Indian Hut Exton

This is a go to place IF you really want Indian food hotter than almost any other Indian Restaurant you have eaten at. When you ask for a curry to be prepared «mild» that means at least as hot as anywhere else you ordered it. That said, the food is authentic, good and the portions are generous. There is no table service but what you order is brought to your table fairly promptly. The guy at the counter wasn’t eager to take orders. He had to be called few times. This is also a good bakery with good values. Worth a try if you are tolerant or partial to hot food.

On the good side: The place was filled with customers who appeared to be Indian. Always a good sign that the food is good if people familiar with the food like it.
The bad — resulting in 1star: I was never spoken to by the staff; not even acknowledge. I stood in front of the baked goods display next to the register for at least 10 min while many people who stepped up after me received service. I was actually Okay with waiting because I needed assistance selecting because I am not familiar with Indian food.
But, after 10 min of apparent invisibility, I left. It is a shame because the food I saw looked good. I just wish someone would have told me what it was, took my order and money.

The place is decent though slow for a fast food. It took 20 minutes for the food to show up.
Rava dosa was ok, sambhar was good but could be warmer. Chana Bhatura was average.

Bought samosas, very tasty, crunchy and flavorful. Not greasey which was a major plus for me.

Actually I only had take-​out from the place two times but I think their food is fantastic. I tired egg dum Byriani which was excellent and Samosa plate.

This is my go-​to place for biryani and chili chicken. The wait time is long once you order your food but it’s well worth it.

Food good. Their rest rooms are pathetic. Guy at the cashier never has a smile.
One time my pregnant wife puked all night after eating their samosas — but that was just one off incident, other times we have been fine.
Recommendation to them would be to keep their place (floor, restrooms etc.)

Dropped by here for lunch once and tried out the chicken dosa. Never had dosa before so I didn’t know what to expect. It was like a giant crêpe. The chicken had just enough spice to make it interesting. Really liked it, along with the condiments/​sauces it came with. The desserts looked yummy but didn’t try them. Will come back here again if I’m ever back in Exton and perhaps try their thali. That seems to be their bargain lunch special but didn’t realize that until after I made my order. As others have said, the décor here is «modest» but that’s an understatement. You definitely come here for the food, not the ambiance.

Mayur C. has brought me here on multiple occasions to please my South Indian heart.
I stick to the various dosas and have never been disappointed. The sambar is well salted, the coconut chutney is fresh, and the tomato chutney is zesty! If you’ve never had a dosa (they aren’t at most Indian restaurants), go try one, you won’t be disappointed.
They also sell North Indian food too and delicious Indo-​Chinese. The gobi munchirun is a must-​try!
This is a daba-​style restaurant as in good food/​no frills. You can pay at the counter/​no waiter service which is actually convenient, fast service. Sometimes the food comes out not piping hot, which is meh.

This place is hands down the place to be if you would like to try authentic Hyderabadi chicken/​mutton biryani in Exton area!!! I am glad this place exists while my husband is in West Chester on a business trip.

This is what Indian convenience food should be. The Veg Dum Biryani is a standout rich with cloves. The vegetarian thali is an incredible value available only at lunch time. For $ 7.99 you get 3 delicious vegetarian dishes, rice, raita, 4 naans, pickle, milk tea, and dessert. My only criticism is that parts of the thali are only luke warm. I’ve ordered indo chinese twice, something new for me. The Manchurian curry was too sweet but Manchurian dry was a delicious blend of savory spice, slightly sweet. The samosas are a bit less peppery than most but were quite fresh and had a wonderful texture of velvety potato and plump peas. The counter workers are fast and take pride in their food.

Very authentic and tasty food their kitchen is very clean, guys here are very quick and nice. Just make sure if u take a takeout then. Check it twice if anything is missing since they are so busy it can happen. We come here very often and my kids also love the food, mango lassi, pastries everything. Only negative point I can think of is the Television sets are too noisy and since Indian films have become total vulgar, it’s not a sight for kids! Other than this negative else is all exceptionally good!!!

Great choice for Asian food in Chester County. Recommended: Veg Thali or get the Cauliflower. All for a great price.

RICE IS NOT INCLUDED WITH ENTREES. Shocking news to my family and their guests when we arrived with dinner only to find that we had no rice with our 3 orders of Chicken Tikka Masala, Karahi Chicken, and Aloo Gobhi Masala. I have never been served entrees like Chicken Tikka Masala without rice. If it had been clearly labeled on the menu under the entrée section that rice was NOT included it would not have been a problem, but this information was NEVER clear to us when we ordered. I am giving one star for not fully informing the customer of what they are or aren’t receiving.

Hard to leave a positive review when you don’t get what you ordered. Tried to feed a family event with takeout from this location. In addition to the half hour wait after driving half an hour over, we got our food and made the return trip. Unpacked the food in front of the family only to discover there was absolutely no rice present to serve the food over. When we called to see what the issue was, we were informed Indian food is never served over rice and that we were wasting their time.
Thanks for screwing up our evening Indian Hut, see you never again.

Exton, PA
So I found this spot after Exton Mall shopping and living and schooling here for a while. Helllllooooooo… Love it. Yes… it is an amazing place… like the stuff on Oak Tree Road in Edison, NJ. Why are u so far from me now? Of all the Indian places in Center city Ive been… still nothing compare. Yummy. Make it spicy please! They have the dosas and the indian bakery goods. Did I mention how much I miss this place? Whenever someone tells me they are coming from Exton… I will ask them to please pick me up food from here!

