Vishnu Vilas

The first visit was not pleasant. Decided to give this restaurant a second chance today. To my surprise, there was no improvement on overall experience. Food was very average. Rating for service would be minus five stars from me. There was only one person controlling billing, serving and dish cleaning from table. It was dosa night today. To cut the story short, definitely not coming back.

Very nice food and the lunch spread was awesome. The kodi chicken was out of the world. Will go back again.

The food is absolutely fabulous and the décor is basic in an unassuming strip mall. Friday and weekend buffets are our favorites with a wider selection of dishes. On Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the buffet is cheaper. They are closed on Tuesday. Be forewarned that some of the dishes can be very spicy and strongly flavored for Western palettes. Their vegetarian dishes are a real strength. Also the chicken curry and the lamb biryani are delicious. The marsala tea is some of the best. The staff is very friendly, sometimes walking about offering complimentary dessert. If you enjoy the Indian food at well-​known places and want to take your taste buds up to the next level. then this is an inexpensive place for you to try a variety of dishes at the buffet.

We visited this place for authentic South Indian buffet and were not disappointed. I find most buffets on Devon Ave. feature a generic menu that tastes pretty much the same. However, this place was an exception; we had three different types of rice, several types of daals, 9 or 10 different types of chutneys, 4 types of pakoras/​vadas. The hyderabadi and kheema biriyani were good, but the kerala mango fish curry was exceptional. Most importantly, they are not conservative in using spices, and each dish tastes unique.
The owners are very friendly and make an effort to get to know their cuatomers. The even serve homemade sweets after meals and masala tea, which is a great touch.
Overall, I highly recommend this place for those who are looking something beyond the generic indian fare and are not scared of an extra kick of spices.

Very good food. Unlimited Dosas and really good Apps… everything tastes good and fresh.

Awesome authentic South Indian specialities. Variety is so much that you wish to have more room in your tummy

We used to visit vv for dinner buffet
Pros: friendly staff, plenty of starters, dosa
Cons: inconsistency in taste, desserts

Whenever we think of Indian dinner buffet, we go here. It’s everyday buffet place. I love their perfectly cooked chicken biriyani. They have wide variety of veg options, but i liked only appetizers. Good service. They serve unlimited dosas and roti to your table. Dosas were just perfect. We had only dosas. Overall good. It will be nice if they improve the ambience.

I always like their buffet which has a good variety of dishes. Especially the medhu vada and chutney. So yummy. Non vegetarian dishes are not their strongest selling but all vegetarian dishes are authentic south Indian and delicious.

Usually when we go to indian we need to compromise — idli-​sambhar or naan-​palak paneer, starter or dessert, veg or non –veg etc etc.
so we go to this place when everyone wants to eat what they want to eat and to their heart content. Its buffet and you get almost everything. There are more than 10 types of chutney. everything was tasty and service is exceptional. The restaurent is supposed to be open at 11:30 but seeing us waiting outside they served us at 11:00.
One star out is for cuttlery– plastic spoons and plates just makes it sad.

Terrible unhygienic food. Dishes and glasses had stains.

Nice buffet with interesting choices! Hot spice when I need it the most.

Had been to this place for Sunday brunch. The buffet menu is typical South Indian. Loved the breakfast items available. Ask for hot vada. You will not regret. Decent buffet for the price.

Good buffet. Good service. Good tea. Well set up.
We enjoyed the various chutneys and ground spices that go with the freshly made vadas, dosas and idlis. Decent variety of vegetarian options including eggplant curry, paneer and spinach pakoda. The dessert was addictive :) to me… It was mix of milk sweet and gulab jamun. The dhal and the potato dish was under par. We liked the chicken briyani and goat curry was pretty good too.
Nice to see the owner serving some people and chatting with others. Looking forward to returning.

Can skip this! Good veggie options but disappointed with non veg options n taste … Been there couple of times. Still sticking with the same opinion!

I had very good cheteny after a long time coming to Chicago. Starters and buffet must try. I was very happy with service and their personal touch..

I’ve only been for the weekend buffet. It’s small most of the food is not kept cold or hot, but it doesn’t matter it tastes soooo good! The service has always been great. they could invest a bit more in the ambiance. The light bulb in the entry way has been out for months, and the bathroom is not clean. You are not going here to experience the bathroom though. Just eat and keep eating. so many yummy’s chutney’s!

Thumbs up. This place has what should be an expectation for every Indian restaurant (specifically the buffet); hot, fresh, flavorful food. The non veg items were limited, but just as tasty as the veg items, which I believe are what shine here. Good variety. The structure of the buffet was a little strange. There could be more desert options. The ambiance, comfortable as this once was a diner after all. The staff is helpful.

This place lacks some Indian ambience but food is perfect and was night buffet when I walked in this Sunday and could get a glimpse of everything in this place… Biryani was only thing that can be made more spicy and payasam they served as complimentary was awesome and last but not least they serve masala tea… staff were super friendly… will surely visit again…

Me and roommate went for dinner buffet which costs 10.99 $/​person had a nice selection of veg/​non-​veg and desserts, pretty much everything was South Indian cuisine oriented and since it was almost 9:30pm when we went in the food was not very fresh and the server kept reminding us about closing time but nevertheless the huge selection kept us gorging more n more. Biriyani was super good –an indication of a good Andhra restaurant double ka meeta was plain awesomeness, rest everything was good but a little salty.
Overall 3.5 stars