• Saravana Bhavan - Bangsar

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  • White Vegetarian
Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Indian
Fast food
Delivery
Take-out

Part of international chain of South Indian vegetarian cuisine restaurants. Serves dosas, idlis, and more. Uses dairy, so let the staff know if you are vegan and do not want yogurt, ghee, or cream, etc. Open Mon-Sun 8:30am-11:00pm.


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9 Reviews

First Review by eatinggreen

heuschrecke

Points +1079

Vegan
28 Sep 2022

Good food

The staff was aware of the vegan options, pretty impatient though for me to order). Food was very good.

RawChefYin

Points +4688

Vegan
01 Dec 2019

Flavoursome food, vegan-friendly

I was pleasantly surprised to see a sign welcoming vegans on their door during my recent visit in November 2019. Nice to see they are becoming more vegan friendly - if you're vegan, inform them to omit dairy, ghee, paneer. (altho I thought that paneer falls under dairy, but better to be safe!)

Clean and comfortable.

Been told that staff are currently trained to be able to communicate better in English.

All dishes were flavoursome. I just wished the portions were slightly larger. It felt like a single size portion.

Very extensive menu, so you'll be spoilt for choice.

Lovelightnfruit

Points +16

Vegan
11 Feb 2016

amazing, flavorful food & accommodating staff!

Stumbled upon this place after getting off the bus station & wow I was pleasantly surprised. For someone that is sensitive to oil & salt, the staff was very accommodating to my preference and came out with a delicious tasty, flavorful aloo gobi masala!

Also got the tomato, onion uttapam. SO good. Then finished our meal with some vegan Indian desserts from the counter.

I've traveled to India and this food was way better than a lot of restaurants I've tried over there. Definitely recommend for some awesome indian food!

Pros: tasty, delicious, flavorful , accommodated less oil & salt , great staff

Cons: none!

veganvenkat

Points +97

Vegetarian
04 Mar 2015

Lovely ambience + good food

My visit to this Saravana Bhavan at Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur was memorable. Great ambience, lovely food and a friendly service.

I had the typical South Indian Meal. Lovely Rasam, veggies and curd rice.

Don't miss this place.

Pros: Food quality, Ambience, Friendly service

Cons: None

Rachel Joseph

Points +129

Vegan
16 Sep 2013

high standard of Indian breakfast food

Very clean restaurant, courteous staff, delicious food. Can offer dosa at anytime of day!

Pros: clean, lovely staff, delicious

Ashni

Points +2290

Vegan
06 May 2013

Good South Indian food

This is quite a busy restaurant, with fast (and VERY attentive!) service. They refill your daal very quickly! We ordered some of their North Indian curries (very fresh vegetables and excellent flavours), uttapum, dosa etc. Good Indian food. Very good daal which comes with most dishes. This is our South Indian family friends' favourite in KL.

Pros: Great dosa/daal

Cons: Busy, V fast

Sonia Randhawa

Points +20

Vegan
06 Apr 2013

Great food, but...

I've eaten here numerous times, and love the food, never had problems with the service, but stopped eating here after discovering that the owner [edit by staff- see ToS].

Pros: Delicious food., Great service

veggie12345

Points +64

Vegetarian
12 Jan 2012

South Indian Snacks

I had been to this restaurant once during my recent vist to KL, south indian snacks including dosas, idlis, upma etc available.

eatinggreen

Points +608

Vegan
05 Aug 2011

Best Indian food in KL

We've been here several times and most times, the experience is great. It is true that the service can sometimes get on your nerves - for us it was more the hard sell - trying to get us to order more than what we want. Just tell them no and they get the point though.

The restaurant is very clean, well maintained and spacious with plenty of natural light - an Indian cafeteria type vibe, if such thing does exist!?

During our most recent visit we were the only people in there, but it was a weekday and not lunch time. We've been there when they were quite busy, so don't be fooled - they certainly do have a loyal fan base.

The reason we keep coming back here is the food. It's simply wonderful! Certainly the best Indian in KL and the standard in KL is not too bad. Yesterday we stopped in for a dosa and a thali. The dosa was impeccable - you can taste the fermentation in the crepe and it's so thin and crispy, cooked to perfection. The accompanying sauces are all out of this world - well above what we've tried elsewhere in both freshness and flavour. The thali was pretty well perfect too. The sambar and rassam were delish, as were pretty much all the other samplings. We don't eat of lot of dairy but decided to eat the yogurt dish included - and wow, it was soooo nice - sour, creamy and fermented to perfection. If you're going to splurge on dairy, this is the place to do it - it's almost certainly home made and full of all the right kinds of bacteria.

I think the quality here may vary a little bit according to when you go. We've had thalis here previously that were only just slightly above average. The most recent one was perfect in every way, so there may be a bit of luck involved. Either way though it's never bad so there's not much to lose.

They also have a good selection of Indian sweets. We picked up a few for our next flight - as with all Indian sweets though, they are VERY sweet and made of ghee and sometimes milk, so not exactly healthy. Ok occasionally and in small doses, depending on where you sit on the whole dairy debate.

I want to give them 4.5 cows but can't so will give them 5 to counteract the 2 cows given by a previous reviewer, which is definitely not appropriate. People rave about Sangeetha in KL - that place does not begin to compare with SB.

Pros: fresh tasty indian food, clean and spacious, great selection

Cons: service can be pushy, quality can vary a bit




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