Vaanga Boston

Ordered kuthu paratha thinking i shall get authentic Indian and that too Tamil style but truly disappointed with the way it was given . Specially mentioned not to make it spicy and it was made like that .. even panneer butter masala was also too spicy where we told for kid we needed spicy .. they said everything is made fresh but seems like these are already prepared .. ambience is not so attractive because seating arrangement is clumsy .. waiting time is too high . No hand wash separately and wash room they have is only one which is always full . So didn’t meet the hype that it’s supposed

The e food was fantastic, and the staff were super friendly! When I arrived in Boston, I sought out an Indian restaurant by the wharf and I was not disappointed. Very authentic and very fresh food. I will definitely come back when I return to Boston.

Vaanga Boston has surely become my go-to place for having a nearly authentic Indian cuisine in Boston. I'm overjoyed with the taste they serve, it was finger licking and surprisingly the portion size is bigger than usual. I would highly recommend this place for everyone who craves Indian food especially at an affordable price*. The receptionists are kind and helpful. Kudos to everyone for making my weekend a memorable one.

There was a rat at the restaurant. There were food crumbs all over the floor and the tables. The food was not pathetic but definitely bad, They replaced some of the items in my order and didn't bother to inform me. I would never go back due to the rat.

The food was not at all good. The schezwan noodles were just masala and nothing else. Me and my family members had stomach problems next day. The food was bad and made me sick. The burger was ok. The ambience was good and unique. The food is costly and not worth the price.

The rasmalai delivered was spoiled, I don't know how many days back. Extremely concerning to see the hygiene of the hotel. I almost puked with a single bite. When we order, we trust and eat. Please do justice to your segment of business. Please inspect and throw away stale food. Highly disappointed

huge portions, fast service, great prices, delicious food. I was in downtown boston and saw this place out of the corner of my eye, and was so happy. forget all the fancy markets and restaurants, this is honestly the only place you need. the man behind the counter was incredibly nice and attentive. I honestly don’t know what i ended up ordering, some sort of red-ish curry with onions and paneer, and a dosa with some sort of paneer inside of it, as well as samosa and naan. I wish i knew what I ordered, but all of it was incredible and was gone within seconds. the dosa was perfect and didn’t get soggy, and the curry was delicious and exactly as spicy as i asked them to make it. and i think the samosa might be the best samosa I have had. when I was done I grabbed a rasmalai to go and immediately told everyone i knew in the area about vaanga. I almost only eat punjabi and south indian food, and am so glad I can find good south indian whenever I am in boston

I’ve had better food at the most shadiest bodega. The food at this place is not worth the price. I’m not against good Indian food being expensive but this place was a HUGE disappointment. Took me 30 mins to find a parking space. It took them 25 mins to give us 4 items. Tried almost 6 items with my friends, nobody liked a single thing. I just wasted my $117. The only good thing I found here was a bottled water.

Decent food with north Indian touch.. Doesn't have great seating area.. Tables were dirty, but the food made up for it.

Be prepared to get food poisoning. Service is as unprofessional as it can get. Sitting layout is also weird.

Casual place for Indian food. Order at the counter off the extensive menu. We had the tikka chicken, butter chicken, and order of naan. Each entry comes with rice which is a nice bonus. Food was tasty, service was efficient, and the place is very simple.

Took a to go order from Vaanga. The Madurai chicken burger and mutton kati roll were both flavorful. The only suggestion I have is to increase the filling in the burger. There was hardly any chicken, though what I had was flavorful.

Very flavorful daal curry . Many options to choose from, all affordable. It's a Fast casual place as expected for these prices.

Great quick service and amazing Indian street food. Ended up trying dahi puri, chicken curry, chicken noodles ... Loved the food The service was quick

Absolutely nasty food. Ordered the angry chicken and kawhala fried chicken and the angry chicken was just awful, dry and funky tasting. Restaurant was dirty as the trash bins were overflowing and flies were buzzing around me as I tried to eat.

