kappa chakka kandhari

authentic kerala food with greattastebut unfortunately totally awful service(except for the owner/manager going to every table asking for feedback and getting this same answer in my first line)

the thing that attracted me towards this place is the name 🤪 as it sounds something different so i was quite curious to pay a visit here. and then one fine day we opted this place for the dinner.
very lively ambiance, quite cosy and noisy. even they have open kitchen where u can peep in to see your food being cooked 😁
we started with ▪️mutton coconut fry. spicy and oily. small tender mutton pieces. not so dry with rings of onions on top of it alongwith coconut. that's wow!!!
next we had ▪️prawn puttu. for me something i had for the first time and i loved it. prawns were hidden inside the rice which was cooked in different style. too good.
▪️ ramapuram kozhi curry. not so spicy. very tasty gravy with flavour of coconut. it was paired with white rice..
▪️kappa vevichathu kudampuliyitta 🙄 though i was not able to pronounce the name properly to the staff but he made me understood what the dish is all about. tapioca cooked in different style. i didn't had much of it though.
▪️idiappam. it somewhat resembles chowmein 🤭 white coloured served in round patches.
▪️varal meen curry. this was the combo with idiappam which was been suggested by my friend. the meen (fish) curry was made awesome. fresh pieces of fish. a very tasty gravy 🤤🐟
next time for the desserts.
▪️kandahari icecream 😩 i never knew ice-cream can be so spicy 😂 fully different and beyond my imagination. had a different experience with this.
and then later i came to know about the meaning of kandahari (chilli 😂)
▪️payaru payasam. i am not a sweet person. so didn't had it much 🤪
so as a whole it was a greate team work to keep the customers happy and satisfied. from the food to the service till we left everything was nice. i liked the utensils they used. so antique!!
the portions they served were quite less compared to the price but the quality andtasteof the food was good enough to make u keep on ordering.
an authentic destination for kerela cuisine. highly recommended for a super food spread.
#happy_my_tummy ❤️

this was really in my wishlist for a long time and i was literally pestering my frnds to take me der.. atlast v settled der for a weekend dinner for my frnds bday.. v were a group of 8.. since the table was priorly booked.. v were made to sit as soon as c reached der.

ambience: it's located in one of the prime location of chennai... very neatly maintained.. loved the paintings hanged there.. seats were really comfy... since v booked the table prior or whatsoever v were made to sit in a round table.. that was really nice to communicate wit one another...

service : service was really really gud.,the person who waited us(vishnu i guess 😛 cuz i read it from the bill) was really sweet and cool enuf to explain my each and every doubt. he also suggested some items acc to our taste.. it was really a gud dining experience cuz of that guy..

oh yaa now coming to the food.. i for sure won't know the name of the dishes.. i will mention watt all i rem😛 but yaaa i should tel not even one dish tasted bad.. everything was yummy... only let down was quantity is really less.. all the food were designed like for the one person consumption.. may b two can share on it and not more than that.. other than that no complaints

p.s: this review is fully based on non vegetarian dishes.. tho 3 out of 8 was veg.. i din care much to eventastethat or take pic cuz i was indulged in my own plate 😛

drinks:

v had chili guava punch, goli soda and queen of arabian sea.. guava juice wit a spicy twist was really gud.. goli soda was okok.. and the other ppl told it's gud.. thats the drink wit blue curruaco

starters:

❤️mutton coconut dry - a really really gud one wit coconut oil and roasted coconut chunks in it..

❤️vanjiram fish fry - v forgot the name.. it's something like ayakoora fish fry i guess.. but this was the star of the day.. v almost had 4 plates of it... the masala was the best i have ever had... a must try

❤️squid fry - it was koondhal something.. this was the next best dish.. tho the quantity was very very less.. it tasted realy yummm

❤️syrian beef fry -again a signature kerala dish.. was really really gud

❤️prawn fry -this was also well made and really gud

❤️clams - this was said to be famous in kerala.. a popular seafood over told as kakkan.. tasted it for the first time and loved it 😍

main course:

v all ordered rice wit gravies... rice one portion was jus 30 bucks.. but gud eaters can easily eat 2 portions of it.. v ordered some fish curry and mutton curry for rice.. both of them went well wit the rice..

i also ate this one vegetarian dish which i can't be without mentioning.. it was a pineapple and nendhiram combo thing.. it was like that pachadi consistency... omg.. each spoon had a tinge of sweet and spiciness in it.. i loved it to the core..

desserts:

