Chennai Dosa in Newham

I had take-away tandoori chicken It was very good and reasonably priced. The green coriander sauce & instant chilli sauce were great. I would be happy to eat this every time I crave a tandoori meal.

It's a south Indian restaurant and the quality of food is really bad. No cleanliness and hygiene is pathetic. Not recommended.

We like to explore East Ham's array of wonderful South Indian cuisine and popped in here. Not particularly impressed with the cleanliness of the place, inattentive service by the staff and quality of food. Some of the items on the buffet were cold and were not replenished.

Este grupo de restaurantes era conocido por su sabor y buenas raciones. había dos de ellos en High street North E 12, pero ahora solo queda uno. Fui a almorzar el domingo 27 de septiembre y me di cuenta de que había un almuerzo buffet disponible. Solicité esto y me dijeron que aún no estaba listo y que no estaría listo durante la siguiente media hora. Tengo 40 años de experiencia en catering y entiendo perfectamente los percances y retrasos. Luego solicité el Thali no vegetariano que tardó más de 30 minutos en llegar y el buffet del almuerzo todavía no estaba listo. los platos no se sirvieron en un thali o en los pequeños cuencos de acero, sino en un plato de catering blanco con algunos cuencos blancos llenos por separado. El cordero al curry no tenía cordero aparte de algunas hebras de carne y salsa aguada, y las lentejas y todos los platos eran insípidos y poco condimentados. Tuve que pedir ensalada de encurtidos, etc. El arroz era perfecto! ! Tres veces tuve que solicitar elementos faltantes y el personal no había sido capacitado en las descripciones o conocimiento del menú. mi siguiente mesa se fue porque el personal no llevaba máscaras. En general, solía visitar el lugar al menos una vez a la semana cuando solía tener una oficina en el área y nunca tuve quejas, aunque en la otra sucursal. Perdonaría los pequeños problemas, pero esto fue demasiado y ¡no volveré a ir! ! ! !

Amplia variedad de comida india del sur y todos razonablemente sabrosos. El cinco estrellas está considerando el precio y la variedad. El ambiente y la presentación necesitan trabajo.

Called before placing an order if they offer gluten free dosa. The person on the phone and the manager said they don’t use Gluten in the kitchen. The food was good however I did get a gluten reaction and was very sick last night and had to take the day off work today as I am still unwell. To the staff and management please get yourselves trained on food allergy as it may affects the reputation of your business

Food taste is not much expected. No much options. Buffet Break fast and lunch available, Lunch is okay.

I'm gonna be brief with this, food was bad and lacked flavour. Here is what we exactly ordered Chinese indo dosa, idly 4 piece, Thayir vadai, Mango milkshake Paneer masala dosa, methu vadai, Strawberry milkshake Firstly the starters aka the vadai's... This we're lacking flavour and crispness and definitely not made fresh as it was squishy as it was most likely taken out of the microwave, even the one with the yogurt was boring and tasteless. The idly was OK, but was let down by the sambar and chutney.... Which tasted watered down and thus bland and boring.... This was the case every time it came accompanied with any side dish and main. Next the dosa's..... The Paneer masala one was mediocre and tasted like the Paneer was mixed with onions and Peppers mixed with uncle Ben's sweet and sour sauce.... It was that generic tasting, the potato filling was also lackluster.... Which is hard to believe as the recipe to make it is so simple. The indo Chinese dosa, actually had some flavour and was the tastiest thing there.... Not great by any stretch.... It was greasy though.... Which is a bit of a downer.... But it gets highlighted because everything else was so crap. Here's the fun part..... The milkshake to was bland it was about 250ml and it tasted and looked like they put 10 ml of strawberry ice cream.... I only received the strawberry milkshake after.... Because the waiter forgot our order because it was never taken down.... He tried memorise it in his head.... I mean how crap must you be to not write down our order... I mean you lose money on simple stuff like that. All in all will never go again, try another place. We pretty much finished the food, because wastage to me is a crime.

We were ignored when we were trying to order, half the items we ordered were forgotten and staff didn't seem to care much.

Apparently there are two restaurants of this name on High Street North; this one is the one closer to the underground station. I went there solo for dinner. The tandoori chicken took a bit of time to prepare, but it was very good. I also went there for dinner, and tried their idli, wada, omelet and chai. Everything was more than satisfactory. They also have buffet breakfast, but I didn't try that. The service is also very good. The prices are quite reasonable. I would definitely recommend it for both veg and non-veg cuisine!

