Vijay's Chawalla

The dahl tasted just like my Gujarati aunt used to make it.. can't have a higher compliment than that! The chilli mogo (in my photo) was also great as were the thalis. My tip: go for the deluxe thali as you get a lot more food than the Gujarati one, and it's not much more expensive. Vegetarian options: It's all veggie

I've been here many times over the last 20 years but on this occasion the service was very very poor. Firstly the waiter seated us near the toilets and ignored us for 15 mins. I had to get up and walk over to get someone's attention for placing an order. We then had to wait another 40 mins for the food to arrive and even then,one person was missing his plain Dosa order. Had to flag this again and when the Dosa finally arrived, it was cold and stale. It seems like it was made earlier and forgotten. We also didn't receive the tea we ordered and this arrived after everyone had finished eating their food. There was not even any water in the jug when we were seated. I complained when we were leaving and the Dosa was not charged l. They apologised but blamed new and lack of staff but it should not be an excuse for poor basic customer service. Will never return here again.

When I fancy a light dinner and vegetarian dish. Best vegetarian in East London.

Had the Punjabi Thali which is enough for two people - had more of a South Indian than Punjabi taste. Aloo Papdi Chaat was fantastic! Dry Chilli Paneer cooked lovely but bland in flavours. The Onion & Tomato Uttapam was extremely bland, sambar was far too watery with no flavours however the coconut chutney was nice. Definitely had a ‘school canteen’ feel and far too expensive for average food. Won’t be coming back here anytime soon and if I do, it will be for starters only.

We ordered 3 masala dosa,1 pani puri,the taste of masala dosa was awful, i think that was worse masala dosa i ever had in my life and 1 lime soda salted charged 5.50 That is really a high price