Address: | 1050 Elden St, Herndon, VA 20170, USA |
Phone: | +1 703-435-1270 |
Site: | godavarius.com |
Rating: | 3.3 |
Working: | 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 12–3:30PM 12–3:30PM |
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Kesav Nallan
Despite of my friends warning not to go there, Because there will be long queue and need to wait for 30 mins to 1 hour, So that raised my curiosity why people are waiting for hours to eat. So I forced my wife and kid for lunch buffet Story starts from here...... So we were at the entrance at 2:30 pm on sunday, the guy said it will take approx 30 - 45 mins to be seated, so we waited there patently and they are like 2 couple behind us. After waiting for 25 mins, 8 guys came in for buffet, There were admitted immediately, So I questioned with out any hesitation that why they were allowed. I got the shocking answer, Since they were 8 they were allowed.... After 5 minutes I asked how much is the buffet, he said its 13.99 + tax, so I asked why its expensive than other restaurant ? Arrogant answer from this guy, The price is high because of its brand name and its new here (I thought of myself WatF). So after 45 mins of waiting we were seated, by that time I was starving, So immediately I jumped to buffet, To my surprise biryani is completley empty, So I went for other entries, I got nans (pretty dry) and rayalla seema kodi kura and couple of entries. When I am almost done with my food, there comes the chicken biryani, So thought of trying it anyway, its not yet all Hyderabad dum biryani, its just a mix of chicken curry in rice. My wife is looking at me (very angry) coz there are no much options for veg btw she is purely vegetarian. And my son didnt even touched any food, Now comes the bill, its 40 (13.99 * 2 plus 8.99 for kids meal) I said the billing guy that my son didnt had any food, so that guy looks at me as a he lost million dollars and adjusted the bill for 2 adults and it came around $31, I paid $36 and came out. After coming out of restaurant, one thing bothered me much, Telugu restaurant is been running by Tamil guys... Next day my stomach is upset very badly may be becoz of masala. Now I said to my self "NO NEXT TIME". Thank you all for reading my detailed and boring experience.
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Teja Reddy
I gave it one star as I couldnt give lesser than that! worst Indian buffet I ever had. I started the buffet with samosa chat and I could smell that it is not made today. I left the plate and went to try something else in the hope of finding some fresh food and tried some chicken wings. They are completely dry and I couldnt eat atleast one of it. later I tried some butter naan with chicken curry. This was pretty fresh and good. Next I had the mutton biryani with no mutton pieces ( just bones ) in it. The rice was so dry that I can easily make out that it has been there from more than a day. Finally I lost the hope of finding fresh food and went for plain rice. I never knew that these people can even spoil that one. I had sambar with it and even that was not fresh. At last I had the dessert ( moong dal halwa ). It definitely tasted like moong dal halwa but it is completely watery. I was completely disappointed by the food and went to pay for the lunch. I was shocked to see that I had to pay 13.01$ for the complete stale food on a weekday.
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Shivkumar S
Went there on a cold wintry evening at 8.30 pm.and guess what they had not kept the heater on. Literally everyone was wearing jackets and eating. What a warm welcome! Also there was an italian restaurant here and they just converted it into an Indian restaurant. Felt like I entered a pizzeria..should have altered the ambience. Ordered kids geometric dosa. It came with no chutney or sambar. Who on earth eats just dosa!!!!. To top it the dosa was so dry and hard, it wasnt edible. Only solace was the waiter gave us a cup of sambar on the house but the case was already lost! Then came the onion dosa which was soggy and not cooked inside. We duly returned it back. Other stuff ( gobi manchurian) that came was just ok and highly salty. If you are going here for dosa, i tell you you have better options around. Both food and hospitality are very average!!!
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Pradeep k
Worst indian food in the area. It was monday night and I called them beforehand to confirm if they are serving their full menu tonight,they said "Yes" for that. After we went there and I asked about dosa , they told it will take 45 mins for dosa, so I went ahead and asked for biryani then they said they are serving only egg and paneer biryani. As I was left with no option I ordered their special egg biryani and naan with mutton curry. Their special egg biryani had Aloo(potato) and carrot with couple of eggs in it(basically it looked like curry mixed in rice not biryani) . I can say this is the worst biryani I ever tasted. Mutton curry had all bones too. Its too pricey in first place and the food is not even average. If you dont have any option just skip the meal instead of going to this place
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Anil Bajaj
The waiters while very nice - were very confused. This is the 4th location that I have been to in 3 months. The HERNDON location was the worst out of all 4. 4 Members of my family got sick post the outing. Gobi 65 was stale and not at all what it should taste and look like. Mango Lassi took close to 20 plus minutes after multiple reminders. When we ordered the dinner it was more than 30 minutes later the waiter asked anything else and we indicated where is our dinner. When it came it was cold and no taste. Here is my ranking Charlotte/Edison/Boston best Experience. Waiters are pleasant, but that is not what you go out to eat for.. (Anil)
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Royal Eswar
Worst food ever in Virginia. If you have tried all best foods in Virginia then try this food for some worst full experience. No salt in foods, biryani is not worthy and too expensive. Please dont eat here if your too hungry. I dont want to write the review also but just wanted to help others from eating this worst food. What kind of restaurant doesnt know how to make a curd rice? This restaurant cant make curd rice too. My sincere advice not to eat here. Place is also too clumsy, no place to arrange your own plates on the table. Overall rating for this food is 0.1 stars.
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vinay ratnapu
Routine show off restaurant. Had a Bad experience..today. Had great expectations on this restaurant and I ordered for Godavari chicken biryani.. but to my surprised, they have given me a biryani rice covered with chicken 65 pisces in it..and seems it is a Godavari chickn biryani.. Its rather ordering a chicken 65 for 7.99 instead of paying 13.99 for the label so called .. godavari biryani.... Evryfood item is in the same way... Mix and Match type.. Typical routine show off hungama restaurant, but no quality fod foe the price you pay...
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Landon Carter
Whoa. When we went they were cleaning plates in the dining area by scraping off food into open garbage cans and pouring out water from used drinking glasses in a bucket. All of this was done behind a curtain that was transparent. The food was mediocre and the prices are too high. Assume the health department will have something to say about their cleaning practices. Who knows what theyll do when they clean dishes in the back. I wouldnt go back if they paid me.