I didn’t come across this place in Google suggestions while planning my visit to Chennai, but I’m so glad a local recommended it to me. As a pure vegetarian looking for good meals, this place exceeded my expectations.
The food was delicious, and the service was excellent. The serving staff were courteous, attentive, and made sure we were comfortable throughout the meal. I tried the Madras Special Thali and the Birbal Thali — both were surprisingly flavorful and truly satisfying. I’m very happy with my experience and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for quality vegetarian meals in Chennai.
This is a 75 years old Udupi restaurant serving pure vegetarian cuisine at Egmore. It has progressed over the years & offers a contemporary cosy ambience for families. Though well known for udupi varieties, north indian & a few chinese items are also offered. The prices are moderate & facilities such as Aircon, valet parking etc are available. A must visit vegetarian restaurant!
The OG late night restaurant, best food and excellent service even at night 2. Their service is also fast and food too tastes good. Reasonable prices and a best go to late night dinner spot.
August 2025 report:
Restaurant has free but limited parking for cars
Parking is managed by one Hindi speaking guy who doesn’t even know to say “right or left” and uses sign language with Hindi words
Visited this place for veg fine dining based on friends recommendation and the management chose to be kanjoos with staffing. Atleast have an English speaking North Indian to guide the parking.
We had serious trouble finding parking space with Hindi only speaking staff. Definitely not a great start for “fine dining”.
We tried raja raja chozhan dosa and rava onion dosa for main. Chozhan dosa is overrated , it just has tomato chutney and coconut chutney spread inside the dosa with capsicum and tomato bits. Not worth it. The sambar is really good but they are not keen on refilling . The tomato chutney was spoilt and coconut chutney was “cold” like it was just pulled out of refrigeration. They dint have basic courtesy to heat the cold coconut chutney . We already lost the good will of this place and we just wanted to finish it off and walk out
We also ordered rasam vada which is good. We thoroughly enjoyed rasam vada and highly recommend it
Service: below average service . We were reading menu to check what to order for sides and the order taker just removed the menu book while we were reading the menu. Pathetic . They dint fill water to the glasses as well
Overall, an overhyped place. It might have been a legendary place earlier but as of August 2025, it’s not worth the visit
I will not recommend this place to friends and family
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Average food, average service, average ambience.
An OG night spot for late night eats.
After 11pm this becomes a great place to go, especially for the chilli cheese toast and rasam vada. Having tried almost everything on their menu over the years before and after renovation, this place makes for a decent visit. Don’t expect much and you won’t be disappointed.
I still go to this place from time to time.