We first tried this place in July of last year while visiting Los Angeles, and we have been craving their biryani ever since. Recently, my sister in law drove up from Los Angeles and brought us the chicken Beswada, Amravati lamb, and Amravati paneer biryanis. The flavor was exactly how we remembered it from our first visit. Everything was rich, aromatic, and incredibly satisfying. My brother had never tried it before, and after having the chicken biryani, he said his only disappointment was that this place is six hours away from us. Even though the biryani was a day old by the time we ate it, it still tasted amazing and held its flavor and quality. That really says a lot about how well their food is prepared. My sister in law did mention that the lady at the counter was a little rude during pickup, but thankfully the food itself was still on point and lived up to our expectations. Overall, this is one of those places you continue to think about long after your first visit. We are already looking forward to having it again the next time we are in Los Angeles. read more

Poor Food Quality and Frozen Naan for Catering Order Very disappointing catering experience from Pista House Artesia for a birthday celebration delivered in Glendale for 35+ guests on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The food quality did not match expectations, especially for a catered family event. Rakesh Gadde, handled the order. Ordered: * Paneer Butter Masala * Dal Makhni * Plain Naan * Samosas * Raita * Salad The biggest issue was the naan. We specifically ordered plain naan expecting fresh tandoori naan. Instead, what we received looked like store-bought frozen naan similar to the kind sold at Costco, simply reheated and sent for catering. It was clearly not fresh tandoor naan. This was later confirmed by Rakesh Gadde himself. Several guests noticed the poor quality immediately and complained during the event. For a birthday catering order serving 35+ people, sending reheated frozen naan instead of freshly prepared naan is unacceptable. Friends had recommended Pista House based on past catering experiences, which made this even more disappointing. The Paneer Butter Masala also did not taste like what guests remembered from previous orders. Overall, the catering quality fell far below expectations. 1 star -- expected fresh naan and much better food quality for a catered event. read more

Pista House - Catering- Frozen Naan - Indian Near Me - Artesia, California

Disappointing service, oily food, and no sense of responsibility. Very disappointed with the service at Pista House. pioneer blvd, Artesia Our food delivery was delayed by more than an hour, the food that was supposed to deliver by 6:40 came at 8:00 and despite calling multiple times, the owner did not pick up the phone. When the food finally arrived, oil was literally floating on the curries. On top of that, no chutney was provided with the punugulu and pakora. The delivery person also forgot to bring the dahi vada, so I had to go through the whole calling process again before it was finally delivered. When I asked about the missing chutney, the delivery person had no clue about it -- and honestly, I don't blame him because he's just the delivery person doing his job. Overall, very poor management, lack of communication, and disappointing food quality. Definitely not the experience we expected. read more

Pista House - Indian Near Me - Artesia, California

Briyani was good, authentic taste, spice was right on the spot. The aroma was so good. Can't go wrong with the food here. read more

Hands down the best Indian food in Orange County! As a South Indian, I'm quite critical of food and biryani, but Pista House truly stands out as the absolute finest in flavor and taste! Bezawada Biriyani is a must have ! read more

Nice restaurant with good menu Service was good Nice ambiance and well maintained inside of restaurant. read more

Recently, we've been enjoying a lot of Pista House specialities from Artesia during several house-warming ceremonies, and we finally decided to order their food for our event in San Diego. Rakesh kindly offered to deliver the food all the way to San Diego. We put together a menu that included Bendī Fry, Methi Malai Paneer, Masala Vankaya, Amaravathi Paneer Biryani, Rasmalai, Naans, and Rotis. The food was simply amazing--each item tasted better than the next. We also had several non-Andhra families at the party, and they were genuinely impressed with the quality and flavor of the dishes. The Rasmalai, in particular, was a huge hit! Overall, it was a fantastic experience, and we were very happy with the food and service. read more

Ordered the butter chicken masala and it was absolutely delicious. Used the butter naan to scoop the chicken and it was the perfect bite. 5/5 Vegetable Samosas were ok. The filling was a little dry, and flavor was average. 3/5 Tried the Gulab Jamun and it tasted just as described. Fried dough balls in sugar rose water (I think)? It was very very sweet. 3/5 All in all my meal was really tasty, packaged well and arrived warm. I'll definitely be ordering again! read more

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Ordered paneer biryani and paneer butter masala and the chef useless guy replaced with other items without even informing nor cancelled the items Do you think you are giving the items for free ! If you don't know how to handle things learn how to do it . read more

I order for pick up and they never disappoint. Tried several curries so far and all are unique, flavorful, rich in spices...this is my staple curry restaurant, will continue to try different items. read more

Everything. !!! We are here on a Monday afternoon. Lots are places are open. Staff very friendly. read more

Pista House - Look at this dish simply delicious !!!! - Indian Near Me - Artesia, California

