Southern Spice

Delicious South Indian Thali and a great fine dinning experience. The filter coffee was out of the world. Would recommend to anyone and will definitely go back.

We dined there quite a few times during our stay. We enjoyed the thali meals as well as the a la carte items. Do not order the thali meals if you cannot do justice to the quantity and number of items. The service was really good. Special shout out to Bala. He went out of the way to serve us especially accommodate and suggest food items for both of my kids.

One of the Best South Indian Fine Dining Restaurant in Chennai. Have been visiting this place for long and the service only gets better. Our usual is their signature thali and they take their own time to serve the full course and make sure you have 2 to 3 hours to complete the thali. There will be no complaints on the food except for the wait time. Their crab is our favourite. There's hardly any bad item in here. Just in case if you can afford the pricing. Go For it.

The number of stars is less for their food and service.
Madhav’s service was unmatched. He suggested the right items as per the taste. He even offered to take pictures and provided complimentary dessert - coconut payasam and kafi ice cream which undoubtedly are the best I ,you or anyone has ever tasted.
Coming to the food,
1. Vanjaram podi varuval- the 2 seer fish fillets were perfectly cooked, soft inside and the spices were a perfect combination. I am a fish lover and this is a paradise.
2. Mutton ishtew- perfect blend of coconut, mutton and curry leaves. Madhav suggested to try it with Appam which was an amazing combination. This was one of my favourites and is a must try
3. Rayalaseema mamsam Biryani - the authentic Andhra style biryani had a hot and spicy flavour. It catered to our spicy taste buds along with raita
4. Southern spice ginger punch - it was a sweet combination of ginger with coconut water and lemon and the ginger taste was dominant.
5. Coconut Payasam- this was served complimentary and must say that we were lucky to have tasted it. It had subtle sweet taste. Best part was it was made of jaggery instead of sugar.
6. Kafi ice cream - subtle sweet coffee ice cream which was home made.

Ambiance- it is definitely beautiful with silver coated spoons and copper glasses. The ceramic South Indian style plates were different.

Overall I’m glad we visited the place during our stay.

⭐️Location: Easy to identify on the Main road

⭐️Reservation: Call them and reserve a table to avoid disappointments

⭐️Parking: They have valet parking for cars. There is a bike parking available as well

⭐️Floor: It’s located in the ground floor and the end of the floor

⭐️Ambience: TamilNadu rustic karaikudi Chettinad decor transfers you to a new place

⭐️Staff: we were served by Govind, Malick, Ram/Ravi . All the staff are great , courteous, polite and give attention to each and every patron . They go extra mile and accommodate dietary requirements and up existing menu serving based on availability. Kudos to entire team

⭐️Food: we went on weekday lunch and ordered Fish and Meat Thali . We were made comfortable by setting apron. First came the colourful chutneys , chips & crisp & vadagams . We really enjoyed vadagams which were both tasty and has very less oil. I think it’s air fried .
We were then given Tomato pepper soup which did justice to the name. It has both tangy profile and pepper taste. Good soup to clear your food pipe and warm up your stomach
We were then served Thali which has veg curry, veg poriyal/side , chicken curry , fish curry, mutton curry , Idiyappam , parotta , appam , paayasam.
I thoroughly enjoyed fish curry and chicken curry which were so soft like butter and super yummy . They also upped menu and gave us wheat parotta to try and egg appam both were good.
They keep refilling the sides and every refill was worth it
Then came white rice, sambhar , paruppu podi and ghee . You must try their paruppu podi and ghee it’s out of the world. The sambhar is prepped using their in house spices by the chef themselves . We also enjoyed rasam and curd rice
And they gave complimentary elaneer payaasam to us and again it was unlimited . We asked them twice and was served happily . They end it with filter coffee . The server will cool down the filter coffee in style .
And finger bowl was served .

And as it’s a birthday occasion, they gave us complimentary birthday cake which was yummy and gave a special wish.

Overall it’s a fantabulous experience from the moment we stepped in and left. They really made our day and created a core memory .

It’s really Wah Taj!

⭐️Enjoy the experience with your loved ones on their special day❤️

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Visited this place for our Anniversary Lunch. We had the Fish & Meat Thali. The Food was Good and we couldn't finish the full thali. The Service was nice. Filter Coffee was given in the end.

The Ambience and Atmosphere was Excellent.

Giving 3 stars as I felt the Thali wasn't value for money. It's just my opinion though.

Will visit again to try other options.

Went for dinner with a large (20) person group. The restaurant was amazing. There was a traditional dancer that performed a few times over the course of our meal which also provided entertainment.

Half the group got the fish and meat thali, the other half the veg thali. The food was great overall and it was great getting to experience so many different flavors. Would highly recommend.

Bala and his team provided excellent service and took care of us extremely well. The quality of the food along with the ambience and music is a perfect South Indian setting. Would highly recommend this place.