditional South Indian breakfast items and filter coffee and would recommend people to try it.

I ordered palak paneer and chili idli in the past visits here. They were both good but I was hoping they were much spicier. The chutneys are great however and they have very good dosa. On my most recent visit my Dad got the okra curry. My daughter got the masala dosa and I ordered the Andhra kara dosa. We will come back again for the breakfast buffet on a Saturday in the weeks to cone

I truly enjoyed the experience and would highly recommend this place as a perfect spot to visit with family and friends. It offers a welcoming atmosphere, great food, and a setting ideal for creating memorable moments together.

The customer service was worst. We asked for hot water and they brought in lukewarm and when asked they said sorry we can't heat up and then when we insisted they brought piping hot 20 minutes later and said is this hot enough for you? They messed up our order multiple times and asked us to adjust. Didn't bring appetizers until after main course. Drinks after we asked. Place is run by North Indian people. Extremely rude staff. Bad ambience. Place not cleaned at all.

The food was very good and the service was excellent. Highly recommend it. The ambiance was also fantastic

The food is great here. The dosas are good here. I always get the masala dosa with onions and green chillis. The sambar is yum, the chutneys are tasty. The kids get butter paneer and rice; sometimes they get the paneer dosa which is good. My wife likes the rava masala dosa. Highly recommend trying it.

Great service and food. It's a must try for vegetarian lovers! Came here with my friend and had a great time.