chennai cafe

let's just make this clear - i hate having indian food - any part of it when abroad (barring the occasional bengali food cooked at home!) ... but this was an undeniably sweet or rather 'spicy' intervention to that! a quite spacious place with golden lights and culture oriented stuff - but basic.the interesting about the place - run by this simple south indian- whose a comp. sc professor in the state university by the day and manages this successful space at night,all along with his wife and a handful of his own students reaping employment benefits for them too!over all that - all the dishes - equally tangy, spicy and tasty! won't begoodwith the names - except the chettinaad curry, and all the other spicy marked chicken gravy's , and of course the shrimp vindaloo - goa relived here! the appetiser chicken madurai - a version of darker and spicier chicken 65 maybe but did overdose on that! and yes someone did also order an onion cheese uthappa - turned out to be so tasty - that finalised the whole along the tasting of others too!
just my suggestion here - do top up every curry with lemon juice on top, and the green chilly bites elevate the taste even more!
ps- the music - all native but such amazing beats and a roll to it! :d

there native briyani of dindukal is there speciality here. one will get a chance in us to taste thalapakattu anywhere like they make one fri say andy sun days. other daily menu alsogoodfor veg and non-veg lovers. one special dish a day of they week. they rock!

chennai cafe is a buffet restaurant with a wide variety of indian cuisines served as buffet. byob is agoodoption. there are variety of foods both south indian and north indian. the ambience isgoodand the staffs are friendly.

chennai cafe is a buffet restaurant with a wide variety of indian cuisines served as buffet. there is ample variety of food available but i felt most of it tasted different from what it was supposed to be. mutton biriyani and some other non veg food were good. veg options did not taste like it should be. need to improve on the dessert section as well. the ambience isgoodand the staff is friendly. altogether a decent buffet restaurant to try different indian cuisines.🙂🙂

had heard lot ofgoodthings about this place so went with great expectations.
but it is just average or may be not even that.
idli wasgoodbut masala dosa was bad. the masala had no taste just potatoes.

food isgoodif it isn't burnt. don't come here if you aren't indian. bunch of racists.

no no a big no stay away. today we went here for lunch, we ordered non veg thali and chicken biryani and chicken 65.
even though we were hungry like anything it was worst food we ever ate. i can maximum give them may be 2 out of 10. chicken biryani was like chcken pongal. stay away, waste of money even a simple restaurant like bawarchi is better than this one. onlygoodthing is hospitality 6 out of 10 in indian style:)

chennai cafe is not know how to cook briyani. "i mean it" arcot briyani rice is two big and hard to chew, very dry. next thalapakattu briyani two much oil. spices are well grindered ( you can not see single piece of spices) and mixed with over cooked rich with the help of mutton(goat). it will not digest if you have it in the night. food will stay in the chest. the last one is amboor briyani that's just more spice and more red chilly powder that's all... no difference in the taste it's another version of arcot briyani and dry big size rice. this shop is not for briyani lovers but you can have other items, those are allgoodtaste. your cooker made briyani is better than these briyanis.

verygoodfood but way to spicy for us. ps- we r not indian

foodies don't miss this place.... if you have been searching for "the real indian food", this is the place. the food served has the real taste of india. spice level is not compromised so is the flavor every dish. love coming to this place, they are very dynamic and keep you surprised with daily specials. service is really good. don't miss this place if you lovegoodindian food.

great service, but lacking chennai flavor. we really were treated well by staff and owners, and felt comfortable coming in our first time. everything was clean, even the restroom. we were really looking forward to an authentic chennai meal, but unfortunately it wasn't all that we hoped for. i ordered kothu parotta (parotta and chicken cooked separately then mixed and fried); what i got was wet chicken with parotta that tasted more like noodles. my wife ordered biriyani with chicken, and it was dry--the onegoodthing for her was the curry sauce with raitha server along with it (gave somegoodflavor). i hope these things get corrected, everyone there was excellent, but we go to restaurants for food.