Ayini Restaurant

The Devilled Chicken was perfectly spiced and full of flavor, and the Chicken Biryani was fragrant and delicious. We live quite far and we’ll definitely be back whenever we’re in the area.

This was a terrible experience. The food was not fresh at all and tasted stale. The sambar was watery and flavorless, the chutneys were poorly made, and even the potato curry felt old and reheated. Nothing tasted authentic or properly prepared.
For a place serving South Indian food, this is unacceptable. Basic dishes were completely messed up. I honestly regret eating here.
I would strongly advise people to avoid Srilikan Food if you value fresh food and decent taste. Definitely not coming back.👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎📛👎👎👎📛👎

We ordered takeout from Ayini: Veg thali’s, idily vada sambhar and dosa. We were 8 friends and must say that this place has gone dramatically down in quality of food. It was horrible. Sambhar was very watery, idily’s were very hard, even thali was not good. With new choices in Ottawa, this place surely will not be suggested.

I recently visited Ayini Restaurant with friends for their weekend buffet breakfast. I had ordered South Indian tiffin items from here about a year ago and was not fully satisfied, so I wanted to give it another try.

It’s a small place, but with a few changes, I feel it can be better organized to handle more customers. Hopefully, they will take this as positive feedback.

The breakfast was not ready at the mentioned start time, possibly due to shortage of staff. However, I liked that they are using biodegradable plates — that’s a really nice effort.

We tried idly, pongal, vada, upma, dosa, and poori.

Idly could be a little softer and smoother.

Vada and upma tasted good.

Chutneys (two types) were nice, but sambar was watery and average.

Poori needs improvement — it should be softer.

Plain dosa was okay.
They also serve tea, but I didn’t try it this time.

The price is reasonable compared to other Indian breakfast options in Ottawa, which is a plus.

A few suggestions:

Make sure all items are ready on time to avoid long waiting.

Improve taste, quality, and consistency across all dishes.

Provide small cups for chutneys and sambar to make serving easier.

Since the space is small, better organization would help serve more people comfortably.

I ordered a Masala Dosa (Buy 1 get 1) and received one with undercooked potatoes and samabar literally felt like old and added excess water. Sambar was just water and vegetables in it. Really disappointed.
Sorry