Arusuvai Indian At Somerville

I did not have high expectations going into this place. Thought it would be like 50 other Indian places in NJ. And Boy was I wrong.Ordered Masala crab, pepper chicken, Chicken Biryani, Ceylon parotta and Malabar parotta.The Masala Crab, man o man, the yummiest crab curry I have tasted. It comes with a lot of gravy. It's expensive but it's worth every penny. The gravy is so flavorful with a distinct crab kick. The crab meat is well cooked and delicious. I could give 5 stars only for this dish.The pepper chicken is a cherry to a wonderful sundae on top of a regular sundae called the Masala crab.Sadly, the Biryani lacks flavour and Malabar parotta lacks the distinct flakiness, Both of them are a let down to an otherwise spotless dinner.The ambience is traditional South Indian, which is rare and the service is good. Overall, a must visit.

Banana/Plantain leaf meal is not worth the price. Taste for veg was below average. Non veg taste was average or slightly above average.Veg: $25Non-Veg: $30Veg: Very limited choices for veg. Buffets cost much cheaper and has a lot of options/food choices.Non-veg: They serve the entire veg items to the Non veg meal as well, and start serving non-veg only at the end. By that time, the appetite for eating non-veg would be very low. Non-veg lovers, make sure to not take any veg items until they serve non-veg. Service was also very very slow, and we did not feel like eating after a while. After serving curd rice, dessert(payasam), they got fish curry and few other non-veg items. We were not aware of what all items are there in the meal, until they used to get it, in horrible ordering.Key: Not worth for veg. Non veg lovers, say no to most veg items and take only non-veg. Ask what all items do they have before you start, so that you know what all you like, and can keep appetite for what you like, rather than just eat what they keep serving.

Absolutely delicious food! Very authentic, would definitely visit again.

Delicious South Indian food, decent size portions. Their dosas are HUGE!Lunch buffets on weekends served on banana leaf.Oh and the traditional filter coffee from southern India was amazing ?

Traveled from Jersey City to this restaurant with high hopes of good south indian Veg thali on a plantain leaf.The ambience was not great and if you go in a group you cannot even see each other as you'll be sitting in one straight line. Food was average and many of the food items were cold. Totally not satisfied!!Price of 25$ for the veg thali is way too high for the average quality. A2B is far superior!