Padma Lakshmi did not take kindly to a scathing ― and, frankly, problematic ― TikTok and Instagram review of an award-winning New York restaurant, and has urged the video’s creators to “do a little bit more research” before their next critique.

Last month, The VIP List (run by influencers Audrey Jongens and Meg Radice) posted a bluntly unfavorable assessment of their recent visit to Semma, a Michelin-starred South Indian restaurant located in New York’s West Village neighborhood.

“I could name 15 better Indian restaurants right now, including the biryani cart outside of my apartment,” the pair proclaimed in the clip. “Every entree was drowned in this mystery sauce, and I almost went full Helen Keller when it got in my eye. Usually I’m a whore for oxtail, but I’d close my legs for this.”

“Overall, nothing was horrible, but nothing was great either. And I truly do not get the hype,” they added.

Last week, Lakshmi reacted to The VIP List’s “really annoying” post in a TikTok video of her own.

“I’m pretty sure Michelin doesn’t give a shit about you, either, or what you think about anything, let alone food,” the former “Top Chef” host said. “And just a tip: before you go off slagging other cuisines, maybe you should understand them a little bit more, or at least, I don’t know, learn how to pronounce the dishes you’re actually critiquing. I got news for you: There’s no ‘tiki’ anything in Indian cuisine.”

“And by the way, Semma isn’t made for you. It’s not. It’s made for us,” she continued. “I can only judge you by how you judge, so I just think you should do a little bit more research before you go deciding about what you’re going to slag off, OK? Just a tip.”

By Wednesday, Lakshmi’s response video had been viewed more than 1.3 million times and drawn a plethora of comments, most of them supportive of the television personality’s take.

“If Padma Lakshmi read me to filth I would leave the internet forever and live on the edge of the planet,” one person wrote on TikTok.

“It took me months to get a reservation at Semma,” added another. “I went and the food was amazing.”

Last week, Jongens and Radice defended their initial take on Semma, telling “Today” that others are “welcome to agree with our taste — or not.”

“Social media gives us the freedom to spotlight what we think is great, and call it out when it’s not,” they add. “If we don’t vibe with a place, that’s not a scandal. It’s just content. It’s commentary. It’s satire.”

As for Lakshmi, the two women said they were fans, and quipped: “Wasn’t the beef we expected today but we’re here for it.”