A friend recommended this spot years ago, and I'm honestly kicking myself for waiting so long to try it. We got there around noon on a weekend, and by 12:30 it was packed--always a good sign! The dosas brought real heat (so good), and I've never seen my kids devour chickpeas like they did with the Channa Bhatura. Everything was flavorful, filling, and just hit the spot. Already planning my next visit! read more

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Woodlands excels at all dishes-- it's hard to imagine tastier and more authentic Indian food, especially if you're going for harder to find South Indian dishes. The staff were friendly and brought the dishes promptly while meeting all requests. The decor is clean and modern, worthy of a business meeting or casual meal. Expect all curries to blow you away. The makhani paneer is a go-to for anyone, but also the saag paneer or Chana masala will impress. I can't wait to go back. read more

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Woodlands used to have a location in Langley Park (rip). We miss them! It is more challenging to drive to this location but we will. The food is incredible. The Dahl, the sauces, the rice, the naan bread - we love everything. Even if you aren't sure about an item, take a spoonful and try it. You may have discovered a new favorite dish. read more

Dining here feels like stepping into a spice-scented palace. The dosas are crisp, the Manchurian bold, and the desserts unforgettable. Every dish is crafted with care, and the staff make you feel like royalty. I've been here a dozen times--it's consistently exceptional, easily Michelin-worthy. The best South Indian food in Maryland. Come hungry, leave enchanted. read more

Woodlands Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Gaithersburg, Maryland

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Just stopped by for a birthday yesterday! Great selection of Indian cuisine and the ambience is wonderful! Great service also, although it took a bit long for the food to come out. I enjoyed the beer provided I believe the name was rupee. The desserts were so good! read more

Woodlands Restaurant - Delicious Gulab Jamoon - Chinese Near Me - Gaithersburg, Maryland

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Love this place! I don't live close by and find it worth the drive -- best service of any restaurant in the area, I'd say. Very attentive staff, beautiful, fun décor, lots of choices on the menu with everything being healthy, delicious, and digestible (Of course, healthy is always relative and luckily, I'm fortunate enough to be able to digest most things -- but nothing here has ever made me feel yucky! In fact, everything I've had has made me feel stupendous!) and moreover, I might add that it is in fact deeply nourishing. I love dosai (FYI, teeny-tiny tip: 'dosai' is the Tamil way of saying and writing 'dosa' which is more commonly used in other areas.) so just that makes me happy -- I need nothing else! (I once met a South Indian man who told me that before moving to the U.S., he used to eat dosai three times a day and I was so jealous! I just loved imagining it and living vicariously through him for a few moments, ha ha!) On this last visit, I ate the Special Rava Masala Dosai, Vegetable Soup, and drank the Mint Limeade -- perfect for summertime, soo good! -- and the chai. That was certainly more than enough! I couldn't just pass on dessert, though, so I got some to go (Have yet to try it.). Speaking of this not being my first visit to this place, I've actually been going to this place since it was in the College Park area and this is a whole lot nicer! What an improvement! What a relief! Much nicer area! Whew! Speaking of relief and nice -- everyone I've encountered here has been very, very nice. The level of caring is unsurpassed. It's also consistently high through the year and seasons .... The music played here is good, too. It's not overwhelming, not too loud, and is thankfully actually Indian (Bharati) music. Some restaurants are afraid to play 'ethnic' music, and I always appreciate it when the music matches the food -- to whatever degree. I get thrown when I go into a restaurant of a certain non-American place but the music played is American. That always throws me off and I end up over-focussing on it and thinking and talking about that fact the whole time, so I find it relieving when the food and music are a match. Thank God! Again, what a relief -- whew! Very relaxing .... There is one wooden carving hung on the wall that at least from afar -- which was my vantage point -- looked to me like a temple carving (as in the outside wall of a temple) and I found that and all the bright colours very beautiful. I find dull colours irritating, boring -- painfully so! So, while some might find bright colours jarring, I find them soothing. The décor of this place really suits my taste! I hope it suits yours and that even if it doesn't, you will give the décor and cuisine a try! Overall, I would say this place is highly recommended! A very full-on total yay! :-D read more

Woodlands Restaurant - Mint Limeade - Chinese Near Me - Gaithersburg, Maryland

Great food and good service. Usually pretty busy in the evenings and weekends. This is a staple for us when we want pure vegetarian Indian. Pani puri is well spiced and so refreshing. We always get the butara and naan, but have been venturing into other breads. Palak paneer is solid with a good kick of spice and a great way to get some greens into the littles. We like to call or spicy "Hulk sauce". I really love the kadai bhendi curry (okra stir fry). The vegetable cutlet is well spiced and a great savory bite. Of course the little one loves the mango lassi! Overall a solid restarant off QO! read more

This spot is vegetarian but that's more of a benefit than anything. The restaurant is tastefully decorated. The portions are huge and flavors tasted like home. We started with the palak chaat and shared the crispy giant dosa and the channa bhatura. Highly recommend each of these! With regard to service, my water never went any lower than half full. read more

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Wonderful flavors & a great way to experience South Indian cuisine. All vegetarian and also plenty of vegan options. The Indian Breads are an experience, beautiful presentation and huge. I got the Poori and it was so tasty with the accompaniments. The Palak Chat is one of my favorites; very fresh and lots of textures and flavors to explore. The Paneer Makhani is incredible, but very filling and heavy. If you're looking for something with a some protein, a milder spice & experience, it's a great choice. read more

Been enjoying this delicious food for 20 years. Don't forget to order a chai for the end of your meal!

Keep in mind I am critical of Indian restaurants since I've had it all my life. Came here since many told me it's a legitimate Indian restaurant serving authentic food. Woodlands serves mostly South Indian food. Even though some North Indian dishes are available like Chana (chickpeas), it doesn't taste how it should be. So, I suggest getting South Indian dishes here. I got the Mysore Masala Dosa. I wanted it spicy, but the waitress kept telling me to get it regular. I found the regular to be not spicy enough. The dosa was nice and crispy. However, I wish the chutneys had more spices/flavor and less salt. The potato filling was very bland and it was all stuck together as if someone took frozen potatoes, heated it a little, and stuck it in the dosa. It was very hard and chunky in a bad way. I never encountered a dosa filling like that before. My friend got the Royal Thali. I tried bites of all the dishes on it. The dessert/kheer was terrible. I am used to it being thick and this was soupy and watery with not much cardamom flavor at all. Some of the vegetable dishes were decent, but most seemed forgettable. Their mango lassi was good, but honestly that is hard to mess up. The interior is aesthetically pleasing with nice Indian decor. Overall, I had very high expectations for this place. I thought this would've been the best dosa and South Indian food in the DMV. But, I've had better dosa and all at small local restaurants by me. I may be biased because I am used to North Indian flavors and just lots of flavor, but then again, I've had incredible more flavorful dosa, chutneys, and other South Indian dishes elsewhere in the area. Worth the hype? Not to me. And don't get me started on the samosa that was not how it should be. read more

Woodlands Restaurant - Mysore Masala Dosai - Chinese Near Me - Gaithersburg, Maryland

Great selection of vegetarian Indian foods. I have been to their other locations, this one keeps the quality as well. They also serve alcoholic beverages unlike their other locations. Beautiful ambience, very cultural. Highly recommend if you want authentic Indian food with vegan/vegetarian/anti-inflammatory/no onion-garlic options. read more

