Daata Darbar

Worst lentil soup I’ve ever tasted in my life. Whoever cooked it was too generous about salt use. Disgusting atmosphere. There were some scumbags that were staring at us for no reason. Ruined my dining experience. Aside that for egg biriyani they charged us more than the displayed price. Who knew that chicken and egg biriyani would cost the same. That’s something new for me!

i love their khatti daal and talava ghasht

I ordered on grubhub (side note: they messed up my order). I walk in and say I have a grubhub order for pickup, the employee does not acknowledge a word I say but walks in the back to get my food, shoves it towards me and says «bye.» I fumble with my headphones for a second and he says «you can leave now,» umm rude! the flavors are okay but I will absolutely not go back!
The rice is four times the size of the entrée, which itself was about 40% bone. Sure, I got a good amount of food for $ 13 but I will definitely never order from here again. Clearly they have no concern for their customers. I should have checked these other reviews before ordering from there!

I’ve been to a lot of the places along Devon street and have eaten a ton of indian food in my life. This place is the worst I have ever had. The food is sloppy and lazy and the chicken I ordered looked horrifying. I just hope the bones were from a chicken as I’m not really sure if it actually was. You’re better off getting a hot pocket from ⁷⁄₁₁.

Food served here is not hygenic. The buffet will give you bad stomach. The serving is unhealthy. I used to have a great food nearly 6 months back over here. But now the food they serve is all frozen. If you like Dosa I recommend this restaurant. Eat fresh live fresh.

This was the most disappointing meal ever. We have been searching everywhere for a restaurant that serves good egg biryani (ever since trying the dish in Hyderabad at Paradise Restaurant. yummm). We were so happy to find that this place made egg biryani, and called in the order ahead of time. When we got there, the guy told us to wait 5 minutes (even though it had been more than enough time since we called it in) and finally brought out the food. It smelled good and looked promising, so we were excited. Normally good biryanis are not fully mixed up – the white rice is still fairly separated from the curry/​sauce which is embedded within, and you have to mix it all together when you eat it. That’s what this looked like — the white rice on top, with a few flecks of saffron here and there. But when we actually opened it up when we got home, there was no curry/​sauce in the dish whatsoever! The guy literally served us a bowl of basmati rice with a few saffron-​colored rice pieces sprinkled in and a couple of unseasoned boiled eggs thrown on top. It was also incredibly greasy, we literally did not even want to feed it to our dog because we thought he would get sick from all the grease (he normally loves rice and eggs as a treat). We took a picture of what the dish looked like after we dumped it into a bowl, to show that it literally is just a bunch of rice. Such a disappointment, we are never going back there again.

》》》》》》》 AVOID THIS RESTAURANT AT ALL COST 》》》
I am an Indian myself the food used to be good, Not anymore !
I made a mistake thinking food is still good here therefore I recommended my Caucasian friend. They gave her bad dish and it was supposed to be
Catering order.

Ordered delivery for lunch yesterday… NEVER AGAIN! The first issue was the delivery charge. Why so much? Issue number two… the time. It took over two hours for the food to arrive. Issue three… half of my order, placed via Grub Hub, didn’t arrive. (Sidebar — Grub Hub refunded the money! Go Grub Hub!) The half that did arrive, very disappointing. The samosas were small and over fried… black almost. The bread was a thick, greasy, oversized tortilla. The vegetable role was alright… Nothing special. Needless to say, I will never go back. With the number of Indian Restaurants on Devon, there is no need to waste your time here.

They have the best dosa in town!!! Is just delicious i have try dosas from all devon but here is just out of this world. And best of all very affordable this place is mainly for food and flavor not for décor or service.

My friend and I went to this place the other night — he lives in the neighborhood and we likes to try new restaurants
This place is so weird, the food is not that great, and they overcharged us.
First of all, there is a ton of seating in here, and it was pretty much empty when we went. Not a good sign. It’s not clear whether you’re supposed to order at the counter or if there’s table service, so we just walked up to the counter and ordered. There was a guy staring at us the whole time, and when we tried to order with him another man told us to wait a moment.
No prob, we waited, ordered… and then watched as everyone behind the counter was so confused and unorganized. There were several takeout orders being filled that were mixed up, and the naan that we ordered was part of another mixed up order… they just put it with ours instead!
Got home, opened our food, and it was sooo greasy — I like spicy food, but this was crazy hot and not flavorful.
Avoid this place — there are so many other better Indian/​Pakistani restaurants in the area.
but its one of the few late night restaurants…

Please avoid this place.
I literally just signed up on Unilocal to write a review for this place. Their delivery took 3 hours and they did not return my money. And the food was terrible!
I’m not sure how this place stays in business with food and customer service like this.

