A Hidden Gem for Indian Cuisine in Ashburn, VA. I travel for food …read more.. Saffron India in Ashburn, VA, truly delivered a chef's kiss experience. From the moment we arrived, the service was friendly and attentive, the ambiance was relaxing, and the food--absolutely outstanding. I drove 1.5 hours for my birthday lunch after a day at the spa, and it was well worth the trip. The standout dishes were the lamb chops, garlic naan, and the crispy spinach and spicy shrimp--all 10/10. I also took home the Chicken 65 and Tiger Prawn Shrimp ( a must have ) both of which were just as delicious. Be mindful that they close at 2:30 pm for preparation before dinner service, so plan accordingly. I left with enough food to last two days, and with plenty of parking in the shopping plaza, this spot is a must-try for any food lover in the area or just wanting to venture out . Highly recommend!

Yesterday, we visited this restaurant. The food was good, and we enjoyed our meal. However, I heard…read morefrom some of the employees that their salaries are often not paid on time. If this is true, it's very disappointing because the staff work hard every day and deserve to be paid promptly for their efforts. I hope the management takes this issue seriously and treats its employees fairly. I'm sharing this review in the hope that it encourages positive changes, because a restaurant's success depends not only on good food but also on how it values and supports its employees.

I've been coming here for ~3 years, and it's one of my favorite local spots whenever I'm craving…read moreIndian food. The quality has been consistently excellent, which is why I keep coming back. Kuldip is always so kind, welcoming, and helpful, and the friendly service makes every visit even better. My go to orders are the Butter Chicken, Samosa Chaat, and Bhindi Masala. Every dish is full of flavor, and I've never left disappointed. If you're looking for delicious Indian food and great service, I definitely recommend giving this place a try.

Solid Indian food here. We've been coming here over the years mostly for take out. Since my last…read morereview, they renovated the interior and looks much more warm and inviting. While we were there, it was obvious that a bulk of their business is take out. Plenty of people came in to pick up their orders. One of my biggest gripes of late with their take out has been the portion size. It is noticeably smaller than other places. So when we sat down to eat, I was pleased to know that we could get more rice. We had 3 bowls of rice. But the nicest part was we didn't even have to ask. The guy asked us if we wanted more rice...3 times! I think I may have to eat there more often.

I enjoy Pakistani food, so when in areas with Pakistani restaurants, I try to try new ones... I…read morerecently came in here with a colleague for lunch. The place was clean, I could even see in the kitchen and it looked nice. Service was fine. The menu is filled with the typical Pakistani/Indian delights. We tried their chicken tikka (boneless) kabob. The flavors were really good and the meat was tender. It came out perfect. The naan was incredibly soft and perfect texture and density too. Their veggie biryani was more of a mix of curry into the rice, versus the right way of making it with curry folded into the rice with some other colored rices folded in as well. The flavors were just a messy/overall single flavor, rather than tasting the different flavors. The karahi was really just a stewed chicken curry, versus a freshly made stir fried (in a karahi) style curry with fresh tomatoes and chicken. I could tell by how melty and stewed down the chicken was. Overall, the flavor was ok, but it didn't resemble the karahi I'm familiar with from making it and eating it in Pakistani family kitchens over the years. I still enjoyed the visit and if I came back, I'd stick with kabobs

We ordered from here through Uber Eats. The food was good, but it wasn't great. Probably my…read moreshortest review ever, but I will probably order from this restaurant again not sure though...

The best biryani grill its food is so good and always super hot and the service is so fast. Since…read morethis biryani grill is bigger the wait is non existent

Unfortunately, this was a very disappointing experience…read more The service was poor from start to finish. My phone order was not processed correctly, and when I arrived at the restaurant, I had to wait an additional 25 minutes before receiving my food. The mutton biryani was equally disappointing. Compared to my previous visits, it had noticeably fewer pieces of mutton. The pieces that were included were unusually bony and, unfortunately, many of them were burnt, which significantly affected the taste and quality. On my previous visits, I had also noticed that multiple staff members answer the phone, and at least one of them could benefit from additional training in handling customer calls and communicating with U.S. customers more effectively. I overlooked those issues because the biryani had always been excellent. Sadly, this visit was different. Between the poor service, the long wait, and the decline in the quality of the biryani, it was a disappointing experience. I hope the restaurant addresses these issues and returns to the quality that made me a repeat customer. An if owners are reading, my orders are under name 'Singh'