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This is the new location to the Silver Spring/ Langley Park restaurant that I adored for their buffet. The space there was small, and this one is newly updated and spacious, with beautiful decor. It feels like a better place for a romantic or more upscale dining experience! Fancy location in an office building for business meetings, too? Anyhow, why go here? Because it's chock full of all the most delicious items of Indian fare that you crave. They have dosai, curries, street snacks like iddly and puri and chaat, uthappam, and special rice dishes. The cool part about this restaurant is that all of the food is vegetarian. The staff are extremely knowledgeable and can help you figure out the food restrictions in the menu items. I love all the food, but I always veer towards one dish in particular for my appetizer: the palak chaat. It is delightful with the crunch of the deep fried spinach and the tang of the tamarind, onions and fresh tomatoes on top. It really is a fancy version of this dish here at Woodlands. I love it! The entree I always order is the aloo gobi with beautiful pieces of spiced cauliflower and potatoes, or the vegetable jalfrezi with the wonderful spicy tomato based sauce on the veggies. Their rice is always fluffy and perfect for accompanying the rich curry dishes. The service is excellent, as they check on you regularly, and again, very knowledgeable. The food comes out very quickly, which is great for hungry bellies. There are so many dishes here, and I really need to gravitate away from my staples, but it's hard when you love some dishes to try others! Parking is easy, but the location is a little confusing near an intersection but in the ground floor of an office building. read more

Me and my friend decided to try this place, as a summary it was an amazing experience. The waiters and mangers were so nice and attentive. The food was probably one of the best indian dishes I've tasted in awhile. I got the palaak panner and it was better than my mother's! The seating was great and the lights were just right, I could have stayed all night long! Such as amazing place please give it a try! read more

It's a solid reliable Indian restaurant. The dosa was awesome and we requested mild level spice for kids palak paneer which they honored. The food tasted great l. Service is awesome and ambiance is reasonably good for a mid price restaurant. So highly recommend this place read more

Food, Service as well as Ambiance at Woodlands is amazing. This is the best place in town for delicious vegetarian food.

Im part Indian but 2nd gen American so this was new experience for me. Im sensitive to chili and the manager made sure I knew what to order. It was amazing and the service is wonderful. Will return often read more

A great 100% vegetarian Indian restaurant in Gaithersburg serving mostly South Indian fare (they also have Indo-Chinese and North Indian choices). I ordered the Poori Bahji. It was a giant fried puffy bread served with a spicy chickpea and potato stew. The bread came out hot and chewy, and still very light (and not oily). It was dipped in the stew, which was very spicy and flavorful (without being heavy). My companion had a mysore masala dosa. It was crispy and in a triangle shape. The inside of the dosa was coated in a very spicy sauce, and stuffed with potatoes and onions. Several savory and spicy chutneys came with it. Will recommend to anyone (don't need to be a vegetarian to enjoy)! read more

Woodlands Restaurant - Mysore Masala Dosai - Chinese Near Me - Gaithersburg, Maryland

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Great food, service and ambiance. Masala dosa was major yummo! Wait staff very attentive. We will be back.

I met a friend for lunch here yesterday. It was my second time here but her first time. I love the options here especially the lunch specials which give you chance to try different things. She ordered a masala dosa; her first time trying this and I got the Curry lunch special because I LOVE chana masala. I complimented my meal with mango lassi which is always refreshing. This has quickly become a staple option as its not too far from work. I can't wait to go back and try other dishes. read more

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The one of top 2 best Indian restaurant I've eaten at in DC metro. Tastes like India! Woodlands & Rasika... none better

Gracious service in a beautiful and relaxed setting...we had a delicious meal: vegetable samosas, vegetable biryani and an aloo mutter (potatoes and peas) curry, as well as mango lassi and Indian tea (chai). The serving sizes are generous and we took home the biryani to enjoy the next day. Parking was pretty easy, as it is in a fairly large shopping and office complex, near Quince Orchard and Clipper Mill Roads. I love this is a vegetarian restaurant and look forward ti trying more dishes... read more

Woodlands Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Gaithersburg, Maryland

