I usually LOVE this place! This was my "go-to" for indian food! Quick, cheap, and TASTY indian food! But alas....no longer. I got the Masala Dosa and the Chicken Tikka Masala. First off, they have changed the recipes and the food has lost a lot of the flavor. It has become way too "Americanized" by adding cream to the Chicken Tikka Masala thus taking away from the flavor. In the Masala Dosa - the potatoes inside had NO flavor and were super oily. The sambar - was like having WATER! How did you mess up your tasty sambar? What happened people? The food used to be finger looking good! It saddens me to write this review but the quality of food has gone down tremendously...to the point where I rather go somewhere else for my indian food fix. I hope the owner actually reads this review and does something about it. Otherwise, you've lost a loyal customer. read more

This food is so good!! And the workers are so nice! Me and my fiancée LOVE Bawarchi! Our favorite meal is the Boneless Chicken Biryani - Y'all should try it sometime! read more

Boneless Biryani is Awesome try it, You feel like you are eating in India like typical hyderabadi Biryani not only Biryani try Non veg dishes like Mutton pepper fry, Mirchi chicken curry,karakudi chicken other Amaging part is snacks like Onion mirchi bajji,punugulu very diffiucult to find in US. When i eat all this reminds me i am back in my Home town. read more

Rating is only based on the food I ordered (veg Biryani) and may/may not represent the overall rating of different food items available. Having word Biryani in its name, I was expecting delicious and aromatic Biryani. Unfortunately, it was a big let down. They didn't put an effort to fry the onions and they were not even thinly sliced. I had big chunks of carrot, capsicum (bell pepper) and potatoes as well. Biryani's aroma was missing and the spice level was a bit low. They were frugal in mixing different spices which gives Biryani its distinct aroma and flavor. I was able to see only 2 green cardamom in my Biryani and no other whole spice. They added orange food color as well in place of saffron, which looks artificial and adds no taste. Yogurt is an essential ingredient in preparation of Biryani and it was completely missing. Only positive thing was the quantity option. They had option of Lunch/Regular size. Lunch size is ideal for a person and Regular should be enough for 2 people with moderate diet. I ordered regular thinking that lunch size might be small but I was looking for quality rather than quantity. I may visit to try few other dishes, but never for Veg Biryani. read more

Very authentic! First time here and got the Chicken Biryani. Outstanding flavor and spice. Lots of food for the lunch portion too.

I love this place. I was introduced by my coworker who said it was the best Indian she had ever had. The rice is amazing, the portions are large. It is a small, authentic restaurant - not fancy or glamorous, but the food is great. Better than Bombay Bistro and half the price. read more

The food and service here is excellent. The food is just pure delicious and I can not wait to try more food on the menu. The owner, Lellitha (hope I am spelling it right), is a sweet spirit and shared a lot about the food items. Loved every bite. We will definitely be back and will spread the word!!! read more

Love This place people are nice food is always fresh love it the best experience for Indian food love it !!!

Love their snack menu. Punugulu, mirchi Bajji ,samosa .. Awesome place for Indian snack on at 3 or 5 pm

Food was quite tasteful. Comfortable environment and the staff & owners were very friendly and welcoming. I look forward in returning again very soon. read more

I absolutely LOVE this place! Everything is amazing. The rice is so flavorful and I love how it has jalapeños in them. My favorite is the shahi chicken and the chicken dum biriyani. read more

From Indian point of view.... Mango lassi chicken byryani boneless... Chettinadu chicken excellent.. Not so costly and more quantity

This has become our go-to for Indian in the Nashville area. Well worth the drive. Later hours than many other places. Great veg options, gobi manchurian, samosa chat, and chai. Thank you for always having idli! We love you! read more

Let me start by saying that the food here is pretty great. I eat here all of the time for lunch and the food is consistently good. However, the service is pretty rude. The woman who runs the register and takes togo orders is very rude. I will continue to eat here because of the quality, but wish they would focus a little more on customer relations. read more

I used to love this place as this is pretty close to having authentic hyderabadi dum biryani. But it seems like they are losing their touch with taste. The quality and taste of food has dropped dramatically and this has happened way too many times recently. The goat biryani varieties are hit or miss. I hope and wish to get the original taste back. Service is non existent and they don't advertise it either. No frills restaurant. read more

This place is great. The food has some delicious flavor. The atmosphere is mostly what I would expect for a strip mall location, but I have only ever ordered pickup. Like many other reviewers, I would recommend the Chicken Dum Biryani as a good starting dish. The Shahi is also delightful. read more

An Indian friend took me here recently and it's now one of my new favorite restaurants in Franklin. She ordered about 5 different dishes for us all to share, and they were all delicious. You know it's good Indian food when you are the only non-Indian person in the almost full restaurant. Definitely recommend!! read more

