Marina Dosa & Tandoori Grill

Good dosa though sambar and chutney not as good.
Little concerning hygiene situation.

The food here is pretty good. But, the customer service is probably the worst I have encountered in Calgary. First off, make sure you have 2 – 3 hours for your meal. Second, don’t expect any answers for where the menus are, how much longer your meal will take etc. The only response is «it’s on it’s way» 30 min later, there are your menus. Chennai Spice is a 2 min drive away and has superior prices, food and customer service. Don’t waste your time at Marina Dosa.

I enjoyed this place but only in the beginning. The seating and wait time has killed the experience for me. Food is really good. However, the restaurant is like canteen. Super slow service and not so warm people. There is no waiting area and the main door is like a grocery shop. You have to eat the food with your winter Parka on as the freezing wind comes inside as soon as somebody opens the main door. Its really bad for the Big group (more than 4 people) as there is no proper seating. You feel bad to see the other people waiting outside in the chilly winter and try to eat as quickly as possible after getting the food in almost 50 minutes.

Excellent service the food was authentic fresh and tasty. It a small place so we had to wait for a table and it was worth it. We had RASAM VADA soup was very tasty, the best ALOO TIKKI CHOLLE I have ever eaten and chicken dosa huge & delicious. It’s a must try we be going back for sure!

We were driving back from Banff and beyond after a four day trip. After a two and half hour drive, we decided to eat at a restaurant that serves South Indian food. We finally found this place but were warned that there will be a 20 minute wait. It was worth!
As some other reviewer said, the Sambar was outstanding. So were the Dosas. My family had Sambar Idli, Kotthu Parotta, Plain and Marina Masala Dosa and Poori Masala. All of them were really good. I met the owner Satish who runs the place with his brother. He was very friendly.
I will highly recommend this place to anyone that visits the Calgary area and are looking for some good South Indian food. BTW — they do have lot of North Indian and Indo-​Chinese items too which we generally like but we decided to go South Indian.
Visiting from the San Francisco Bay Area, my wife and I can say that this place is way better than many other South Indian restaurants there! For a small place, the ambience and furniture was very good. So were the cutlery and serving dishes something you don’t see in the Bay Area restaurants.

Bad service, bad tasting food and overpriced. At first glance the food may look good but don’t be fooled! All 3 dossas we ordered tasted like crap. No flavor nothing. Just starch. If you want to eat Indian I recommend you go to Raj Palace. Also the service was the worst we have ever seen. It took them 20 mins to bring the first two and another 30 to bring the 3^rd. It should take 5 minutes max to make a dosa. They messed up on 2 of the dosas which they then proceeded to blame on us. They were very rude when we told them about their mess up. Also as said in a previous review, it seems as though they are adding somthing to make the food feel heavier so they can give less quantity for more money. I felt quite sick after eating. They do not seem like an ethical restaurant. And I will certainly never eat here again

Terrible service and stale food. My husband and I were so excited to eat there. We ordered our food and started our wait. 40 minutes in and no food showed up. There was no food on anyone else’s table! Finally when the thali I ordered reached my table, the potato filling of the dosa had gone stale. I understand restaurants can have bad service and bad tasting food, happens here and there; but who serves STALE food!!! Not recommended at all.

My family and I were left wanting to vomit by the end of the meal. Not because it was disgusting, but because it was so delicious we couldn’t waste a single bite of it!
We ordered the non veg dosa combo. It.was.amazing.
There was just so many little bowls to try and every single dish had its own distinct and delightful flavor.
3 hours later and none of us have that heavy feeling or gassy burps. Because indian food tends to do that.
My sister described it like this: my tummy is so happy right now, I just don’t want to ever poop it out because it’s so yummy and I want to stay like this forever.
TMI? …at least I’m honest.

The sambar tastes good which in turn makes all the dosa/​vada/​idly taste good with sambar as side. Portion size is ample. Very much recommended place.
They have to expand the place or hire more people (sous-​chef/​serving staff) to speed up the serving process and accommodate more guests.
There is always wait time if you go for dinner.

