Priya

Been there twice! Good food! Decent customer service (Not great)! I might try again just for the awesome dosas and chutneys!

Amazing food, even better service. The seema goat curry and chicken charminar are to die for!

Worst place to go if you want any sort of service or your food to come on time and with the rest of your party. They took almost 20 mins to even take our order. Once we placed the appetizer order, they took another 20 mins to even get anything to us. We had to get up and ask to get our water! We got our appetizer one at a time and about 10 mins apart. After about 45 mins we finally were able to place our main order. 30 mins later we got ONE of our dishes, then 10 mins later another one. We’re now about 90 mins in and still haven’t received 3 of our other dishes! We ended up cancelling and just paid for what we did get and left.
The food that we did end up getting was tasty, so o won’t mark them down on that, but when service isn’t your priority, and not getting food when you expect it, my appetite for anything was just gone.
Save yourself time, and go to another place. I don’t know how they stay in business with the level of crap service they provide!

Food quality is nothing but average… Not the greatest Indian food I have had in the Chicago area… Felt sick for a few days. I would look for other options, and trust me there are plenty to look for in the area.

So delish!!! Cant wait to try new stuff next time! The guy was super helpful with ordering for i have never ordered indian food before, have such a huge selection for vegan/​vegetarian!

Food was ok. Went for dinner buffet. The place was freezing cold. Chicago winter and the heater was not even on

This restaurant is not fancy from the outside of the inside but the food served is outstanding.
Have tried their buffet, a la carte and also been here twice on Tuesday and once on Thursday for dinner. They have Dosa nights on these two days.
Their dosas are perfect. Thin, crispy, covered with ghee, soft– name it, you get it!
Their buffets are pretty decent too. With both veg and non veg options.
On the dosa nights you order your choice of dosa (about 15 – 20 types of dosa) when seated on your table and the rest is to be self served from the buffet, including varieties of chutneys, sambhar, rasam etc
I personally had a bad experience last time I went. Firstly being some occasion it was too crowded and staff were having a hard time running around. He dosas ordered came very late and also there was some mess up between or order and others
Sambhar wasn’t up to the mark this time and rasam was thick!
Overall this place rocks and is a casual dining spot for us when bored of cooking at home.

Overall 3.5 stars
I had not heard of Priya until I was looking at south indian caterers for an event. So we decided to check it out as a test and headed there exactly when it reopens for dinner at 5:30.
We ordered the following:
–The special thali — we picked lamb biryani (meh), and chicken curry (pretty darn good). it came with rasam and sambar (both sub par), which doesn’t seem like a proper pairing for biryani. It also came with yogurt rice, the pakoda (cold), orka masala (not good), and dal (good but kinda redundant with the dal based sambar which doesn’t fit). The dessert looked messy but it was tasty.
— Paneer tikka masala — pretty tasty but creamy north indian dish
— Gutti Vankay — great recommendation from the boss. I liked everything about this.
— garlic naan — good and can’t go wrong.
The stand out dishes were the chicken curry, and the gutti vankay. The paneer dish was fine too. Despite some misses I still would go back to try other south indian favorites. I really wanted to try the lamb fry or curries but maybe next time.
Rant: Service-​wise, I find it annoying when the owner/​boss can’t have a conversation with you and eager to provide recommendations (he seemed rather robotic and just down to business initially). it a took a while to convey that I was asking for what is popular in their restaurant which he finally told me the eggplant dishes. Additionally, I would have liked to really ask what they have on hand that they can make fresh and well but it may be taken the wrong way… or cause extra confusion.

Update ²⁄₁₃: we came in for their lunch buffet and, frankly, I was blown away with the variety and freshness. the pepper chicken, the fish curry, the lamb masala, the chutneys, the desserts were all great.
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I had not heard of Priya until I was looking at south indian caterers for an event. So we decided to check it out as a test and headed there exactly when it reopens for dinner at 5:30.
We ordered the following:
–The special thali — we picked lamb biryani (meh), and chicken curry (pretty darn good). it came with rasam and sambar (both sub par), which doesn’t seem like a proper pairing for biryani. It also came with yogurt rice, the pakoda (cold), orka masala (not good), and dal (good but kinda redundant with the dal based sambar which doesn’t fit). The dessert looked messy but it was tasty.
— Paneer tikka masala — pretty tasty but creamy north indian dish
— Gutti Vankay — great recommendation from the boss. I liked everything about this.
— garlic naan — good and can’t go wrong.
The stand out dishes were the chicken curry, and the gutti vankay. The paneer dish was fine too. Despite some misses I still would go back to try other south indian favorites. I really wanted to try the lamb fry or curries but maybe next time.
Rant: Service-​wise, I find it annoying when the owner/​boss can’t have a conversation with you and eager to provide recommendations (he seemed rather robotic and just down to business initially). it a took a while to convey that I was asking for what is popular in their restaurant which he finally told me the eggplant dishes. Additionally, I would have liked to really ask what they have on hand that they can make fresh and well but it may be taken the wrong way… or cause extra confusion.

