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| - This was probably my third foray into an Indian restaurant but the whole experience was just "alright". I came in here on a weeknight at around 9 with a South Asian friend who had proclaimed this place to be amazing so of course I took her word as highly credible.
Prior to this culinary experience, the most I knew of Indian food was a handful of samosas, a few plates of butter chicken and the whole typical buffet spread. I had no idea what Saravanna served, much less how to pronounce 99% of the menu.
At first glance on the menu, I panicked. Where was my fallback dish, the aforementioned butter chicken? I had not realized this was a vegetarian restaurant at first.
My dining companion had told me the masala dosa was incredible and I agreed to order one for an entree along with sharing an appetizer which the menu labelled as "tasty bites". There was a spicy cheese filling in a crepe with a spicy vegetable filling in the other. The spicy cheese bite was my favourite out of the whole meal and was very flavourful but the curry veggie one was just ok.
The dosas came out swiftly and my first impression was WHOAH IT IS BIG (try to contain yourself from making a "that's what she said joke" here). I did enjoy the dosa crepe itself but the potato filling seemed very basic, like something I could have thrown together myself in a couple of minutes with a few russets and store-bought curry seasoning. I absolutely did not enjoy the lentil soup and found myself only dipping into the red chutney. Yes, it was filling.
Yes, it was very greasy.
No, I probably will not be back.
Saravanna was A-OK for a first dosa experience, the service was nice, my surroundings were clean but the location is not great and the food was not incredible.
Side note: my god, the way to the women's washroom is like a damn maze.
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