Food delicious but waiting time is a bit long , maybe it needs more chef to accomodate busy hours

Excellent mutton biriyani and lamb biriyani chicken biriyani and mango lassi. Server was Rohitha. read more

Pista House - At the restaurant with my mom and dad - Indian Near Me - Artesia, California

Business run by absolute dumb idiots. They don't know how to even take orders. Placed an order on the phone and drove over 35 mins and they don't even have the order. read more

I placed an order over the phone and was told it would be ready in 30 minutes. I only came because I was told this place serves the best biryani in the city of Artesia. When I arrived, I had to wait even longer because the order was not ready. After waiting around 40 minutes, I was told they didn't have the right ingredients for the biryani I ordered and that the chef was not available. The restaurant itself was very slow at the time, with no customers inside, which made the experience even more disappointing. read more

I had a really disappointing experience with my recent biryani order. The food tasted spoiled, which is very concerning from a hygiene and quality standpoint. On top of that, I even found a piece that clearly seemed to be from a completely different type of biryani mixed in read more

The Gongura Chicken Biriyani was fantastic. A great biryani should be aromatic, light, full of rich flavors, and Pista House nailed it. Not a fancy place but if you're wanting a great biryani like served in India, this is the place. read more

Good biryani, great customer service and quick. They all kinds of biryani not just chicken. I believe they are halal as well but ask to be sure. read more

Heard a lot about the famous haleem of Pista house so we finally decided to try it. Arrived around 11:15 on Sunday and was told it would be another 30 mins before the haleem would be ready! Not an issue, waited and got it to go. Got home and tried it, the texture was alright but the overall taste was just not there and it was packed with way too much spices and heat. Was only able to manage a few bites before tossing the rest in the trash. Would not recommend nor would visit again, at least not for the Haleem. read more

Pista House - Haleem - Indian Near Me - Artesia, California

Last night for pick up, I ordered three biryani's and one of the orders was not up to what I had asked for (hydrabadi chicken briyani vs. the bezwada biryani) . I called today morning and told them what had happened and the owner was not helpful at all. I asked if there was a way they could make it correct and he said no. Really poor customer service and will now take my business somewhere else. They are not the only place in Artesia with biryani......there are other places that are better than them. read more

The food quality has gone down a bit but still much better than many other places we have eaten biryani . I wish they had two pieces of chicken instead of just one big piece mostly with bones . read more

If u like biryani and spicy southern Indian food this is a great place in the heart of Little India ...smaller restaurant not too crowded ..ordered Nizam Biryani ..decent spice and topped with boneless chicken ..more than enough for 2-3 ..quick service during lunch ..and good prices ..recommend! read more

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WORST EXPERIENCE How can people even support such place who serves food that is cooked somewhere else and served in the restaurant. I understand Biryani Lovers like to go there coz of original Pista House in Hyderabad India. But seriously just because of that you have to eat here too. Anything and everything we ordered didn't have any taste. We ordered: Lamb Kebab: just by looking at it you could tell they microwaved then. Chetinad Chicken curry: was ok. Not too bad not too good. But it was reheated too. Chicken Lollipops: they were also premade and were just fried in hot oil just before serving Bezawada Chicken Biriyani: this was the best thing in our whole order. Garlic Naan: OMG... they pathetic. Frozen naans over heated and were tasing stale. We ordered 2 naans and I could not even have 1 bite. ALL THE FOOD WE ORDERED WAS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PERSON AT THE CASH COUNTER. So imagine, they best food was like this. I would never go back to this place. Ambiance: it was super cold in the restaurant. read more

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Probably the most diverse biryani menu. Taste is much more flavorful than most biryanis in the area but not overpowering. Service is quick and accurate. Premises is very clean. read more

The service is excellent and Rohita was just wonderful. She gave us free dessert. We ordered Nizam Biriani, lollipop chicken, chicken 65, goat dum Biriani, paratha, vege korma, somosa Everything was delicious.. Mango lassi and sweet lassi was good. The place is clean. read more

We order catering service here for bezawada biryani, Apollo fish, mysore bonda, chicken majestic. All these items are good and tasty

Food is out standing, very delicious and flavorful. I ordered the chicken Tikka in stonecream chicken Tikka. It was so yummy it had alot of favor and was very moist. I also had the Nizam chicken biriyani very good. All I can say is Wow! You have to try! read more

We love the Pista House so much that we drive the 45 minutes from Beverly Hills to Artesia every other weekend JUST for their authentic Hyderabadi Goat Biriyani. Their spicy curry is so good. Sometimes it's less or more spicy but always delicious. The Goat Chukka is a new favorite. The service is great too, they are very friendly and accommodating to our requests for extra limes, onions, raita etc. The decor is pretty basic but it's clean and we are really there for the food. It's easily our favorite place to eat in Los Angeles and we have tried pretty much every Indian restaurant in LA, because the spices are on point here and the flavor hits every time. It's really the best Biriyani, so come here if you like Indian food. read more