O. K, I’ve eaten here a few times now and feel I can give it a proper review… Love it!!!
Décor is very humble and it’s counter service, vinyl benched booths, a self serve water dispenser and plastic dishes (which I kinda dig). Always been pretty busy when I’ve gone and the the staff is all business. Check out their menu online.
I’ve had: couple of the dal’s…oohh yes. The biryanis’s…mmmm baby. Dosa… ahhhhh. And the goat curry… whoooooa…didn’t think I could go there.
Pretty spicy but but really flavorful and not offensive at all. AND… they have some amazing cakes with little small potions that just complete me… ahhh…I mean the meal.

You want some really well made chicken dum briyani with the right flavors? Then this is the place. For like 10 bucks you get a huge plate of chicken briyani with an boiled egg that is more than enough for 2 people.
But remember this is somewhat of a hole in a wall kind of setup but the food is definitely worth it.

I started out with the samosas which were awesome, then moved on to the non-​vegetarian special of the day which was chicken tikki masala. I was bummed that the special happened to be a dish I’ve had many times as opposed to something new to me. I probably should have made another selection but being a noob I decided to stick with the special so that I could sample the accompanying side dishes. The chicken was fine, the bread was very good, and so were what I believe to be some form of baked french fries with green peppers; I’m sure they have a name but no idea what it could be. Other random inclusions were a pickle (vile), bread (naan? good), rice (it was rice), something resembling lentils (sort of bland), something that resembled cole slaw which turned out to be onions in a yogurt sauce (onion overdose), and one lone fried honey ball (OK).
In order to achieve the minimum credit card payment of $ 15 (a major con, to be sure), I added a mango lassi which turned out to be a good call and definitely the highlight of my meal.
As far as the service, it was brusque; noobs shouldn’t expect much help deciphering the menu — I sure as hell didn’t get any. I also asked to have my lassi at the end of my meal so it wouldn’t sit there getting warm. That request fell on deaf ears. I also didn’t get a «thank you», «how was everything?», or any other basic tenets of hospitality.
I’m not going to indite the place based on one indifferent staffperson, plus there’s still so much to try and, after all, Craig LaBan raved about the place, so I’m leaning on returning.

After a recent trip to this strip mall to eat at Han Dynasty, I noticed this place on the way in. I immediately put it on my future «to try» list. This week was the week to try it.
Now, I’m going to judge two different visits. My first visit was a solo visit for lunch. That visit was simple. I chose two dishes I happen to love, which are Samosa Chaat and Gobi Manchurian, with a Mango Lassi of course. They all pleased me very much. But, what struck me the most is while I was looking at the menu, not only did I see a bunch of items I wanted to try in the future, I also saw some items that the wife would go crazy for.
You see, being that she was born in Mumbai, and since I have visited Mumbai with her, I have come to know a little bit about the legendary Mumbai street food. So I recognized a few items that I know she doesn’t get very much around here, and I knew I’d have to bring her here. So, after telling her about my find (after she gave me the requisite guilt trip about eating Indian food without her which I’m used to by now), she determined that we would go there for dinner tonight.
So, tonight the wife and I ordered up several more dishes to try. To satisfy her Mumbai street food cravings, Vada Pav and Dahi Batata Puri were ordered, as well as a Masala Dosa (my wife seems to be on the search for the perfect dosa lately which I have happily joined her for), and for my meat cravings, I gave the Chicken 65 and the Chicken Biryani a try.
Of all of these dishes, I loved the Chicken 65 and the dosa the most. Chicken 65 is apparently a popular South Indian bar snack fried and marinated in 65 spices (take that, Colonel Sanders). Consider it the «boneless buffalo wing» of India. It’s wonderful to say the least. The dosa might be my favorite thus far in the area. Good subtle crisp to it.
Meanwhile, the wife was going crazy for the Vada Pav and Puri. My samplings of the dishes found them to be pretty darn tasty as well. The Puri is a flavor explosion in the mouth. I won’t describe it, just experience it yourself.
If there was any dish that damn near killed me with the spice, it was the biryani. I tasted a very strong clove taste at first (which I’m still burping up as I write this), and as I ate more of it, the spice hit me like a delayed reaction. In fact, I’m fairly certain the power of the spice temporarily made me disoriented to the point that I almost spilled a cup of water on me as I drank it. Damn, the food made me lose motor skills briefly. Now, this is not to say it was bad. Far from it. It just crossed my personal threshold of spice, which is better than it used to be but not as high as others. And, judging by the amount of Indian people who were eating here, and how many of them I saw ordering biryani while I was there, I have to think that this dish is tailored more to the hardcore Indian palate, which is fine. Me, I’ll just order it more mild next time if I can.
Oh by the way, we took some of the desserts home. We have a pound of Indian cookies which we haven’t sampled yet (but looked awesome). However, we did sample the Gulab Jamun when we came home. And it’s quite possible that we just found the BEST DAMN Gulab Jamun in the area. In fact, I think my wife is still doing a Bollywood dance in her head over it. If you know nothing of Gulab Jamun, I implore you to try it from here. You will thank me later.
A very solid 4 stars from me. My wife would probably find a way to give it 6 stars if she could. In fact, I think she’s already calling her relatives in this area to meet her here. And I think she wants to move to Exton now.
Thanks, Indian Hut, for potentially increasing my future mortgage payment.