Southern Spice Indian Restaurant - Lawndale

Excellent dosa and South Indian curry, and so friendly. Go for the South Indian buffet with 10 dosas Thursday night

I really loved the restaurant and it’s food taste. They have buffet and alakat style. I really enjoyed nonveg buffet especially dosa and fish. Biriyani and other foods could be improved. **No taste** Worth for its money and an atmosphere is simply best. You should give a try and give a thumbs up if u like my review.

Quality lamb and dosa dishes, reasonably priced,

I would've given three stars for Dosa and Idly, but I decided to go with two because of the few responses I read from the owners. What good is the taste of the food, if the person who served is..... I do not want to complete that sentence. I'm a bit wary to review here, as I noticed few responses from the owner highlighting (kind of justifying, kind of) they are rated five stars: this is how they responded "after brainstorming the review of one star after hundreds of only five stars...." (I've got screenshots of these) 11/12/2023 When my friend I walked in to the restaurant we were greeted by this gentleman along with their ranting something about Southern Spice is THE best in America (or West Coast) and we wouldn't get such tasteful food anywhere. For all the hype and build up we were exposed to, the food did not taste good at all, it had a mere existence on our plates; and did not even try to make a smidgen of impact to our taste buds in any good way remotely. Biryani smelled full of undercooked masala and overcooked rice, sambar was bland with no spices Already me and my friend were equally unhappy with the food that didn't meet 1/2 of the build up the staff gave us. While we decided to pay the bill and get out, the staff kept asking us repeatedly to try the Masala tea and he claimed it to be the best. Masala tea was bad, it didn't even smell like tea. Me and my friend were not happy with the way food tasted as it was really bad. We both love cooking , we know a thing or two about food, spices, consistency; and most importantly we are particular in what we want and how we want. So, we will not be recommending this restaurant to any of our friends and who seek our suggestion. Oh btw, we have got the receipts and pictures - just in case this gets labelled fake by the owners.

This place was great! The food was so yummy and arrived quickly, and our waitress was super kind and helpful. Everything is also quite reasonably priced. I'm looking forward to going back soon!

Worst experience after years. I'm local & this was even worse. No cleaning tables & no paper Towel, toilet tissue in bathroom?

Great Mysore Masala Dosaa and Regular Masala Dosa. Vada was chewy and sambar was little sweet. However, overall great food and service. Dhruti our server made sure she was available at all times.