Loved their concept of bringing food to your table for a buffet! Might still be the case. Visited today after a long time to try out Haleem in the Ramzan season. Didn't live up to the expectation. Flavor of Haleem back in Pista House wasn't present here. Service was slow despite very few people being at the restaurant. On the contrary, this place has really good ambience though. Can try it once for sure. read more

Amamazing place for a weekend lunch. We went there for the afternoon buffet. Their style of getting everything to you rather than going and getting it yourself was quite different and unique. Starters tasted really nice. Fish, Chicken Tilkka and Mutton were all blended with rich indian masalas which gave it an authentic andra flavor. We did not try anything vegetarian but their non-veg curries were delicious. We ordered mutton kali mirch and andra chicken curry both of which were rich and oozing with spices. I have heard their haleem is one of the best around but we couldn't try in buffet. All in all don't miss out on this gem. read more

We have been meaning to try this place for a while as we tend to head down to Fairfax's amazing Woodlands Indian Vegetarian for good food. I noticed that Pista highlights their meat dishes and perhaps our mistake was not ordering the items that seem to be their specialities- more on that later In any event, the place is cute and updated but the first thing we noticed was several tables of dirty dishes. It turns out that was foreshadowing for what was to come. By the time we left an hour later there were approximately ten tables covered in dirty dishes and there was no effort being made to clear them. Gross. So, we ordered butter chicken, an eggplant dish and dal. The butter chicken was fine, but the dal and eggplant were not very good. The sauce for the eggplant had broken- dairy+heat and so it was lumpy and also wasn't super flavorful. The dal was watery, boring and salty. All in all, don't bother with this place. There are great places out there and you want a place that is tidy and attentive to getting the basics right. read more

Our first time here, did take out. Most bland Indian food I've ever tasted. Appetizer Veggie Bullet had some flavor but was dry and visually unappealing. Our entrees, Chicken Tikka Masala and Lamb Saag were flavorless. Didn't think I'd ever describe Indian food as flavorless. I ordered the Kashmiri naan but got what I think was garlic naan. There appeared to be minced garlic throughout the bread but, again, no garlic flavor. Don't know how that is possible. We will not be returning. read more

The food here is so flavorful. Ordered via a delivery service and will definitely be doing so again. The butter chicken was very good as was the lamb roganjosh. We also tried the haleem. It tastes good but is sort of like eating creamed corn except the corn is goat. It wasnt our thing. read more

Went on weekday for their served buffet. Food was super delicious . Meat appetizers were fresh grilled with juice and flavor. Great options and atmosphere. Biryani was the best. Definitely recommended. read more

Have been there for lunch and food was good, a only tried vegetarian and all items were nice. Navarathan Kurma was best and the desert Kaddu Ka Kheer was its best. read more

My husband has been wanting to go this place for a longtime since, we have been hearing about this new restaurant from lot of people. It's close to where we both work hence finally decided to give it a try yesterday. We walked-in around 8:15 and were seated right away. There were other diners but the it wasn't full. Service: The staff was nice and all but their is very poor. It took 0 mins for somebody to hand us over the menu card. We had to wait for few more minutes for somebody to take our other. They don't have their staff distributed evenly to cover all tables and pay equal attention. They are way too many people on the floor behind the bar but only couple of people working. My husband and I are vegetarians so not lot of options there. We ordered just three dishes. A curry, two types of rotis and biryani! The curry and rotis came in 15 mins but it took them 40 mins, three reminders and a request to talk to their manager to get the biryani to our table. Oh! they don't know who their manager is! When asked one of the servers to talk to their manager she was running around telling other employees I asked for a manager and couple of guys behind the bar refused to come and talk to us. Finally a guy came and spoke to us and kept apologizing with no solution. The place was 40% occupied and these people were running around with stress written all over their face, as if in a rush... Food: Roti and paratha were good. Bindi chole curry was ok. and I wanting to try something extremely different from what I regularly order (which I never do) ordered Gongura Paneer Biryani (right, what was I thinking). I said medium spicy! and I could hardly eat four spoons that too with yogurt sauce! The biryani was very sour and spicy and really bad! I hate wasting food so tried by best to eat a little (plus, I was starving) but I couldn't as my mouth and stomach were on fire! I finally spoke to 'so called manager' and gave this feedback and refused to pay for the biryani which, he honored. Verdict: I noticed that diners who ordered non-veg food were getting their food lot faster. And based on the reviews I heard from friends this place may be suitable for non-vegetarians. I can't speak to it though. If you would like to give it a I would definitely not recommend this restaurant for vegetarians as there are better choices in the same vicinity. Suggestions to Pista house(if they are reading this review): 1. Pay attention to your customers, treat them well and don't ignore them or don't ignore the problems or complaints. 2. Train your staff on how to behave or treat customers and not to run away where there is an angry or agitated customer. PR skills are must to keep customers happy! Even if food is average and your service is really good, people will keep coming back. 3. Be open and honest with your customers! If a specific dish takes time say that upfront. If there is delay inform the customer. 4. Do not let your stress or rush show to the diners! There maybe a fire in your kitchen but you don't want your diners to know about it. I don't think I am going back to this place...unless my husband emotionally blackmails me :P read more