I'm no stranger to south indian cuisine. The 'ghee roast' dosa I had was very good. Indian tea was a little strong but it's tasty. Overall a simple restaurant with good south indian street food.

We went for Chennai dosa for taste ghee roast very nice with variety of sattni and sambar very taste

Good food but no management to sort their problems. Big hygiene issue, found hair in food. The restaurant does not have basic knowledge of service and ettiquette. What used to be a very good South Indian restaurant but not any more. Been going there for many years for some of my favourite South Indian favourites. Will now look for a better place. Unfortunately Eastham has a lot of South Indian restaurants but all have good authentic food but with terrible hygiene and customer service.

Was there for late dinner, no staffs mind us, V got confused whether the restaurant is open or not, other staffs where roaming around but no response. Then V manage to stop one and got a table, V ordered few vadas as starter. But tuk 20 minutes. Also ordered pander dosa and butter naan with mushroom chettinad.. horrible.. Instead of pander dosa they give normal marsala dosa, and V show that to him and told when u bill it make it correct.. but he again messed it. For butter naan V got normal paratta. May b frozen one. Also kotthu paratta.. I think someone in the kitchen is experimenting things... Mushroom curry. Mushrooms not cooked, gravy V can feel the raw taste of masalas... I explained it to them but that guy looks like in half sleep.. he is not bothered also saw customers in other tables also arguing...No spoons, no plates, glasses for water not clean, table too.. at least the expression of staff should b responseive, if they can't provide good service should close it bit early, y disappointing the customers. First time seeing after payment he is just throwing the receipt.. can't he give in hand or place it table.?.. will not recommend to anyone, now understood why people r on big Qs in other restaurant and here the tables are empty... Kotthu paratta made me sick for 2 days..That makes me to put the review. Thanks

I been this Resturant today with of my six friends and the customer service was very bed and food was served cold. I have ordered 5x dosa and some other foods as well and told them to give us one by one but they give us all food together and when I told them we don't want all food together could you please give us bit later please but they been angry and they did to come to our table to ask anything we need and we have to call them again and again for everything Finally I would like to say it's very bed customer service and food quality ever we had. Thanks

Fuimos para un rápido almuerzo, y tenía especial masala dosa dosa de huevo, y mango lassi. La comida era muy buena. La única cosa es que el restaurante parece ser bajo renovación. Toda la zona parece de sombra. El wc está en el primer piso. La ubicación es maravillosa. Espero que el restaurante será renovado totalmente y será una clase conjunta para comer Dosa en mi próxima visita.

Hemos estado yendo a Dosa chennai durante muchos años y he probado un montón de sus comidas. Entre todos preferimos la chola battura y la dosa. Sin embargo, todo se puede comer comida buffet es una muy buena relación calidad-precio.

From time to time I visit this restaurant for a buffet lunch, they always serve a mutton and chicken dish and also several vegetable curries, each time I have tried something different, there is also fresh salad with yogurt, something sweet and pappadom of course, nice and tasty. Friendly girls are smiling and helpful

Este es un café-restaurante que sirve buena comida en relación al precio. No estaba muy concurrido cuando estuvimos allí, así que nos atendieron muy rápido y con amabilidad por la camarera.

Fuimos a s un grupo grande y quedó claro que el restaurante no puedo satisfacer a un grupo grande. Nos sentamos en dos mesas diferentes, que estaba bien si los pedidos puede ser dado a la mesa de la derecha, la orden fue dada por separado para cada mesa, y sin embargo la comida era dada a la mesa equivocada, en un momento nos dieron un plato para un grupo completamente diferente!

We r their quite regular customer specially for their delicious buffet offer. Lots of varieties of dosa to enjoy. Last time I tried Dum biriyani. Unfortunately biriyani was over spiced. South Indian restaurant expert in dosa but v weak in biriyani cooking. Overall their meal always good except biriyani.

We had dinner here over the weekend. I have been before but the service has improved by far.We had a selection of seafood dishes like meen kolambu with our dosa. It is a great variety with food I feel is more authentic than othe's in east ham. The food is not watered down like other places in an attempt to draw English customers. It reminds me of the food I had on my visit to chennai recently.