😍tender coconut pudding - this is a heaven every spoon for jus 90 bucks

😍elaneer payasam - again a gud one.. but too sweet for mytaste

the bill for 8 ppl was arnd 5.8k... but then there was more than 15 starters ordered.. so yaa it's fine for once ina while for an awesome food 😍❤️

i will also attach the bill copy without prices for the name references 😁

visited with my friends. the ambience was quite good and it was bustling with people on saturday afternoon. we ordered a variety of starters some of the names difficult to pronounce, everything tasted fantastic. then the main course with fish curry, beef curry, aappam. liked the way they served them and thetastewas delicious.
highly recommend this place if you love keralite cuisine. even if you don’t, place is a must try in chennai!

the best kerala food i’ve had in the recent times..,this is my second visit..,best place in chennai totastethe authentic kerala cuisine..,great food with great perceptions works...,u have try fish curry,kappa n specially tht tender coconut pudding it’s really yummy 😋😋👌👌👌so dnt miss it

this definitely deserves 4 star. the whole purpose of me visiting chennai from bangalore was because of this restaurant.
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ambience - nothing much of a wow here. seating space is less in ground floor and you end up waiting.
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food - this definitely is the highlight. amazingtasteit is. must try are duck gravy, mutton gravy, buffalo biriyani and the coconut pudding. coconut pudding was which i couldn't control eating and ended up eating more than 2. totally worth it. food order to serving time is really fast.
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staff - friendly staff. understand english, tamil and malayalam. not sure if they understood hindi though.
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overall - loved thetastebut quantity was a slight disappointment. however no complaints on it. would love to visit this place again just for coconut pudding and buffalo biriyani.

love for mallu cuisine never ends.
one of the famous restaurants to relish thetasteof mallu cuisine.. quite crowd. its better to reserve the table. menu card is quite different with different names.. food pictures in menu card makes us to mouth watering..
regarding the food.. love love love.. its something die for it.. i ordered prawn kizhi, appam, mutton stew, kerala roti, fish mango curry,tender coconut pudding and kanderi ice cream..
all the dishes was yummy and absolute mallu taste..

very good service,
the food is very authentic,
the quantity could have been better ( thetastecompensates it though )
the meat they serve is very soft just like the ones you get in kerala.

a lovely authentic kerala cuisine restaurant!loved all the foods that we ordered they were all unique in their own way and were exceptional. the staff were really friendly and polite loved the hospitality as well.

the only problem is zomato mentions 600 bucks is enough for two which is not applicable in reality at all! maybe 1000-1200 for 2 if you want to have a proper 3 course meal and the one dissappointing factor we had was, we really didnt feel like we ate enough. the quantity of each dish is damn less and does not do proper justice to the amount we pay for it... i mean they were fantastic, but only in terms oftasteand quality.

apart from that, loved this place a lot but any body who reads this, please dont fix your budget based on the numbers in zomato.

awesome food !!
we ordered from the set menu -vayanasala and toddy memories .

the portion size for starters was just right for a person and the variety that they offer was too good .
each gravy/fry had its own uniquetasteand makes you go wow!
the main course was unlimited.

the highlight on the day was cloud pudding ( coconut soufflé ) - right consistency and right sweetness .
might go back again to try their other set menus .

one of the best south indian restaurants can go again and again to enjoy the food ! the price may look higher but the food quality andtastehas always been best. select menu that has vattiappam. it looks like idly so soft and juicy with a little sweettastethat goes soooo good with all curries. the coconut pudding is must. prawn puttu is also one of their best.

kappa chakka kadhari is a well known restaurant in chennai thats the only reason we just want dine there.. but what we expect which we get more than memorable experience.. staff are well professional and foods are so tasty its reallytasteof like my mother cook..no word to explain about the pudding even they dont want to tell the preparation of pudding.. i would recommended for all of my friends best restaurant in chennai.. rates are bit higher..

very disappointed with alakkode mutton curry . notasteand full of oil .

aah, at last we went to this much hyped restaurant this july 2021. the food on a whole scale was fairly tasty, near authentic kerala cuisine and strictly for lovers of such. the restaurant tries to differ in terms of how the menu presents itself and how the food ought to be ordered. strictly a no-no for families looking to eat a hearty keralite meal as in other kerala restaurants and also they might feel the quantity served, thetasteand the tricky presentation in the menu amounts to nothing but a veiled culinary extortion. but for individuals foreign to the cuisine or food bloggers or office groups or batch of friends looking to try something different, it makes for a startling discovery!
some of the good stuff among what we ordered was the small fish fry, mutton fry, the pineapple concoction, appam, duck mappas, prawn kizhi etc. the divine cloud pudding and the palada really were the stars! and the passion fruit juice and lemon mint cooler choices were very good. staff was courteous, ambience was underplayed but very clean.
but mind you, do get them to explain their menu to you first and be prepared for the miniscule quantities!

it's expensive, but thetasteis purely authentic...just loved it!