Arya Bhavan - Kolad

It's a good restaurant. I had rasam vada and jaggery coffee. Rasam vada taste was good, black pepper flavour was very mild or missing. Coffee seems very good but jaggery coffee is not recommended. Coffee taste was very different with jaggery. It was more jaggery taste and coffee taste was lost. Service is good.

Really authentic south indian food, this compares to the ones i had in mysore, udipi or chennai

Had a full south Indian meal, everything was just the right quantity and taste.

Arya Bhavan is one of the well known places for breakfast near Vile Parle East station. It has various branches all over mumbai. The place provides you with a South Indian food with a totally south Indian style and taste. This is a family restaurant and during evening you will find but difficult to find a place and they do not take bookings it's on first come first serve basis. The taste is the main thing, on the very first bite of any item in the menu you will get to know the authenticity of the place. You can go around 8-8:30 you will be able to find a place to sit. You can really try some South Indian cuisine over here with some authentic taste. I felt it is bit over rated, like for authentic food this is the place but I felt it is expensive as well. Dishes that we tried : 1. Mini idli and Rassam It was really great. I never tried rassam before so I am not aware of the taste how it could be. But it was bit tangy with after taste of spicy and it was not thick at all. Idli's were small fluffy and very soft. 2. Mini idli with Sambhar A very much south India taste in sambhar. You can crush your idli into sambhar and then add chatni with every bite and then you can enjoy the south Indian taste of it. 3. Rava onion dosa Really great taste, you can have a bit taste of onion with crunch of rawa dosa. Dipping it with sambhal and chutney. 4. Badam milk I personally felt it was over rated because the quantity and the taste was nothing great and it is of Rs. 85 for a cup of it. And I'll suggest you to mix it before use because there maybe a chance that you find sugar and cardamom at the bottom of it. 5. Mendu wada with chutney: The mendu wada is made of udad dal and served in a banana leaf along with chutney and sambhar. You can also ask for spicy chutney they will be providing you that.

We have dined at Arya Bhavan multiple times. We have had a mixed experience of good and bad. Here is all that we have eaten so far. Thatte Idli (Rs. 110) Bisibele Bhaat(Rs. 81) Sambar Rice (Rs. 90) Pongal (Rs. 90) Upma (Rs. 71) Mysore Sada Rosa(Rs. 105) Rava Dosa(Rs. 110) Sada Dosa (Rs. 81) Filter Kaapi This pricing is as per their menu on Zomato We really liked the Chutneys and Bisibelle Bhaat. Dosas were good if not great. However, Sambar, Pongal need major improvement. Also we found this to be overpriced. Pros : Quick service Cons : Pricing, Authentic taste is missing Verdict : If you are in Vileparle and you crave South Indian Food, then you can opt for it. But again, there are better places like Dakshinayan! Taste – 3.5/ 5 Ambiance – 3/5 Service – 4/5 Value for money –3/5