GopalKrishna South Indian Cafe - South Indian restaurant in Mumbai - Mumbai Suburban, India

Traditional thali n traditional South Indian items served since 1936.absolute treat from the parent of cafe madras matunga

I recently visited Gopal Krishna South Indian Cafe and had a delightful experience. The menu offers a wide variety of traditional vegetarian South Indian dishes such as dosas, idlis, and uttapams. They also serve lunch and dinner, and even have Jain food options available. The coffee they serve is impressively strong and tasty. The staff at the cafe were friendly. Although the ambiance was simple, the place was clean and well-maintained. Bonus: it's close to Malad station! Overall, I highly recommend this place.

Idli and chutney are tasty. Sambar was ok ok. Dosa took longer to arrive. Shira was tasty (just like Satyanarayan prasad).

We went to enjoy south of India's food. It turned out to be one of the best places I had South Indian food. We ordered butter dosa, rawa masala dosa, rassam wada and filter coffee. Everything was perfect in its taste. If you are looking for an authentic South Indian cafe around Malad, then this is the place. Just know that the place is around railway station so most of the time you will have to wait outside for your turn. 15-20 mins waiting in peak hours.

If you are looking for an authentic south indian food, this is the place to go! The nariyal chatni tastes like it has come straight from South. It has a really good hygiene standards and it is nearby the mall and the station. This makes it a busy place. The staff behaviour is also really good. Now for the food: 1. Masala Dosa: It was very yummy and they put the masala very generously in dosa. 2. Tupa dosa: It was just like uttapa without the vegetables. I felt it was decent but masala dosa is way better. 3. Gajar ka halwa: This again was amazing and they put a lot of ghee in it! 4. Filter coffee: I like the coffee and the taste is good 5. Pineapple mosambi juice: This was definitely the highlight of a visit.juice was so refreshing and fresh that we ordered some again after we were done shopping.

When it comes to Southern Indian food i have very high expectations and constantly look out for uniqueness that is synonymous with almost institutions like existence of some southern food outlets. I read a lot about idli butter pudi at this place and decided to visit, having seen that they also serve filter coffee my resolve to visit this place grew even stronger. The restaurant is clean and hygienic. Prices are on the higher side compared to quantity and taste of the food. This alone makes me feel it is not worth a second trip to this place. I ordered Idli butter pudi and filter coffee. The combination was very interesting. Idlis, although just two, were literally melt in your mouth soft only positive about them. The coconut chutney was plenty which was a delightful sight but the sambar was served in the most tiniest utensil i have seen in any restuarant. Sambar taste was nothing exceptional but also not bad. The pudi, red grounded dry powder chutney has some spicy note and aroma but lack any uniqueness while eaten on its own, infact nearly all components of idli butter pudi on their own were okish on taste. But have a bite of pudi covered idli with coconut chutney and then one can feel the uniqueness that makes it favourite of many. Filter coffee was filter coffee and not kaapi, infuriated by this blunder which show in my ratings. This actually stopped me from trying more dishes. You can also buy pudi packets and sambar masala.

So for all the foodies who are aware about "cafe madras" in matunga must be surprised to know that "Gopal Krishna" is the main branch which was started in 1936 by late. Shri. Gopalkrishna which was one of the iconic restaurants back then during British era and later in 1940 "cafe madras" was started. So now that you know the history of this place, let's get back to food This restaurant is situated at a walkable distance from Malad West station, easily accessible. Small, clean, comfy ambience and extremely humble and courteous staff who guide you through their menu and specials available for that particular day which keeps on changing. Traditional dishes served piping hot, fresh and that too at affordable rates. We tried: Butter Podi Idli - Supremely delicious, hot idli's topped with podi and dollops of ghee/butter, flooded with cocconut chutney is definitely a must try over here. Highly recommended Neer Masala Dosa - We all must have tried plain neer dosa but the combination of soft neer dosa along with masala aloo sabji is truly amazing. If you are like me who loves her dosa to be soft and with masala sabji then this one's for you. Bun Poori - Very famous breakfast dish from udupi (mangalore) which I had at Udupi some 5 years back and was surprised to see this being served in their special menu. You cannot miss this specific dish it's that good. Highly recommended . Though it is served with sambhar chutney but I would suggest you to try it with filter coffee, bliss Pineapple Sheera - Loaded with ghee, perfectly sweet with generous amount of pineapple chunks in every bite. Highly recommended Filter coffee - Coming to a South Indian restaurant and not having filter coffee is next to impossible. Definitely recommend Special mention for the sambar as it's not the sweet variant which you usually get in an Udupi restaurant, infact it's less tangy, refreshing and very tasty.

A suppeeer experience! It was an authentic + rich + homely taste, normally what we expect from south Indian dishes. Today we had few breakfast items as below: 1- Filter Coffee (aroma of coffee was ) 2- Butter Idli Podi. - A good amount of butter in it - It just gets melts in your mouth and explodes all the three tastes one by one (Idli, Coconut chutney, and Podi) - But it might get a little heavy for one person for opting whole plate in one go, If further you are planning to order more few dishes as well (plate has two idlis in it.) 3- Onion uttapam (I specifically requested to make it spicy, so they add little extra chilies init which I love it. 4- Even I feel so tomato-onion uttapam will taste more good. If you guys are going for lunch, you can order as above mentioned or else you can relly on the below list: 1- Tuppa Masala Dosa 2- Pulav Kurma 3- Puri Bhaji Dessert: 1- Pineapple Sheera (All time favourite) 2- Payassm (if it's available) Notes: Opening time is from 08:30 a.m onwards No Parking facility but you can park at the nearby Mall - which is exactly in front of the Hotel . If you are a social distance freak - Morning time is for you !!!