So I tried this place twice. It's very near to where we stay, right at heart of downtown which is a plus. First day we picked up. We had mastan bhai biryani, angry chicken noodles. The noodles was bad. Not at all what we find in India specifically Kolkata or Chennai. I don't know where this is from. But not great in taste. The biryani tasted good but there was so little mutton. So we thought of giving another shot. This time I got it delivered through Uber eats. Omg.. waste of money. First of all Uber eats costed more than Grubhub but Grubhub had no way to write any thing. So I paid extra to write on Uber eats that mutton pieces was really less last time. Well they failed big time. The biryani was so bad, felt very old. Mutton pieces were there but so old and chewy. That's it. Thank you. One more Indian restaurant which failed to keep the taste and quality consistency

I tried this place recently to explore more Indian food options in Boston. There was hair in the rice... I can't really speak to flavor as I didn't want to eat it after seeing that. Hygiene standards need to improve

I've had better food at the most shadiest bodega. The food at this place is not worth the price. I'm not against good Indian food being expensive but this place was a HUGE disappointment. Took me 30 mins to find a parking space. It took them 25 mins to give us 4 items. Tried almost 6 items with my friends, nobody liked a single thing. I just wasted my $117. The only good thing I found here was a bottled water.

Visiting Boston and craving Indian food. On a Sunday this place is packed. Service was great / although I come from a north Indian background I asked what would be the spiciest chicken curry options - I went with the chettinad chicken (South Indian dish so something new for me) and got a side of rumali roti because I am obsessed with these. Slight wait which I don't mind because I know it's all fresh then. Got back to my hotel and dug in - spicy and flavorful chicken. Cooked well. Rumali roti had a slight transparency to it which is exactly what you're looking for. While waiting I noticed the freezer had tons of Indian ice cream bars and reminded me of when I've visited india and would grab ice cream from the carts! I wasn't feeling sweets that day but I would recommend to try one. Can't end the review with saying how amazing the decoration was - very lively and would be fun to eat here.

This place was awful, I really had high hopes for it--but was severely disappointed. The food was greasy and poor. There was no bathroom. And service was self, no customer service whatsoever. Considering pricing is akin to a restaurant, I would expect restaurant quality service. But alas, that's not the case. Would not recommended.

Don't know why the rating is so low for this place. I got the "Sunny Leone" Combo with lamb curry. I like the naan. It has the right texture. The lamb curry is very good too. I eat more rice than normal as I want to finish the sauce. The chickpea is ok though. It's a bit bland. The combo is good to have a bit of everything. I just wish they have more portion for the lamb/ chickpea and less rice for better value.

The food is absolutely divine. Full of flavor. I always order through DoorDash and it's always very quick delivery. The butter chicken has so much flavor and I would eat it every day if I could. The binyani dish is also extremely satisfying. Thank you for this hidden gem.

Steer clear of this place if you care about cleanliness at all. The food is incredibly disappointing

I have only ordered delivery via Uber eats for this restaurant. Food is generally ok, but what I like the most is that they serve rumali roti, which is hard to find at most Indian restaurants. However last order I got small parathas instead of rumali rotis (see picture) and was SO disappointed. Everything is over priced!

Our go to indian spot in downtown Boston. Spicy is certainly spicy. Customer service can be a bit of a drain. Dine in experience is lackluster so we just get it to go. Unfortunately tonight they put our veg madrasi in a container that was cracked so it leaked through the bag and got all over my car :(

The Andhra style chicken curry (I got with gongura) was insanely flavorful. Tangy, savory, and super spicy! It was delicious and came with rice. Super oily, but worth a taste. I also got a filter coffee, which tasted sweet. It's fast casual and the place has relatively vibrant decor.

I love chicken tikka, not to be confused with chicken tikka masala. It's normally one of my fave dishes - a spicy grilled chicken. The chicken was over cooked and dry. The spice blend was very different from almost every version I've ever eaten. Not different in a good way. Not a fan.