I live in Watford and travel to central London for conferences etc. I make a point to make the 45-minute travel to Eastham for some authentic Indian food and visit the temple etc.I was thoroughly disappointed with Chennai dosa in Eastham.Ordered chilli chicken which arrived a bit too quickly, like 5-minutes. It was horrible! No chilli, red coloured chicken and no flavours! This was promptly sent back for sorting out. Arrived back with similar configuration and I did not eat it at all.Rather than asking me how was my food, the staff were more than happy to collect the money for this disgusting food!As the quality of served dish was so poor, I have given it a 1-rating as there is no point of a cheap dish if you will not be able to eat it.I had a similar experience with Chennai dosa in Slough, so this is hardly a one-off.I will never visit Chennai dosa again!!!Dr Sumit Jha.

Took parents in law here and they loved it.. Food is quite authentic Indian.. You get the metal trays like in India and fill up your plate. You can order a la cart or the buffet. Vegetarian buffet is £4.99 and meat buffet is £5.99... Basically with the meat buffet you have two extra choices on top of the vegetarian dishes - chicken curry or mutton curry. I found everything too hot for my palette but its fine if you're used to Indian food. The restaurant really caters for local Indians and most of the clientele are Indian origin. So if you want something authentic, not only food but atmosphere.. Chennai Dosa is a place you want to visit!

I love this place! Their food is amazing and the mango lassi is to die for! The portions are very filing. The price is very reasonable too. Would definitely recommend it if you like Indian street food. Also, please try the mango lassi if you do go! You won't regret it, I promise!

Delicious south indian food.Best for breakfast buffet but very rude and non-caring staff.....Customer service and neatness was poor

Found it on Ilford because I wanted some dosa. Good food and good prices. I'll definitely come to this restaurant again.

I have been here quite a few times in the past and have always enjoyed it but today was quite different. Went in around 12 noon and was attended by this lady who showed no interest in what she was doing. Forget a smile, she had this smirk on her face as if she was doing us a favor or as if I was asking for free food. After she tried to persuade us a couple of times to go for the buffet which I was not interested in, she reluctantly took our order. I ordered for a few dosas (veg and non veg) thinking that it would be the fastest to come out - afterall the place is called Chennai "dosa". She came back and told us these items are only for lunch to which I asked quite confused, it it is not lunch now (12pm) then when is? With her smirk still on she said if we could wait 15 mins we can have what we ordered. I agreed. For the next 25 mins we just sat there with nothing - I didn't even get the coke we ordered. She didn't even bother to come around to give an update and by then my family and I were really frustrated and quite hungry. I went up to the counter to check with her and she just said it would be at least another 15 mins for our food. I didn't bother wasting my time anymore and we just left. Attention to the management team - If it takes 45 mins for you to make a Dosa I think it is high time you reconsider your chain name. Special attention to the training team (if there is one) - it would be worthwhile to spend some time with your staff to teach them what courtesy is.

I have been eating at this place for years and inspite of change in decor the management of daily restaurant is going down specially with take awaysI am a regular every week and have been taking takeaways.. Last two weeks the take away was very disappointing.. They wrap the food in paper box and it dump it randomly in plastic bag.. The food is left open .. Box dumped ramdomly and food sticking to plastic. I ordered onion uttapa and few other items.. Uttappa was barely cooked with huge chunks of onions tossed over and chutney gone sour. Similar experience week. Before. Left a bitter taste in my mouth.i dont think i will be doing takeaways anymore

It is definitely not authentic Chennai cuisine. The taste was good. We had visited with two kids and they were very friendly. We had one veg buffet, one non-veg buffet and a chicken 65. The total bill amount was £15. It was a good experience over all.

I've been here many times in the past, but looks like it has gone downhill recently. The food doesn't taste that great (different types of curries tastes the same). However, looking for cheap eat, this is the place. having said that there are much better cheap eats in east ham.

I have visited this place in 2007 and became a great fan of the food they serve, i still remmeber that i travel almost 6-7 hours by road from plymouth to come to london mainly to have dosa from chennai dosaKeep rocking

We visited this Chennai Dosa branch for breakfast buffet a couple of weekends ago. This we think is the worst branch ever. All dishes in the buffet were empty and we had ask the waiters and managers several times to fill them. There was one dish in the buffet and we couldnt even identify it! See attached picture....We asked the manager what that dish was....and we got shocked when he said that these rectangular dark brown dry cold pieces (looking like burnt toast) were actually POORI's!!! This is the standard of food that you get in this restaurant! AVOID IT. There are far better South Indian restaurants on the high street.