AVOID THIS PLACE.
I’m an Indian myself, so perhaps I do get a little picky when going to Indian restaurants, however, this place is just horrible! My experience was as follows
Late Sunday night, 12:40 AM, I got hungry. Everything was closed, and I saw that this place still delivers and it’s indian! I had never ordered indian food before, so this was a first.
Anyway, I call them and I ask a few questions about the food, and I order the Chicken 65 and Chicken Biryani, along with 3 Chapatis. So that was $ 6 + $ 6 + $ 2.50, the food was $ 15 bucks and the guy said delivery is $ 7 for my area. I said, fine.
An hour and 15 minutes later, the guy arrives. I was neither angry nor upset at the delivery timing, I had expected this, since the place was about 20 minutes from my home. The total was about $ 25.xx, I gave the guy $ 29 and let him have the change.
I then open the bag and get all the food out.
The food was cold. I don’t mean that it was undercooked, or the food lost temperature while the guy was bringing it over here. The Chicken 65 was literally cold. It was as if the food was just taken out of the refrigerator and the guy brought it here. Chicken 65 and Chicken biryani were both this cold. Surprisingly the Chapatis were warm though.
I then decided to warm them up in the microwave and have a go at it anyway. Food was DISGUSTING. The chicken didn’t taste like meat at all, it was just disgusting. I tried the biryani, disgusting as well. The chicken in the biryani was so disgusting as if the meat had expired months ago.
I was angry that I had spent about ~$ 30 for crap.
I then called them and told them «What is this man, this is not even food, everything was cold, etc. etc» After some discussing he agreed to have the guy come pick the food up again and give me a refund.
The guy shows up an hour later, gave me back $ 25. I was fine with it. The delivery guy was really nice. After the refund, he even stopped and asked me if this was my first time ordering from Daata Darbar and he’ll check with the kitchen staff, etc. Props to him.
CONCLUSION: Don’t get this food. If you’re feeling hungry and came across this on grubhub, IGNORE THIS PLACE.
On top of that, the few bites that I had out of this food, gave me some food poisoning. Took a really painful dump the next day.

During Ramadan I drove 90mins to get the full pan haleem… It was the worst experience… Never go there again… In suburbs local grocery store sell better haleem.

Late night «hotel». In English terms it’s a dive or greasy spoon which maintains late night hours. During those late night hours the place is usually packed with dudes watching Indian or Paki television. If it was during normal operating times of a day that I was jonesing «Indian» this wouldn’t come to mind. Late night however, is a much different story. Know that there is probably a shit load of microwaving going on late at night. Reheating of stuff made earlier that day. Occasionally a regular customer may be able to coerce the cook to make an entrée fresh even during those late night hours.
I no longer visit for rice or curries. I’ve had them and they are okay. As Arpan S. mentioned in his review, it’s about the rolls. Specifically the Chicken 65 roll or a lamb (mutton) roll. Wrapped pretty nicely in chapatti. That’s like a tortilla. Your choice of meat filling with some lettuce. Served with this gooey white chutney which looks shockingly like another white gooey substance my guy friends and I have shared laughs over. The cost won’t break the bank.
Now I’ve been a couple times for late night eats and on average you could blow 45 minutes plus, to an hour of time waiting on food and then dining. Ordering items one after the other can extend this time exponentially. Indo regulars say calling ahead is necessary.
I was here just the other night and couldn’t believe what was served on my plate next to my wrap. The guy served it to the table with this foreign item and didn’t think to remove it. WHAT THE F&#% right? I’m posting the photo to my Unilocal profile, just to be nice to them. I ordered a mutton roll, however I never said I wanted a hair. My buddy asked if we should send it back, he spoke Hindi and didn’t mind calling the manager out. It was late and I wasn’t willing to wait on another. With enough booze in my belly and a prayer to the Lord, I could only hope I’d be okay. WTF.