We decided to go to this place based on Google reviews and this turned out to be a bad idea. The place is small and filthy. The chairs and tables have worn out colors and there was food on the floor. This was when there were only 5 people in the restaurant. This is certainly not a surrounding to have while you eat. I am not sure how bad the kitchen is if the seating are is dirty. Since we were hungry we decided to give it a chance thinking that we should not judge it by its looks. We ordered superstar dosa and veg noodles. Dosa was super thin and had raw onions. Sambhar was more on a sweeter side and the coconut chutney had string garlic taste. I am not sure how they came up with this disaster recipe. Veg noodles were blend. Overall this place is filthy and serves overpriced food with horrible taste. I was planning to bring my friend to this place but after this experience I wont recommend this to anyone. Don't spend your time and money on this place. Not worth it.

We tried masala dosa, pav bhaji and samosa burger. Masala Dosa and Samosa Burger was amazing! I was not happy with Pav Bhaji. I recommend trying this place!

Excellent food - absolutely amazed by quality of dosas (thin, crisp) as well as lassi. Great place! Wish they were open on weekends late too!

Not sure why this place has only 3 stars. Got the paneer butter masala and it was amazingly sweet and creamy!

I ordered food using DoorDash. I ordered.Chana bhatura. The gravy was all there was with you few floating chickpeas in the smallest container I've ever seen with two rolls of think chewy terrible bhatura. No pickles.

Not impressed. Went with high expectations but most of the food we ordered was not made from scratch ( frozen food microwaved) and wait time was north of 40 mins.

I have to make this review because I'm just so shocked and disgusted. Besides the fact that they gave me roti instead of naan, the food itself is not bad, not great. Everything else is review worthy and not in a good way. Issue #1: I went in to order and waited 45 minutes for my food. It took them 15 minutes to even acknowledge me and take the order. That's on me for not leaving after 10, to be honest. But by then I was like you know what, I already came here and waited this long I might as well wait a bit longer. Had no idea how long it would actually be!! The poor old man in front of me was waiting for longer than that! An hour?! Unacceptable - especially watching how disorganized they are which definitely explains the long wait. I don't remember a time when I waited this long for food in person anywhere. This unexpected delay threw off my schedule and created a domino effect that had me running behind the entire rest of the day which I really don't appreciate. Issue #2: UNSANITARY! I watched an employee manage an uber eats order. She had gloves on. She opened the order and dug through it with her hands (assuming to make sure it was correct?). Then she just put it back how it was and patted it on top. When rice fell on to the counter, I watched her pick it up and put it back in the bowl. What?! I told her that I saw that and that's not right. Then this same employee wipes her nose with her hand with the gloves still on and continued making someone else's order. What?! Disgusting. I spoke to another employee and told her I didn't want that person touching my food, and why. Issue#3. Their sign at the front says cash tips are EXPECTED AND ACCEPTED. It was amusing at first because of how tacky it is to demand tips. But after the poor service, it actually offended me. How are you going to provide an unsanitary and subpar experience and then have the nerve to say you expect a cash tip? Yeah, you should EXPECT exact change *insert side eye*.. Never going back, and if you want a pleasant and timely experience, I'd caution others to do the same Oh! and to top it off, the hot food is not fresh. I watched them microwave orders back to back to back and send them off. Goodness gracious.

As soon as I watched it, I asked if they could turn down the music, they did. I told them I'm waiting for my party and they'll order for me that I was vegan and if they could cook accordingly I did have a chickpea dish, but they drizzled some sort of white sauce on it. Fear of being yogurt. I took it off the top and rice And Samosa were delicious. The prices were decent and people seem to be happy with their choices. The gentleman next to Me received looked like a giant burrito I was impressed my friend ordered some type of wrap that had too much of one ingredient in it and said it was uneditable. The downside is they do not have tofu, so don't offer vegan options for protein other than a chickpea, but an experience. I'm glad I had.

