Hotel Saravana Bhavan - Vegetarian restaurant in Chennai - Chennai, India

The taste of the food was average and we found it very oily. The place is easy to find and has decent options. The service is also just average. Dishes ordered: Fried Rice Ghee Roast Paneer Dosa Plain Dosa Spring roll Meals

Hello Tamil Nadu, I am traveller from Hyderabad, exploring places suggested by the internet and posting reviews on my trip to Puducherry 3 Pillars of a good restaurant 1. Taste - Being the most famous restaurant of TamilNadu, Sarvana bhavan does have the most authentic south indian food of all times. This ofcourse doesn't mean that its the best south indian restaurant. Sambar and Coffee - The greatest must try items. Sambar idli and filter coffee of this place is exceptional. Ghee dosa tasted good but somehow I personally felt that there was a lot of Palm-oil too. 2. Ambience - Needs to work on it big time. Basics like the tables and chairs are not cleaned. The bathroom is shady and unhygienic. Juice counter is a nightmare. They are not a cheap restaurant chain and are expected to better maintain the place 3. Price - I can't say its over priced on a menu level. Ordered 3 dosas and 2 idlis and 3 coffees and the bill was 800 So 800 for 5 people on an overall basis for the taste and ambience is not justified but is acceptable because of the brand value Like if you find it helpful

We tried poori, sambar vada and mini tiffen. Quality was great, thankfully this branch isn't as bad as other SB's which is going towards a downfall. But just as we thought everything was decent, we had filter coffee which was very bad. Had too much chicory due to which it was very bitter. Then we got the bill, was shocked to see the price. Mini tiffen was 150, when you can get same or better mini tiffen at their own competition. Like A2B, Akshayam, Sangeetha etc. Total bill was 380. Could be priced definitely lower for the quality of food and interior hygiene.

I chose the mini breakfast tiffin. The food was delicious.

Poor service, very slow. Dirty vessels, horrible attitude of staff. Water had dirty sediment floating on top. Please don't visit this place.

Went with normal expectation of saravana Bhavan taste but was totally disappointed. Service was good. The place is quite spacious in the first floor which is non AC and 2 ND and 3rd floor with good AC. Have had food here thrice. The taste was totally inconsistent and disliked the food served twice. When it started it was horrible though it had more people than customers in the shop. Has a good parking facility in the ground floor. Breakfast: Vada was once so hard. Other time it was too small. Poori was nice and fluffy but no masala was given. Once masala inside the masala dosa was not nice. Chutneys tasted ordinary while sambar taste was quite the same. Lunch I tried the expensive thali meals. Utterly disappointing. Somehow the edge they had over other veg hotels is gone. They are pretty ordinary with their brand being established, I guess they are not doing the right thing in focusing on taste and being consistent in it. My recommendation. For meals please don't consider. Maybe for tiffen you can consider if you are ok with high prices for ordinary food with a brand. Coffee has the tradional classic taste.

How can you imagine a quality restaurant being non air conditioned in Chennai

Service is pathetic. No one attended even after a long time. The plates weren't washed properly and lacked hygiene. There was no AC but stil charged the same as other premium AC restaurants. For any requests to waiters you will have to wait too long. Food was ok. The Vada given with food was a little bigger than a 2 rupee coin and not crispy but hard. Not visiting there any soon.