Maya Tandoori - Surry Hills

I have been going to Maya Veg restaurant for a year now. However, I have had consistent issues with their arrogant attitude and terrible service.

I rarely write reviews unless it's a negative experience because I own a cafe and dislike negativity, but I have to say this place is just absurd.

I live nearby and this is my favorite local restaurant. The ambiance here is much nicer than Maya Da Dhaba across the street.

As a meat lover, trying a vegetarian restaurant is new to me. This restaurant is quite popular as I walk passing it everyday. The dosa was quite nice, paper thin, crunchy, tastes well. Service was ok too. But I still miss the dosa I had in Malaysia. Need to mention that this shop has a wide range of South Indian sweets, and the milky sweets I highly recommend, such as pistachio things and almond things, sorry, dont remember the name;)

Been coming here for many many years. I don't understand most of the menu so 9/10 times I get the paper marsala dosa - crispy pancake with yummy spiced potato filling. Occasionally I order something else but never enjoy it as much the dosa, so I'm not too adventurous here though next time I must try the pani puri. I've tried pretty much all of the sweets. Some of them are an acquired taste, my favorites are the kheer milk pudding (you get a little dish of this with the thali) and the pistachio/almond burfi made from evaporated milk & cardamon. It can be slow for your food to arrive when they're busy, so bring a book or people to chat with. I really enjoy Maya, to me it's both exotic (I'm not Indian) & familiar (I've had that dosa so often) at the same time. The customers are unpretentious & include a lot of families, always a good sign.