We tried their corn masala and goat fry biriyani. They were both amazing. Super flavorful. Highly recommend. read more

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We came here when it was Maanas under different management and gave it one star. This time we came because friends insisted in part because of the buffet. It's ok. The choices were ok and the food was ok. Most of the customers were East Indian so I guess that is a good thing. But the food was meh. Since we chose the buffet no one came to the table or even spoke to us until we went to the bar to pay. No indication as to what the degree of heat you're going to try or what some of it is. If you choose the buffet you're on your own. Plastic utensils and paper napkins. Room temperature Costco water bottles available. Buffet costs $16 which isn't too bad. Floor had spilled food on it by the buffet table and though employees walked by, no one thought of cleaning it. Overall a mediocre experience. read more

Today I tried their Sunday buffet the price is 12.99 for kid and 22.99 for an adult . I am a person who won't expect each and every thing in the buffet to satisfy my palate , if some of the dishes are good to knock out the rest , I am good. For me this buffet is good , many items tastes good with good quality . When compared to buffet with n number of item and no single dish is worthy , Daawat Sunday buffet though little pricey , some of the dishes are very good, I will repeat . You should give a try once , real Indian flavor .. one of the best weekend Indian buffet in Columbus **** Good thing is restaurant posts their sat &Sunday buffet menu in FB , so you know what's on the table . Some of the dishes what I liked medhuvada , chicken lollipop , goat fry Briyani , malai chicken , Gongra chicken , tea . Some of the item what I didn't like is cauliflower fry , the dough is very hard and not good . Uttapam is very small , little big 2X should be good . Thought of having Falooda in the buffet is appreciable , no other restaurant will do . But it has all elements of Falooda missing taste .needs more rose syrup . Curd rice is salty . Ambiance is good and spacious. service is nice . This is my opinion , they should have free soft drinks , water glass with ice . read more

I've been to this location before when it was under a different name. Not sure if it's new management or what but it is now Daawat instead of Maanas. My mom decided to venture out of her comfort zone and come check this place out with me. We both were left wanting. Food was ok in flavor but experience just didn't live up. Not sure if it was the huge event they had going on that distracted them or what. 1. Chicken tikka masala: tasted ok. Didn't have a lot of flavor like I'm used to and no spice whatsoever. Actually, we weren't even asked for a spice level after ordering spicy appetizers. The amount of chicken in the dish was sad. Had to stir it to even see some. Rice was not sufficient for the meal, especially with the amount of sauce that the entree brought. And to top it off it was going to be an extra charge for more rice (not the norm when I have frequented other Indian restaurants). 2. Samosas: these were actually quite good. My mistake for ordering two of them when they came with three in an order. I should have known better having frequented Indian restaurants before but since it was not mentioned on the menu I assumed we were each getting one. Seasoned ok, warm inside and crunchy outside. The best thing about these was the tamarind dipping sauce (which is not usually my favorite). The mint chutney did not taste of mint and was a lot more runny than I would have expected. 3. Mirchi Bajji: these I don't know what to think of. Pros- the pepper had a strong flavor, onions were crisp, and it's "fried". Cons- NOT spicy (we were told to order this if we wanted spicy, it did not deliver), lacking in flavor, and worst of all, it was not made fresh. They came out luke-warm and you could tell had been pre-made and just warmed up. Took away some of the crisp and had no flavor. 4. Garlic naan: this was the highlight of the evening. It came out hot, freshly baked, glistening and covered in garlic. It was crunchy, soft and flavorful, all that a good naan should be. Service was decent. The young man taking care of us was super sweet and trying his best. There was a big event being set up and I feel like that took the attention of everyone there. The restaurant portion was a few tables off to the side and just lacked pizzazz. I really enjoyed my time here previously but unfortunately I don't think I will be coming back again unless I want a fix of chicken 65. read more