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My second time here in 2 weeks. It's probably the best Indian restaurant I've been to. We ordered: Biryani with spicy chicken Haleem Hara Korhimiri chicken tikka Chicken 65 Every dish was incredibly good with perfect amount of spice. It was a hot day so the strong air conditioning was appreciated. The only negative thing: We paid 15% tip but the worker asked us to bus our own table at the end. Very strange but this seems to be standard practice at Indian restaurants in this area. Next time, I'll skip the tip and bus my own table. read more

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This is place has authentic Indian Hyderbad food. The Biryanis are tasty and Haleem is a good item to try here. read more

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The food was so delicious and amazing, out of all the non veg places we've tried this was the best, the staff was so kind, and they have amazing service. read more

It good but the biriyani buckets need more meat. Also there should be more onion/condiments served with a bucket which is a large quantity of food. read more

Stopped here with my mom to check it out as we noticed more people going into this restaurant than others. We were pleasantly surprised by the quality and quantity of lamb kabob, goat biryani and the yummy naan. The flavor is great, nothing is too salty and meat was well marinated and delicious. The service was great as well - we appreciated the lady in the front who confirmed it is halal meat and let us take our time ordering. The prices are descent as Indian food is definitely more expensive in south OC. The ambiance is simple but everything is clean. No complaints. We will be back : ) read more

My work had an Indian theme lunch this past Wednesday. They ordered the foods from Pista House (PH) in Artesia. Wow... that's a distance from Pasadena, but hey, a huge order of foods is worth the drive. I'm sure gas money was reimbursed. I personally would drive any hours for foods I love to eat. It's not the distance, it's the destination that matters. Anyway, I enjoyed the Indian foods. They were all excellent. Just the right amount of spice and sweetness. They didn't have the food item names indicated just "meat" or "vegetarian" LOL. I'll have to look up the food items and try my best to name them all here. Below are what I can make out... if you know the rest of the foods based on the pic, please let me know LOL. Chicken Tikka Masala Chicken Biriyani Samosa Garlic naan I've never eaten at Pista House PHYSICALLY so I'll have to swing on by one of these weekends. Now I can say I've eaten Pista House foods through catering though LOL. Thank you work! Do give PH a try when you're in Artesia either dine in, take out, or catering. I'll have to do the same one fine day LOL. Happy Dining! read more

Pista House - What's on this plate? Let me know if you know before I find out myself LOL! - Indian Near Me - Artesia, California

I visited for drinking coffee they have given nice coffee nice staff and good place to eat food

their biryani is one of the best I've ever had! The aroma alone was captivating, and from the first bite, I knew this was going to impress. The flavors were rich and perfectly balanced, with each spice complementing the other, creating an explosion of taste that lingered long after the meal was over. The tenderness of the chicken the fragrant rice, and raita made every bite phenomenal. The ambiance of the place added to the whole experience. The friendly staff and prompt service made me feel right at home. read more

The best chicken baryani I have ever had in my life! The service was amazing the server was above and beyond & the best ambiance around here. I recommend highly they have so many options . Regarding the prices it's affordable. read more

This place deserves 5 stars. We were in the area with no plans to eat biriyani. But then we saw the familiar Pista House sign. Over the years of our marriage my husband has been regaling me with stories and sagas of hyderabadi food. He credits the city of Hyderabad to convert a vegetarian by choice into a non-vegetarian. He was still urging me to choose some north Indian or gujarati restaurants, he saw the folks crowding into. But in my foodie mind, we can easily find good punjabi/gujrati fare in Vancouver, BC which is 3 hours drive away from Seattle. I wanted to choose something we won't be finding easily in Seattle. So we went in. And boy were we glad ! We ordered hyderabadi goat dum biriyani, Haleem, pepper chicken curry and naan to start with. When the taste buds started singing the song of nostalgia, my husband ordered chicken lollipop too ! The biriyani was no-fuss delicious. And when my husband said it tasted exactly like the biriyani he had in the establishment by the same name, I couldn't have praised the food better. This is not some franchise which has let the taste down. They were able to give us the same taste we would have had in Pista house back in Hyderabad. Please please keep it the same. Though the diners would enjoy eating in non-disposable cutlery, that doesn't take even an iota from the taste! read more

I have given review yesterday for best vegetarian Dum Biriyani And the reason for the 5 star and even suggested to open a branch in the West Los Angeles or Santa Monica , Marina Del Rey CA read more

What a disaster! Server confirmed they're serving frozen naans. I couldn't tell my order of butter chicken and chicken chettinad apart in both the color and taste. Both of these items were reheated and not made fresh. The bezwada biryani was bakwaas as well. Stay away! read more