Located next to Domino's Pizza inside Desi American Convenience & Deli, the Desi American Kitchen…read morefood counter serves up freshly prepared vegetarian and non-vegetarian South Indian fare including curries, dosas, noodle & rice dishes, biryanis, chaats, main dishes, appetizers, puffs, desserts, lassis, and weekend specials. After seeing a Facebook post from this eatery, I stopped by Desi American Kitchen in Acton over the weekend for takeout. I checked out online menus through the business on Facebook and on DoorDash before heading over here. The business online menu had the regular menu and the weekend specials listed, but online fees would be charged. The DoorDash menu prices were slightly higher and offered a good discount with $15 minimum purchase, but no weekend specials, just regular menu. I ordered two vegetarian weekend specials in person, paying cash. I ordered the Vegetable Hakka Noodles ($10.99 plus tax) and the Mix Vegetable Moilee ($12.99 plus tax), which was prepared to order and ready in 12 minutes. I actually enjoyed some of the food in the store since there are a few tables in chairs in front of the counter. The noodle dish had soft noodles tossed with carrots, onions, scallions, cabbage, green peppers, and spices. The simmered moilee dish had a mix of peas, carrots, potatoes, peppers, curry, spices, coconut milk. The included side of basmati rice was cooked right and not sticky. Both vegetarian dishes had good flavors, mild spicy taste. I will have to come back to try their dosas and biryani next time.

Great food.Staff is friendly. Great vibes. Quick to order service and worth every bite.read more

Consistently excellent food, wonderful ambience, restaurant is always clean and neat, and service…read moreis always attentive. 5 stars!

Excellent food! Especially delicious butter chicken. And unobtrusive but attentive service. I'm…read morenot very familiar with Indian cuisine, so the waiter was a great help in deciding from an extensive menu. (And really good naan! ) Highly recommend...

Went for a weekend buffet. Choices were abundant. Fried fish was juicy. Rest of the dishes tasted…read moregood. Best part were the fresh naans. We reached there just 40 min before closing and the staff were accommodating.

I came here for their lunch buffet as I LOVE an Indian buffet. We arrived around 1230 on a Saturday…read moreand the restaurant was busy with families and smaller groups. The buffet had lots of options. We started with garlic naan, which was delicious. I went for the tandoori chicken, a paneer dish, the tikka masala, and a selection of bahji, pakora and samosa. We finished things off with the rice pudding and gulab jamun. We will defo be back and I'll take pictures next time.

We're FINALLY leaving a long overdue review after about 5 years of regularly enjoying food from…read moreTandoor and Curry! Our go-to is the Chicken Tikka Masala - it's our favorite version of this dish that we've ever tried from any restaurant. The naan is good, but the *garlic* naan is GREAT. We often ration the leftovers over the next few days so we can keep enjoying it! The reason we finally stopped being lazy and wrote this is because this past weekend they went out of their way (literally!!!) to make sure we got our dinner after poor timing on our part. I cannot emphasize enough how they went above and beyond. While I do feel sorry to have inconvenienced them, the food tasted as amazing as ever and I'm so grateful for the dedication and the fun story. We'll be sure to tip extra next time! We love receiving the e-mail newsletter (and coupon codes haha) and they even occasionally throw in festive bonus treats. They are always friendly and thoughtful. You can tell they care deeply about their business and for their customers. Overall - unreal levels of customer service, consistently delicious, and we love supporting a local, family-owned business. HIGHLY recommend!

Waaaay overpriced for what can best be described as seriously Mediocre fare and small portions…read more There were two tiny scoops of curry in my lunch combo surrounded by a massive pile of rice. I will not be bothering to stop here for lunch again.

