By far the best Indian restaurant I have had food at. Although I am a vegetarian, had so many veg options along with some mindblowong desserts. Must go place for any Indian food lover read more

Godavari Columbus - Indian Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

Starters were good compared to Main Course. Considering the price of buffet this place is not a bad choice at all. Ambience and staff are good. read more

Lunch buffet was great! The biryani has the right level of spice and the rotating paneer curry today was delicious. Highly recommend!

Worst restaurant in Columbus. we went to the restaurant at 1:55pm. lunch buffet is till 2:30pm but there was no food. literally empty trays. we asked them to refill. After 10 mins they brought smelly & under cooked appetizers. Waiter came told us that they are closing the buffet. That's it, we had enough. we said we r leaving without eating. They insisted we pay. we ended up paying $35 for 3 people. Came out and went to chipotle to have our lunch. Worst experience ever !! read more

Wow, great service and very good food. Family friendly and very accommodating. I recommend fully.

This used to be one of our favorite restaurants but lately the food has not been good. The woman who runs the restaurant is very nice and the paper dosa is very good but the rest of the food has been off lately. Hopefully it comes back soon read more

Horrendous experience. They got this completely wrong. Totally unprofessional. Would not return.EVER.

Mediocre buffet. Way overpriced ($12.99 for lunch). The 10-year old running the register is enthusiastic but has no idea what he's doing. Cumin was way better than this. Still waiting for good Indian food near Polaris... read more

I have visited Godavari in many locations in USA. But, trust me this is one of the finest place for food. Awesome food and superb interior. Thanks for very good hospitality. read more

Looks like some folks may have had a bad experience right after the new ownership took over, but I was blown away. The whole lunch buffet was great, with a humongous selection of vegetarian and meat dishes. Varying levels of flavorful spice available, from mild to hot, with the heat always flavorful and building over time. First Indian buffet I've experienced with a fresh dosa station outside, grilled to order. Attentive staff, with grateful ownership that is happy to be there. Went on a Saturday for lunch, every table was full, and it's not hard to tell why. A great, delicious option for both North and South Indian cuisine. read more

I arrived at 11:50, only had to wait 15 minutes for a table. That was the only thing I enjoyed about the place. The food was not very good or that spicy I will not be back read more

Went for lunch buffet today. Was very impressed! Wonderful food! I will be coming here a lot. Don't believe the other reviews saying bad things! WAY BETTER THAN THE FORMER RESTAURANT THAT WAS HERE!!!!! read more

I'm genuinely disappointed. Me and my family usually love to get take out from Godavari but they some how always mess our order up or they mess something up. They really need to get decent boxes to put their curry in because we ordered 3 different ones and they came in the most cheapest thin round boxes. It doesn't seem like it would be a problem but when I was driving back in my car with my food the boxes broke somehow and there was curry all of my cars seat. They also never closed the boxes probably because you could see they it was slightly open. It was so disappointing and when we called Godavari to give us a discount or refund since we lost most of the curry after it spilled and couldn't eat it, they were being very hard to talk to because they just didn't understand. They "gave" us a refund but when we went to get it the next day they didn't give it to us because they "they had no idea" what we were talking about when we clearly had a long conversation with then the night before. Our orders have been messed up to many times and the service is usually very bad when we dine in so me and my family won't be going there again. I also wouldn't recommend it to anyone even if the food may be decent because a lot of the workers there are just careless. read more

Bad experience. They will never refill the food served in the buffet and rude management.

I was surprised to see that Cumin was no longer there but could see the hoards of people waiting to enjoy the lunch buffet. We arrived at 1:30 and waited 5 minutes for a table. When we got to the buffet, about 50% of the buffet items were already gone. When we asked about when they would be refilled, they told us 5-10 minutes. The food was very spicy and very good, although mostly meat options. After a small first plate, we went back thinking that the missing items would have been refilled however even after being there an hour, only some rice and bread were brought out. After asking again why there was no more food, our server told us that there was sauce available although there was no meat in it. He said we could eat the sauce with rice and bread. Great. No thanks. I guess since it closes at 2:30 they were never planning on bringing out any more food. Wish we would have known we would have passed. read more

This is our 2nd meal here this week and both were wonderful. The dishes were flavorful and servers were attentive and genuinely interested in making our experience a nice one. We will definitely be coming back. read more

