Chennai Express Restaurant

"The food was exceptional but, the restaurant was absolutely filthy. The entire restaurant had crumbs and dirt on the floor. Our table hadn’t been cleaned and we had to request the staff multiple times to have it cleaned. Even then it took them over 20 minutes to get to us. The restaurant was extremely short staffed and going on the 1st of Jan might not be the best judge of their service but, it was quite appalling. If today was any yardstick by which this place is to be measured, I’d give it a solid 8 for food and 3 for service and 1 for cleanliness. We weren’t the only ones who had it this bad. People all around were getting impatient with the staff because of the delay in service. This is no way to run a restaurant."

"Best South Indian Biryani in the DMV area. Would recommend their weekend only Special Thalapakattu Biryani. One huge concern is that all of their steaming hot dishes/curries are served in plastic containers, even the boiling hot soup which tastes great. If you are worried about toxic stuff getting in your food take your own containers."

"Overall the food here is hit and miss. When we tried their food for the first time back in may the chicken sukkha , poori bhaji and dosa was good less oil , dosa was made less crispy as requested. But during out last visit in Dec couple of days ago as it can be seen from the photo the chicken sukkha was in a pool of oil which was really disappointing. I would request the management or owner to please take a look into this. While we also had a positive experience where the staff was happy to change our dosa order as accidentally someone bumped into it which can be a possibility here due to space constraints. Overall its a decent place to visit if you wanna try dosa etc and are near costco chantilly."

"The food was authentic. Finally happy to find a place that makes you feel like home food. The taste was great and authentic. They do catering also which was interesting to know. No complaints about the food taste or the portion size. Only suggestion for them is to maintain the dine in place a little better as they are having a big crowd everyday."