Uru-swati - Chicago

The half of the table was served first, eating for the second half of the table came more than an hour later. they told us that eating was vegan, but were informed retroactively that there were in most of our dishes milk. there were cockroaches and a rat in the bathroom and no soap. literal a standing urine on the bathroom floor. updated by previous review on 2019-10-19

I went there for lunch on a Monday. I had planned on going to Arya Bhavan down the road, but they're not open for lunch on a Monday. The restaurant was about half full. Service is a little slow. The menu does not mark items as vegan, and the waiter seemed a little iffy on what is and isn't vegan. In the end, I did end up with most likely vegan food that was pretty tasty. I got the 2-foot giant dosa, filled with potatoes, plus a starter of samosas. The food was very tasty, and the prices are on the lower end: The bill was 13 dollars for everything, and I was completely stuffed. Would go again.

This place is all with North and South Indian food. the saag paneer is my favorite. the dosas are also great.

I've been here since dozens of times since they opened and have not been disappointed. I love eating and the ambiente. I never feel rushed when it eats. I am vegetarian, so I am not sure how much of the menu is strictly vegan, but it is sure to have the whole menu to order from.

We visited this restaurant around 8 on a Friday night and found that it was about half full. They do take-out and delivery, and at first it was a little unclear whether there was a wait person or we should order at the counter, but they do have regular table service, though it wasn't the most attentive. The menu is large and reasonably priced, and the dishes are more or less the same as the vegetarian options you would expect at other Indian restaurants in Chicago. The restaurant is also BYOB, so that makes it even more reasonably-priced, if you like to have wine or beer. The food, however, wasn't as good as I'm used to getting from my favorite Indian restaurants. There wasn't anything wrong with it--except for a too-pithy piece of okra--but it just wasn't as tasty. Eventually, I'd like to try all the vegetarian Indian restaurants on Devon, but I haven't been to any of the others yet, and so I can't compare. I did really like that Uru Swati is completely vegetarian, but I think it has some room for improvement.