South Indian Dosa Mahal (Bloor/Lansdowne) — Restaurant in Toronto

This place makes terrific samosas. Get the takeout samosa special and only get samosas. All the other fried things like pakoras are dry and bad. The samosas are great.

I have purchased the 20 dollars for 25 samosa/fritter/whatever deal and everything but the samosas are absolutely terrible.

They are dry and impossible to eat without copious amounts of water. They are so dry I suspect you could leave them soaking in sauce and they would never get moist in the center.

Mango/coconut batter ball. Dry. Need a whole cup of water to get through one.

Veggie pakora. Dry. Would probably taste good if there was some moisture to impart the flavour to my tongue and mouth. Smelled like delicious onions. Tasted like a dry paper towel.

The sweet coconut/lentil fritter. Might be good if it wasn't so dry. Could not be easily split into 2 pieces by hand without crumbling.

Methu vadai/lentil and onion fritter. You guessed it. Too dry to even consume without drinking enough water to float a freighter.

There is a theme here. Fried food must be served hot and fresh, not after it has dried out.

Chickpea and onion fritters. These were the absolute worst thing. It was as though someone made a food from seasoned sawdust pressed into a puck. This food has a terrible texture and is so dry you could probably use it as a desiccant.

I have never tried a dosa and some of their other stuff might be good but if you are going to buy anything that is pre prepared DO NOT buy anything but samosas.

I'm leaving 5 star review because I think the samosas are good.

The meal came with 2 containers of sauce. Neither of them do anything to combat the heroic dryness of this food.

Try the samosas. ...

Came here a few weeks ago with a couple of friends. Originally was going to Sugo next door, and since they had a 45min wait, we decided to grab a snack here while waiting.

We ordered 1 order of masala fries, 4 samosas and 4 pakoras (very small order - roughly $18) on which I was asked to tip, and did not. Although I don't need to justify my reasoning, I chose not to tip as I was asked to pay upfront instead of at the end of our service.

We then were served all the items ordered in 1 oval metal dish, with the masala fries arriving in another dish 5 min later, without so much as a napkin on the side, nor any cutlery. My friend went to ask for cutlery, additional plates and napkins and after 10 minutes the lady who took my order came and threw 1 extra plate on the table and muttered under her breath "thanks for the tip, very generous of you" while bringing food items for another table.

We proceeded to eat the food, which for the most part was alright, thanked the lady and left as we got called for our table at Sugo.

After finishing dining at Sugo, we were returning to our car which was parked nearby and ran into the lady standing outside her restaurant who then harassed us again, mentioning "I hope you tipped those other people" - unnecessary, and what honestly prompted me to leave this negative review.

I would have considered returning here and giving it a second chance, and actually tipping if it meant receiving service that wasn't subpar if it wasn't for that second interaction.

I hope you take this feedback and use it to improve your customer service,...

I've been coming to this place for years, especially when it was at the other location. Yesterday I had a bad experience with the owner, I ordered take out boxes because I knew it would be too much food and we only had 10 minutes before my bf had to be back at work so we sat down and waited for our food to be made she asked me if it was to go I said yes because either way I'd be asking for it to go. When the food came we sat to have a couple bites and she comes out and says we can't eat there because we got it to go, I didn't understand why she's so hostile ...she also weirdly kept telling my bf "this is why I asked her!!" Sorry but no that is a horrible way to treat a customer...asking if it's for to go doesn't mean you can't eat there in my head so if you want to say oh we inflate our prices for people to eat here and charge a little less for it to go then say that because I'm not going to read your mind.... After we said we didn't know and we will leave she said "oh you can stay this time" How about no! Don't make us feel like we did something wrong especially when you don't even have table service there. I now understand why this place buries bad reviews and begs people only to write 5 star reviews for them. You've now lost a customer and I won't be back and I'll make sure my friends know too. Treat...