We visited this restaurant when it was Athidhi before covid, when they had the lunch buffet. We…read morestopped by once in 2021, but left because it was empty and they no longer had the lunch buffet. We made the mistake of coming here (on a weekday evening) and left wondering, "How is this place still open???". There weren't any other customers, which should have been the first sign to leave. Zero decor, second sign to leave. The menu looked like it was typed up by a high schooler, no description and was partially hand written, final sign to leave. Unfortunately, being that we had high hopes (since their buffet used to be good), we stayed and ordered a chicken vindaloo and mutter paneer with naan. The naan was like rubber, not sure if it was heated in the microwave or old. The chicken vindaloo looked/tasted like regular chicken curry and had bones, which wasn't even mentioned on the menu. I have ordered chicken vindaloo from many other India restaurants and they always had boneless chicken and actually tasted like vindaloo. The server wasn't helpful in any way and didn't seem to know much about the food. We barley touched the food, paid and just left the rest of the food on the table.

The food was amazing, the ambience was crap. It is a bare empty restaurant with no art, no music,…read moreweird layout. It looked like they were in the middle of a renovation and quickly put up some tables so they could feed people. I wasn't even sure how to ask for a table when we walked in, there was no visible staff. Picked this place because it had good ratings on Yelp, so not sure what they normally look like and if this is a representation of what they're really like. You could tell this place was authentic because there were three other tables and they were all Indian. We got: Masala Mirchi Bhajji - battered and fried chili pepper stuffed with onion. Tarka Dal - yellow lentils Chicken Tikka masala - chicken in a thick creamy sauce The flavors are great, we didn't specify our heat level and we got medium and it was really spicy. I love spicy and can handle spicy, but it was almost too much for me. One food downside, they didn't provide much rice with the dish. The menu is exactly what you see on the website, small print, no pictures. So you have to know what you're looking for or ask a lot of questions. Though I found out if you use Yelp to order takeout, each menu item does include a picture. Very reasonably priced, rare these days.

We were not very impressed with this place. I don't understand why Indian restaurants try to make…read morethe food extra oily. We ordered the chicken seek kebabs, the Aloo Gobi, and the Punjabi chicken curry along with some naan's and roti's. The Gobi dish was cooked properly, but was very sour - way more sour than it should be and the chicken curry was not very good and bland. The chicken kebabs were decent but very oily. Also to add insult to injury, there was only one waitress across the 10 or 12 tables that they have in there and on a Friday evening all the tables were full and the poor waitress was struggling to get the orders in and also bring the bill to the ones that had finished eating. Maybe this is an OK place to go during weekdays but definitely not on a weekend or on a Friday evening.

The space is a little small but the food was excellent! Sadhma was our server and she was super…read morekind and very knowledgeable. She helped us to order dishes for our children who aren't able to eat spicy food. We ended up getting Palak paneer (non-spicy), butter chicken and the Amritsari kulcha. Everything was incredible and the mango lassi was the star of the show! The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because their restrooms were quite dirty and didn't look like they were being cleaned often.

The food was good, but not a place for people who want mild. Butter chicken (mild) still had quite…read morethe kick. We were warned the biryani was not mild. We rolled the dice anyway and let's just say, they weren't wrong. Lol. We had to ask the waiter to upgrade our carafe from room temp water to ice water and Naani (sp?) stopped by our table to check in on our experience. We let him know the "mild" had a bit more of a kick than we expected. He recommended we use yogurt and had some brought to the table. He was very friendly and easy to talk to. Each dish was $16 and I was impressed with the portion size. They don't even charge for extra rice. Next time we'll skip the biryani since it was too spicy and just order the extra rice.

The greatest restaurant ever. The food is so good but ashburn one is better. Their service is fast…read moreand the Gobi chili paneer and chili chicken are just amazing

This is my new fav Sun brunch place. I travel a good ways to get here for a reason as it's that…read moregood. Everyone here is so friendly, which makes the experience that much more enjoyable. The restaurants is very clean with a nice modern twist. The art work really gives it added character. The buffet section always clean with a wide array of choices. Their naan is top notch every time. Servers here are tentative n remember you which is so humbling. They switch certain things up here n there which is really nice. You don't see that at many brunch spots. This place is in my constant rotation which is rare. That's how much I enjoy it.

Have been here twice, one for alacarte and other time for Sunday buffet and both are really good…read moreand worthy. The presentations were perfect when you order Ala carte and the quality of the buffet is excellent.

Worst place to eat anything. Dosa/idli all suck…read moreNo coconut chutney Serving in boxes Found detergent in food Please avoid this place and steel cleaning item No apologies no refunds

This is out go to place and the food is nice, reasonable. Service is great and menu had good…read moreoptions. my recent fav is the kashmiri chai... they have good combo options too