We came specifically for the dosas after seeing them on the menu photos in Google. When we arrived for lunch, there were no dosas at all, and the staff seemed genuinely surprised we even asked. We stayed and ordered the gobi Manchurian and paneer tikka masala. Both were bland despite being spicy, which is a frustrating combination. We could not finish either dish. To top it off, the food was served on paper plates with plastic cups, and the staff were indifferent throughout. The photos other people posted looked great, but our experience did not match. Would not recommend. read more

Dwaraka's Indian Kitchen - Gobi Manchurian and Paneer Tikka Masala - Indian Near Me - Chantilly, Virginia

I ordered samosas and the peas and potatoes inside were still frozen. Don't ever order or go here.

This was my first time visiting this location (in person). I feel like I may have ordered from them via Uber Eats before (I cannot confirm nor deny this..). It almost next door to Lotte, so figured why not check it out. Staff was very friendly/accommodating. They have SO MANY preparations/variations of Biryani. I was curious about most of them, but unfortunately, there weren't any pictures available online or on the menus. I've never had (or heard of) jackfruit biryani, but we will definitely try it next time, Malabar style. We decided to play it safe and get the Malabar veg biryani, medium spicy. It was tasty, no weird veggies in it. I wish they would add pictures of the different variations or provide details of each preparation on the menu or online. read more

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I was surprised by the flavors of the Biriyanis and kept praising about the awesome taste of the Gurthi Vankaya (Egg plant) Biriyani and the staff recommendation for the Raju Gari Mutton Biriyani. We also got a Gobi 65 for an appetizer. The service was quick and served in perfectly. The seating is simple and has booths and tables like any restaurant Highly recommend this place try everything. Will be back when I am in Virginia again. read more

Good place for take-out. Looks like they are targeting only take-out orders. For dine-in too, they give food in the boxes. So don't go expecting a full service dine in. Food is good. The person taking orders is polite. However, he is the only person managing both phone calls and walk-in orders. Mutton biryani and chicken starters are good. Mandi biryani and a few other items are not available yet. read more

First time ordering carry-out from Dwaraka's Bawarchi. Both the chicken korma and paneer tikka masala were good sized portions. Both had very good flavors and plenty of curry sauce with it. read more

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Very good mutton briyani, everyone should try, Very good mutton chops very good and tasty a must try for appetizers The chicken briyani wasn't good..even i was told by the person who referred me to this restaurant..they should work on the chicken briyani read more

Honestly this is my favorite place to get biryani in the DMV. Point blank period. Take a look at their biryani menu. It's endless. However, everything I've tried so far has been a hit. I am docking one star for the fact that it's been carry out only since the pandemic. I wish they would allow dine-in. I live quite far from here so whenever I carry out biryani it's pretty cold by the time I'm home. I'd rather sit and eat here. But I always look forward to eating here whenever I'm in Chantilly. read more

Biriyani was awesome. We ordered Malabar and Chettinadu chicken biriyani. Both had different flavors. I liked Malabar as it had coconut flavor. Pepper chicken was good. It was less spicy and kids enjoyed it. Service is good. The place is small...but when 8 of arrived they quickly arranged the tables for us. Most people just take away. Food is extremely greasy though, much higher than other Indian restaurants. And they serve paper plates. So definitely not a premium experience if you are looking for that. read more

Dwaraka's Indian Kitchen - GMan - Gobi Manchrian - Indian Near Me - Chantilly, Virginia

Excellent and highly addictive vegetarian biryanis - the first veg biryanis I've enjoyed and that weren't just pulao.

This is the place to visit for yummy and delicious food. Visit this place for tasty food before leave Austin. all biriyani's are really good and felt like having Hyderabad Biriyani but not from where thy brought chef to prepare tasty appetite and starter. love this place and go to this place again when I come to Austin. read more

First time ordering from here, and overall impressed with the quality of the food, speed of service, portion size, and flavor. It is odd they don't have naan or roti or any bread option, but otherwise our order was great. We order samosa chaat (shared), lamb saag (husband) and I had the malai kofta. Everything was tasty, good level of spice and we can't wait to have our leftovers tomorrow! read more

This place has the best biriyanis I've had. The Raju Mutton is my fav. I drove 4 hrs to DC/VA for this biriyani and ordered 5 for me and to share with my bff. Of the 5, I also tried the raju chicken which tastes the same, so I will stick with the raju mutton. Got some chicken biriyani which had cashew in it, like that will order again. No sitting, take out only. I read online should call and order ahead, so that's what I did. read more

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Everyone loves their biryani... try any kind That's all that I like from here I have tried some appetizers too but they were not my style read more

Arthur served us a wonderful meal of onion kulcha, chili chicken and mutter panner. Stumbled upon this place and it was a very nice experience. Seemed to be family owned and everyone was very welcoming. Arthur is a delightful, professional young man that makes for the perfect host/server. Will definitely return and may try their Happy Hour, because... well... happy hour! read more

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All 5 stars for their Gongura chicken and gongura jackfruit biryani. Their absolute best on their menu. Ginger chicken is pretty good too. These are pretty much my repeat orders from here frequently. read more

Yummy food. I am deducting one star because the portion size can could be bigger for the price charged.