Solid Indian cuisine. Butter chicken is a typical American go-to but I must say it's really good. We will be back!

They should rename the restaurant to Salt House. Each and every food item in the buffet has a ton of salt. People eat less and drink more water when the food is salty. Most expensive restaurant of all Indian restaurants on the area. read more

Liked the Ala kart Buffet.. Appetizers are awesome with Biryani..

Guys who wrote all the negative reviews, please give the owner & the chefs team some breathing time....its not a movie to give them a negative stars, rating or reviews....... It's easy to cook and serve 2 or 3 portions.....these people have come up with a very unique concept of serving lunch, rather then regular buffet $12.99. Most of the people have the tendency of wasting food rather then eating ....but you never see a owner showing a display... saying don't waste the food.... Give the owner some suggestions personally & encourage them, they have invested their time, money and most important thing is passion to give us some good food.... Don't write a negative review based on lunch or buffet concept... Try their dinner ala - carte menu and try writing a review.... read more

After much hype went to this restaurant on 02/26 (Sunday) and waited for an hr to get the table(which is ok). Most of the vegetarian food served was cold and bland. Not many Veg/non veg options for the price they are charging($16.99). Also the food is served to the table with one item at a time and then you have to wait until you get the next one. So in 15-20 min you get tired and want to leave the table for the slow service. Eventually you end up eating $5 worth of food and pay $16.99. With so much competition around.. food options, Quality and Service has to improve when you are charging 30% premium than other restaurants serving similar food. read more

Not a great place if you are in hurry. Food quality was ok. Will look around for a better place next time

They lied about processing my order, and told me the food was out for delivery. Two hours later, I found out that the food was never prepared for me. read more

Got take out from Pista House the food was exceptionally good! I look forward to continuing to order, and hopefully to eat in the restaurant after COVID. The staff was really friendly. I will absolutely recommend this restaurant to others. read more

We paid $12 for a pre-packaged microwave meal (Haleem Chef Special). I ordered the butter chicken and it was all right - the sauce was good, but the chicken quality seemed processed/pressed. Tasted great, and wouldn't be disappointed if we'd spent less money, but disappointed in the food quality for the price. read more

This is the best Indian food in Reston you have to eat there it is so yummy it was amazing

Very excited to finally have Pista House in the area. The haleem tasted pretty decent, also we tried a few snack items which tasted just fine. But very disappointed with the quantity of food we got for what we paid!!! read more

Very dissapointed! Haleem was not authentic, hyderabadi haleem does not taste like that! They managed to learn how to make biryani. Chicken 65 tasted like it came fresh out of the microwave. Chai tasted nothing like chai. read more

For a place that is so vegetarian-friendly, it really isn't vegan-friendly. They give you special green plates, but apparently all of the vegetarian dishes that day, minus some fried appetizer, had butter or milk in them, when I finally got a response from the chef, I had already eaten several non-vegan things. I won't be back. read more

Bad customer service. The Resturant was empty but they didn't let us sit where we wanted. The staff was talking in their native language and using bad/curse words amongst themselves which made our family very uncomfortable. Food is not that great as well. read more

I was here for Sunday lunch , tasty starters,the bread was ok , noting great. Main course biryani was yummmmmy . Haleem was tasty Customer service was excellent. Very polite and quick service . read more

Great place especially if you're non-vegetarian. Food has not just the right taste but great flavor. Food doesn't have the standard Indian restaurant taste, it's different and better. Also, couldn't believe how inexpensive their buffet is, considering the food quality. read more

The food is fresh and amazing they don't waste food it's a great lunch place Ps make sure you are hungry ! read more