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Made the mistake of ordering via Uber eats. Seriously I just wanted lamb chops! What a huge mistake this was . Order came super late. Almost 10pm when it said it would be delivered around 9:20pm. And to make matters worse I got the ENTIRELY WRONG ORDER. See my photo of receipt . Not really sure where the disconnect was but there is something the store is supposed to verify upon handing the order to the driver and this obviously did not happen. The only correct item I received was my sprite canned drink. I know someone was super upset like I was last night as I'm sure they received my order and from what I received it is clear the other customer does not eat meat items. Do not, I repeat DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE USING DELIVERY SERVICES . read more

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Good food, the price was very reasonable, the service was above par. Highly recommended! If you have had any traditional Indian food this is better!! read more

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So Saffron was my favorite Indian in the general vicinity. They've been closed all year, and I've been making a run at the other Indian offerings around. Ordered: chicken tikka masala, boneless chicken curry, garlic naan. The naan was not as crispy as I would like - not great, but not bad, either. Chicken tikka masala was... more soupy/thin than I am used to, but the chicken was large chunks that were cooked perfectly. The chicken curry was... spicy, and a different flavor than any chicken curry I have ordered elsewhere - again, not bad, but not great. So... the hunt continues. read more

DAAWAT used to be MAANAS. Same ownership and menu, I believe, but new name. My previous reviews from Maanas were 3 & 4 stars here: https://www.yelp.com/biz/maanas-lewis-center Sadly, I need to back them down to 3 again based on recent service and offerings. This spot is my immediate family's go-to Indian restaurant when we need some curry in a hurry. Until recently, a piece of naan bread was included with with every entree. With no notice, a recent order was absent of our favorite pancakey carb. I thought this was a mistake as they also forgot chutneys for a samosas, so I called and indeed, no more complimentary naan. *SAD FACE* The time before that, I ordered for P/U through the Grub Hub app and when I arrived they hadn't even started the order. They reviewed their order tablet, realized I had ordered and said it would be up in 10 minutes. 20 minutes later I left with our dinner and no apology. My sister and I went down to Makhani town last night with an order from the new Daawat. The food is really so good for the price for anything you're gonna get around the Polaris 'burbs. When ordering SPICY, they legit honor that request and there's a good burn. The bill was a little more than usual as we had to add-on the naans, but it's worth it. Strangely, I think they've replaced the entree freebie with a tiny ramekin of rice pudding. We got 2 of them last night. It was inedible rice goo with cashews. Don't bother, Daawat. Bring back the freebie naans or maybe papudum or a gratis pakora?!! read more

Forgot to take pics of the food because I was too ready to eat it! We ordered four different dishes, three chicken and one vegetarian - they were all yummy. A little on the pricey side if you get naan (since it doesn't come with) but you could swing two meals out of each dish if you wanted to. We thought the spice level, ordering medium, was spot on. We will be going back! Since we couldn't find accurate ones even on the website, we did remember a pic of the hours as of Nov 2021! read more

Daawat Indian Bistro - Business hours as of November 2021 - Indian Near Me - Lewis Center, Ohio

We were in the neighborhood and decided to order takeout from this place! We ordered the chicken dum biryani, chicken 65, chicken tikka masala and plain dosa (not pictured here). We arrived home only to find out that the dosa was missing. We called back and they apologized and asked if I could come back to get the dosa and they gave me mango lassi for the inconvenience. The food also included sambar, chutney, kheer and raita as sides. Although a little pricey, I will the say that food was spot on and the quantity was sufficient to feed us a family of 4 (2 adults, infant and toddler) for 2-3 meals. Everything tasted excellent. We will definitely be back when we are in town. read more

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Very good food and variety. Buffet is one of the best in the area for lunch. Get there early.