This is a fairly new restaurant located in Germantown. It's big, roomy, and clean when compared to other South Indian restaurants. The service was great as well. On Sunday, there was no buffet. We ordered a la carte, and the food was amazing. We ordered the following: - Dahi Bhalla: this is a big portion size as compared to other restaurants. It has two big bhallas in one order. Very good. - Bhel Puri: very well made and perfectly seasoned. - Onion Bhajiya: yummy. We all finished this in seconds. - Special Rava Dosa: loved it!!! The dosa was perfectly cooked and tasted so good. It comes with coconut and red chutney. - Chana Bhatura: Loved it!!! Comes with a big Bhatura. Tasted awesome. Overall, amazing place to eat some South Indian food. It's cleaner, bigger, and offers great service -- unlike most of the other South Indian restaurants around. read more

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A very solid vegetarian restaurant with good service and good spice level for each dish we had. The dosai is super crispy to the point you can hear the crunch when you bite into it. We also got the palak chaat. I think the only thing it was missing was the yogurt sauce that many traditionally put on top. The food. And out the right temperature and the service was good. I'd be curious how the crunchiness I loved would translate to take out. A great addition to the Indian food scene we have here. read more

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The previous Woodlands was a location I often stopped by in Langley Park, but it has gone under as the area is transforming due to Purple Line construction. I was quite happy to see them reopen here. This is a weird space, in what looks like the ground level of an office building. It is newer and nicer inside than its predecessor, however, and upon my visit it was clear that the local community in Gaithersburg has taken to the place as it was close to full for the duration of my stay. They were not doing a buffet when I arrived, and while their buffets used to be quite impressive, the communal eating has gone out of style in the pandemic and I'm always quite happy to order my choices anyway. Certainly, no buffet could have accommodated the giant paper dosa I ordered, which somehow did not fall apart on contact. Making these things is a skill. The accompaniments were diverse, the spices fragrant, and my samosa chaat and chai made for a filling and exciting meal. For anyone unfamiliar with the cuisine, you'll be amazed what can they can do with lentils, and the mix of spicy, sour, sweet, and savory flavors is intoxicating. It's definitely on the upper end of such restaurants I've ever been to, and barring an actual trip to India I'll have to suffice by finding myself here on the occasions when I'm visiting the area. read more

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I go every weekend, good quality food, very good service and respect the customers, prices also very competitive.

I'm very happy that Woodlands is back in operation again. Like most of my friends and family in the DMV area, we used to go to the Langley Park locations for many years. Got a chance to visit the new location, and I have to say, not bad! The decor is tasteful, not gaudy (really appealed to me), and the food was great. Anandbhai (the owner) made sure to come around and ensure that everything was on par. My family ordered the Dahi Vada, Spring Dosa, Veg. Uthapam (veggie pancake with spices), and Paper Dosa (crispy rice crepe) Really made me nostalgic for the days when we went to Langley Park every Sunday. read more

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A few disclaimers: 1. I've never been to the previous location. 2. I'm not all too familiar with southern Indian cuisine. 3. I don't want to give 5 stars for only trying 3 dishes. The restaurant is located on the first floor of a business building. Plenty of parking spaces after 5pm. Because of the disclaimers above, when confronted with the large menu, we were overwhelmed by the many choices, but took our tips from the Washington Post and Washingtonian reviews of the previous location. My husband and I enjoyed our butter masala dosa, pani puri, and Palak Malai (my husband's personal choice. Corn is a bit unusual, next time we won't order the corn, but we like the creamed spinach and would go for another spinach curry). We didn't know how to eat our pani puri, but we asked the server for help, and he was glad to explain how to eat it. I enjoyed my mango lassi, and would recommend this restaurant's mango lassi. We were stuffed at the end of the meal, the portions were large and reasonably priced. We ate there early on a Thursday evening, and were the only ones in the restaurant until around 6 pm, so service was really good, and the food came quickly. I'm surprised the previous location's Yelp page didn't carry over to this one, but maybe you want to check out that closed Yelp's page for more reviews. read more