This restaurant used to be very good but it has really gone downhill. I went for the buffet. it was cold. The service was poor. I got fed up and ordered from the main menu. After about 15 minutes, nothing arrived. I paid and left the place.

Great authentic south indian food - had the plain dosa and fried fish. Very delicious and filling. The price is very affordable and the restaurant is clean and tidy. Dont expect 5 star ambience - instead think coffee house/hole in the wall ambience. Highly recommended and will return

I had heard some positives about this place from people so visited their outlet in East Ham. I must say I was totally disappointed....I expected this place to be much better. The place is messy and needs lot of cleaning up. We had lunch buffet and half the stuff was cold despite it being peak lunch hour. The taste was pretty average with one of the curries so spicy that we just couldn't eat it. The only good part of the meal which I liked was buttermilk. I probably won't visit this place again.

So ordered a takeaway at the e12 branch and was told 15 minutes, when i went to collect i was told another 15 minutes, in the end 40 minutes in total. This used to be much better!

We have been visiting chennai for many years. The food is fantastic tasty and great value for money! The service can sometimes be slow but the staff are friendly. If you are looking for authentic south indian food.. this is a must visit :)

It was a day out to London from Kent with one of my friend, after sight seeing all day around London city we decided to have a go to south Indian cuisine today for dinner. And then we ended up here in Chennai Dosa, which has got nice decor for a dine out and welcoming staffs. As we never had south Indian cuisine before, my friend want to try Dosa, so am I. So we decided to go for two dosa and two idlis. When the foods arrived I was surprised to see a huge dosa and big idlis!! We started with dosa and ended up with idlis, I was almost full after finishing dosa and couldn't complete the idli. The food are really tasty specially DOSA!! I would recommend this restaurant if you want to try something different from your daily food habit..

Great food it's good thing about it, service has improved a bit compared to what it was before. Tasted dosa like what I use to have back home. This place is a home away from home, I went with a bunch of friends on Sunday morning for buffet it was awesome, we need to wait a bit long understood it was busy and every one wants dosas just like that which I think will not be possible to cater such mass crowed at 1 serving. We been very calm and enjoyed the food, if you want to enjoy you need to be cool.I saw few people siting next to us was cribbing about service, for people like them it's a cheep place what if they start serving better and they increase the price you all are not going to turn and say good still.Any how best of luck to the restaurant.

As the reviews say it isn't glamorous but the food is really tasty and cheap. I had a buffet plus some other shared south Indian dishes, delicious. East Ham, especially High Street North, has some of the best curry restaurants/canteens in London - at a fraction of the price of Whitechapel or Brick Lane - and this is one of them.

We love this place. Yes it is quite basic decor and seating, not in the most salubrious location and parking is not always easy to find on a weekend evening. BUT we put with all this becuause they still do the best Dosa in London.We try to visit at least once a month if not more often.As well as perfect Masala Dosa and Idli, the Poori with potatoes is also mouth watering (if a little on the greasy side). I tried the thalli once and every single item I tried tasted acceptable if not mouth watering - I kept going back for topups and asking for more pooris!For starters I would definitely recommend the Dahi Vada - two daal doughnuts, soaked in savoury yoghurt. Seriously simple but incredibly tasty. My wife loves Dahi Vada - on our last trip to Dubai we sampled Dahi Vada in umpteen indian restuarants and cafes around Bur Dubai and Diera and the one at Chennai Dosa in London is as good as any we tried in Dubai.The best thing is that you can have starters, mains and a Mango lassi for a family of four and get away with paying less than £20 for the best taste experience.TIP: Dont be shy and eat with your fingers for the best experience.

Food served was of good quality. The price was reasonable too. Only thing is, waiting time will be more at peak hours.

Travelled from Kent to eat. We ordered drinks, starters and main meals. The starters arrived promptly followed by the main meal a few minutes later - i.e. all together. I had to ask for extra plates so that we could share the starters and I also had to remind them about our drinks.The masala dosa was good as were the Chilli and Chicken dosa.On our next visit we will have a dosa for starters as well as the main meal,Cleanliness was average and value for money good especially the masalla dosa's. I'd be happy to pay a little more if they could clean up their act.We did order a takeaway!

