Hidden in a very slow/quiet and near dead strip mall, but wow this place surprises you when you walk in. I would consider this place a hidden jewel to some degree since the parking lot is so dilapidated and is easily overseen.
The interior was rather drab, but my main reason for going to restaurants is not for their interior design.
All in all, the food was very flavorful and I recommend the tandoori chicken. Their naan is the best I have tried thus far. Can't complain. Looks like they have a lunch buffet. I went there for dinner though.
My favorite Indian restaurant outside of Devon Ave. in Chicago.
We started coming here after my first trip to South India 7 years ago -- this restaurant has been under several owners. Â I prefer South Indian food over North Indian food, and this restaurant is a little piece of South Indian food heaven for me!
The drabness of the inside doesn't bother me because I've been to India 6 times so I've seen all types of restaurants -- it's the food that counts and the food here is the real deal. Â I like that it's spicey and that they don't tone it down for the goras. Â In fact, I won't even go into an Indian restaurant if there are a lot of non-Indians eating there because I know the food is for the western palate, not Indian.
Great buffet with ample choice of desserts, unlimited dosas, large menu selection, and REAL South Indian coffee if you ask for it. Â The manager is always very attentive and friendly.
We go just about every other week so I can get my fix for authentic South Indian food just like I eat in Chennai. Â I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 only because the inside could be spruced up a bit.
We went here last night. Â We decided to do takeout after seeing the other reviews that the place is a bit dumpy. Â Placed our order on the phone. Â It was a tad difficult to understand the guy on the phone and he never asked for a name to put the order under so I was a bit nervous if he got our order right.
Showing up, the restaurant was much nicer inside than I was expecting (I've become accustomed to really dumpy indian restaurants).... Â but it was an absolute gost town inside. Â The second nice surprise was that our order was ready on time and was correct. Â The man at the counter was well presenting and quite nice.
The food was pretty good...  A bit small serving size for the price  The real difficulty in this place is the absolute plethora of indian restaurants in the area.  If you value absolute closeness as the primary objective, you can't go wrong....  but there is just so many other options in the area to recommend this place.  Nothing wrong with the place, yet nothing great.
Arrived at 6pm we were the only people in the restaurant until we left, the biggest disappointment was there is no alcohol, not even beer. Â The water was warm they said they had no ice?
Ordered a vegetarian combo platter everything was fried and overlooked , dry and all tasted the same. Â The chicken Madras was ok nothing worth mentioning. Â The decor was depressing, don't think we will be back anytime soon.
We visited early on a Saturday night and were the only people there. We had the buffet which offered many Vegan options, which was what we were looking for. Yes the location is a little tricky to find and the interior is a little drab and dark but, who cares? I'm there for the food.
It was delicious and affordable (ala carte off the menu can be expensive). The people there are very friendly and accommodating. While we were there, about 20 more people arrived, all Indians, which is usually the mark of a good Indian restaurant.
I too was a little surprised by the lack of ice in the water and soft drinks but my Coke was cold enough.
I prefer takeout from this restaurant as the interior of this restaurant is drab and definitely needs an upgrade.
This is definitely one of the better Indian food joints Naperville in terms of the quality of food.
3 stars because of the ambiance and the high prices of the dishes considering the quantity of food provided.
The best part about buffets is that you can try a bunch of random dishes with no commitment! Buffets are the "Casual Encounters" section of restaurant industry.
When Dakshin popped up as a Groupon a few months ago, I was eager to hit up their buffet, and I'm glad I did. The server brought dosas and naan to our table, which were very good, especially the light, slightly crispy dosas. I tried their lamb biryani and chicken makhani, which were fine, but I found myself returning most often to the vegetarian side table for delicious veggie samosas, pakoras, and aloo gobi. There was also a mushroom curry that was creamy, spicy, and awesome. I probably wouldn't have ordered that one on my own. Hooray for buffets!
My favorite Indian buffet so far. Â My friend and I arrived kind of late for the lunch buffet, so we missed the "freshest" time, but the food was excellent. Â My buddy agreed and he spend 3 months travelling India so I will take his word for it as well. Â
The 5 star rating is based on buffet star quality keep in mind
I thought this place deserved 4-5 stars. We were the only table seated the entire evening. In their defense, it was snowing and people simply don't know how to drive and probably saw themselves being home as a better option.
The menu is HUGE. They have mostly southern specialties but definitely have some items I've never heard of before. We were never asked if we wanted drinks, so we simply drank water the entire night (all 6 of us!). I imagine we would've ordered and brought the bill higher if they would have simply asked. Their loss. They were great about refilling waters, however.
We started with veggie samosas and they were excellent. I had the Dal Makhani as my entree and it was awesome. Perfectly simmered lentils and perfect spicing. The rest of the table enjoyed meat dishes. I know a few had chicken curry and one had chicken mushroom. The other two... don't remember.
We all really enjoyed our meals. I'm not sure what the items come with standard because we all upgraded our entrees to come with a bunch of things for like $4 more. We had a side of soup, something sweet/sour, a dessert, onions/lime, yogurt sauce, 4 slices of naan (=1 whole round each), basmati rice, and our entrees. The portions for our entrees were quite large and we were all super stuffed when we left.
