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17 reviews for Mayuri Indian Restaurant
I just love their lunch buffett. The food tastes from scratch, is authentic, tasty, and always offers something vegetarian. I may be partial to this place but it is one of my favorite places in DFW. I drive from Dallas to Irving just to eat lunch here. YUM. The lunch is around 9 dollars and has chutneys, naan, lentil donuts, a rotating list of veg and meat entree but always has tandoori chicken, rice pudding.
It's always full with Indians. I hope that some of the whiteys discover this place. They have a huge patio overlooking the river, and the patio is usually empty. ??
You know what's fun to say? Mayuri. You know what's even more fun than saying Mayuri? Their website, especially if you like flash animation and the color purple. Just ignore the creepy cook holding a plate of red and pink something or another that looks like it came out of a Dr. Seuss book on their home page and you should be fine.
So I've been on a bit of an Indian food kick lately, and since my wife has already been here a few times I figured it was about time for me to check this place out. I made the mistake reading some of the older Yelp reviews on my phone while we were waiting for our food to come out, many of which made mention of a bug or two, which kinda made us want to yack, but we decided to stick it out anyway hoping that those were isolated incidents. Plus, we had already ordered our food so it's not like we could just get up and walk away, right?
I was pleasantly surprised by this place. We started off with some Potato Pakora, which was basically the starch equivalent of a veggie tempura. They had two kinds of dipping sauce that were a bit of an acquired taste for me, but by the end of the app I really liked both of them. Then we split the Chicken Tikka Masala and the Mayuri Special Chicken. The Chicken Tikka was a little less potent that I'm accustomed to, but had a nice subtle creamy flavor that was extremely addicting. The Mayuri Special held its own as well, very tender chicken complimented nicely by lots of green peppers and grilled onions in a spicy sauce. And might I just say that I freaking love me some naan! Goes perfectly with every Indian dish.
I will say that the atmosphere is not the nicest, but when it comes to Indian food, it's tough to find anything authentic that isn't housed in an older building filled with fake gold. At least there were not typos on the menu, which is pretty common at places like this. It's all part of the experience, and mine was one good enough to go back for, especially with that Entertainment Card (thanks Carlos C.).
Another usual Indian Restaurant. If only they figured out how to expand so we can sit near the lake this place would rock. Solid effort for gulab jamuns.
Reminds me of the time I went to India.... actually... I've never been to India... however I do like Indian movies!
Nothing fancy about this place, but good food!
Decor 3/5
Service 5/5
Food 4/5 (HUGE SELECTION)
We only ate 1/5 of our food and took the rest home for the next day.
The other guy was not joking, portions are big.... real big.
Selection is overwhelming, I wish they had more pictures but we just trusted our waiter.
Price was good, not cheap, but not pricey at all...
Restrooms.... 2/5..... don't ask....
They accept Entertainment Card! buy one meal, get one free!
I went here for the lunch buffet and the place is really not that nice at all, very cheaply thrown together in décor. The plates are plastic, silverwear thin and cheap, table hard to seat 4 peoples legs under and cheap bar style seats.
The food was just ok, nothing special. It was good food, don't get me wrong, everything just took away the experience.
This isn't someplace I would go again.
I haven't had Indian food in over 3 years since my last visit to India. This wasn't exactly the tastiest, but I didn't get sick so that's a good start. The chicken masala could have been better. The chicken tandoori was burnt.
Good South Indian food - decent rates
Mayuri is primarily a South Indian restaurant and to that extent, their south Indian offerings are good. I would strongly suggest staying away from their north Indian offerings, till the time you are used to eating North Indian food cooked in South Indian way, with South Indian flavor and spices.
The buffet is a mess, since tons of people show up. Ordering from menu is the best option. With quite a few South Indian options around, Mayuri should actually drop its prices a little bit since they don't offer anything out of the ordinary. The whole experience of dining with them is simply average - from quality of food, to service to sitting arrangement to decor etc.
One major drawback is that during peak time, you can have a bunch of people sitting right next to you, and with no music being played, there is no privacy. You can also hear the clinking noise of the forks and spoons etc.
Overall an average place to visit.
Indian food seems to be a love it or hate it endeavor for most folks. I have loved it since college. As you're aware, not all restaurants are created equally. When an Indian joint is bad, it's really bad. When it's good, it's really good. Mayuri falls into the latter category.
The buffet is reknowned among my colleagues, but we visited for dinner and were not disappointed. Dinner entrees are served in two styles - a la carte or Thali.
Do not order an appetizer if you are considering going Thali style unless you've got an empty ziploc bag in your purse (or murse as the case may be). Thali is the hindi word for truck loads of food. Thali means that you're going to get your entree served along with your choice of soup, the chef's choice of vegetable currey, raitha, rice, papadum, and your choice of bread - naan or parata. The chef will also pick out your dessert.