I had heard this place was good. It was not. Got a lamb curry that was more salt than lamb. The first time I can recall that I've spit food out it was so disgusting. I doubt I'll be ordering from here again. They also seem to use Doordash to fulfill orders. Doordash managed to deliver the dish about 2.5 hours after I ordered, and well over an hour after they said they would deliver. Overall, the worst dining experience I have had in Boston so far.

The food here is fine but every time I go in there's a new thing on their menu that isn't true. Prices keep being different, they refuse to sell things they have that are on the menu because they aren't offering that combo today, etc. it just makes it hard to order.

Visited here on a recent trip to Boston. The location is nice. Seating is a bit limited but I ordered takeout so it wasn't a big deal. I ordered the samosa chaat since I was missing home. It was good! Not astounding but not bad. For the price could have been a bit better but I understand all restaurants have raised their prices recently. I would definitely order it again if you're looking for a simple chaat as a light meal.

Visited Vaanga 2times during my trip to Boston. 1st visit on 27th June 2023 and 2nd visit on July 3 2023 27th visit- excellent visit. Good food. Welcoming staff. Especially liked the chapati and Kadai paneer very soft. The fried rice was also good. Guntur mirchi bomb was average. July 3 2023- ordered Dabba dal, pav bhaji and Paneer massage initially. I made a special request to have dabba dal to be very mild for the kids but it turned out to be very spicy. Even wife couldn't eat it. People at front desk were rude and didn't acknowledge their mistake. Paneer was average. Pav bhaji was very good. Ambiance on July 3 was crowded. The same guy who cleaned the table went back and started preparing food. The people who were preparing the food were eating while they were preparing. Not clean. No public restrooms- this is needed for people with small kids. Waiters and people who work in billing should be thought basic customer service. I felt disappointed with the visit on July 3.

I've been ordering from Vaanga since the first week it opened. The guys are all so nice and the space is fun and unique (hand painted decorations, etc) but the quality of the menu items is inconsistent. I'd generally rate it between a 3.5 and 4. Sometimes it's excellent, and sometimes it's just okay. I tend to order the same thing frequently (butter chicken, palak paneer). The butter chicken is usually the best one around -- they get a good char on the meat. However, the past few times I've had it, the sauce has been way too sweet. One thing I do really like about their food is that the cooks often use whole spices (I've gotten whole cumin seeds before) and the flavors are usually excellent. However, even when I order the same things over and over they rarely taste like the same dish! Over COVID they stopped making trays of food luncheon-style. Overall this has been good for the quality, since it's all made fresh to order instead of sitting in troughs for serving.

Tiny Indian place right next to Post office square building. Taste wise its just ok. Have tried better places in the area. Their décor is cool. Serving size is good too. Liked their dahi puri. Overall its average. Their service is good though.

If you're going to dine in at the place, bring a mountain of patience. It took us an hour to get merely 2 chaats. And they were not even that good.

The place is a good take out place. There is long wait at dinner time. I ordered dosa and the taste was very descent. Ambiance is ok. There are a few tables to seat if like to get a quick bite. Quantity is sufficient. Prices are a bit high for takeout but I guess its downtown Boston. I would recommend the place.

Yummiest Indian food I've had in Boston so far! Very casual, order at counter, and portions are more generous than they might appear at first. There's such a wide variety of options, too, excited and surprised to find such a lively spot in Government Center.

The kothu partha here is very spicy however the portion size is very huge for 1 person to fjnish

I had a fine lunch here. I would come back to try it again. Four of us wandered in before the lunch rush at noon to try out the new Indian place. Not every meal was ready to serve immediately, so my coworker decided to wait for his Angry Tacos to be prepared. They definitely forgot about him as other people got their tacos first. Twenty minutes later, he got his food after bugging the guys. He did enjoy the tacos after they came out. I was interested in the Volcano Chicken but not interested in waiting for it to be prepared. Instead I chose the Bombay Chicken. It was spiced well and had a nice ratio of rice to non-rice. Of course you are guaranteed a good ratio when they serve your food in a two compartment plastic container! I don't mind cheating that way though! (after all I'm going to reuse the container at home!) I will have to come back again and try out some different meals. For now I am intrigued by Vaanga but still not sure if it will become a go-to spot for me.