Hands down the best Biryani in the area. We've literally started ordering a tray every week for lunch. Have tried several different biryani items and they are all amazing. The flavor & spice level is unbelievable. I don't know about other food items since have never tried those items. The only down side is they don't deliver but it's worth the 30 min drive each week to pick it up. read more

I rarely review, but this place deserves a review. Hands down one of the best Indian food in Northern Virginia. I will highly recommend their biryanis. Great location. They take order on phone and food is usually prepared within reasonable time. One of the remaining few business in the area that won't shove a "tip us"screen at your face at takeouts. They are clean, and very friendly. Highly recommended. read more

The entire experience was just FANTASTIC!! We ordered the following items for lunch today for a small office gathering - - Rajugari's Mutton Biryani - ***** - Chicken 65 - ***** - Jackfruit Biryani - ***** - Paneer Butter Masala - ***** All of the items had incredible flavor and were very tasty! This was a pickup order and the team supporting the order was super courteous, provided great suggestions on what the quantities should be and the order was ready on time!! Thank you making our office lunch session truly pleasant! read more

The biryani here is fantastic. The best I've had in nova next to homemade. The taste is consistent and so so good. I've tried the mutton, chicken, keema, and ragu jari. I've not tried the gongurrah yet. I'll restate: the biryani is AWESOME. The saag paneer was also so good, and as a simple dish, I was surprised how good they made it. I also really liked the Apollo fish. And their samosas reminded me of the streets of Delhi getting fresh samosa. I can understand the bad reviews here, and if you read most of them you'll find that they're usually about the time it takes to prepare orders. I have ordered takeout about 6 times now, I call my order in directly and they call me back when it's ready. It can take an hour during busy times. Just plan in advance, order early, and you won't be disappointed, especially with the biryani and pulaou. read more

They were having a special deal . Buy one chicken Biryani and get one free . Ordered it on line and picked up . Very basic chicken Biryani. They did not give egg . Not too spicy. Decent amount . Four people can share two plates . They gave three chicken per plate . I liked their sides . Would definitely order again. read more

Was the best place to get Indian snacks and biryanis , but the visit shocked me. Both the Quality and Quantity went down

Do not order online if you want your food in a reasonable time. We ordered online and the system told us 20min. We showed up to get our food and we were first told 30-40more mins but then they said they would talk to the chef and could prob do 10-15min. Such a huge range. Super skeptical but it was ready in about 15min after they told us to come back. We were not given white rice with our order. ?!?!?!? Unbelievable. I think we ordered 2 orders of garlic naan and we were given 1 garlic and 1 plain. Everything we ordered was super spicy. Our online ordered specified MILD for a lot of the dishes because we had children to feed. Not a single person was inside the restaurant eating on a Saturday night when we picked up our food. read more

Came here for a lunch buffet on Veteran's Day. The buffet had a nice selection. The chili chicken had a great spice and some heat to it. The butter chicken wasn't cold...but it certainly wasn't hot either. It made me feel like I needed to stick it in a microwave. Fresh naan was brought to our table. Why two stars? This restaurant could use some serious cleaning! Very dirty. The walls are filthy. When I was standing back near the restrooms I could see that there was sauce splattered on the walls and on the men's restroom sign. The walls were knicked and dirty throughout the dining area. The floors could use a good vaccum or mop. If this is the way they present themselves to the public I do not want to see what their kitchen looks like. read more

Ordered over the phone at 5:30 and went to pickup after 45 mins as requested by them,and order was not ready and I was told it's not prepared and order is missing and asked me to back,when I requested the person to call me back when it's ready , the person wasn't accommodating and asked me to come back after 15 mins and didn't even apologize for the mistake . Lost the respect over bawarchi Chantilly. read more

I wasn't at all impressed with Bawarchi. My wife had the chicken tikka masala, and I had the chicken biryani. We also had the buttered naan. The dishes were ok, but not particularly memorable. The biryani uses bone-in chicken, which is fine, but there were pieces of bone in my meal without any meat at all. I'd expect better attention to detail. The service was fine, but the ambiance leaves a lot to be desired. The glass that makes up the walls of the vestibule at the entrance looks like it hasn't been cleaned in months. The walls are a dark faux brick and are decorated with paintings, nearly all of which were crooked. The wait staff was fine, though I would expect at least some sort of uniform, other than random street clothes. Bottom line, I thought the food wasn't great, and the rest of the business lacks attention to detail. That's not a combination that merits a return visit from me. read more

My favorite Indian restaurant :) Friendly and foods are great! I especially love their weekend buffet (Fri - Sun). Ps I don't know why there are low review for this restaurant. I love Indian buffet and been to many. Their butter chicken and chicken curry (and all of their dishes) are great. Try it for yourself :)!! read more

