Temple Canteen

If you are looking for a nice looking place, this is not it. If you are looking for good food, this is it. It gets pretty crowded and finding a table might require some hunting, but the rotation is relatively fast.

Minimum purchase with credit card is $15, with the low prices, one person's meal might not be enough to reach that minimum.

Big fan of Ganesh so visited the temple like a tourist, then found the canteen and loved the food! The masala dosa was my favorite. Some of the others were of course a bit too spicy for my buds but most of it was fine. Prices are ridiculously cheap. Went there past the lunch rush on a weekend and it was fine.
If you wanna pretend you're a tourist, walk around the rest of the block and you'll find a few other Hindu Temples, a Buddhist one, and even a Christian church! ;)
Got my Ganesh paperweight as a souvenir and went home after my travels outside my borough! :)

Good dosas, better uttapams, but I'm factoring in atmosphere as much as food in my rating. The canteen is a little hard to find without guidance if you approach from the Bowne St entrance to the Temple (then again, I do have a woeful sense of direction). Luckily, a lady in orange robes who was busy smashing coconuts was on hand to direct us.

Not sure how you can criticise the 'service'. It's a canteen. You put in your order, they give you a receipt with a number, you collect your tray when they call yours, but I guess some Yelpers expect full table service at a temple canteen with $5 dishes.

Definitely worth the walk if you happen to be in Flushing, if not for tasty uttapams soaked in coconut chutney, then for the experience.

I was craving for South Indian breakfast for a long time and here's the saviour for me. Masala dosa is a must try. Service could be a little better.

It's not the greatest dosa I've had but it was a great one. Umm.... get the hyderbad spicy masala dosa. The green stuff (chutney?) inside was unique and brought some heat. The ghee dosa is kinda too plain but get's better as you eat it and it's stronger umami flavor starts to gel with your sambar.

The utthapam is kinda mushy though so stick with the dosas. They're huge anyways.

Also, the dosa place upstairs must be pretty good to compete with this joint. They should have a head to head dosa off.