Went in looking for buffet so we can taste a little bit of everything. But they only have buffet…read moreSaturday and sundays. So we just ordered the lunch menu and ordered a mini buffet for ourselves. Ordered the onion pakora as an appetizer. For some reason I thought it was going to come with some sort of sauce. So it was a little dry. I just ended up dipping it in the malai kofta for more flavor. We ordered 1 veggie, 1 chicken, and 1 lamb lunch combo. Which it came with white rice, soup, and naan or a roti. The veggie option was the malai kofta. (I liked this one the best, bc it was sweet) . It's vegetable cheese dumplings in a cashew sauce. the chicken option was the priya chicken special. (Second best) This was good. It was saucy. and then we got the lamb masala. This one was more on the tomato-sour side. I like more of a creamy sauces. These dishes weren't as spicy. It was just a hint of it. Waiters were really nice and informative about the menu.

The Mysore Masala Dosa was delicious! The potato was tasty, the dosa was perfectly fermented batter…read moreand the sambar was fingerlicking good. The chutney's on the side were tasty too. The Saag Paneer was also very good and the best part was the paneer pieces were so soft, it is hard to find at most restaurants. Aloo Paratha was meh, the filling was scant and not flavorful The Chili Gobi dry was so flavorful, but they had made it extra extra spicy (I had asked for mild) and I just couldn't eat it much. The goat pepper fry was a big disappointment- the flavors were fine but the goat pieces were terrible. Overall a decent meal.

Good food, good service, decent ambiance. Maybe music a touch too loud for me, but food compensated…read morefor that.

We visited Bawarchi in Tyngsborough this weekend. The food…read moreoverall was good, but the dining experience was let down by very slow and unhelpful service. *Mysore Masala Dosa was delicious -- crispy with tasty potato filling. However, the red chutney spread inside was way too sour for our liking. The sambar and chutneys on the side were flavorful. *Porotta was nicely flaky and served warm. *Vada was good, but the idli tasted old and clearly reheated, not freshly made. *Veg Hakka Noodles were tasty but mostly just noodles with barely any veggies. *Andhra Special Goat Curry was excellent; flavorful with tender, well-cooked mutton. *Mutton roast Biryani was also very good, with moist, flavorful rice and perfectly cooked mutton pieces. Unfortunately, the service was extremely slow. It took 45 minutes for our food to arrive even though there were only a few other tables occupied. Our server never checked in during the entire 1.5 hours we were there. When we asked questions about the menu, she seemed completely unfamiliar with the items and couldn't give any clear answers. It felt like she was new or hadn't been trained properly, which made ordering a bit frustrating. The decor is simple and casual, similar to many Indian restaurants. The TV was playing loud music, which made the vibe a bit chaotic rather than relaxing. The food was overall good, and there's definitely potential here. But the slow service, lack of staff engagement, and poor menu knowledge made the experience less enjoyable. Hopefully, they can improve on that front because we would definitely love to come back!

Wonderful restaurant that raises the standard in this part of New England for Indian cuisine. It…read morewas a bit out of my usual neighborhood and so it took a while to uncover. But finally I did and boy am I happy. Very much a family affair - husband and wife who share maitre'd and server responsibilities. And other relatives in the kitchen cooking up a storm. What first grabbed my attention were the huge number of dosas they offer. Seeing any dosa on a menu at all is a rarity and so to see the wide variety they feature was amazing. I opted for the Andhra Kara Masala and it was excellent. The dosa itself crispy and warm and the condiments beautifully integrated. We opted for the mixed veggie pakoras as an appetizer on the recommendation of the owner and they were served warm and crispy. The batter was light - nothing like the thick sludge that usually adorns the deep fried nuggets of vegetable delight. The accompanying tamarind sauce was sweet and clean and the mint-cilantro suitably refreshing. Lovey got garlic naan and saag paneer. Smooth and creamy, the saag was exactly as hoped for and the garlic naan was chewy, warm and toothsome. Dessert was carrot halwa. Hard to believe carrots make such an excellent warm dessert but they do. Richly satisfying with just the right touch of sweetness. We look forward to returning and sampling the rest of the menu!