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Stopped in for a quick lunch, and because I was in a hurry was happy to see they had a buffet. The atmosphere is very casual. Servers were attentive and friendly. I appreciated them making sure to refill the water glasses frequently because spicy dishes here definitely have a kick. It's not overpowering, in fact it's exactly right-not so hot that you don't want to eat, but hit enough that you're sort of constantly thinking "wow! That's spicy!" The chili chicken was good, but a bit too salty. The Palak paneer was tummy, and had a surprisingly fresh spinach taste. I usually find palak paneer on buffets to be flavorless and watery, but there's was very good. The rest of the dishes were good, not great. But I would definitely stop by again for a quick, casual, inexpensive lunch. Namaste!! read more

Dwaraka's Indian Kitchen - Indian buffet! - Indian Near Me - Chantilly, Virginia

Ordered: Hyderbadi dum biryani, Ras malai, paneer chilli I ordered 2 biryanis of which one was too spicy and the other was fine. I dont think the spices were fried well. The paneer chilli was a bit raw in taste. Oh, I ordered for Ras malai but I ended getting served gulab jamun, the waiters also have no idea why. Finally, the service takes forever to reach your table. read more

Dwaraka's Indian Kitchen - Overcooked Chicken in the chicken biryani! - Indian Near Me - Chantilly, Virginia

I only wish I had a chance to give 0 stars to this place. Definitely not even worth of 1 star. I was here last night with my friends. We were here pretty early like by about 7:30pm. I dont think there were any customers barring 1 or 2 people when we were there. We ordered and a couple of appetizers. It literally took about 30min to have 2 of our appetizers and we still remained patient. The waiter arrived with a green chutney which was completely stinking and we unkowingly served it in our plates. Our plates and table started stinking in no time. We had the appetizers and told them about the sauce and requested them to change the plates. None of them responded properly. I decided to head out as its been close to an hour that we ordered biryani and still didnt arrive. When I moved out paying for what I had, the manager requested us to come back. We came back and then the waiter brought biryani which was one of the worst I've ever had! All of us just tasted and decided to move out. Big NO NO NO to this place!! The manager looked a good person but the food or the service was terrible!. Will never come back again! read more

Very inconsistent! Sometimes the food is okay, but most of the time, it's just outright pathetic. I once order their special Tandoori Chicken, it was by far the worst I ever had, and surprising they advertise this as their Chef specialty. The appetizers are right, I like the Chicken 555, but unless there is a change in management or chef, I won't go back or recommend this place to any one. read more

Sad day, as this is my first review EVER and it's unfortunately, a negative one. I was reaaaaally craving butter chicken so naturally, I went and looked up the nearest place I could order this from and get it delivered! This was my first time ordering here and I ordered through DoorDash so that was a very quick and easy process. Got my food and was super excited to dig in. Until I saw this..... when I say it was lodged in the rice, I really am not exaggerating. As I was about to dip my fork in to grab a bite I noticed it immediately and it looked like a small piece and tbh, I was ready to just toss that part of the rice away but then I went to pull it out and it was a way longer piece than I thought. I hate to be that person but this was just disgusting! And really disappointing because I was super excited for this meal today lol. I knocked off the 4 stars primarily because of this because well.... it's just gross! I contacted DoorDash and everything went smoothly. They refunded me my money back and I let them know of the issue. The butter chicken is very very good, I'll give them that. Quite delicious actually. But if I'm being honest, this just kind of ruined my appetite thinking of how that piece of hair, from someone else's head, had just been sitting in that food item :/ considering everything that's going on right now too, hygiene is just super important and this...wasn't it. I really hope this is fixed so this doesn't happen to anyone else. read more

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South Indian food was good Noth Indian food was bad Ambience pretty bad Won't revisit again read more

Only one favorite in this place. They have added the bawarchi special biryani. It is a mix of chicken, mutton, fish and shrimp. It is cooked so good and I like it. read more

Very disappointed with quality and taste of Raju Hari biriyani . May be you guys are busy with too many orders today because of Mother's Day. But this is my experience today. I told my wife not to get it from this place because you guys will be busy but she said it will be good because someone told her that you guys make good n tasty food. I felt like I am eating a food prepared few days back. I hope I am not going get sick tonight. Rice: is like a wet food like sambar rice Chicken: not cleaned properly. Lots of fat in it. Is Not cooked well. I can smell the food. read more

I am not a fan of India food. But the food there is fantastic and tasted so good. I will 100% come back and highly recommend to my friends and family. read more

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My first time tried this place and I could see that the food is so great, better then homemade, chicken Biryani was so good, chicken Tika Masala and everything were great, I definitely recommend this restaurant to everyone to try read more

boneless biryani is really good, but 25% overpriced compared to similar options in the area

I left two star review earlier because their egg briyani is unbelievably spicy and inconsistent in taste. I upgraded this to three stars because I tried other dishes like dosa and idli. They taste nice and I would come back for other dishes. read more