the food here is soo authentic and good! i love the superstar dosa, idly, butter chicken, and biryani. service from doordash is fast but it could get very very busy at the restaurant (that's when you know it's good) but that means the wait can be long. definitely want to try everything on the menu

Welcome addition for Indian snack foods in Downtown Boston! I only had the appetite to try the dahi poori, which was good (although I felt there were one or two spices missing, probably kala namak). Luckily I came on the cusp of the Tamil new year, and so I had the pleasure to enjoy their complementary sweet Pongal. Having just returned from Bangalore a week ago, I can say it tasted spot on.

Very disappointed. Too expensive. Not get enough quantity for the food. Very thin super masala Dosas.

Excellent Tasty South Indian Food ! Amazed with the quality! Very good service. Keep up the good service!

Phenomenal flavors! Going to order again tomorrow! Had the paneer butter masala & chicken Masala which was delicious. Best samosa we've ever had and the naan was amazing!

I saw this place on Boston Eater and was curious about this place as this seemed like a Indian fusion place. The counter service restaurant has a variety of things to try from Kati rolls and chicken tikka Marsala to Samosa Burgers. I ordered the Samosa Burger for $6.99 and it came in a little container with the fries on the top. The burger was stuffed with a Samosa, onions, tomatoes, and lettuce. It was pretty bland and the fries were soggy but the reason why I'm giving this place a 3 was for the service and for the creativity in their food. I would probably order something else next time I come such as the Kati Roll which was pretty good from the bite I had from my friends dinner.

Bad food! Portions are small and taste of the food does not compensate it as well. Please avoid!

Waited 45mins for my order along with everyone else... A full dining room of people, and nobody eating anything because the kitchen was far to slow. When I finally received my food the chicken had bones/cartilage suggesting to me that the quality is sub par overall. The staff has no idea what is going on, they just kept walking back and forth looking in empty bags (orders to be filled) as if someone might have suddenly added food to them. And when the food does become available they either didn't call the person's name, or called it so quietly noone could hear. I was sitting closest than anyone and I still couldn't hear what they were saying. I don't think food service is their forte. Never going back.

I didn't realize the portions were super small!!! i love spicy food, but their chicken chettinadu is the super spicy, couldn't even eat a few bites. Mad at myself for spending $16 for a tiny portion of just this chicken that I couldn't even eat. Their gulab jamun are smaller than a quarter size! and it costs $2 each?? I mean I'm all for high quality good food being expensive but this is a rip off!!

was walking around downtown crossing and came across this restaurant that serves indian cuisine which was so yummy! i ended up getting the paneer butter masala and the sexy samosas (comes with 2)! the menu is very big so there's a lot to choose from. it's a little shop but i went in the afternoon and it wasn't very full. the cashier and cooks are very friendly and it's a great place to get some work done. i'll be back to try more food, and their mango lassi! :)

Over a year later Vaanga still is the absolute best place in Greater Boston for Indian food and this is no exaggeration. I'm writing this review to highlight their contributions to the healthcare community in the time of the COVID crisis. I'm a resident doctor at Tufts Medical Center and despite all the ups and downs that came with being a doctor during COVID times, one of the biggest highlights of those times was the day Vaanga/Godavari delivered all of us free lunch! The donation itself was an extremely kind and conscientious gesture, much appreciated. But that wasn't all, as always, even in a simple lunch the food was just divine, from the authentic sambar rice to the very flavorful chicken and jeera rice. It made getting through another taxing day so much easier! These guys aren't just another Indian restaurant. They really care about the community and they show it in the best possible way - by feeding frontline workers food that is totally on another level! As I write this Vaanga has an aggregate review of 3 stars which is by far not reflective of how awesome and authentic the food here is! And, it's certainly not reflective of how generous they are to the community! Boston, give Vaanga your business whenever you crave Indian food, it's quite simply the best.