This is a pretty awesome Biryani spot in Cool Springs, TN. I dined here with some friends after work and it was a very nice time. The Boneless Chicken Biryani special was amazing! I will say that the vegetable samosa could use some serious work and had a not very pleasing combo of flavors that I wouldn't serve to anybody. Just skip the samosa for now and enjoy some awesome biryanis here and you'll love it. The staff was very cool and respectful. Also very well dressed! I would love to visit again, I can't wait for some quick and great biryani again. read more

They have the best chicken tikka masala I've eaten in the south. Great prices, friendly staff. The pieces of naan bread are huge! They are one of my favorite take out places in Franklin. read more

This place was suggested to me by a friend, so my wife and I decided to give it a try when we were in that part of Cool Springs. Overall the food was excellent and they would have earned 5 stars had the service been friendlier and more organized. For appetizers we both had vegetable Samosas which were really tasty and had the right amount of spuce. For entree I had the Boneless Chicken Biryani. The reviewer who stated that he hardly got any chicken baffles me. The portion size was generous with lots of chicken on top of a really nicely flavored rice. I usually don't take food home but this dish was so good that I could not resist packing it up in a to go box for lunch the next day. My wife had chicken tikka masala and she was delighted with the quality. I tried some of hers and thought the sauce was of a very high quality. All of this came to $27 which for an Indian meal other than a buffet is excellent. My one negative is the service. You order at the counter and then take a seat and wait for them to bring it out. The girl at the order desk was not that helpful and just waited for our order as if we were at a fast food burger place. My main gripe was the timing, my wife's order came out a good 5 to 10 minutes before mine. She was half way through when I was finally served. i also noted that people who ordered after me were getting their food. I am sure the food is made fresh but some communication as to why my food may have taken longer would have been helpful. This will not stop me going back since the food was well worth it. read more

Disappointing and horrible food. They don't even make real naan(To my surprise, it was a NaN bought from local costco). Biriyani are not really authentic in every way . Goat was horrible and consistently burnt out. I tried this couple of times and they are always burnt. Atleast they are consistent in providing burnt Goat. read more

The food here is not worst for sure. I had been here twice. But this Biryani is good for people who HAVEN'T had Hyderbadii DUM Biriyani which is the best in the world in my opinion or a benchmark for Biryani. Dum Biriyani not keep keeping the chicken at the bottom of the cup when serving to customer!! It's a process of cooking and go check on YouTube or Have it few restaurants in US also who serve Hyderabadi Dum Biriyani. I had Mutton Keema biriyani here, yes it not bad to eat, but please for GOD's sake , don't call it Keema biriyani. You just served Keema curry on top of biriyani rice. Can you please let me know where did you learn Keema biriyani or have you even had it anytime? Even naatukodi biriyani is just well cooked chicken curry thrown on top of biriyani rice. Frankly , you food is eatable , but request you to please spare a though and stop calling things that you serve as Biriyanis and call then flavored rice with Chicken / Mutton or something, but not not biriyani friends. Today when my friend told you that the Chicken in the Dum Biriyani is hard and the outer layer is hard not soft, you just nodded your head but didn't care to apologize or give a reason it? I won't abuse you, but friend let me tell you, please don't think that you are InDispensable and all the time will be yours. If you want to know what is Biriyani , eat at Tulips restaurant at Charlotte or Persis or Hyderabad House , then you can reply to me or ignore me or whatever. All the people working there are just students and lack the least of empathy when a customer highlights any mistake. YOu are good at one thing though: when anyone (particularly indians) comes to you counter as ask for Chicken Dum or Natukodi ; suddenly you say all Biriyani is done. When asked when we can have it again, the girl speaks to kitchen person and says 30 or 40 mins and later the food is served in 15 mins. This happened to me twice. I thought I was lucky to get the food. But my wife observed you doing the same thing to 3 other customer as we were there. Wow, Brother you did your MBA perfectly, kudos man. :) Have fun. read more

Horrible food. Lassi was stale. Their chicken biryani is nothing but biryani rice with a layer of chicken curry on top of rice. Tasted really bad. Disgrace to the authentic biryani you get at a true bawarchi in Hyderabad, India. They don't even make real naan. It's pita bread, microwaved and served. read more

I really enjoy going to Bawarchi for a quick lunch! My favorite is the chicken biryani because the chicken is always tender, the spices that are used are traditional indian spices, and the aroma from everything blending together is delightful! The staff is always friendly and punctual. I really enjoy dining on the patio too! I highly recommend Bawarchi for a traditional indian meal. read more