I ordered the Palak Paneer t-style, which was a steal at $11.95. The dish was creamy goodness through and through. The homemade cheese was firm and tasty without seeming to be pre-packaged. FYI, palak paneer and saag paneer are not the same dish as I thought. the difference is in the wegetable. I couldn't tell a difference, but my colleague says it's the truth.
Order the Chicken 65 or the Chicken Hyderbadi iff'n you're not digging the weggie options. Both are typical dishes in Indian cuisine and can be difficult to find if you're used to dealing with more mundane purveyors of the culture.
Oh, don't forget to order a lassi. It will help you douse the curry flames in your mouth. choose the mango lassi over the salt lassi unless drinking a combination of sea water and yogurt is your bag, baby.
Based on our first visit, I'd have given Mayuri 5 stars on flavor, quality, & location. However, the second time, well, I HATE to say it, but there was the most disgusting beetle-roach thingie crawling on the wall right next me by the window. I instantly lost my appetite and basically had to leave asap. What a disappointment. They should really seal up those windows and foundation better. It made me wonder what lurks in the kitchen.
Well, after a couple months, we decided to go back because, pre-beetle discovery, the food was truly some of the best we'd tasted throughout Dallas (ranking up there with Pasand and Our Place). We agreed the beetle could have been a fluke incident...We were willing to give it another try and keep a lookout for other critters.
Our third visit was great, the food - beyond delicious. The location along the tree-lined streets of Las Colinas near the Mustangs Exhibit, ideal and made for a lovely springtime Sunday stroll.
Well, on the way back to the car I noticed that the back door to the kitchen that opens in the parking garage was OPEN. Propped completely open. You could see all the action in there, food simmering and cooking. Cooks bustling around. Now I imagine that the beetle we originally saw was the least of what could be rampant back there.
I have only tried the lunch buffet which is a great price ($7 and change with water) and the food tastes good.
Last time I went when lifting up some bread on the buffet, 2 cockroaches came scurrying out from under it. I went back a few months later to give it another shot and the place smelled terrible (no, not the curry or some other cooking smell, something I couldn't put my finger on) and the place did not appear to be very clean so I just left without sitting down.
I had dinner ala carte: dal mahkani was good and not overly spicy, chicken tikka masala was also good and not overly oily. Nan was also fresh and hot. Inexpensive menu and attentive service. Comparable to many of the stores in Chicago that I have eaten at.
Large selection on the buffet, but nothing memorable. Place is a bit run down, as it is a bit dirty, and I think the temperature control is a bit crappy. It has a nice location in the business district.
Mayuri has one of the best Indian lunch buffets in Dallas. (Actually in Irving/LasColinas).
Nan is fresh. Rasam Soup is spicy with cilantro. Vegetarian curries are fresh and well-balanced. Tandoori is great, but my favorite is the Lamb Curry. Sometimes catch a little gristle, but flavor is tops.
About $10 for lunch
This restaurant seems popular with indigenous Indians, so I figure it's pretty good.
It's always bad sign when you ask for a dish and they don't have ingredient on Friday night. It looked like they didn't bother stocking any shrimps for any of their dishes. So, I had to order chicken masala. Chicken masala was reasonably good but had a lot of chicken meat with muscles. Also, garlic naan was literally sogged in oil.
Also, there was one person standing and pacing himself. This was extremely annoying to say at least. Also, service was really below par. I don't plan to visit this restaurant any time soon.
The lunch buffet is fairly good, wide selection and it is of good quality. As for when ordering off the menu, the dishes are very good. Spiced just about right. The only problem is, they seem to hold back when asking for extra spicy, but that is something I have noticed at many Indian restaurants. I wish they would just bring it on.
Indian buffets, you either love them or hate them. Mayuri isn't radicaly better than other buffets, but one thing does set them apart in that the place is usually so busy for lunch, there is a constant procession of fresh food being brough out.
The weekend buffet is an even better bet. Not only will you be the only non Indian in the joint, they include dosas on the buffet, plain and masala. They have both Rasam and Sambhar, a dal, even rajma bean curry if your lucky, pakoras and idli for the veggie crowd, then they have the butter chickens, tika masalas, and goat curry for the cavemen, among other offerings.
The lunch buffet is really good. I always take a piece of the tandoori chicken and a sampling of as many other things as I can fit on the plate around their delicious rice. I've been there 4 or 5 times, but don't recall ever seeing one of my favorite dishes. I forget what it's called, but it's sort of like a creamed spinach with cubes of Indian cheese in it. Yummy! Anyway, If you go for lunch, try to get there before noon when the masses hit the buffet line. Also, be careful of the pickled vegetables near the other condiments. Some of them are killer hot! I haven't been there for dinner and doubt I will. While the food is very good, there is absolutely no atmosphere and no incentive to linger.
