Mayuri Foods & Video

Awesome food, prepared fresh, nominal, lot of veggie options. Cakes are eggless. I had one rasagulla and lot more, everything was fresh and tasty. Go for it !!!
This is the one next to Mayuri Grocery shop

Very confused about the reviews on this place. I Unilocaled up bakeries in the area and this came up so I came expecting an Indian bakery (which are pretty few and far between). This is a grocery store though. I didn’t find any sweet or prepared food sections.
However, I was pleasantly surprised by the size of the grocery store. It is very big and spacious unlike most ethnic markets that cram as many items as possible into a tiny footprint. I also liked the way it was organized, by region. Very cool for non-​Indians. Produce section had more variety than usual.
Along with the size though, I would have liked to see more variety. More space does translate into more items but it wasn’t as much as I would have expected. Like I said, I was disappointed that they didn’t carry a bigger variety of Indian sweets/​snacks.

FOOD and PRICES: I would rate the bakery 4 stars and for those looking for eggless cakes this is the place to come. The bakery is expensive though. Just as expensive as coldstone thougj their cakes aren’t too special. But they also make cakes to order. So you can get some customized cakes here. However the chat and street food is mediocre at best. I can cook better stuff at home but it is not bad to grab a quick bite when you go shopping next door at the grocery store. The dishes are reasonably priced but I don’t like them too much to come here just for eating these dishes.
INTERIORS: The interiors are just fine. Enough seating space for 30 people and it doesn’t feel too crowded as most of the times only half the tables are occupied.
SERVICE: The service is actually a little slow. Their billing counters are common for th e bakery and the restaurant and as such you might find yourself waiting for 10 to 15 mins behind a couple that is not sure of their order from the bakery. Then add another 10 mins or more for your food to be made and served.
OVERALL: Again it is just fine to grab a bite when you are shopping and you can order eggless cakes here but there is nothing special about th is place.

Ordered chana batura. They gave a «complimentary» puff and chai. It’s
1 am now and I am feeling very sick and nauseated from what I ate. My mom ate some of the puff too and she vomited.
I was actually very suspicious of their hygiene even at the restaurant. A water jar containing sugar left open next to the plasticware. Food stained/​used spoons together with new ones.
Stay away from this place!

Bad place. worst indian chaat I had.

I can’t believe I have to drive this far out of Seattle to find an Indian grocery store, and with that said it was kind of amazing to be in a place that was just full of Indian people. I felt like I was in California again for a moment, nobody was speaking English and tons of spices, vegetables, pickles, and snacks floating around everywhere!
Nothing was labeled with a price, and you had to scan it every time you wanted to find out what an item cost. I didn’t really like this, and it makes it harder to be a frugal shopper. My suspicion is that people will just put things in their basket and not care about the price — though knowing Indian people and how cheap we can be, maybe it won’t happen?
Anyway, I’ll keep looking for Indian markets — there must be more with Microsoft in the area.

Vada pav! OMG I’m so an addict now.
A co-​worker of mine directed me here for it.
Basically an Indian potato burger.
Cheap, (kinda) fast, SPICY and SOOO tasty!
You have to (get to?) assemble it yourself (squish/​flatten the potato cake, but this is good since it stays hot when round).
Okay, it doesn’t look like much, but trust me… TRY ONE! You’ll thank me! :-D
Great… now I’m going to have to go get one again tomorrow.

This review is ONLY for the sweets sold at this place. The sweets are extremely HORRIBLE… do not buy.

Not to be confused with Mayuri Grocery– this is a great little Indian store with a smaller, but unique selection. They have a ton of different lentils, massala, and ramen noodles (tricky tomato is my favorite, but if you like spicy go for the curry flavor).
Lots of bollywood movies that I never get but enjoy reading looking at the covers. Interesting produce selection.
Very nice service. Lots of parking. Select household and kitchen items at reasonable prices!

