Punjabi Dhaba - Cambridge, MA

Punjabi Dhaba: 4.5



Punjabi Dhaba is an Indian food joint located at 225 Hampshire Street in Inman Square. For those of you who are not nearly as cultured as The Shit Critic, find out more about what a Dhaba is here.

Location: After you walk through the front door, you'll need to take an immediate right and then head up a flight of stairs. Once upstairs the bathroom will be in front of you, but slightly to the left (think 11 o'clock). There are signs pointing you to the restroom, if those weren't there, you might be shit out of luck.
Grade: 3 out of 10

Accessibility: It's reasonably easy to walk in here and head up the stairs unnoticed. There is a seating area upstairs and if questioned by staff (which you won't be) it'd be pretty easy to say you were meeting someone up there.
Grade: 8 out of 10

Number of Stalls: There is one restroom here for everyone, containing one toilet and no urinals.
Grade: 3 out of 10

Stall Quality: The bathroom was pretty bare bones, there was a toilet brush, not in reach of the toilet, and probably untouched in a few years as well a can of Glade behind the medicine cabinet. Otherwise, not much to write home about.
Grade: 4 out of 10



Toiler Paper: Yeah, not so much.
Grade: 0 out of 10

Cleanliness: Bathroom was reasonably clean, but wasn't the cleanest room on the planet. I guess the room was naturally dirty, but didn't have a mess in it if that makes any sense...
Grade: 4 out of 10

Scent: Didn't notice a scent, though if you wanted there to be one, go nuts with the aforementioned Glade!
Grade: 8 out of 10

Flush: Normal flush, took a while to get going, but effective
Grade: 7 out of 10

Aesthetics: This bathroom wasn't too pretty. I did wonder what the view was our of the window behind it, which led me to wonder if the window were to be open, if I could somehow fall out. The toilet is also up one or two steps, giving it the throne vibe that I think is a bit cool yet bizarre.
Grade: 4 out of 10

The Bottom Line: Once you get up there, there's a chance the bathroom could be occupied. And with no urinal, you have to worry about a potential mess on the sea. And that's leaving out that there was no toilet paper. If there were TP, it'd be usable in a jam, but I guess you won't know if there is TP until you get all the way up the stairs and into the bathroom.