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| - The first time I went to Udipi was about 8 months or so ago with my girlfriend and I was blown away by the food. It was the most authentic South Indian food I had tasted and I was excited to bring my mother over when she came for a visit later. The server was very accommodating and helpful and generally enhanced the experience. A few months later my girlfriend took her mother and some friends there and had a rather unpleasant experience with the service but the food was ok. I didn't think much of it at the time. Recently when my parents were in town, we decided to give it a shot again. As some people have noted here, calling their phone number is a hit or miss and they don't even have a voicemail set up. When we actually got there and ordered our food and some drinks, we received no service. My dad had to go ask them for spare utensils and my parents were wholly unimpressed with the food and I had to agree. Their eggplant curry, a North Indian dish and okra curry, a southern variant both tasted identical. At least the okra curry had a few pieces of okra. The eggplant curry had peas but no eggplant. My mother, who hails from Kerala, a southern state in India, was not impressed with their South Indian Mysore Masala dosas. Our coffee, which was ordered with the food, never arrived and we had to have them take it off the bill at the end of the night. The place was definitely less busy than the last time I was there but somehow that made their service worse than better. Perhaps the place is under new management who are taking the place to new lows.
My first impression of this place was a "hole in the wall" restaurant with better food than expected. Now it is just a hole in the wall. I am going to warn my friends about the drop in quality of this place, including unfortunately, the friends who introduced me to this place.
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