Sree's - Squirrel Hill
$ - inexpensive
Indian (Southern)
Indian
Sree's is an informal restaurant with 3 different locations (Squirrel Hill, Carnegie Mellon University, and downtown Pittsburgh). Sree's Squirrel Hill location is open for lunch, closes for a few hours, and then reopens for dinner.
For $4 you get your choice of 3 of his 4 daily curries at lunch, plus rice and bread. Every day Sree serves Aloo Chole (Chickpea Potato) and some variety of Tofu Curry. The other 2 dishes rotate daily, and include Tomato Dal (Tomato curry with Lentils) Eggplants, and Grape Leaves. During dinner time, the meal is $5 and you get all 4 curries. Some days Sree's has samosas for $1, but the availability does not follow any schedule. Sree's used to be completely vegan, but most of their locations now serve chicken.
Sree's has offered completely vegan meals at many AR events. They are very knowledgeable about veg/vegan cuisine.
Meals are served in Styrofoam take-out containers, although there are tables to eat at in the restaurant. Customers are welcome to bring their own reusable plastic containers if they like.
Sree's Squirrel Hill location is just 2 blocks down Murray Ave from the Giant Eagle.
The 61C goes right by. The 61A and 61B can let you off at the corner of Forbes and Murray. From there you can just walk 5 blocks south on Murray, and find Sree's on your left.
Added by kim C on Jun 12 06 (updated Oct 3 06)
Reviews
This is one of my favorite take-out places. You get a LOT of food for $5.00 and it's always delicious. I'm surprised to hear about the other reviewers bad experience. My family has eaten here for years and never got sick once.
This is by far my favorite restaurant in Pgh, and the best food I've found anywhere in the world - honestly. Sometimes, I'll eat there 2ce a day.
Not only is it the best tasting food, it's also the best price in town - $4 lunch or $5 dinner for enough food to fill you up, maybe with leftovers.
Monday and Friday are my favorite days - he has Chickpea Potato, Masala Tofu, and Tomato Dal. It's to die for.
Sorry to hear about Grace's bad experience. The earlier you get there, the better the food is, no doubt, but I've been eating Sree's for 4 years and I've never gotten sick. Maybe their stomachs just weren't ready for Hyderabadi food? I remember, when I first started eating there, I thought it was the spiciest thing I'd ever tasted. Now it tastes just perfect, so it might take a few meals to get your digestive track used to the spices.
i commend them for making a decent vegan curry, but it's such a risk going there because it's quite dirty and the food sits on a warmer all day. i took some friends there and they became sick after-wards. this is the squirrel hill location i am talking about. the downtown location may be better.
Srees is fantastic. Great food in huge quantities for very little money - You cant go wrong. The hot sauce is really really good if you can handle it's intensity. I love it.