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!

The food was great, albeit EXPENSIVE {!} THe service was up to the usual Indian standard. THe…read morekitchen was also accomodatimg.

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...

In 50 years of restaurant dining from McDonalds to haute cuisine in multiple global cities I…read moreexperienced something at Ashburn Biryanis Grill that I've never encountered anywhere else-- beggars. That's right, a woman and a baby at the entrance and a second woman with a baby at our table. This is entirely inappropriate. I don't care how good the food and service are. This is Ashburn Virginia, not Bangalore! I told the management and they did nothing. The beggars were still there when we left. The decore is nice. The food as good, but that's negated by this bizarre occurrence.

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'

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 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.

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.

Samosas were really good. I haven't liked any samosas in the DC metro area at all because the dough…read morenever tastes good, but this time the dough tasted homemade and good. The chaat tasted really great; it was watery, a little like soup. Not sure why? I used the extra sauce as a dip for the samosas, which worked out great. I had the food delivered through an app and the delivery was prompt and the packaging was done well.

There's three Biryani Grills in the area, but my friend insisted that the Aldie location was the…read morebest. We went with a large group for a very late lunch this past Sunday, which worked out perfectly because we could order a ton of food and try a bit of everything. Despite it being well past lunch hour, at least half of the tables were still filled. Service was a bit slow, though, and we spent a fair amount of time waiting for our server to take our order or for our food to arrive. PACHI MIRCHI GOBI - 13.99 The fried cauliflower was crunchy and loaded with chilis, spices, and aromatics. Sadly, there was also an aggressive amount of cilantro, so I spent more time than I'd like picking the leaves off my food. Still, it was a good appetizer to keep us from getting too cranky while waiting for our entrees. PANEER MAJESTIC - 14.99 The paneer was cut in the shape of Fritos corn chips, which was something I hadn't seen before. It was quite saucy, but the thin, small pieces felt overcooked and had more of a firm tofu-like texture than the soft, mozzarella-like texture I was hoping for. There was also, unfortunately, more cilantro. TANDOORI CHICKEN - 17.99 This came out sizzling in a skillet, and the fragrant smoke immediately made my mouth water. It was already 3 PM and I was hungry, so the timing couldn't have been better. Each piece was incredibly well-seasoned and juicy. My tongue was burning a little by the end, but I didn't care because it tasted so amazing straight off the skillet. I'd highly recommend this. CURRY LEAF CHICKEN - 14.99 I've never had curry leaf chicken before, but I'm officially a fan. The chicken was tender, bathed generously in a curry leaf-based sauce with a complex depth of flavor. I couldn't quite tell you what all the spices were, but I knew I kept reaching back for another piece. CHICKEN DUM BIRYANI - 14.99 A pretty standard Hyderabadi-style biryani, with the chicken tucked underneath the generously spiced rice. Each bite had a nice dry heat, and the chicken was pretty good, but it wasn't particularly memorable compared to some of the other dishes we ordered. MUTTON BIRYANI (GOAT) - 16.99 This is my friend's favorite biryani, and after trying it, I can see why. Similar to the chicken biryani, the mutton was served underneath the rice, but the meat itself was the star. It was incredibly tender and not gamey at all, with rich, fatty flavors that elevated the biryani. If there was one entree I kept reaching for, it was this one. I'd highly recommend it. MANGO LASSI - 6.49 A bit pricy, but smooth, rich, and creamy with a refreshing mango flavor and a tough of yogurty acidity. It was exactly what I needed to cool down from all the spice. Overall, the food was packed with spices and flavor, the prices were reasonable, and we were completely stuffed. The biryani portions were massive -- I couldn't easily turn one serving into three meals. If I lived nearby, I'd definitely be picking up a biryani to-go.

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.

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