Honest - Artesia

I went to this branch of Honest in Artesia, thinking it would be the same quality food and atmosphere as the one in Frederick, MD.I was utterly disappointed with the food and atmosphere. The Medu-Vada were not edible to eat. Instead of the traditional Urad daal, these were made with only Rava, loaded with oil. No flavor. I used 7 pieces of paper napkins to squeeze out all the oil, and the napkins were completely drenched in oil. The sambhar did not taste like traditional sambhar.I also ordered pav bhaji, and the bhaji was very liquidy. Originally, I was planning on ordering more, however I gave up.When I walked in at this Artesia site, I was surprised to see only one family in the entire restaurant while the next door restaurant was jam packed.In Maryland, this restaurants' branch in Frederick is always lively. The staff always engaged with the customer, and the food is great.

I have tried most of the Indian restaurants in LA area and this by far is the worst I have ever been to! Like I can't explain how bad the food was. They butcher Indian food like anything even after pricing is crazy high.We ordered paneer 65 , speical pav bhaji, cheese pulav .Paneer 65 was more like fried paneer on a bed of chill oil, sour cubes of paneer , overflowing oil. Nothing close to authentic of indo chinese.Pav bhaji is a joke here , bhaji was screaming diarrhea. It was so watery and unauthetic , the only special was the worn out cashews on top which I dont know how it is an add on.Chese pulav had a smell, it tasted stale , was served cold and had no taste Whatsoever.I wish they would stop fooling people . I dont know why places like this even exist. If you are taking the money, make good food. Cant understand the disconnect.Never coming back and dont recommend at all.

They charged me 18% tip saying I have a big party when it was literally 5 adults! They didn’t even ask me before charging me! Ridiculous highly recommend triple checking your receipts! I went back to ask and they said it’s written on the menu the menu was 3 pieces that weren’t even together no where did it state that they charge a “service fee”! I’ve been to so many restaurants and never been charged a tip without my consent!

The service is very fast. You hardly wait for 10 min and they start serving the food. I would recommend all the chat dish as they are very tasty. Pav bhai would be more tasty but it was 3/5. Dosa and Sambar was okay 2.5/5.

We come to Artesia twice a year for food from Utah. We had dinner and ordered Chinese fried rice. It was cold and super undercooked. We asked them to fix it but still it was very bad. We informed them again and asked for them to cancel the order. They still charged us for it and told us that cancellation is not possible. He argued a lot. Very bad customer service. The lady in the back had her hair open and was cooking the food without tying her hair or wearing a food net.we had ordered the same thing before but the taste and quality was different this time. Very bad food quality We don’t even want to give even one star.Never coming back again.