I just give rating to restaurants but never took writing reviews seriously but I want to write this review because the experience I had with this restaurant management and food was worst than expected. On sunday sep-3rd I placed food delivery order for dinner for my guests. My food arrived on time and I thank Grubhub for that. But the food was worst. Firstly, I did not recieved one food item from my order list but I was charged for that. Secondly I ordered two vegetable biryani and two mutton biryani but I received three mutton biryani and one vegetable biryani. They mentioned VEGETABLE BIRYANI on the box but when I started serving it to my guests who don't eat meat who found that it is not vegetable biryani because it has bone pieces. I also ordered mirchi bajji and even it is not in a state to serve to my guests because it is not fully done, the mirchi was uncooked only the top layer with batter was cooked. It was such an insult for me at that point where all my guests are waiting for food at table and I cannot serve them what they want. We all are very hungry as we just came home from a trip after a very long drive and I ended up cooking for my guests as I cannot let them sleep with empty stomachs. As soon as I see all these issues with my order I received I called up restaurant and they did not even say sorry for their mistake, the person who spoke to me was rude, when I am asking about all these issues he said we are busy and he cut the call on face with no other word. I am not going to order from this restaurant again. There are more than enough indians restaurants in columbus to go and enjoy food. Because of number of branches and hype this restaurant have doesnt mean they can treat their customers as they like by disrespecting them. There are other famous indian cuisines opening in columbus every other month in columbus. read more

Came here for first time to get a to go order and after reaching home, opened the package.. dosa does not have Sambar.. Poori does not have any masala . Worst service read more

We tried dinner, not the buffet. Food is tasty and decent place to visit with a family. Though, there were few concerns with delay in serving the food, overall recommend this place to try the different varieties. read more

I ordered a egg biryani take home today. It was too bad. There was no salt and it was totally blank. This is the second time this happened to me. Really disappointed. read more

Terrible customer service. Food was cold. Told the waiter that the food is cold and instead of doing something about it he said "its warm" and walked away. I won't be surprised if it's shut down in few months. read more

I have had mixed reviews about this restaurant. Some of my friends said don't go for dinner, there is no consistency if you are lucky it could be a hit, if not it could be a mess, but try buffet. So I went to "Labor Day Special Lunch Buffet". I'm allergic to MSG(Aginomoto) so checked with a guy about the food items that had MSG, he said just the Noodles. When I insisted on checking with the Chef, without a fuss he did that (good!) and informed me that Fish fry, Chicken fry, Chicken briyani and Veg. briyani had MSG(all my favs or gone). Fish tikka and Paneer tikka tasted so sweet (I have never tasted sweet tikka ever in my life). There was nothing special about "Godavari Special Rasam". Naan was tough. Egg masala tasted like half cooked. Curd rice didn't taste like curd rice at all! Sorry about all negatives so far. Among other items I am not complaining about nothing really stood out. Desserts were really good!! Will not go back & will not recommend, sorry. read more

Let me just start of by saying I miss Cumin. But I also wanted to give Godavari a shot so a friend and I tried it. It was lackluster from the start. They don't have fountain drinks, so if you want a soda, they'll bring you a can. Which is fine, except they charge you $2.50 per can. I'm sorry...what? That's ridiculous. We started off with some vegetable samosa that were so over fried when I went to put my fork to it the entire shell crumbled. The taste of the filling was off putting. It tasted like potatoes and a crap ton of cinnamon. Next for the entree we had the chicken tikka masala. The chicken was over cooked and tough. The sauce had no taste except spiciness. Now I like spice, and a lot of it, but this sauce tasted like water that was on fire. It was so spicy my friend and I couldn't even finish half of it. So that's enough about the food let's talk about the experience. It took us almost 2 hours from start to finish to eat a meal with one appetizer and two entrees. The only time we saw our waiter was when we ordered and the food was brought out. Never once was there a table touch to see how we were doing. Thank god there's a pitcher of water on the table because I would have died from being parched. There was also a language barrier with our waiter. We asked if the meat was halal but he did not understand after three attempts and seemed to get very frustrated that we were even asking a question. Overall this was a disappointment. I will never go back to this establishment and I sincerely miss Cumin. read more