We had a $25 off <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a> gift certificate and 18% gratuity was included. For 6 FULL entrees (enough for two meals = leftovers) with sides and an appetizer, the bill came to $128. We used the coupon and were down to $103. I'd say that wasn't so terrible because it averaged to about $17 per person for a nice experience and great food.
Definitely use the coupon and order sides. We'll definitely go back. It was excellent. The location was terrible as you cannot see it off the road (Ogden) unless you're searching for it. It's in the very corner of the strip mall next to a Hookah lounge. The big deserted building next to it looks like it used to be a Kmart or something. There's also a BBQ pit place in the same lot.
The food here has always been good in the 3 years that hubby and I have been coming. Â Some of our favorites are the Veggie Samosas, Chicken Tikka Masala, Aloo Gobi and Lamb Moghalai. The garlic naan is also delicious.
It's usually pretty empty here, unless you go on the weekend, and even then, it doesn't tend to get busy til later. Â The decor (what little there is) could seriously use some updating. Very plain interior, stark white walls.
We usually buy a <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a> coupon when we dine here. They also DO NOT serve alcohol.
I'm impressed with Dakshin based on a good variety of vegetarian dishes. They do have both meat and vegetarian, but I felt like the meat was just okay - some standard chicken tikka masala, some very fatty/bone-in (although flavorful) goat, and a some chicken tandoori that looked a little dry, so I kind of confined myself to some excellent paneer and chick pea dishes. It's important to mention that this was a Friday night dinner buffet, which is a pleasant surprise.
They also served us some pretty good dosa and decent naan, but it took forever to an fellow diner to get a Coke to go with his meal. They weren't hugely busy, so I'm not sure why.
In addition to the buffet, they had several deserts: rice kheer, mango khulfi, and carrot halwa. I didn't sample the carrot, but the kheer was pretty tasty, and the khulfi was excellent.
The price is right, and the food is good - I can see a fourth star if, as other who have been multiple times have reported, the dishes vary from week to week.
Five of us hit this restaurant on a Friday evening. Â We had reservations for 6:30 which turned out to be unnecessary. Â When we arrived there was only one other group seated, so we had our doubts. Â It is not the easiest place to find tucked back into the corner of a strip mall.
It turns out that Friday night features a buffet. Â There is a vegetarian section and a non-vegetarian section. Â The surprise for me was that the vegetarian dishes were very much like the food that our Gujarati friends serve us at their home in St Louis, even though Dakshin is south Indian.
This food is not the standard meat curries that you find at the cookie cutter Indian restaurants. Â Those may be on the menu that we did not peruse. Â There was rasam, and sambar. Â There were very good mixed vegetables, excellent okra as well as a delicately seasoned green bean dish with channa dal. Â There was, of course, plain rice and well seasoned rice. Â There was a very nice mattar paneer with a delicious red sauce as well as some of the best saag I have had in some time. Â This was not all, there were more things that I cannot remember.
On the non-vegetarian line-up were an excellent goat curry, biryani chicken, chile chicken (also excellent) and the obligatory tandoori chicken. Â The naan was wonderful and we enjoyed at least six chutneys. Â We also had dosas and pooris. Â I liked the yogurt rice which was unlike anything I have had. Â I did not sample the sweet dessert offerings.
The place was practically full of Indian families when we finished and reluctantly departed. Â It was a very pleasant evening and I would like to return. Â It's too bad we don't live closer. Â The food is more home-style and breaks away from the run-of-the-mill predictable Indian to be found at many restaurants. Â If you have an appreciation for some of the regional differences of Indian cooking, give this a try on a weekend evening when the buffet is in operation.
We used them to cater a Veg meal at our house, they provided a wonderful selection of veg dishes including 2 appetizers, 2 vegetable curries, sambhar (lentil soup) and lemon rice, Naan and dessert. They also included raita, pickle, and all other condiments (like chutneys ....)
Everything was tasty and fresh. Â Dessert was unique Beetroot Halwa (like Carrot halwa, a bit darker). Total price was $7/person (for 7 dishes, meat dishes were addition $1-2). Â We ordered for 30 people but it was good enough to feed almost 45 people and there were still some left overs. Â They would also deliver, for additional $40.
We have also seen them cater where they send a chef onsite with all the setup for a "dosa" party, it costs an additional $200 for the chef but it was a great hit, everyone had their favorite variety of dosa and uttapam.
for what it is, i'd come back.
the restaurant is located in a rather deserted strip mall with just a few other indian shops next door... possibly owned by the same people but i don't know.
the owners must certainly have other businesses too because i don't see how they would ever be able to survive on this restaurant alone.
it's a decent sized dining room with a few random decorations.
there weren't any other diners when my brother and i came for dinner one weeknight... just a few men gathered at one of the tables talking and drinking coffee/tea with a bunch of newspapers n such... probably friends of the owners or family?
the service was friendly and the food was good and filling... though we did order quite a bit of food just cus we wanted to eat a few different dishes. Â we had veggie samosas, chicken tikka masala, palak paneer, and naan (which were super fresh and made to order... so make sure you order enough first time around because if you order more after your meal has arrived it will take a long time... we ordered 3 naans for two but if you don't eat that much then one per person should be enough) and rice came with the food as well.
we had enough left over to take home and eat as a snack the next day.
prices are relatively reasonable too.
i'd definitely come back if i was in the area.
for lunch i think they have a buffet.
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