Where: Saravana Bhavan(http://www.saravanabhavan.com/), one of the real Saravana Bhavan's chain that recently opened its doors in Edison, New Jersey. We were there on a Sunday afternoon - about 12:30 PM ( We went with a bunch of kids and hence following the golden rule that earlier with kids to any place is safer and better). Restaurant was just starting to get busy at that time. Saravana has specials that they start making available from 1 PM and that time seems to be the beginning of some serious amount of crowd in the restaurant.
Food: Well this is a saravana bhavan and hence you can definitely expect the Saravana standard that you are used to in Chennai and various other Saravana locations. The food was great ( obviously by US Standards - in India Saravana is just a middle income chain - nothing more to it). Amongst ourselves, we ordered a few sada dosas, mini tiffin and a south indian lunch. The food got served up very promptly (All Saravana restaurants all across US and India are known for their efficiency in getting food to the table and this was no different) and the overall service was good. Since it was almost becoming like a Zoo it was getting little bit difficult to get the waiter's attention. So when we needed a few spoons - we just walked to the area where spoons were and picked it up. Overall the food was what i expected from a saravana bhavan.
Ambience: Since this Saravana is the newest in US - they have done an awesome job of setting up an "OPEN KITCHEN". This works really well when you are with kids -as kids can go and watch what is going on in the kitchen. This is really a very kewl thing and I think this definitely differentiates them from other restaurants easily as well as even within other Saravana bhavans here in North America.
Price: I feel this is abour right for the fare they provide.
Service: I thought the service was ok - given the headcount that these guys were handling.
Overall Rating: A random desi rating of 8.5 out of a possible 10. As long as they maintain the saravana quality they should be in good shape.
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