Chennai Dosa - Reading
South Indian Resturant
- Restaurant.
- Food rating 4.7/5 (3 votes)
- Service rating 4.7/5 (3 votes)
- Atmosphere rating 4.0/5 (3 votes)
- Overall rating 4.4/5 (9 votes)
Expanding for the first time out of London, the Chennai Dosa chain has opened a new restaurant in Whitley Street, Reading.
They are famed for their South Indian and Sri Lankan cuisine with dosas being their forte.
Chennai Dosa is perfect for South Indian fast food. The prices are fabulous - with a decent meal costing you only about £2.50 - such as a yummy Special Massala Dosa (vegan), which is a large crispy pancake filled with spiced mashed potato and accompanied by yummy sauces. Dishes are nearly all pretty spicy, even the rice, and certainly very flavorsome.
The place is popular with the local Asian community as well as anyone else who wants a tasty meal for a bargain price. The service is good, though if you want dairy-free do make yourself understood by politely saying it a few different ways. Many of the vegetarian dishes (which are clearly marked) are dairy-free anyway, and all are egg-free.
The atmosphere is that of a brightly-lit popular non-nonsense cafe. Great for a quick meal with friends rather than a romantic meal. It's always busy, but service is fast so table clear quickly. Try!
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Jayashri 2009-08-26 18:13:22
- Food 5/5
- Atmosphere 4/5
- Service 5/5
The flavours of the chutneys and textures of the dosas are as authentic as can be ( having been born in good ole' Madras). Glad there are no excuses of trying to adapt to the blandness of modern cooking.
The atmosphere needs to be de-cramped for lack of space, and especially for the waiters and staff to breathe easy. That's popularity for you!!!!!
Sophie 2009-06-17 21:07:52
- Food 4/5
- Atmosphere 3/5
- Service 4/5
We had a yummy meal for 3 of us here after the cinema one night, and got stuffed silly for only £12.50. The speedy service meant we still got home in good time.
Ann 2009-06-02 10:27:46
- Food 5/5
- Atmosphere 5/5
- Service 5/5
This is the 2nd visit. The first visit the queues were down the road and we had to wait more than half and hour to get in. As a consequence it was obvious they were barely coping and a lot of customers were getting annoyed. I am glad say things have settled down. The dosas are excellent, and we had the veggie buffet which although at first glance did not look like it had a lot of vegetables in it was delicious, a array of wonderful tastes, very very spicy, which suits us but be warned. The staff were very friendly and the prices are very good. All in all excellent. They do a breakfast buffet too will try that next!
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