Dakshinayan — Restaurant in Mumbai

Last Night’s Dinner Experience @ Dakshinayan was pretty average

Dakshinayan is a compact South Indian Restaurant located inside Hotel Anand, near Hare Krishna Temple (ISKCON), Juhu

Few Things to note about Dakshinayan Pure Veg Restaurant Authentic South Indian Food Only No alcohol is served here. No pre booking is allowed. Please come early otherwise the waiting is long as the place is compact & jam Packaged on weekdays & weekends. Minimal parking available, so parking can be a hassle in that area.

Details :- Ambience & Decor :- Minimum A/c / Non Section :- A/c Section only Seating Area :- Compact & Small Serve Time :- Fast 👏 Food Hot / Cold :- Served Hot , but eat it quick as the meal gets cold quite fast with the a/c on. Staff :- Polite & Attentive Quality & Quantity :- Decent VFM :- Rs 1670 /- for 4 of us . ( Drinks are reasonably priced but Food prices can definitely reduce or quantity can increase a bit)

Our Order :- Molgapudi Idli :- Mini idli’s served with gun powder sprinkled on top. A popular dish here. Do try 👍

Adai Dosa :- Mixed pulses (masala) Dosa made in ghee. Dosa was crisp & masala tasted nice, but nothing wow.

Chettinad (Spicy Pepper) Dosa :- Sada Dosa with pepper sprinkled over. A big Let down 👎

Panniyaram :- Vada made from rice. One plate has 5 pcs. Served hot & tasty. Nice 👍

Medu Vada :- You get 3 decent size Medu Vada Per plate. Soft & served hot. Vada’s turned out the best

Bisibelle Rice :- Daal, Rice, spices cooked in South Indian style. Quite similar to Daal Khichadi. It was Yummy 😋

Sweet Lassi :- Thickness & sweetness well balanced. 👍

Filter Coffee :- Perfect way to end your meal ( Tell them less sugar , otherwise you might find the sweetness to much ) 👍

Dakshinayan offers authentic South Indian food (mild to medium spicy) which is served hot, Food Quality & Quantity is decent & service is superb 👍.

They have 3 types of chutney & sambhar on the table. Chutney Variety is decent but sambhar is super.

I loved their Idli & Vada combo’s & found their Dosa’s just average.

Overall Food Experience was good but found the place a bit pricey...

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The other day we were at ISKCON, Juhu late in the evening. As we left from the temple we’re extremely hungry . On searching over Zomato , Dakshinayan came to our rescue as it was closest . South Indian cuisine is almost everyone’s comfort food & one of the safe bet if you aren’t in mood to try something new. Visiting this place on Sunday was another pain . It took almost 30-40 mins for us to get a table .

LOCATION : Dakshinayan is located on Gandhigram Road , just the lane opposite to ISKCON Temple . It can be easily spotted .

AMBIENCE : Nothing really fancy about the interiors are very decent and comfortable seating arrangements .

SERVICE : Service was lil slow but can be overlooked coz it was weekend. Staff was helpful and nice .

What we ate

⭐️Mysore Masala dosa - It was nice crisp and thin . Cooked with the goodness of butter . The aloo masala was bland. Though we loved the Chutneys .

⭐️Bissibelle Hulianna - Bissibelle was served piping hot . It was yummy and full of flavours and veggies. And of course with some nice crunch of namkeen .

⭐️Panniyaram : Panniyaram or rice wadas were crispy and soft . It was a decent one . You can give it a miss tho .

⭐️Rasam Wada : This was definitely an awful dish . Rasam was loaded with unnecessary amount of peppercorns and way too oil . Wadas were good to go .

⭐️Korma With Appam - Korma is made up of loads of veggies and flavouring spices . This one had loads of veggies but there was no flavour to it . Though Appam was super soft and delicious 🤗

We liked some and disliked some . Overall the food here is made for more of foreigners footfall keeping in mind . So one might find dishes below average and less spicy for the...