Saravanaa Bhavan
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Enjoyed the experience. A waiter that spoke hardly English, a lengthy menu with 323 items not counting the drinks and without any clear explanation, all sort of Indian traditional dishes turned vegetarian. We could only expect a lot of surprises. The service was a bit chaotic but quick with waiters asking us again and again what we wanted to order but it was all in good spirit and we even had a taste of a dessert -Rava kesari before ordering something else. We ordered the North Indian Tali which was basically some round dough with all sort of dipping, some salty, some sharp and even a sweet one. Enjoyed the richness of all the taste and I though it was an interesting dish. We also had Noodle with mushroom which was also good but less special. I though it strange to have it with ketchup on the plate which is probably not a traditional Indian sauce. For drinks we add mango Lassi which was good For dessert we had a Falooda. Even the waiter did not know what it was which is not a surprise with 323 items! Anyway, it had ice cream, not exactly sure which flavors, red tapioca, green tapioca and red pasta at the bottom. Not sure what to make out of this but certainly an culinary surprise. Not the top of the culinary world but a great fun evening with some new food combinations to remember. Not expensive and worth the visit.
yvan langyvan lang
10
This is one of my go-to places whenever I feel like eating Indian food in Berlin. The food is usually great and as it's a purely vegetarian place, there are a lot more options for vegetarians than the usual Indian restaurants. Usually Indian restaurants have about 20 vegetarian/vegan food options in the entire menu, but here there are over 200 options, which is amazing if you are a vegetarian. You must try the following at least once here, 1. Ghee roast masala dosa & Ghee Rava onion masala dosa 2. Madras special coffee 3. Chole bhature 4. Saravana Bhavan special meals (South Indian) We have also tried starters such as Gobi 65 (Dry) which was pretty good and Chilly Gobi Manchurian which was pretty bad. The above options are usually really good, and you can select any South Indian food item on the menu and you can be sure it's as close as it can get to authentic South Indian cuisine. The service does tend to be lousy when there're a lot of customers, but that's something that can't be helped. Do keep this in mind though, the place is usually very busy and the seating space is confined. So if you are looking for a cozy place to have lunch/dinner peacefully, don't choose this restaurant.
Varun Koravadi RanganathVarun Koravadi Ranganath
00
I went there today with my family between 18.00-20.00. I have been to their hubs in Amsterdam and Cologne and had an amazing experience. However, today has been my worst experience there. The service took 2 hours to deliver 3 food items and 3 teas. The food didn’t taste well. Only the ghee rava masala dosa was good. The whole episode for today is here: In the beginning we gave the complete order and explained them well about how we expect it to be delivered at our table. The idea was simple, please serve food dishes first and tea in the end. How hard is that to understand ? Firstly, they took ages to serve food, then made us wait for another ice age to have the tea. The moment I cross-checked with a waitress about its status, we get to know that our order was never placed. Okay, I understand you are busy and skipped it. I placed it again with a this waitress. 30s later the waitress who took our order the first time arrived and said what happened. I told her about the tea situation, she said don’t worry you will have it soon. Would you like it with sugar or without. Again politely my father indicated two teas without sugar and one with sugar. The teas arrived - all without sugar! This really made me annoyed. I called the waitress and asked about it. She replied you ordered all without sugar, I have no other information from your side. I politely explained her the situation, she went back to cross-check. Thanks for the trust on customer’s response! She came back with sugar in her hand telling us we can add it manually. There was something wrong on their side. I told her its alright, it would be good if they could change it and get a new one WITH SUGAR. Well, what happened next was amazing ! She left apologising and another waitress came to say that we were at fault here and didn’t place the order correctly. She was explaining me the tea making process and how they add sugar. Well, girl that is what I wanted for my father in the first place, you guys messed it up and rather than apologising you blame it on the customer. Despite all this, me and my father calmly handled the situation. We tried explaining her that the service team as a whole has failed today. We were not there to blame an individual. It was a team, and they should just accept and apologise. Thankfully, she did understand and apologised. I am reluctant to ever visit this branch of Sarvana bhavan now. Kindly teach your staff some basic etiquettes and treat your customers well! The waitress who took the tea order the second time and the waitress who came to us in the end - talk to your customers respectfully or else find another place of work!