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No kore buffet, very disappointed, pretty good food but their buffet was good. Service was ok

This Labor Day weekend, on Sunday we (3 of us) went for lunch with the same expectations of eating at their Tacoma Park Restaurant 2 years back. After waiting for 20 minutes to be seated in a much open space, we ordered the following items: Medhu Vada Vegetable Uttapam Pongal & Mysore Thali We were disappointed by the bland taste of uttapam, pongal, sambar and coconut chutney. Medhu Vada was not fluffy and soft. Only Coconut chutney is served for both the Medhu Vada and Uttapam at this new location, while at Tacoma Park, we had atleast two other chutneys served. The sambar was diluted with hardly a taste of tadka with curry leaves etc. Finally, the rasam served with the Thali was just like a flavored water with turmeric and a taste of tamarind. I understand, these restaurants cater to the western culture, but it was fully occupied by patrons of Indian subcontinent. So, what I don't appreciate is serving the same mild and bland items to patrons like us. Service was timely, no complains about it. But for sure, the food quality and taste can be brought back to the original. Management should look into this matter with urgency and make amends immediately. read more

If you're looking for some delicious vegetarian, South Indian food, look no further! Woodlands is an expansive restaurant, and is decorated in a tasteful fashion. Service is wonderful and polite, and the food arrives pretty quickly. So far, I've had the Avial and corn Palak curries and they were so hearty and warm. The portions are great, I always have plenty for leftovers! Give their vegetable soup a try, as well. The broth was fantastic! read more

This place is a gem! Vegetarian Indian Cuisine that was fresh and so delicious. It was my first time here and we really just stumbled on it as it was in a shopping center we went to just to visit the ATM. It was my first time having Mysore Masala Dosai. Definitely a must eat! Beyond flavorful and so savory and the spices... oh my gosh so good. I also enjoyed the spring rolls. They were crispy and were filled with all the right veggies. I also had the mango smoothie and it was made perfectly.. not too sweet and you could really taste the mango. Restaurant itself is surprisingly beautiful. From the outside you wouldn't expect it. Gorgeous bar area at the front and the dining area was large and impressive with well maintained furniture. Bathrooms were clean. The decor was so rich and cultured. Really beautiful. Service was terrific! Highly recommend. read more

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Great service and pretty ok dosa! We ordered mix pokora and it was not that tasty. Dosa was ok. I love dosa's but was not impressed.

Ah, seeing this restaurant made me miss the old Langley Park location, but now this one is closer to home so I love this one even more lol. Ambiance has jetted into 21st modern century. Love the decor! As for food, it's just as great. I usually start off with chaat, then move to dosa and chana batura with a mango lassi. Boy, is it good! As someone pointed out, the lunch buffet from old location is truly missed. It was one of the main reasons we used to go there on a packed Sunday. The staff/owner are very nice and give good recommendations. But overall, nice location with awesome food! read more

I have to give it 4 stars they took approximately 40 minutes and I was a lil upset But the food was worth it Thanks guys I enjoyed the meal read more

Hands down best place to have South Indian thali around DMV area. Been here couple of times and will definitely go back again! read more

Woodlands Restaurant - Meals - Chinese Near Me - Gaithersburg, Maryland

Exactly what I was looking for. Wonderful staff, excellent food, cozy casual atmosphere.

Great food, very clean and lovely ambience! Service was amazing! The masala dosas were great! We also ordered the veggie uttapam and it was amazing. One member of our group ordered pongal and sago and loved it! read more

Very good food and service. I usually get the chana batura and dosa paneer. Highly recommend

Solid food, heck of a price, friendly service. Really don't have anything I can complain about. Maybe the location isn't the fanciest, being on the ground floor of an office building, but I don't see that as a factor unless you are looking for multiple Michelin stars. read more