Royal Sweets and Fast Food

I have only had their desserts and snack items like dosas which were awesome. My favorite thing to get here is a masala dosa. They are so big that I normally eat half and save the other for later. It comes with great chutneys too. I so like the samosa. I’ve had the puri and one of their chaats and I wasn’t impressed. Mango lassi was also good. Stick to the sweets like ladoos, dosas, and the mango lassi and this place is great!

Food was much better on our recent visit :). Thanks to the restaurant owner/​chef for listening.

Its good for chats, snacks, lunch buffets and few south Indian dishes. The taste is good and has everything vegetarian. Good place in Tampa if you love chats/​snacks. They has their own sweet shop. Good vegetarian items like Papdi Chaat, Dosas. The only in town that serves good veg dishes at a reasonable price.
I tried several snacks and they were all delicious served with two sauces, a sweet tamarind and a spicy cilantro. Both added tons of flavor. The dessert case was incredible with variety and color and the staff was so gracious offering us samples of anything we wanted.
Most important thing is that they have fresh Chapatti’s just like home made once :)

This is my first time here and I am in love! They have plenty of desserts and sweets here! The food is great and they have buffet! All those bad reviews are probably just haters! Please give this place a try I definitely recommend this place for anyone!

I stay in buffalo and we don’t have Indian sweets shop here. And like all the other Indians I am a fan of sweets too. So basically what I am trying to say here is I like this place and I liked the sweets which I tried. I always go to this place when I visit Tampa. I am listing the name of the sweets below I liked:
Mohan tal– My favourite
Julie– Good
sandwich– Loved it
Gulab jamun– Good
I will keep visiting this shop for the sake of love for sweets :)

Super happy to have found an inexpensive, vegetarian Indian buffet! Yum. I will be back! Plaza outside needs a little cleaning up, but the staff is sweet and the food is yummy.

This place is truly amazing. The moment you walk in, you are greeted by helpful and friendly staff. I had some questions about desert and to my surprise I was handed samples to taste. When my food arrived, I was immediately hit with amazing aromas and flavors. This place is a must try.

I’ve tried their buffett and it was great. There samosas are truly AMAZING! Excellent varities of sweets. Customer Service is awesome. Staff members are so nice and helpful! :)

Only edible items on the menu are under Chaat and beverages. Order anything else, you will repent.
We visited this evening and ordered Ragda Patis Chaat, Gobi Manchurian, Vada Pav, Falooda and Mango shake. Vada paav and Mango shake were ok, rest of the items were really bad.
Gobi Manchurian had lot of vinegar, when I returned it they put a lot of sauce in it and gave it back. Worst Gobi Manchurian ever. There are too many options in the Fowler area. Stay away from this place.

We tend to go here a lot for Indian food because it’s quick they have what you would call fast food Indian food and great deserts. And they are right by an Indian grocery store same plaza where we get our groceries. So we come in here time to time when we are hungry and out and about running errands for a good tasting chart. I think they are known for their charts and deserts but I have also had their dosa which is good here too.

Average food. I like the place it’s clean not like a lot of the other indian restaurants I have been to. Although I rated it a 3 I would probably go back. I had the buffet I wish I had just ordered individual items. Next time I’ll give it a try!

Poor Service! asked for extra chutney and the waiters were rude and said they can’t. When you pay 10 times the amount you pay in india. Is it too much to expect the same in quality and service ?!! Will never visit this place again.

Service here is usually slow. Food is delicious. I have yet to have bad food here. The type that is definitely unhealthy but makes you feel so good. It can take a while to get your food so I wouldn’t recommend coming in for dinner or on the weekend unless your craving some fast food desi. Though, I have never tried it, I stay away from their buffet. It’s kept out all day and does not seem fresh at all. I love to get their sweets, mango lassi, and to order food. Definitely recommend!