Maanas has a new owner and tweaked menu. Entrees no longer come with free naan. Check their Facebook page for specials. The lunch box was a good deal and delicious. Chicken makhani is still on the menu and still my favorite. Try chicken lollipop and any biryani. read more

It is waste to give 1 rating for this restaurant. It is complete waste of money. They serve stale food.After eating here I got food poisoning. Please consider not going to this restaurant for your own good. I really got surprised how this restaurant is running for this long with type of shit they are serving. read more

Worst food, everything is probably picked from the freezer and just warmed a little bit and put out in the trays for you to pick it and half of the buffet was just put with empty bowls with no food in it and when you go and let the staff know that the food is not hot they spoke really very rude addressing the customer as if they are doing some charity service. So called head chef or the manager was soo rude. One of the worst Indian restaurants in town. Think twice before you go. Worst place and worst food and very disrespectful read more

Today I brought a carry out order and food is so bland. I requested for spicy and it is not spicy at all. Appetizer and Rice both are not good. I didn't liked the food. And next thing I see these guys are charging taxes on carry out ( ToGo) orders. This is something I have never seen in any restaurants I visited. I asked the same at front desk and the guy mentioned owner asked to charge. I am not going to visit any more. read more

Food: the buffet had a lot of items and a pretty good mix of foods. Was surprised to see some South Indian items like coconut chatni, mini uttappams and bonda in the buffet. The chicken curry was South Indian style and was really good and mildly spicy by Indian standards rather than American standards. The veg biryani was really good and full of flavor. The sweet corn soup was delicious and hot (temperature) and I went back for more servings. A negative on the food was that the temperatures on all the items except sweet corn soup were either lukewarm or not warm at all. Service: Also, there is no table service at all. You pick up a bottle of water at the buffet. If you want any drinks you have to go to the bar and get cans or prepaid lassi from their fridge. The buffet is quite expensive- more than 20$ per person. Ambiance: is ok. Not particularly important as we went for the food. Restaurant seemed clean. read more

The food is decent but this restaurant is having two names and is confusing. Also, more importantly, after eating , they are charging differently than what is shown in their price menu and are claiming that due to inflation the prices are increased without any documentation proof. And are saying that their new pricing is yet to be printed. read more

We love this restaurant! Our food today - Butter Chicken and Garlic Naan was wonderful, Bob, our server did a really nice job and the restaurant is fairly priced. I keep trying to make butter chicken at home but I think I'll just pop over here instead! Thank you for such a great family owned restaurant. read more

My wife and I just took a short trip to Columbus and decided to eat our dinner at an Indian restaurant. We found Daawat Restaurant nearby so we went there (May 17,2022). After looking into the menu we were not sure what to order, so we asked for their help. After few discussions we ordered (Masala Corn Kernel fry, as appetizer, Bhindi Masala (okra), Naan, and Chicken Biryani). While eating the dishes, both me and my wife kept looking at each other as we did not expect such a tasty food, just like in India. We were so impressed with the food that we packed the leftover to carry it back to Cleveland. We both were very satisfied with the food so we decided to meet the Chef and thank him, because it's been a long time since we felt this way. Finally, were happy to meet Satyam the great Chef and thanked him for the delicious meal. After discussing with him we found out that he was actually a Chef in Mumbai, India. We told him, next time we visit Columbus, we will definitely go to Daawat Restaurant for our dinner. Thank you Satyam Bhai, you are great Chef. AKB/JB read more

Worst food.. they don't know what the menu items and the differences are..poor customer service. They charge so much money for such a horrible food ..Stay away and spend your money somewhere else.. read more

Amazing food and service! Food arrived quickly and with a smile. The garlic naan was

Daawat recently (in the past week) got a new chef, and the food was excellent -- a noticeable improvement. We had a complex order that was prepared quickly and just as requested. The staff was friendly and accommodating. I also appreciate the selection of both North and South Indian food. We'll definitely return! read more

Honestly the worst service I've ever had. The food is the only thing between a one star. Food was ready 27 minutes after the promised pickup time. Terrible read more

Daawat used to be Manas. Their food is all boosted with Chilli powder to make it super hot. Tandoori chicken is anything but Tandoori. Oily and Spicy too much. Real Tandoori is niether. There is no difference between Chicken tikka masala and Butter chicken. Same sauce but different names. Please dont keep these on menu if you dont know what these are. read more