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I'm in the area regularly, but never have a car, so I'm always stuck eating at the mediocre (at best) places over on Courtneypark. This time, I had a car and resolved not to eat crap! Yelp directed me to Guru Lukshmi and promised me delicious, authentic dosas, which I was pretty excited about.
The interior is much nicer than you might guess from the drab strip-mall façade. It's sleek and stylish with crystal light fixtures and giant booths for big groups. They appear to always be busy, so expect more than a little bit of chaos. When I arrived, a sign at the door said "To be seated, proceed to waiting room" with an arrow to the left - except, ummm...there isn't any waiting room or area. Back to the door I went, and eventually was seated. The very second I sat down someone was there ready to take my order - before I had a chance to even open the menu.... And once my order was placed, they promptly asked me to move to a different table. Okay.
All service weirdness aside, the dosas really are the best. Everything here is completely vegetarian and they offer specific Jain options if you need that. I picked a chole dosa from the specialty menu which was filled with tasty chickpeas. I do like that you can specify "low oil" and "extra spice" - both of which I did. My dosa arrived in mere minutes, overhanging the very large tray and served with sambhar and 3 very delicious & different chutneys. I loved it.
If you're relatively new to S. Indian cuisine, the menu does a great job of telling you what's what in terms of flavors. They didn't really tell me if I was supposed to break apart my giant crepe or roll it up like a burrito or what, so I just sort of ate it with a spoon. No matter how you eat your dosa, you're going to have a great, cheap, 100% vegetarian meal with some very interesting service.
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