Tatva Indian Cuisine - Herndon

A complete waste of money!! I have never experienced such a waste of expensive food in a prime location. The Chicken 65 was overcooked, the fish curry was smelly and lacking salt in the masala, the chicken dish was old and undercooked, and the masalas were not properly prepared. The Thali meals did not include papad or curd, and the rice was old. The Biriyani was clearly reheated. I am unsure how this restaurant can serve such old food for a Saturday lunch. The light yellow lassi had too much milk and not enough mango, making it a waste as well. Despite all these issues, the restaurant was charging 15% more than what was listed on the menu. We left the restaurant shortly after receiving our food, as it was inedible. This is the first time I have ever been so disappointed in a restaurant.

I highly recommend avoiding this restaurant at all costs. It is extremely dirty and unhygienic. I have never left a restaurant in disgust before, but I couldn't stay in this one.

I dined at this restaurant once when they had just opened and was not impressed with the service or cleanliness of the place. Despite this, I gave them another chance during the pandemic and ordered delivery a few times, always opting for the jackfruit biryani which I enjoyed. However, my recent experience picking up my order was a disappointment. The restaurant appeared dirty and disorganized, making me question the quality of the food. The boneless chicken biryani was particularly unappetizing, with jasmine rice and over-spiced curry chicken. I will not be ordering from here again.

Worst place to get south india takeout!!!!! A order of idli took 1.5 hours!!!!! ' Do not recommend anyone going there.

We walked in with no one to greet, an almost empty place with one customer eating food. We waited to be seated (as per the sign) no one came for next 5 7 minutes. So we just sat at a table. A girl passed by who seemed to be the employee, we got it confirmed that it was open. More wait to receive the menu. We started to order, and were told you can’t order certain items (pretty much every item we wanted) . We asked for menu that had items that were actually being offered. We were given a different menu card. We ordered two different dosas. For next 30 40 minutes no one showed up. Finally mine of us walked up to the kitchen and asked if we were ever going to get served, the chef (who didn’t speak any English showed us the ready to serve plates indicating there was no one to bring them out) Finally the waiter brought those out. Both Dosas were cold, limp and soggy by now. But more disappointing was the taste!!! OMG! So very salty and absolute zero on authenticity!! Mysore Masala Dosa had readymade Lasoon chutney on it as a replacement for “Podi” and Madras masala Dosa had “sambal“ as a replacement to onion chutney! It was sheer salt and Vinegar medley!! What a waste! The accompaniments like Sambar and chutneys were equally disappointing if not more. In all a complete disappointment No service, Bad taste and cold food. Never going back there again.