We were visiting our grandchildren (& their parents, of course). My daughter went to a dance…read moreperformance with 2 of the kids; we went out for dinner with son-in-law and one grandson who chose this restaurant. It's a place his dad has taken him to before and he loves it! We go for Indian food occasionally and we like it, so off we went to Salem NH. Grandson ordered a dosa for all of us as an appetizer, something with chopped onions, it was pretty good. My dish was the saag paneer, which I ordered what they call "American spicy." Spicy? Not! If I go back, I'd order Indian Medium Spicy! My husband liked his chana masala. Both were served with white rice. My son-in-law had a korma dish, I don't remember which one, Indian medium spicy, loved it, and he ordered garlic naan. We ordered roti. My grandson is gluten free and dairy free. I don't remember what he ate, but he's all in when he's predisposed to liking something, so I only remember that he was happy with it! We love the carrot halwa at our local favorite Indian restaurant in midtown Manhattan, so we ordered it for all 4 of us. It was much sweeter than we're used to; tasty but too sweet to finish. Anyway, it's a good local choice up there and my grandson chose it again just the other day for his birthday dinner out!

Nice ambience, excellent food and great custimer service. Love their Panneer Tikka, Chapathi and…read moremany more dishes !

Don't order the chaat papdi! Most food is ok and has…read moresouthern influences They should have southern style lunches

I dearly love good Indian food, but my access to it is typically limited. After dropping off a…read moreclient in Lexington, while driving to another restaurant for lunch, I changed my plans when I spotted Versa de Punjab and decided to give it a try. I was not disappointed. For lunch they offer a combination of 3 different curries ( I had chicken tikka, goat and lentil) rice, a generous serving of plain or garlic naan and a dessert. It was simply outstanding. They also have a very complete Indian menu. About 90 minutes from where I live, I can now justify a trip to the buffet they offer on the weekend.They offer a simple, stylish, clean dining room, with bar, friendly service and lots of off street parking, Lastly, don't miss trying their mango lassi. Delicious. I shall return.

I have been to this establishment a few times. I like their ambiance. I consider the service they…read moreprovide to be above average. Personally, this place is the best Indian restaurant in the area. I have sampled a wide variety of their items, but I will focus on two of them. Their paneer dishes are amazing. The paneer is fresh and lightly spongy without being too dense or crumbly. The paneer pakora is one such example. The paneer is stuffed and the chickpea batter is light, crispy and crumbly. The pakoras are then seasoned with chat masala. This goes for their other paneer dishes. Their dishes are authentic and they do not shy away from Indian flavors. Makki ki roti and sarson ka saag is a famous Punjabi dish. However, it is actually quite rare to ever find this item on the menu in the US, let alone in other parts of India. The item consists of a buttered roti made out of corn, and mustard greens that have simmered for hours with rich Indian spices. This dish takes to back to the fields of Punjab. The creaminess and silkiness of the saag and the grittiness and sweetness of the roti make for a flavor bomb. Also they serve this dish with raita, an Indian yogurt dish, that adds a refreshing touch. And if you want to add a bit of saltiness and sourness, they give you indian pickles as well. All in all, this dish is a delight. I recommend giving this place a visit.

We got the butter chicken with garlic naan for takeout. This butter chicken was genuinely amazing…read more I LOVE that it was cut more into "strips" with strips of onion for a nice crunch and consistent texture. This is a perfect portion size for 2 people for dinner. The naan was perfect as well. My boyfriend went in to pick it up and said the staff was extremely kind as well. We will definitely be ordering from here again.

Came here for their street food night…read more Both the price and food were unbelievable. The servers were very friendly and the service was great. The only not great thing was the amount of patrons. This place deserves more customers. The pani puri was fantastic. All the specials on the buffet that night were great as well. Constantly hearing people say you cant eat out for less than 80 bucks for 2 people. We ate til we were stuffed tried multitudes of dishes and left with a check for less than 50 including 20% tip.