Chennai (Madras)Restaurants

Other restaurants in Chennai (Madras)

  1. Sparky’s Diner

    Sparky’s is a wall-to-wall homage to kitsch. This expat-run ‘American’ diner is plastered with US state licence plates and movie posters, has Sinatra crooning on the radio, and decks its waiters out in baseball shirts. Look out for OK American specials like deep-fried chicken or Cajun gumbo.

    reviewed

  2. Fisherman’s Fare

    This small, spotless, AC dining room gets packed to the rafters come lunchtime, with punters digging into well-prepared fish fare ranging from shrimp to fish curries to tandoori fish. There’s a great lunchtime special for Rs155.

    reviewed

  3. A

    Hotel Saravana Bhavan

    Dependably delish, ‘meals’ at the Saravana Bhavans run around Rs50, though the Mylapore locale has some ‘special meals’ for Rs95 and up. The Thousand Lights branch is more upscale, with an Rs180 buffet and silver cutlery.

    reviewed

  4. B

    Ratna Cafe

    Though often crowded and cramped, Ratna is renowned in Triplicane and beyond for its scrumptious idlis and the hearty doses of sambar (soupy lentil dish with cubed vegetables) that go with it.

    reviewed

  5. C

    Annapurna

    A bustling hole-in-the-wall that serves up a lip-smacking taste of Bengal in Chennai’s Egmore district. Try the bhetki paturi (fish baked in banana leaves). Yum.

    reviewed

  6. D

    Copper Chimney

    Vegetarians might want to give this meat-centric place a wide berth, but others will drool over the yummy North Indian tandoori dishes served among plush furnishings.

    reviewed

  7. Murugan Idly Kadai

    Those in the know generally agree this particular branch of the small chain serves some of the best idli and South Indian meals in town. We heartily concur.

    reviewed