Bawarchi Biryanis - Indian Cuisine - Little Rock — Restaurant in Little Rock

First (visit) indian place (love Indian food but...) that didn't make me feel heavy and with a sick stomach feeling for the rest of the day. Large portions. Have other stuff on their menu like Asian cuisine. Flavor is awesome. Wait staff accommodate, even later in the evening people still coming in before closing and they keep going. Have a good system (digital based could be very organized) but taking a star away for it seeming to be something they use but also almost ignore, as in their seems to be a disconnect with communication and you kinda have to be always pulling any given waiter or host to get your order or ask a question. Then, although they don't bring wrong item, having to keep up with what you ordered and asked more than twice for about various things that they just forget to bring. Causes the meal to be inconsistently delivered and if you don't remember, probably will never get, but will be on the bill. Not like they won't fix that but if you pay no attention no doubt easy to walk out having unknowingly paid for various items you never remembered you ordered or got. The star off is also including that I think it took an extremely long time to get any kind of food to arrive, even tho ordering is overly pushed. They are ready for you to place the order as soon as you sit, even with the giant intimidating menu with über small print. After that you just gotta keep on them to get something, even an appetizer. Ends up all at once arriving. Best to order a variety of stuff on menu between friends and share all around, as each dish is just what it is, not always a full rounded dinner unless you can get a variety of stuff. Always seems the case when I get any Indian food. More fun that way IMO, just keep up with what you ordered. Or at least when you pay. Expect lots to take home unless you have an endless stomach. Great mango lassies, desert for me. Saw some kind of giant burrito thing (masala dosa?) people were ordering stuffed with all kinds of Indian foods. Literally hangs off ends of a LONG plate. Is described in menu as a crepe-like something. Maybe the texture of the "tortilla"? Don't know the name, can get a half I think. And their Indian sweet or bread cheese or whatever, looks like it's actually a meal in it's own, saw a guy eating it with a couple of sides, but it was main. Part of dish and looked surprisingly meal in itself and very tasty, am getting next time. Have ordered same thing @ other places and it's always this little appetizer that is ...ok but more like squares or balls of tofu and kinda disappointing from what you'd expect. Also very light for something like cheese. But the version they serve here looked truly gratifying and what you imagine in your head when reading about it. Adding stock photo not from restaurant of that burrito to show enormity. Gonna...

Allergy warning- My rating would be a lot higher, because I think the food was yummy and good quality, and the service was good. But I wanted to share my experience for folks who also suffer from severe allergies! I have a severe peanut allergy. My friend recommended a dosa to me. I ordered the paneer dosa. I’ve never had dosa before, so no cultural or historical context to understand what it typically is eaten with. The menu said it came with a lentil soup and paneer tikka. To my surprise it came with 2 other sauces (just checked- online menu does say tomato chutney and coconut chutney but no mention of peanuts). I tried a little bit of everything. My mouth started feeling funny, so I asked the staff if my dish had any peanuts. One of the sauces was apparently a peanut/coconut chutney. Luckily, my reaction is slow and starts with hives and eye swelling before anaphylaxis, so I took Benedryl and got to the emergency room before breathing problems (had an EpiPen ready just in case). I probably scared the woman working- I felt so bad! And I take some responsibility because I’m usually more cautious- I should have asked beforehand. But I hope they decide to indicate allergens on their menu! I’m okay, but someone more sensitive than me...

Sambhar was delicious but a tad bit on the spicier side! Idli was good but they were a little on the dry. I really appreciate the lady I spoke to on the phone when I called the restaurant. She was very polite and gave me accurate information regarding the dish I ordered. One of the few restaurants that serve idli and dosa and other South Indian items with variety! The buttermilk was really good too; I just wish it was more cold/chilled but I guess temp is hard to control for food delivery. Regardless both items I ordered were good. My only suggestion is to offer chutney with the idli sambhar too priced at 11.99; I saw an option on the menu for 10.99 that served chutney with idli but didn't know if it came with sambhar so I ordered the 11.99 version thinking it would come with all. The lady on the phone did explain that the 11.99 dish only comes with sambhar. Even small little containers of it would make a huge difference in enjoying the complete food experience! Also not to mention, the medu vada priced at 11.99 comes with chutney and sambhar so why not add chutney to the idli sambhar priced at 11.99? Thank you bawarchi and Grub Hub for a great dinner! Wish I could rate 4.5 starts...