Dosa Nova Barcelona – Barcelona

When I first went past this restaurant, I was nicely surprised to see a dosa restaurant in Barcelona because South Indian restaurants are not so common anywhere. Then I went for lunch here and I was even more nicely surprised! This restaurant offers a unique blend of the classic dosa and «nova» elements. It’s not the typical dosa with sambar and chutney which you would get in an Indian restaurant. The basis here is a very well prepared dosa batter cooked to perfection and combined with a fresh green chutney, cucumber and salad. Even the «hamburger» is basically a dosa. The tastes were very interesting, more on the «lemony» side and the whole meal felt lightweight but fulfilling. It was not at all greasy. Some reviews of this place complain that this is not the traditional dosa but I cannot agree with those complaints because this is not even supposed to be the traditional dosa. And what this restaurant is doing is unique and great. I was really very satisfied and will be happy to come again! I also liked the maracuya drink Splash, I appreciated that it didn’t have added sugar.

Me temo que la comida estaba muy mala. Pedimos pakora y nos dieron unos falafels aplastados y secos, no eran pakoras, sabemos lo que son pakoras. La Dosa tenía poco sabor y los acompañamientos eran o súper salados o no tenían sabor, se suponía que el que pedíamos tenía cilantro y ni se notaba. El servicio muy amable, nos dieron más agua del grifo gatis y el camarero era muy amable pero no lo recomendaría a nadie.

Excellent dosa, great range of flavours the colifor & chickpea dosa was soo good. Great service decor and atmosphere, also nice drinks pairing. Clear that a lot of care and effort has gone into paying tribute to dosas. Would definitely repeat!

My partner and myself tried Dosa Nova for the first time last week whilst visiting Barcelona. It was our first meal of the trip and we were blown away. The food and flavours were insane, we tried The Ratharan and The Masala Dosa’s. Beautiful. The Ratharan was our favourite and we were even given some hot sauce to accompany it. Service was lovely and the owner came out to speak to us, we are so excited to hear a Dosa Nova may be coming to a city near us. Hundred percent reccomend.

Dosa Nova, un delicioso encuentro de postre y café . Soy fan de los pastelitos que en mi ciudad regularmente son elaborados con trigo, así que cuando vi en el menú ese pastelito delicioso libre de gluten me dije » tengo que probarlo»… que delicia, me dejó muy complacida y para cerrar la grata mañana que me hizo pasar este lugar, el pastelito fue acompañado por un café que bailo en mi paladar. Gracias por la grata experiencia Dosa Nova. Espero que quienes les visiten se la pasen igual que yo.

Dosa’s are okay. Not great but not bad. Definitely not traditional south Indian but you’re in Barcelona and want a dosa so you can come here. We ordered the masala dosas. No sambhar but they offer dal instead (additional cost). Chutney provided is not one that would normally be served with a dosa but adds flavor to the dosa. If you don’t go expecting authentic south indian masala dosas, but rather a Catalonian take on South Indian cuisine, then you’ll have a great experience.

Overall good experience with excellent service. I am of south Indian origin, so I have high expectations for dosa. This is not exactly authentic but close enough. I do feel that each of the dosa dishes were overpriced but taste was good. Issue I have is they applied salt on the dosa which is not typical of Indian style. Flavors were good, but not exactly authentic Indian as well. Pakora was more like a falafel. Service was absolutely excellent, ambience perfect. Only issue I had with service was our waiter did not write our order down and made a mistake with my child’s dish. I double checked with him when placing the order but yet he still made a mistake, why very important to write down everyone’s order. Otherwise Very happy we tried this.

First of all, its very hard to find dosa/dose (south Indian popular dish) in Barcelona. Luckily we found this and it was all worth it. Food here was tasty and the ambiance was lovely. Service was top notch. Loved being here. Would definitely visit again!