I went here for take-​out as an alternative to Ghareeb Nawaz: authentic, open 24 hrs., and less expensive than most other places, and having some dishes that GN doesn’t have.
The portions were much smaller than Ghareeb, and at a higher price. So, the ‘value’ equation does not really equal a great deal. The food was good, but not any better than dozens of other places.

service/​delivery was HORRIBLE: 0 out of 5
grubhub said delivery would take an hour. we didn’t get a confirmation email so called to confirm about 30 minutes in to make sure order was placed. they said they got the order and said it would take 5 minutes … 60 minutes later, still no food. called again and said it would take 5 minutes… 15 minutes later, called back to cancel the order because we were starving… they said, «no wait, let me call the driver he already left. I will call you back.» They called back and apologized for the wait which they said was due to the «traffic»… 20 minutes later, STILL no food. the navigation system says it should only take 15 minutes in current traffic… We were fed up by this point and tried to calling to cancel the order, but they did not pick up the phone.
2 hours and 10 minutes after placing the order. food finally gets here!
Food: mediocre, 2 out of 5. plus everything was cold
–we only got 2 (instead of 3) samosas. they were soggy/​oily and there wasn’t a lot of filling
— curry chicken and chicken briyani was flavorful but beware, there are BONES in it! and the pieces of chicken we actually got looked like chicken scraps
–paratha was cold and weirdly dense
TIPS to the restaurant:
1. change your delivery area. if it takes you over 2 hours for a 15 minute delivery, make delivery area smaller
2. be honest to your customers. don’t tell them the food will get there in 5 minutes if it’s really 60 or 120 minutes.

dishes are cheap, authentic & spicy — hyderabadi style.
Go only on weekends cause the quality seems to suffer on weekdays
But there is a reason why it this place is empty any time of the week, with some folk watching TV or gossiping
They need to revamp the place and ensure quality if they are interested in doing business

Die hard fan of Hyderabadi Biryaaaani — Me, highly recommends Daata Darbar.
Been there once before on recommendation by few friends, sometime in November’11, but did not quite like the Biryaani or the place. Felt it was very oily and lacked the genuine Biryani taste. So I decided never to visit this place again, especially not when I am dying out of Biryani hunger. But with few friends insisting I visited Daata Darbar again, unwillingly. Glad my friends insisted, this time I fell in love with the Biryani, oh not the place. It you are looking for a fancy one, no not for you. But do stop and please yourself with some awesome Biryani. Not to forget, the spread for buffet was good too. Not sure if they usually have buffet for dinner, but the day we went they had buffet for dinner.
This time Daata Darbar pleased my taste buds.
Price — Quite cheap and worth the money. I would have given 5 if not for the ambiance.
Ah! One more added to my fav eat out places.

Interesting place. I’ve been here several times and always seem to get a kick out of this place. This isn’t a fancy place, but it’s not a dump either. Another reviewer said it was dirty? It is NOT dirty. It’s just not fancy. Big difference. When you go, you’ll find yourself a bit confused as if you should sit or wait for someone. Just go find a table and sit down. It seems the server will meet you at the table you selected and then you can order. Once you’re finished, just walk to the counter. I have learned that you don’t wait in this place; you just get up and do it.
The one great thing about this place is that it is open ²⁴⁄₇. If you are trying to find something open at 3 AM other than McDonalds or IHOP, this would be a good choice to go to.
There are a few odd things about this place. Are you familiar with the «He-​man woman haters club» from the Little Rascals?” It kind of felt like that because I have never seen a woman in here. I don’t get it. I’ll definitely update my review once I do see a woman in there. They almost always have the TV playing some Indian singing song… I guess you could call the show «Indian Idol» or «India’s Got Talent» to help understand the type of shows. The guys seem to enjoy these songs and I’ve seen quite a few singling along. They could bring their wives or daughters to watch, maybe?
The Menu:
* Buffet on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Buffet is actually pretty good. For $ 8.00, it’s pretty good.
* The full menu is one the wall with prices next to. Nothing is expensive. I had the Chicken Biryani for $ 6. I think what I had was Hyderabadi Biryani.
* Food is good. I didn’t say the best, but it’s good. I kind of like my food a bit spicier.
* I haven’t seen any naan. I believe roti was served instead.
* Every place has there own style. Some of the regulars told me it was pretty authentic.
One thing that does bother me is that if you aren’t Indian or Pakistani, there’s a good chance NOBODY will talk to you. There was one server that was fine. Beyond him, nobody. I’ve learned not to take offense to the lack of communication. Nobody has been rude to me, but I’m not hearing any «thank you’s» or «how is everything» or «come back again.» I put several one dollar bills in the other day just to see if they would react… nada. My bill was $ 6.60. I thought that after I put in the 6^th dollar bill they would have said thanks. I tipped more than I usually do just to see.

Very authentic food for the price
Excellent buffet.
This is Hyderabadi food, so if you are new to Indian cuisine Id not recommend you try it.
If you know you like indian and want to try some different flavors — go for it.
Social atmosphere inside. Almost feels like everyone is part of a family. If you like to be served in a posh restaurant this place is not for you,