Popped into this restaurant twice- there are 3 by the same name in East Ham(2 veg and 1 non-veg). Ordered a chicken dosa once and it was different, I must state albeit not the heavenly feel on the authentic vegetarian dosa

great food at such nominal price - its one of my favourite indian fast food joint (well - as good as)hygiene is a bit of an issue there which doesn't seem to be a priority for quite a while now.

The food here was great. There were generous portions and it was absolutely delicious. The price of this food was brilliant and the staff were also very friendly. I would definitely return.

The buffets in the weekends are a good value for money and the food tastes ok though not great, but don't expect anything else. Some items in the buffet may run out quickly and it takes them forever to refill the food, so your wait can be quite a long one. The service is mediocre and the place is too crowded and noisy. Bad Ambience and the place looks filthy with tables not cleaned, food split on the floor. I wouldn't recommend it. This restaurant has multiple branches. The one I visited was in Wembley and this review is specific to the branch I visited.

Good South Indian food very reasonable prices but slightly cramped. They do outdoor catering which is highly recommended !

we went here on 01/02/14 for a family meal (8 of us) and were horrified with the level of poor service, food and being overcharged on the bill which they had conveniently forgotten to tell us until the end.We had to wait over an hour for our food by which time our starters and side courses had gone cold even though we had specified that we wanted it all to be bought out at the same time! Many times we had to go the counter ourselves to grab our food/drinks as they kept forgetting. We will not ever go back to this place even if they gave us the food for free!We have since had to put it a complaint as we were overcharged for our food and the managers excuse was that they were waiting for their new menus with the new prices that should arrive 'next' week! We did try and dispute it but it was like talking to a brick wall so we had to take pictures of the menu and the bill and have complained to trading standards.Even though we had reserved a table by phone, we still had to wait so that was a waste of time.The restaurant was cold and horrible with damp on the ceiling/wall and the air conditioning had mould on it. Not a pleasant atmosphere!!!

Chennai Dosa 177 *** Just a Short Review of this outlet based in East Ham- 177 High Street North, Road E6 1JB It was visited on 30/12/2013 . By my self and accominied by my wife and mother as a evening meal out after a long and eventful day. As we heard about this Dosa outlet had non-veg facilities we throw caution to the wind. We arrived around 8.30 pm Enterer through the doors and was insantly HIT yes HIT by how cold the premises were INSIDE ! I had a T-shirt on with a winter jacket over the top My wife was wearing Two layers of clothing underneath her winter Coat ! same goes for my mother. We sat down and and after a few minutes usually the trend is to relax and remove winter coats or a layer of warm clothing as my wife and mother already had 2 layers on They at first seemed comfortable so I thought about taking my jacket off too.. Not in this instance I could not eat at a resteraunt with a big winter coat on... luckily I had a " hoodie " as i keep as a spare! I had to jump ship leave them two and grab my hoodie came back in sat back down and ordered our food.. 2 x Chilli chicken starters to Share, and 2 x Chilli Paneer Dosa and 1 x Chicken Masala Dosa 3 x Miranda cold drinks Totaling atleast £20.76.. This is our typical Dosa experience favorites combination of sorts. However on this occasion we chatted amongst ourselves and commented it felt like a golden arches fast get yur food and get out of here type of place and laughed and joked about it! We formentioned to the Staff in a passing comment " its kind of cold in here " After waiting for about 10 minutes the evening looks promising with the " starters " being the 2 dishes Chilli Chicken plates, shared between 3. Which arrived out on metal plates on top of metal taals * unkin to trays * on top of looks like Granite finish hard work top tables I re-checked with the staff prior to this that the main Dosa were to be held back ..Starting to feel the down hill turning point, The 2 x Chilli Paneer Dosas arrived 5/7 minutes into the starter.. and then the 1 x Chilli chicken masala Dosa, followed about 2/3 minutes after.. Now usually we would be happy with that sort of timing as any one would be. By the time we had completed out Starters, We delved into the Dosa`s how ever noticed the lack of HOT food, Sambar was luke warm, and the combination of Fillings were also LUKE warm!! By that time we had started to actually feel hungry so the craving was to eat ! Almost half way through our meals we all had become hesitant to carry on as the ability to enjoy a meal out was now on a down wood spiral ! My mother complained to one of the waiters that the food was cold and getting colder. His resulution was to bring out a serving of Heated up Sambar. With this we had to coat the COLD Dosa to make it edible in the Cold environment! at this point we refused to drink our order of Cold Miranda ( orange ) drinks, one of them being a Fanta ( orange ) and asked the waiter to take them back, after a few more minutes we all had to pause and struggled to carry on eating. My mother and wife at this point almost shivering whilst eating, This also started to affect my ability to eat properly as the cold started to get to me also. We all stopped before completing our meals and asked for the Bill, we all just wanted to get out of the place, as it seemed colder than a fridge! More like the temperature outside the building! So Bill payment time, My mother mentioned once again to the staff member that the food was cold and in a nice way " awful " he left to get the bill and arrived with the full bill £18.71 which included a small 10% discount for the cold meal minus the 3 x cold drinks which we had returned earlier. At this point I approached the " Manager " and said to me ok just pay £18, however i had mentioned to him that was not good enough as the only part of the meal that was of satifactery quality were the 2 starters which totals at £9 for the 2 plates. And had seen we had returned almost 1/3 of our main dishes back each ( all the way through this pollava - in his language it seemed he was questioning his staff why was the food cold on this serving etc etc ) . I mentioned also that a complaint would be put in, and his answer was "We/I can only have 10% to give". So at that point I gave him a £20 note and expected £2 in return but recieved £5 - we would spend almost double that amount in most resteraunts its NOT about the generosity of the manager. But about the service to start with and the improvments that they can make to not only their customer service but also the premises as to add warmth and HEAT the food up and a way to keep it warm. Please feel to contact me or if you feel different about this review then I`m not going to be swayed away from my Review on the Night that we had frequented this establishment. P.s My wife just mentioned to me that the Toilet facilities were in need of a thorough clean.

Authentic and tasty south-indian food everytime.. Low prices and minimalistic setup. The Kulfi is a sure winner after a hearty meal.Stick to south indian food though as the other dishes are not up to mark.

I have been eating at this restaurant on and off for the last 8 yrs. was there recently and the quality is impressive after this many years.This is a place on my list to eat every time I visit London.

Popped in to get a takeaway lunch midweek and ordered channa masala, cauliflower curry and 3 chapattis. Was told it would take about 10 mins to prepare as it was being made fresh, so popped out to the local shops to get some groceries. Picked up my food and upon getting home, discovered that my cauliflower curry was in fact a (horrible) mixed veg curry and that my channa masala contained about 10 solitary chick peas (the rest of the container was simply sauce). Both of these were from the buffet (which I had checked in the store before ordering), and not freshly made. Not only this, but the containers had leaked in the bag, so quite a messy affair all round. I'm loathe to give bad reviews, and these guys are pretty good when you eat in store (although the service is poor). I would not recommend them for a takeaway. There are better options on this road.

The food at this Chennai Dosa is amazing. It is very cheap and very tasty. It is actually one of my favourite Indian restaurants. The layout of the restaurant is very basic like a canteen but if you after delicious food at a very reasonable price a must. One thing I would say I have noticed is that the quality of the food does vary with which branch you visit. This is the best I have visited the Leicester one is particularly bad.

The price and quality at this restaurant has always been amazing. Quick service. Friendly staff. Excellent prices. Yummy food.However something has changed recently and the quality isn't the same anymore. It is worth visiting because still great price but if you've been in the past you'll notice standards have dropped.

When in London, being a south Indian, I tend to search for south Indian food and found Chennai Dosa very good. The buffet is great. Wide variety of food at very very affordable cost. The same kind of stuff or even inferior quality food in central London costs you 10 times more compared to this restaurant. Very good service. The amount of chutney they give drains you and the taste lingers in for hours.

I have been to Chennai Dosa many times. In the beginning I thought they were quite good and at one point in 2008 I used to visit them quite frequently to have my lunch, get food packed for breakfast etc. But, nowadays I do not think the quality has remained the same. I recently bought Upma and Pongal both were rubbish. It didn't taste that well. I don't I will buy again from them.

I have been having Chilly fried idly at this restaurant for i guess 4-5 years and really have to admit it was one of the best in the whole World.Really i could not find the same taste in India anywhere.But my last visit is the one i was not happy with.Their south indian food is fine good quality just as normal restaurants are but the only thing i loved was chillly fried idly and would travel to East ham only for that.The taste has changed and its not that spicy as it used to be.I mean it was so spicy and tasty that you will have to keep a glass of milk while eating that.I would return if that taste,flavour and spice comes back to chilly fried Idly.Else would not even have a meal there.