Buffet here is awesome! Until discovering Royal Sweets, we had been going to India Grill for Indian food. I used to pass this place all the time and never thought to go in and try the food. I thought it was a place to just get Indian sweets.
Luckily, we decided to go in and were able to try so much, and were so surprised! Almost everything (except the Paneer Pakodas) was so good. I think the entire menu is vegetarian, but I could be wrong. Also, be aware that everything is normally pretty spicy. You need to specify for it to be mild if you can’t handle that kind of heat.
I love that the restaurant is clean and you can see much of the kitchen. It always gives me more confidence, especially when up in the USF area. (I’m easily grossed out when we eating out if I see dirty anything — dishes, bathrooms, tables, etc.) It’s great that they have a sink outside of the bathroom — For those of you who don’t know, you mostly eat Indian food with your hands, and it’s nice to not have to go to the bathroom whenever you need to wash your hands.
Since our first meal, we’ve now been there three more times. I also recently ordered food in trays for a party — malai kofta, gobi manchurian, daal makhani, and samosas. The price was reasonable and the food was excellent.

Love their chole bhatura reminds me Delhi style. One of their employee gave me fresh hot jalebi to try and I ending up buying 2lbs. I will tell all my friends & family about Royal Sweets.

I moved to Tampa in Jan 2014, and coming from a place in NJ that had a few streets alone dedicated to Indian food, my husband (who is from india) and I needed to find a good indian food place. It was good in the beginning… not the best but ok. Now i will not even step foot in there, the buffet is always cold, the bread not fresh and no masala comes with the dosa in buffet either. I love the ladies there but I cannot take the food. even though the sweets are decent i will never go there again. :-/

I would highly reccomend researching Indian sweets before hand, because they are of little or no help telling you what it is…
From what I tried, I would reccomend the gulab jamun. It’s a small light or darker colorered ball with the texture of bread and is soaked in this sweet sugary syrup. I also tried the Jalebi which is this orange pretzel looking dessert. It too is smothered in a syrup and its supposed to be crunchy but I think it was stale and just tasted like oil… Not good. Also tried some of the fudge that they had and was not impressed by the flavor.
Desserts were subpar, service wasn’t that great, and not to mention it was dirty inside. I don’t think I’ll be returning to try the buffet.

I am a student at USF and often visit this South Indian joint but have realized that the quality has gone downhill over the past couple of years. I used to get the buffet all the time but nowadays it is mediocre at best. The food in the buffet is cold and stale, not so good when I really go there for the dosa. If you end up visiting Royal Sweets please take a look at the menu and order off of that, the food comes fresh and is quite delightful. I personally enjoy the mysori masala dosa and chaat. In addition to the food they have a vast array of indian sweets which are amazing. Caution. don’t over do it or else you will get a stomach ache.
Great place, but I don’t think I would go for the buffet again.

I won’t be eating here again unless they improve their buffet. The chana masala was left out in the open, uncovered and was drying out. Didn’t look very appetizing. I had to tell them they were out of naan and dosa. It was obvious nobody was monitoring the food. Also the dosa was nothing like it was the last time I ate here. It was really soft and the portion size was tiny. The food here has a homemade taste compared to Saffron but they need to do a better job at keeping the food fresh. I ate here with my parents, and my dad (Hector G.) gave the prior review… which for some unknown reason was filtered. But anyway, he was being too generous with his comments; the food wasn’t very fresh at all.
I still haven’t tried Jai-​Ho yet. Hopefully they’ll be better.

i came here randomly one day. i was very impressed with how big and clean this place looked — almost reminded me of tahoora in chicago. anyhow, i ordered a few things:
— jilebis: not good (super super sweet); i heard their jilebis are good and fresh, but unfortunately, it was not the case for me
— paneer pakoda: was ok, but totally ripped off… they only gave me 4 pieces and it was $ 4… not getting it again
— falooda: nastiest falooda i’ve had in my life… there was this amazing place in ATL called agha juice and they set the bar really high. this place’s falooda can’t even get the rose milk part right. AVOID IT!
— ras malai: good, but the milk was super sweet as well; i like nuts in my ras malai and sadly there weren’t any =(
— paneer pakoda chaat: good, but crazy spicy and covered with onions; now i like onions, but this was overboard. my nose was running like crazy and my nose ring popped out; i will order this again, but emphasize less onions and spicyness (i’m a disgrace to desis, i know)