I have been before to many Indian restaurants but this one is the worse. Nan bread is not fresh it is like the one that you can find in Walmart. Also, we ordered chicken biriani it was not tasty at all.the only thing was good is the chicken soup. I will never come back again and I will never recommend it to any one ever!! The food does not worth the $40 that i paid read more

I used to be a regular customer. There have been times when i gave eaten twice a week here but now the quality is not that good. They are not at all consistent. If you give an honest opinion about the food or question them, they wil argue with you in return (atleast that's what happened with me). They actually lost a loyal customer and now I wouldn't recommend it to anyone due to not so good behavior of the staff and inconsistent food. read more

I am not a resident of Tennessee. But I like this place. Goat biryani was awesome and chitinad chicken was good too. Only naans were small with less cost. Increase size and price read more

Worst service . They spoiled my Birthday party .We ordered Butter Nan and they packed Pita bread with so called Paneer Tikka Masala ,hardly 2 paneer cubes in the watery gravy. Also schezwan rice was without any Chinese sauces. After a call with them we have been told that Naans were swapped with other customer. I wont recommend this place. read more

Superb food. We drove from out of town and just happened to visit this place. We're thrilled with the food. South Indian, gobi manchurian, and biryani were all awesome. Friendly service too. read more

I had read some of the reviews, so I made sure to check my order before leaving the restaurant. For a takeout place, it took a while to prepare the food, but I had called ahead so it was ready for me when I got there. We had the chicken biryani (they were out of the goat, as I heard that was their speciality), which was better than any my wife and I had tried in the Nashville area. We really liked the Chicken Tikka Masala, and I really liked the Chili Chicken (a bit too spicy for my wife, so we'll have to tone that down a notch, next time). The staff was very friendly and accommodating. The only thing I didn't care for was that the naan seemed to be nothing more than some heated pita bread - not at all like the naan I've had in India and in places in Nashville. I won't get that again, unless they improve drastically. Also, the prices seemed a bit high, but we did get decent portions. We will be back, particularly when we just want to pick something up and not go to a sit down buffet (more options and greater likelihood everyone can find something they really like). read more

My wife and I hadn't been here for several months but decided to give it a try today. We came on a Saturday at 115 pm and the restaurant was about 30% full. Looks like new people are here running the place. It is much cleaner than we remember but the server was nicest ever here. The food is well priced for the portion size and quality you get. The Chicken Tikka Masala and Butter Chicken dishes with butter naan was very tasty and delicious. If you like good Indian food at a good price, this is your place. read more

This is a great value, food is good and very hot temperature, unlike a lunch buffet. I like Cafe India food a little better, but this is a great value. read more

This is the best Indian food I've ever had. I used to frequent when they were located in nashville, and I'm so sad they moved to Franklin. Their gobi manchurian and paneer tiki masala are my 2 favorite dishes ANYWHERE. my husband loves the goat chettinad and loves it. read more

Good food but their Eat24 interaction was a failure. Better to call in your order, the staff told me. Eat24 even called me after my order to warn the restaurant hadn't acknowledged it. Good effort to recover but the restaurant told me straight up they prefer other ways to receive orders. read more

I am a huge fan of Indian food and there's several in the Cool Springs area to choose from. Bawarchi is by far the best! The food is made on the spot and very fresh and very authentic! read more

Great food at affordable price. Food can be a bit spicy so make sure to specify your taste preference. We always get take out but it's got good seating as well. read more

Like this community very much. All maintenance activities are taking care on the same day. Safer place to stay. Staffs are very helpful to address any issue. read more

My husband & I love the biryani here! I work in Franklin & love being able to place an order online to grab on my way home - very convenient. Service: When I arrived to pick up my food, it was ready & waiting to be bagged. The man working the counter had noticed that I specified names on my order, one shrimp biryani & one boneless chicken biryani, & was waiting to ask if I wanted them placed in a separate bag in case I indicated names because of an allergy. I was pleasantly surprised that he had picked up on such a small detail because this is in fact the case. Very impressed with customer service! Food: My husband served in the Middle East, living close to locals, and became accustomed to this type of food, so he loves to find a good biryani. After recently moving from Chicago, he's been searching & has declared this his favorite! The food was excellent! The biryani has large portions with the perfect amount of heat and spice. The shrimp order had an amazing amount of shrimp too! Overall, we were very pleased with our to-go order and will be returning. read more

Great food..on time service.. Recommend for native indian food in Nashville/Franklin area

Stick with the Biriyani and you can't go wrong. I wouldn't recommend ordering anything else. Our family favorite is the veg dum biriyani. We have tried other items but weren't up to our standards. However, the biriyani is really good. read more