Reviews for Sarithra Indian Grocery and Restaurant in Honolulu, HI

Ordered food online, food was not ready on time and they skipped 2 items completely. Lucky we found it and asked, they prepared... it but took lot of time for cooking. Ordered mid level spice biryani but it was too spicy. Dosa n idli were good. Read more

Decent place though not that great Indian food. Good if you wanna try Indian sea food but wait time could be long.

This is only the second time in writing hundreds of reviews that I am giving a restaurant a one-star rating. It is the worst... Indian fare i have ever had anywhere. We had Gobi Manchurian (called Gobi 65), Chili Paratha and Onion Uthapam. Each item hadmajor issues. Although billed and priced as a main, the Chili Paratha was served first. Paratha are a work of art: fluffy, airybreads that were killed by cutting them up and the refrying with chunky onion and bell peppers. The masala was f8ne/interestingbut the paratha unrecognizable and the veggies underdone. The dish should (if you insist on killing paratha, idles would workmuch better) be halved in size, combined with pre-cooked veggies and rgen served as an appetizer. The cauliflower appetizer wasserved next. It was relatively dry when compared to traditional Gobi Machurian but that was not the problem. The spice coatinghad no chance of infusing the slightly underdone cauliflower, which should have simmered in the sauce to acquire the flavors. Asit was, we were served warm raw florets with spice coating that had no personality. On the side, we were presented with whatwas called tomato onion chutney but recognizable as such. It was light brown in color, reminiscent of onion, ground into a finepaste without any tempering. Literally the worst chutney in my life. Talking of worst: the other side was "raita". I put it intoquotes because it certainly was not. Instead it was yogurt water with large pieces of onion and nothing else. No seasoningwhatsoever! And with that we come to the highlight of our dinner: The onion uthapam was passable, as was the sambar it came with(I actually had worse elsewhere). And surprise: the coconut chutney was good! Still, the onions where too big and henceunderdone and the tomato chutney as bad as previously described. We didn't finish any of the meal items (left plenty of theparatha, supposedly a house specialty), and were never asked how we liked the food or why we left so muc Read more

This is located in an old Japanese restaurant. They kept a lot of the same fixtures. It appeared to be a small family run... operation. They also have a mini Indian super market inside the restaurant. Although it is family owned and run -- I didn'treally get too friendly of vibes. The staff didn't seem like they wanted us there. I even made a joke like I don't think theylike us very much. We all kind of laughed about it but it wasn't really my vibe. The food was flavorful but honestly everythingwas too spicy for me. I hope they can attract the crowd that they want. Read more

The maximum I could give is 1 star, wish i could give NEGATIVE. First of all,They have parking issue. The restaurant people and... next door foot massage store share parking lot and they fight for parking. Second, they took 30 mins to give me one DOSA. It wasnot even crispy...RAVA DOSA IS WORST i ever had. I cant understand how do they survive in business. They have shortage of staffas well. DO NOT RECOMMEND. Have SUBWAY instead but dont try this place ever. Read more

Delicious south Indian homemade cooking. Yummy paratha with chicken curry. Very authentic tasting. Parking was no... problem. Indian Grocery store is wonderful with every thing from cardamom cinnamon lentils Indian pickles... Love thisplace!?????????? Read more

We got the Podi dosa, idlis, medhu vada, chicken 65 and mutton biryani. Found out the chef is Tamil and the food reflects that.... The vada was authenic with whole peppercorns. My favorite was the sambhar which is hard to get right. I would skip the gulabjamun though. There were a bit hard to cut through but the rest was good. Read more

Did you know the area known as South India is made up of 5 states? They are of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,... and Telangana. The peoples of South India comprises about 20% of India's land area. We are lucky to have been steered totrying this regional cuisine by several Yelp Friends as we do enjoy the exotic flavors of Indian cuisine. Sarithra's chef isfrom Tamil Nadu and excels at his curry spice blends. The Indian State of Tamil Nadu is home to several historic buildings,multi-religious pilgrimage sites, hill stations, and three World Heritage sites. There is a small parking lot attached to thislocation but it's a shared lot with a couple of other businesses and we've seen the lot being quite full throughout the daywhile passing by. Still, it's good that they do offer free parking. Before being seated, our temperatures were taken at thedoor and we were escorted to the dining area. We completed the contact tracing form and were provided with disposable menus. The server told us that they weren't serving the meals listed in the middle of the menu but everything else wasavailable. FOOD: Both lunch plates included 1 parotta (a layered bread), vegetable curry, and white rice. -Paneer buttermasala (paneer makhani) lunch plate: house-made cheese cubes cooked in onion, tomato sauce with spices and cream. The butterflavor and aroma was evident as it enriched this mild curry. $12.99 -Chicken curry lunch plate: tender chunks of chickencooked with onion and tomato sauce with spices and herbs. At first taste, I thought the sauce was going to be too spicy for mytaste buds as I could feel my lips tingling and beads of sweat form on my forehead. My husband offered to trade his mild paneermakhani with my chicken Madras as he didn't see me "suffer". Instead, I just tore into the parotta and scooped some rice withspoonfuls of the curry to help quell the spiciness. I chose the chicken curry over the Chettinadu chicken curry option a Read more