Took 30 mins to bring 2 bowls of haleem and one black pepper mutton. Haleem bowl was exactly the size of a cereal bowl or dessert bowl so you can imagine the quantity. Taste was decent(better than anywhere else I have eaten around) hence the 2 stars but wasn't worth the wait. Bread or double ka meetha is not at all double ka meetha even though it was complimentary and I won't order it if I do go back. Black pepper mutton was just about okay but didn't taste of black pepper. It was very crowded till 10 pm on a Friday night so I guess that's contributing towards bad service but not sure what's contributing towards the limited quantities. Cereal bowl size or appetizer size doesn't make it worth either the wait time or the $12. Most of the famous stuff on the menu like all of the biryanis were unavailable being out of stock. Eventually they even ran out of plain rice and ice cream. Who runs out of ice cream and plain white rice? Umm. Might go back only for a take out order or haleem, or might even not. read more

Pista House Indian Cuisine - Cereal bowl size of haleem. Good in taste but not good size or worth the price or hype. - Indian Near Me - Reston, Virginia

Didn't live up to its hype. Went for a family lunch and I would have liked it were it not for the fact that this place is better for folks who eat non vegetarian food. They must consider a separate pricing for vegetarians. read more

Best thing to happen in ages for hardcore fans of Biryani and Haleem. If you are a foodie and loved eating in Hyderabad, I am sure you must have missed it when you came back to USA...but this place will curb your nostalgia. I seriously dont know how they do it... but they have the same taste and flavor from Hyderabad. I tried Haleem at various places even drove down to New Jersey but could not quench my appetite for taste. Pista house gave me what I wanted. With good customer service and friendly staff it makes it a must visit place for us every week. Rates are minimal and service is fast. I am yet to try all the other items on the menu and the buffet. I order and pick up and have no complains. Wish they had free delivery :P read more

We got hair in the chicken curry when we ordered on a Sunday night. That was the most disappointing experience.

Yay!! Finally a good neighborhood Indian Restaurant in Reston again‍. The food was very good, the prices quite reasonable, wait staff very friendly. I will definitely come back repeatedly. We had a yummy eggplant dish fresh crispy mimosas, some hot pepper appetizer that we would skip next time a yummy lamb appizer and best chana marsalla I have ever had read more

This is by far the best tasting Indian food I had in northern virginia area. It is located in a nice reachable distance for most places. Unique thing about this buffet was it is served to you rather than the standard. I went with my team mates a group of 8 and they differentiate vegetarians with green colored plates. I believe it is for serving easily. Taste of the food was good. They have a menu for the day and they serve from that in an order. We ordered mango lassi. Nothing special but it was not bad though. I will go back again. I heard it is newly opened restaurant. Hope they keep up their standard as it is today. Try it you might like it too. read more

Their Buffet is kinda different. Instead of you going to serve your own food. They come and serve directly at your table. I know they say "this way we can save food" but, we might feel obligated asking for an extra as opposed to having how much you want by serving it yourself. read more

No idea why the reviews are not favourable. Goat Hakeem was awesome. We had phattar ka gosth which tasted authentic. Chicken65 too was good but not the best I had. Overall this is an Indian restaurant and general rule is expect mediocre customer service which seems to be the reason this place gets low reviews. The management needs to consider the competition and work on that. Will definitely visit this place again. read more

Food taste is not good. Appetizers were ok but main dishes not good at all. I would not go there again. My wife went with her friends and ordered some food to eat they waited one hour after ordering and finally food did not come they had to cancel the order too bad. read more

Loved the food especially the tandoor cooked chicken and goat are great!

This is the third time we have been to this place, trust me I regret going there & decided not to show up again. The food was served cold & mutton pieces were hard to chew, I believe we have better Indian restaurants. No to Pista House read more

This place has mannerless staff and the food taste is overhyped. The buffet was supposed to be served on the table. They served the starters after 20 minutes and kept us waiting for the main course for another 30 minutes. All this time they were serving others and they overlooked us as we sat there with empty plates. It was so annoying to see other people being served while we waited. If you go there with a bigger group probably you have a better chance to get more attention. read more

We had reserved for 17-20 people and had previously spoken with the head chef to reserve. We ordered a day before and had spoken with head chef before hand. Head chef promised that he would cook enough for 20 people and he would arrange everything. When the day came, head chef was very hard to find and and didn't fulfill what he had promised. No one came to ask what we needed or refill water. Food was good, but the quality of service was really bad. We had to wait at least 30 minutes for food and it wasn't enough for 17 people. Very disappointed with the service. read more

Very tasty, nice people. Had the lunch buffet; they bring the food to you from the bar then u pick want u want, there's a menu too. Somethings were really spicy, I got a head rush read more

Best in the area if you love hyderabadi cuisine. Nice ambiance but over crowded during weekends.