Uru-Swati — Restaurant in Jefferson Township

TL; DR: If you want good Indian food, avoid this place. For south Indian, give a shot to Annapurna or Mysore Woodlands which are right across the street.

The only way to not be disappointed with this place I think is to go in with no expectations. I say this because if you walk in with the remotest expectations of good Indian food that tastes what its supposed to taste like you will be massively disappointed. Also, ignore reviews on that other site that starts with a Y gave it 5 stars, the reviewers on there probably don't know what the food they order and get is supposed to taste like as opposed to Uru Swati's take on it. Going by Yelp reviewers is what led to a flavorless, un-tasty lunch at his place.

I was there for lunch with my family on a Sunday. We ordered the following:

Pav Bhaji Sev puri Idli Vada Combo Mysore Sada Dosa Bhel (Jain)

All of these were like the equivalent of the paintings of exotic animals made by people who heard descriptions from travellers travelling to these lands.

I'll start of with the Pav Bhaji. Pav Bhaji literally means Dinner Roll with Vegetable curry. Technically, the Pav Bhaji at Uru Swati was exactly that: we were served dinner rolls with a vegetable curry. However, the vegetable curry was all wrong! I like spicy food, so I have no qualms about hotness of food, but all I could taste in the curry was the taste of powdered chilli. It's not bothersome, but its not what Pav Bhaji is supposed to taste like. Period.

Sev Puri is an Indian snack and to get an idea of what it's supposed to look like check the wikipedia pic (google wont let me post the url). It also usually has gracious helpings of Onion, Potato, sweet and sour sauces, cilantro, mint chutney etc. Consequently, it has some heft to it (see wikipedia picture for reference). What we got was a sorry mess devoid of half the ingredients with tiny, TINY portions. which they charge you $5.95 for.

The Idli Vada Combo is served with Sambar and Coconut chutney. The Idlis are steamed rice cakes made from a fermented batter. The idlis were probably not allowed to ferment for long enough or had less rice and more peas in the batter, but they tasted off and lacked salt. The Vada on the other hand had slightly more salt than needed. The most offensive element was the Sambar. The Sambar needs to be at least mildly tangy, in addition to having other vegetables (shallots, okra, drumstick, eggplant, pumpkin, tomatoes etc.) and cooked split-pigeon peas as well as black gram lentils. Uru swati's sambar was neither tangy, nor did it have any veggies at all! This was basically a regular dal that was served in place of Sambar. Shameful!

The Mysore Sada Dosa is a dosa which is cooked with a red, dry chutney applied on one side while it's being cooked. Uru Swati's version was made with some random chutney which was essentially flavorless. This too was served with that travesty Uru swati passes off for Sambar.

I did not taste the Bhel myself but my mom-in-law that had it wasn't particularly impressed either.

To me, this was ~$36 I spent for a pile of disappointment.

Feel free to visit this place if you like bland, flavorless, unauthentic slop.

Their slogan is "Healing through food"; if there food is meant to heal, then homeopathy will cure cancer and AIDS.

If you however want to eat decent food, try any of the other restaurants in the area (and there are a lot!). I was looking for south indian food and I regret not going to Mysore Woodlands which was just across the street and only a...

I have lived on the Far Northside for 5 years and some change and this is the only Indian place I like to order from/ dine at. I moved further North and it just feels further away. I wasn't always motivated to ride the 155, which deserves its own lane to bypass single occupancy vehicles, but that's another Google review.

Last night I treated myself to some of my favorite dishes due to working over the holiday season and wanting to have some leftovers to warm up on NYE. One of my holiday traditions is to order from here. I was so disappointed with the taste of the Chana masala, my favorite dish! 😔I felt so let down given how much I had been looking forward to it. The chana tasted like someone dumped chickpeas in a sauce but it didn't blend well. I am familiar because when I try to make this dish I fail so that's why I order from here. I called the restaurant to let them know. The person who answered took ownership of the issue, which I appreciate. I was given the option to pursue a refund through Uber Eats or through the restaurant. I chose to visit the restaurant and picked up my order to go. I can say the taste of the Chana is better. I also ordered some veggie samosas. It would have been nice to have received one order of samosas on the house given I had to travel back due to their mistake but whatever. I'll be back because I'm loyal and they have a good...

Please note: this review is for delivery, I have no idea what the restaurant itself is like.

I live off Devon and was craving Indian food, so I was just seeing what place was affordable in my delivery zone I could try. Their minimum was only $15 (I was ordering food for just me) so I thought that worked best. I ordered on grubhub and my food came in about an hour (was quoted 55-75 minutes), nice and hot. The driver found my place no problem.

As for the food, I ordered dal makhani, extra rice (it came with one serving), garlic naan and samosas. This portioned out to two huge, filling meals. The dal makhani was medium spicy, which I liked since I'm still new to Indian food. I'm glad I ordered the extra rice. The naan had big chunks of garlic in it but wasn't too garlicky, perfect with the dish. The samosas were excellent, stuffed so full of peas and potato a serving of 2 could have been a meal itself. Everything reheated perfectly, too. I tend to skew vegetarian with Indian food but I do with they had some meat dishes, I'm sure they'd be just as tasty. I'd definitely order...