I googled dosa, as I was craving one, so I ended up at Marina Dosa and Tandoori Grill. I was greeted and sat solo, ordered a masala paper dosa, Dosa (a thin crispy crape made from rice batter and black lentils) it came with sambar (lentil based veggie stew) and coconut chutney. This is a favorite South Indian dish. I am definitely going to come back to try some other items on the menu, looked very interesting. My first experience was great, do give a Dosa a try If you haven’t tried before.

Everytime i had their sambar, rice or gravies, i used to feel heavy which i never realised until a friend of mine got sick after having food from this restuarant and we realised they are mixing up something which will make you feel heavy on less quantity which is harmful for your system. Their food taste is ok but harmful for health and the service is bad, their water glasses stink, washroom is shady. We avoid this Restuarant !

Decent food, TERRIBLE service! The hospitality at Marina makes the Good taste bad. I went to get takeout and the server (who doubled as the cashier) started serving sit-​down customers who arrived street me! As he started to taste my order he stopped to answer a personal call.
I figured the food might be worth it. The server said to return in 15 minutes. When I came back the did still wasn’t ready and took an extra 10 mins. I regret not leaving after the initial signs of bad service. Attempt at your own risk.

That was amazing. I had the butter chicken dosa. Easily one of the best butter chicken gravies I’ve ever eaten, mixed into a delicious dosa. Highly recommend.

I really only bother reviewing places if they’re awesome or horrible, and this place is fantastic.
My boyfriend and I eat here quite frequently and they have absolutely fantastic food.
The Chilli Idly here might be the best thing to eat, anywhere, and they have coke in glass bottles which is also really good with their food.
Only drawbacks are that there isn’t much seating and sometimes it’s quite busy in there, and also sometimes it takes a bit to get the food also due to how busy they are. (and sometimes they’re fast).
For us, it’s MORE THAN worth the wait though, even when they’re a bit slow — both because we’re not in a rush generally, and the food is so delicious. We try to go here at least a couple times a week even though it’s on the other side of town.

One of my favourite places in the city for some authentic South Indian food. All the masala dosas are great, and the biriyani is a dream. Large portions for good prices! :)

The service was horrible (waited over 45 mins despite not being that busy) and the food was worse. To be fair, the idli and dosa tasted ok, however, the sambar was sweet (not authentic), and the chutneys were bland. I ordered the ‘signature’ saag paneer dosa, and it was barely green! Where did the saag/​spinach go?

Eating here is like having an Indian parent in the kitchen who is a great cook. As others have noted, just a few tables, and service can be slow, but it is worth it. Onion dosa was delicious, biryani was good and chicken tikka masala was also great. Delicious Naan and Dahl. Prices are very reasonable.

Food is amazing, just like the taste back home. If you want to go to this place, you need to have alot of time, their usual waiting time is 20 – 25 mins in non busy time. Two people can eat dinner for also $ 12 — $ 14, which is amazing!!!
Make sure you tell the level of spice you need, otherwise it can be veryyy spicey!

The best South Indian Restuarant !!! No restaurants in Toronto would match to chilli Idli that they make here (close to the ones I tried in India)
I loved sambhar idli !!! It was amazing !!!
The price was very reasonable and cheap !!
You guys got to try it !
One draw back they were completely full packed … So I had to wait to try this place out. Worth the wait !! Completely good food !!!
I had to use exclamation on every sentence because I finally found a good perfect South Indian Restuarant .
I would travel once a month from Edmonton to Calgary just for this Restuarant.

Wow! Definitely a hidden gem, the methu vada and idli were amazing for an appetizer. The Masala Dosa and kotu Paratha had the perfect amount of spice. One of the best south Indian spots in the city.
One downfall was that the restaurant is a bit small and they really need to fix the entrance door if they haven’t already (you really need to pull hard to yank the thing open!).