Southern Aroma - Markham

I rarely give 5 stars, but this mutton curry was incredible! It tasted just like home-cooked food, without the usual overpowering curry powder that you find at typical Tamil restaurants. The kingfish was prepared differently than my mother's style, featuring a nice acidic twist, and it was fantastic as well!

I feel bad giving such a low rating. I had previously visited this restaurant and had a good experience, so I decided to return, but now I regret that decision. The quality of the food has drastically declined, and the service was mediocre at best. We ordered the chicken biryani, but the pieces were quite stale. The idli and dosa were very sour and didn't taste fresh at all. I had to ask for water several times before it finally arrived. Additionally, the supplements we ordered for the dosa and idli only came out after we insisted we had ordered them to go with our meal. The only bright spot was the hukh 65, which was decent. I truly hate to give a bad review during the pandemic, but this experience was just disappointing!

Recently, on January 31, we celebrated my partner's birthday with a group of 12. Our bill came to about $350, including taxes and gratuity. When reviewing the bill, I noticed they charged us for extra items: $1.25 for a small serving of wobble and $3 for two servings of raita. We weren’t expecting anything for free, but we were surprised by the charges for such small portions—about the same size as the ketchup packets you get at Burger King.

That is a very small restaurant. with less seat. but you eat is amazing. they have different dosas and various South Indian and Srilankan dishes. prices are much better compared to other South Indian restaurants. will definitely go back.

The vegetarian food is not at all to a satisfactory level. Kothu parotta was slushy which is definitely not a south indian kind of make, eggplant curry is not a kind of restaurant style, has pretty much of oil and we did feel bloated after sometime of having food. Mango lassi and paneer 65 was good thought