shweta soodshweta sood
00
We are originally from Chennai Tamilnadu - birthplace of Saravanabhavan- and settled in Canada couple of decades back. We came on vacation to Berlin and saw Saravanabhavan. Haunted by nostalgia and got off from our tour bus without thinking twice to pay a visit and have an awesome dinner, expecting the same quality of food and an excellent service the chain is known for. The place looked awesome and we could see a lot of crowd. We were seated quickly and we were served by one Jagraj. We ordered after some discussion within ourselves one sambar vada plate for starters and Chana bhatura for my partner (she changed her mind from the paneer pulav she initially told Jagraj and he also confirmed having noted the change to Chana bhatura instead of paneer pulao). I ordered an onion/tomato utthappam and we settled down while waiting for our items to arrive. Sambar vada arrived fairly fast. We were waiting on my partner’s Chana bhatura and my utthappam. Shock no.1 - my partner was delivered with paneer pulao which she didn’t want. Nevertheless, sensing that she also created some confusion, she silently accepted and moved on to have paneer pulao without uttering a word to Jagraj. I wouldn’t have done it though! Shock no.2 - we were also silently noticing about 5-10 dosa items were being hurled around to other tables including to the people who came after us to eat, but nowhere in sight of my utthapam. Finally, after about 30 minutes, without pointing out to Jagraj that he had already made a mistake in serving my wife, I asked about my utthappam for which he replied it’s getting ready! I wasn’t in a mood to point out to him his second mistake of the night for having forgotten about my utthapam totally. All I asked him was is to cancel my order for which he unapologetically said he had to check with the kitchen (come on, after 30 minutes, when others around us were served in 5 to 7 minutes). He could’ve honestly told me that sorry he forgot. Instead, he showed his unhappiness about my cancellation. In fact, my partner had already finished eating and ready to go! Then he went around to the kitchen and the till and came around to tell me that my order has been successfully cancelled! Our dinner together was utterly spoiled by an inefficient, forgetful and confused employee and we were forced to rate the restaurant down for it. Please have some coaching in place for the erring employee and other employees too, taking this as a classic example! We will never come back to this Saravanabhavan again.
N BalaN Bala
30
Went to eat brunch here two weeks ago, it was Saturday so it was quite full. The team took our name and we waited outside to be placed at a table, took around 5 minutes, so completely acceptable. Unfortunately the table was rather uncomfortable, next to a heater and very tight. Not at all comfortable for two people. We started with Medu Vada sambar and idli and were planning to try more of the menu later. Saravanaa Bhavan has a great reputation, but after visiting I don’t understand why. Medu Vada was too hard, it’s difficult to understand how they here in their big kitchen with loads of staff and equipment can’t at least come a little bit close to what Mumbai street food stalls manage to cook. The Sambar taste was authentic at least. Big highlight was the plates. My excitement for the food was decreased rapidly when I saw the plates were not washed and wiped properly. You can see it in the photos, with just a finger the layer was coming off. Felt very gross afterwards. The staff is VERY busy got the feeling of Mumbai 😅 like they are just waiting for you to finish your food fast so they can give the table to the next customer. I feel more relaxed on a McDonald’s to be honest. Worst part was the toilet. I have never seen so small stalls in my life. Not possible to use without touching your knees to the door while using. And super dirty too unfortunately. It was such a shame because I was looking forward to this visit for a while. We went to a different restaurant afterwards because we were still hungry of course. There is much better places, I would not recommend you to go to Saravanaa Bhavan.
NitzNitz
50
Latest last week: We tasted Chai, Gobi 65, masala dosa and rawa masala dosa. Masala dosa was like crispy paper dosa with very fluffy potatoe masala. Rawa dosa was ultra mild, non crispy and potato masala very liquidy. Taste was OK. Gobi 65 was tasteless. Trashy. Also as a starter this came after the main course and luckily the charges were waived off... The masala just had salt and saffron color other than this, no taste and Gobi pieces were also lumped together looking like shapeless coral reef. Chai was very very poor in taste. It was as if a tea cup was diluted to 10 times where there was absolutely no taste whatsoever. Older... Not bad at all. Worth the hype. We went at 11 am Saturday and crowd was not yet full, could get seats easily. Idly vada Sambar and mini idly were good. All were tasty. Ordered filter coffee it didn't taste like one as the dicoction was watery and more milk. Ordered another with strong this time, when it came, it wasn't still strong, requested separate dicoction and with that, coffee was finally good. Masala Dosa and paper roast were next.. Dosa batter wasn't that sour.. And we felt full with this medium food.. Thought the difference was because of extra soda in every dish 😉. Overall experience was good and every staff member were polite and highly cooperative including the reception.
Chandan B SChandan B S
50
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Potsdamer Platz 5, 10785 Berlin, Germany
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Long-running international chain serving up South Indian vegetarian dishes, including dosas.
attractions: Brandenburg Gate, Potsdamer Platz, Mall of Berlin, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Topography of Terror, Madame Tussauds Berlin, The Playce, German Spy Museum, Berliner Philharmonie, Reichstag Building, restaurants: Restaurant Maximilians Berlin, AMRIT, La Via del Muro, Lindenbräu am Potsdamer Platz, Lobby Lounge & Bar Hotel Adlon, Teras, Alt-Berliner Wirtshaus, MAREDO, Murphy's Irish Pub at Checkpoint Charlie, Steel Vintage Bikes Café

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