I come from Clapham to eat here at least twice a month. Admittedly, it's not the sort of place you would chose if you looking for galmour but for tastey, good quality south Indian food at is very hard to beat.

Would rate Chennai Dosa above many other Indian restaurants in Tooting . Very good customer service, tasty food and ok ambience with nominal prices. Very generous with accompaniments like chutneys. Overall a restaurant we as a family would keep going .

If you happen to be in East Ham then it's great for South Indian food. We are at the one in Birmingham and it seems the food is consistently great, if you like that sort of thing

This place has all the decor and charm of a run-down university basement cafe. BUT the food is authentic, delicious and cheap. My wife and I had 2 courses each (of their more expensive dishes) and a few mango lassis - total bill £30. You can pay twice that in Brick Lane for the same or lower quality. I'd steer well clear of the Brick Lane tourist trap, try East Ham or Tooting instead.

Stayed with our daughters in Balham. Our second visit here and always amazed at the final bill after starters, main meal and desserts being so low compared to other expensive London restaurants. Service and food good. Worth a visit for south Indian dishes.

Superb breakfast buffett and judging by the almost full restaurant at 11.30 am on Sunday this is clearly a very popular branch. Everything was freshly cooked with good turnover. The waiter was very helpful and understanding with my 80 year old father who has difficulty walking so this branch is highly recomended. The choice in the buffett was excellent

Two conflicting reviews so I feel obliged to write.I regularly visit Tooting as my parents live there. There are plenty of south indian restaurants locally.. I consider this one to be better than the others except for Saravana Bhavan which I rate very highly.This restaurant serves good down to earth street food as you would find it in India. It's star attraction is the masala dosa so don't be distracted by the hundreds of other items on the menu or the buffet. If like me you get the occassional craving for a massala dosa then this is the place to visit. Order other items around the massala dosa if you wish.You don't have to order everything in one go with this type of restaurant. Our party consisted of six so we ordered a number of items - one at a time - to try and pass around. Everyone in the group was happy with the meal. In conclusion it is a matter of taste and what you order. Order the wrong items and you may be disappointed.

I have been to this restaurant four times in the past two months, and had the buffet three times. In fact, I'm going there again for lunch today. I felt compelled to write after reading the response below, which I completely disagree with.The "watery" dishes are supposed to be like that! The flavours are great, the curries do taste different (although perhaps not to someone who doesn't eat a lot of Indian) and they are all fresh. There's a good selection, and it offers excellent value, especially given that you get chappati and popadoms, plus a sweet.The staff are great, it's always busy with a good vibe, and offers excellent value for money.

I went to Chennai Dosa [CD] - TOOTING BRANCH, last Saturday with a very dear German friend of mine, getting lured by the buffet and the fact that I can have a variety of South Indian Dishes and introduce them to someone who already knows a lot about Indian food having been there 4 times. Alas my greed got the better of me! I actually had printed the map to the Tooting branch and walked all the way from Tooting Broadway and was welcomed alright but was utterly disappointed. It looked cute with a proper stainless steel thali [plate] with 7 katoris [small bowls for the food] and the buffet was awful. I am probably being polite by calling it only awful. There was just one dry dish of dry/spicy potatoes and everything else that tasted all the same was watery and liquid. Now I do know the difference between Rasam & Sambhar etc so I am not being unfair by being so judgemental but believe me it was terrible. Apart from me almost drowning in my own sweat due to the food being so hot [ ok, I confess that I have a very limited threshold of taking hot fod even with my Indian origins ] Its the actual quality that I was saddened by. The only good thing was the South Indian styled buttermilk that was my saving grace. Look around me, it did ocvcur to me that perhaps I should have taken a'la carte and just ha da dosa but then saw that the Sambhar was being picked from the buffet as and when the dosas came in so that too would have been a disappointment! I had chosen to try CD on strong recommendations from an Indian friend of mine and she will not hear it well from me!! Over all sorry, even having seen that the guest is hardly touching anything and have not gone for seconds or is tasting one spoon of everything and then just pushing the thali away, the staff was just not bothered to ask how the food was. Perhaps they knew and were used to ractions as such. Even though I paid for the so called non veg buffet, when I saw the chicken and the mean dish I just could not be bothered. Over all a BIG NO NO from me or I was just unlucky! We will never know as I will not be stepping in there ever again.