Mother India - Los Angeles

That is not a commercial restaurant. it is authentic indian home style food. everything was made from ground. the quality and taste of food is excellent. the owners spend good time to know their guests/customers. I have long believed in authentic Indian foods and finally found this hidden gem. the best in the opposite.

Good food, nice management. Not much crowded. In my opinion the best butter Naan in the valley.

We had the coconut curry was very good she had mild I had medium spice. Great service great food great atmosphere what else do you want?

August 2022. I visited this restaurant for lunch after reading the raving reviews. There was no buffet. We ordered some appetizers which were medium grade. We ordered a popular mutton dish( Kolapuri Sukka masala) . The gravy looked very pasty and old. There was barely 2 small cubes of meats which was covered in fat and tendons. What a disappointment that it cost $16.95. There was hardly any meat in it. The yogurt lassi and the red chutney sauce with the Dosa had a very bad sour taste to it. To end all this mess we ordered a Falooda. Their Falooda claimed to have kulfi, glass noodles, rose flavored milk and basil seeds. What I received was a glass of rose flavored milk with barely any noodles basil seeds. That Glass of flavored milk was $6.95. Mind you a whole gallon of milk these days cost about five dollars. There was no Kulfi in it and the milk also seemed to have separated like small curd floating cottage cheese. I am sure at one point this restaurant may have been good in all its glory. But right now the service, quality, professionalism has all gone down to the drain. The young man that was our server was very new. Obviously he did not receive enough training so we felt really bad for him. For every question or inquiry we had he had to go in the kitchen and ask the kitchen lady to provide an answer. He did not even know how to use the cash register. How irresponsible of the manager/owner to put somebody like that in the front. He was trying hard and seemed to be a kind young man. Our meal was about $25 per person. Not at all worth that price.

They get one star because they have no pictures of the food. They must remember Americans like Indian food but don't know what everything is. I heard of a dish named Rogan Josh, and it sounds good but.... There are no pictures and I'm not gonna go in blind not even knowing if it looks like something I would like. Why restaurants don't post pictures always confuses me. At these prices you should want to give me a reason to come there and basic pictures of a few random dishes and the sides with no names do not help. My suggestion display your food in way that makes us say wow instead of never mind. I'll revise the review!