Syed S.
Yelp
There are restaurants you visit where you have a great dining experience - the food is excellent, and the customer service and ambiance are on point. Then there are restaurants you go to where you are completely blown away by how tasty the food is, how the staff treats you as if you are family, and you go back there the next day to make sure that your first day's experience wasn't an anomaly. Purnima is that place. A smallish restaurant in an unassuming strip mall, Purnima offers some of the best Bangladeshi dishes I have had outside of Bangladesh. To top that, their customer service alone is worthy of a five-star Yelp review.
While visiting Atlanta, my family and I went there one night and came away so impressed that we decided to go back there the next day. All the dishes we tried over those 2 meals - Chicken Roast, Beef Tehari (special), Beef Mezbaan (special), Morog Polao (chicken with rice), Saag Paneer, Chicken Tikka Masala, Paratha, Garlic Naan, Vegetable Pakora, Firni (rice pudding), and the tea were so good that I could eat them everyday (my doctor would not recommend this). The chicken roast will change your life, and the beef tehari is as good as the best teharis I had in Old Dhaka. Do call ahead for the specials because they change daily.
While the food is amazing, it is only second to the level of care we received from this restaurant's staff. Mr. Asad is the Manager here, and he is so caring and hands on that I initially mistook him for the owner. His support staff is just as kind and competent. If you are a Desi, or if you have ever visited a Desi friend's home, you will know what I mean here - the staff at Purnima will treat you like you are visiting their home. They will engage with you at a personal level. They will engage with your shy child, remember them the next day, and then give them a little extra dessert.
I will consider going back to Atlanta just so I can experience a meal (or 10) at Purnima. The place is this good and the staff is that caring. If you are ever in the area, do give this local business a try - they will love you for it, and you can thank me later.