When a restaurant is tied up with a grocery, even if its next door, the sad part is that people only remember to review it when they have a need to complain. We have been to this place at least 2 – 3 times a month for grocery shopping for the past year, and also drop by for a snack once in a while.
First– grocery store:
PLUSES: good selection of items, good quantities for singles/​small families, unlike the nearby Apna Bazaar, which is better for large families. Competitive prices, keeping in mind that all Indian stores overcharge anyway. Never tried the video store, but our friends like the selection.
MINUSES: the veggies normally look like they bought it off the clearance section of the wholesaler. However, that applies to common veggies like tomatoes etc. the other more Indian store-​specific veggies like chillies, small eggplants, gourds and mint leaves seem fresh. they restock on tuesdays and Fridays so that’s when you get the freshest stock. They had a few quality issues with expired ready to eat food the past few months, but the management gladly replaced the items, although it was a pain to go from Seattle just for the exchange. My strongest gripe is that there is no consistency with a lot of brands– there is no guarantee that you will find the same pickle, tamarind or jaggery the next time they restock.
All in all, a pleasant experience. Prices comparable to Apna bazaar, and stock selections also definitely superior to the latter.
Now, the chaat house: I would give a ³⁄₅ for the food– its snack stuff. Their fresh dhoklas and samosas rock. Their chinese has a long way to go, and you have to remember to emphasize on LOW SPICE before you order, if you prefer low spice food. The ready to eat snacks are good, and their pastries have been tasty.
Now the chaats, remember that chaat tastes different in every region– mumbai, delhi, gujarat all have the same chaat but they taste totaly different. If you dont expect Delhi and Mumbai style chaat, you will enjoy their chaat– again, I would rate their chaat ³⁄₅.
All inall, a place for quick bites and snacks. I am not a fan of their heavier food, like puris and fried rice– for filling, tasty food go to their other restaurant– it has a great menu and some delicious food.

I love this place. It is clean, big and they have a variety of options. I love the chicken puffs, the chocolate cakes, the puris, samosas. They also have Indian-​Chinese food like noddles and fried rice. Hm mm I am feeling hungry now just thinking of their food. I have ordered birthday cakes from here and they taste is delicious. The cakes never taste dry. The cashiers are always nice. Only problem is the parking. The spaces are small and is better to go there in the afternoon as the evenings gets packed.

This was right by my office and a great place to pick up hot & delicious samosas. I have been meaing to try some other food items, but I just keep going back for the samosas!

Jaya, I’m with you. The bakery/​chaat/​video location is pretty bad. Well, I’m sure the videos are fine but the chaat was lame. I had pani puri (aka golgoppa), which is one of the yardstick items of chaat, and it was ok but lifeless. And paneer pakora, which was coated much too thickly, producing a hard, tasteless pakora. Not as good as Wisconsin cheese curds! I also had a besan ladoo where the sugar had crystallized, so instead of the slightly grainy texture of the besan, it was like eating coarse sand. Not good.

What a so-​so place… utter dissapointment. The chaat (Indian street food) here is absolutely terrible. The puris in all the chaat dishes taste cold & stale. The sauces are tasteless. What an absolute rip-​off. The bhajiyas are half-​way decent. The eggless cakes are ok too… not great just ok.
The worst rip off though is the videos they sell… they are just copies and if you want to buy the videos rather than rent they charge $ 3/​video.
It is such a pity that that they get away with poor quality due to a lack of competition.

Have you ever wondered where to go to get your Bollywood fix? Look no further than Mayuri Video– hands down the best place to rent DVD’s in Seattle (actually Bellevue). I am an avid Bollywood fan and before the great Mayuri discovery was buying all my stuff off ebay. Beware of a few things.
1) if you buy from Mayuri you may be buying a bootlegged dvd– this may be intuitive to all you who realize that two three hour long dvds are not likely to fit on one disk
2) don’t get the food here– ok– you can get the samosas (which are totally Yumolicious– I had to invent a new word to describe them) and the roti but i’d def. skip the sweets– esp the CAKE– skip the CAKE!