Food is mediocre by all means. My first visit food was just too hot — this visit food was OK but MEDIOCRE — dosa was thick and not crispy. There’s no salt/​pepper on tables.
Service: I ordered Chai and had to remind them 3 times. Chai finally came 10 mins after the meal. 2 stars for food. 1 star for service.

The worst restaurant in my life time. In general we can understand that chef can ruin 1 or 2 dishes. But, here not even a single item is worth. Please never try this restaurant.

One of the worst Indian restaurants I have been to. The service and the food was absolutely horrible, don’t bother going to this place.

I’m a big time foodie who is particular about a lot of things and this restaurant meets all the criteria! It’s clean, the food is great, the staff very personable and it’s affordable. Great experience!

Ok south indian food during lunch buffet, but don’t expect anything from other type of indian food. Service is big miss, got only served dosa once during buffet. Atithi or sankalp is much better, unlimited dosa made to order over buffet and better food selection too.

We visit this place often on Thursdays for the dosa Buffett. Good selection of dosas along with lemon sevai, upma, bajji and payasam. Our fav dosas are: Ghee roast, Achar Dosa and the egg&pepper dosa. Overall — good South Indian joint.

Some of the best Indian food I have ever had! Great buffet selection and nice owners. Totally recommend it.

Went there for the Dosa Buffet, food was pretty good, decent selection, best South Indian restaurant that I have been to in the Chicagoland area. friendly staff, definitely a good experience.

The service was really slow !! We ordered dosa at first! It tasted good and when we ordered another one they almost took 40 mins to make it!
Above all, music there was hammering my head. I planned to go somewhere else and eat something else but when i left my appetite was killed because of the wait and music selection!
Ruined the whole day!
2.0 for good sambar
0.5 just to be nice!!!

Best place for your South Indian food cravings.
Staff here welcome us with warm smiles.
Surely we will have a nice contented smile while going out. Couldn’t find a better buffet than that.
Very crowded during weekends. But quick to get a table. Always happy with their service

Had great dhosas and Uttapam here. Liked the Paper Dhosa & Priya Special Spicy Dhosa a lot. The Paper one is huge. Good sambhar & chutneys. Deliciouso. Definitely a must try for South Indian cuisine. Also, the Chicken Charminar appetizer is really good. Spicy and full of flavor. Service is decent. Little on the pricey side.

This is an excellent place for an Indian lunch buffet but it is pricey. There were plenty of options to choose from. Lunch items served at the time were chicken 65, veggie pakora, butter chicken and few other tasty dishes. There was also a dosa server giving out fresh dosas. The desserts was excellent with Double Ka Meetha and Mango Ice-​cream.
I highly recommend this place if you are looking for an excellent lunch buffet.
Friendly environment and old school music videos.

Very good food, friendly staff and a reasonably priced. Their unlimited Dhosa on Tuesdays and Thursday are worth trying. Choose from 18 different variety of Dhosas. Amazing!

Perfect dosa night every Tues/​Thurs with Buffet style serving.
The dosa is made to order which guaranteed freshness.

The Dosa buffet is the best thing going here. There are at least 12 dosa styles and the usual chutney’s –coconut, tomato and peanut along with sambar. they just keep on coming until you are full. Dosa’s are made to order and things such as idli and tomato/​potato curry are also included.
For those that are not familiar with the Dosa and Idlis here is the rundown. Dosa’s are a kind of crêpe made with rice and lentil flour. Some are paper thin, others are very thick. Sometimes things are added like cheese, egg or extra seasoning. Idli is a kind of steamed rice cake. Both are meant to eaten in conjunction with a semi liquid such as sambar or chutney. Sambar is a thick vegetarian soup. Chutneys are a kind of condiment or dip. All of these items are made in house at Priya, and the Dosa’s are made to order.
Outside the Dosa buffet, the gobi manchurian is a standout dish. The veg dishes seem to be better then the meat ones although fish and chicken are also on the menu. I’m especially fond of the indo chinese options.
Not so busy on weeknights, but the Dosa buffet can be packed. The parking lot is shared with the village tavern which is also super popular at dinner, but Priya is located on the opposite side from them and thus always has parking available.

Good place and has a decent variety of food. The dosa buffet is a must try. Pudina chicken as an appetizer is my personal favorite. The catering is one of our favorites. .any functions or social gathering among our friends the food mostly always comes from here.

I came here for the brunch last weekend; it was fantastic. Big variety of food and not the same tired old cliched entrees you find at most Indian buffets. The service was great too – very quick and attentive. I’m not into vegetables but the way they cook them up here made me a believer. Plus it’s great to have a buffet that serves up real good lamb and goat dishes too! The other great thing is that the customers that dine here are practically all (if not 99.9%) Indian – so you know Priya is keeping it real and not dumbing down the ingredients for anyone!