Punjabi By Nature

"The couple of things that we tried were good and so was service. We ordered their so-called signature dishes Makki Ki ROTI -Sarson ka Saag and Chole Bhature, along with the Indian Masala tea. The Saag was good, and so were the Chole Bhature The Makki ki ROTI was ok..not too impressive, pretty thin, and didn't have too much Makki flavor ,maybe they had other flour mixed in to roll it easily. We enjoyed the food, yes, but will we come back regularly.... Maybe not too often. Food is a little too expensive for a food court."

"Honestly, I don't know why this place has so many mediocre reviews on Google. Every time I've been to this place, the food has been outstanding! For authentic Punjabi food, this is the best place I've been to so far in the US. Especially recommend all their Chaat - golgappe and aloo tikki chat are my favorites. The golgappe (pani puri shells) are semolina based I believe - the only place in the US where I've had these. Of course, you can't leave without having their special chole bhatoore. Again the bhatoore are made fresh, the chana masala is proper dhaba style. First time I've come across whole spices in chana masala and it just warmed my heart. 10/10 and I absolutely recommend this place to everyone visiting the DC area."

"Guys please save your time and money. Food is really not good. We ordered chole batura and chicken biryani. Cholesterol was black and its not at all tasty. Worst chicken biryani I ever tasted in USA. The mixed cooked baskets rise with some gravy and gave it as chicken biryani. Customer service is not good.. I won't suggest this place to anyone."

"PLEASE READ THIS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY This has been the singularly WORST dining experience for me, as far back as EVER. This place should be shut down. The food is deplorable, the service is nonexistent and the selling of products under the Punjabi name is a fraud. I went there today with my family after a fun morning, hoping to have a cultural rewind to desi lunches filled with buttery parathas and hot chhole with flavorful tandoori. Masala chai has to start this fantasy lunch right? They said they were “out of masala.” No big deal, we order regular chai but it comes out (after an eternity) in a paper cup, cold, smelling of turned cooking oil. We cannot drink it. Then comes the chhole bhature. There are probably prison dishes which taste better than this. The samosa chat was literally the same chhole smeared on a sorry looking samosa. Did I mention everything was cold? The parathas were cold, thin, soggy, with filling that I couldn’t even recognize (I had asked for an aloo paratha). The chicken tandoori was boiled chicken with a smattering of tandoori masala rubbed on top. This is a particularly difficult thing to do, spoil the taste and texture of meat with such aplomb. The paneer smelled vinegar-y and was consistent with the theme of the lunch-cold and tasteless. We did complain about the chai while waiting for the food and they did bring us a second cup each, which was more palatable but we couldn’t bring ourselves to complain about the food. We really felt that a public safety advisory needs to be posted outside this hopeless kitchen. If they had any shame, they’d call me to apologize to my family and refund us fully. Are there examples of suing a restaurant for emotional trauma? They not only spoilt our entire morning but we had to look for hajmola to get the wretched taste out of our mouths. Got home to devour some oranges to do so finally. I have no doubt that the sanitation in the back kitchen is deplorable, extrapolating from the strong spoilt oil taste we had in everything. This I do not have proof for but if I were a betting man, I would bet my house on it. The pictures uploaded were taken in my kitchen because I could not stand there a minute more than I needed to!! I wouldn’t go there to eat even if I was paid to do so by a cooking show or reality tv. One star is unfortunately the minimum I can click here otherwise it would have been very different. PLEASE AVOID IF YOU CARE FOR YOUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS."