Udupi Bhavan - Lowell

Average South Indian restaurant with not that great taste! We order the chana bhatura and podi masala dosa! Chana bhatura was nice and crispy, good level of spice . Podi masala dosa wasn’t that great! Podi powder was so was the masala.

Awesome Food, awesome hospitality and best Idli wada and dosa and Sambhar, Best part first time in US had chikhoo shake, cherry on top.

Clarification in response to the owner 's comment: This review is for the Udupi Bhavan in Lowell MA. The staff at the restaurant told me that this has been taken over by (and will soon be rebranded as) Dosa Curry During our visit, the dessert was payasam during the intitial half hour. But the quantity was only sufficient for 3 of us (party of 6). After a long wait, the staff provided halwa for the others. This halwa tasted awful, and was inedible. My family and I have eaten at this restaurant before the COVID waves, and the food was excellent, the buffet was sumptuous, the service was commendable. Not any more!! I see no reason to remove my honest review. Original Post: This is one of the WORST dining experiences I 've ever had. The buffet hardly had any choice, but even those half a dozen dishes were very infrequently replenished. They ran out of the house the only dessert on the buffet table within the first half hour!! The food was loaded with hot peppers, so you really can 't eat too much. The most memorable points of our meal : 1. Limited selection 2. Low quantities 3. Long waits, and several requests are needed to have the dishes replenished 4. The only dessert on the buffet table, runs out within the first hour, and will not be replenished 5. Food is low on taste but very high in hot spices and peppers 6. The place is now known as Dosa Curry 7. Enter at your own risk!!

We went to Udupi Bhavan (one of our favourites) after a long time. But this new management has changed the whole experience. Thay took 50 minutes to serve 2 dosa and 1 uttapam on a not too busy weeknight. And the taste was so mediocre. I tried chat buffet, but it was not that good also. I'd not go there again in the near future.

Quality of food and options down the drain. 15 dollar buffet for Rock-hard Idlis, Burnt Chapati, Mirchi Bajji, Tamarind rice Cmmon Seriously), white rice, semiya kheer, some curries. Very disappointing options and not close to what I have known upupi bhavan for previously.