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Kumbakarai Restaurant - Taste the tradition
NEW NO.40, OLD NO.156, Kodambakkam High Rd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600034, India
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Kumbakarai Restaurant - Taste the tradition
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La
Review №1

A typical chettinad style restaurant to go along with your family. We tried mutton biriyani, chicken 65, kumbakkarai varutha kozhi, chettinad mutton gravy, parotta, chicken biryani and goli soda.The biriyani was light, flavourful and goes very well with the salna.Chicken 65 is one of the best Ive tried. Crispy outside and totally juicy inside. The coating outside is perfect.Kumbakkarai varutha kozhi is kind of ok ok.Chettinad mutton gravy was perfectly spicy and goes very with the flaky parotta.The ambience is good but the seatings are like limited and packed.Would definitely go again to try their other dishes..

Va
Review №2

Tasty, fast service and clean ambience. Good facility in that location. The staff was kind and speedy service. Ample car parking. Great location. Good for family and friends. Old classical music is added plus in their restaurant. Overall its a nice place.

Su
Review №3

Went to this Restaurant with Family... they serve us quality Tasty Traditional Foods...Non-Veg Meala was so Satistying❤️

Di
Review №4

Good ambience. Overall food was ok and service is at par. There is no signature dish like other restaurants and only have Vazhaellai Chicken. Prawn masala was good and crab is pathetic and better they remove from menu. Traditional kind of vetriellai and pakku given alongwith burfi and that is goodOverall good experience but not repeat visit. Enjoy food. Few clicks for your eyes

Vi
Review №5

Kumbakkarai restaurant situated in nugambakkam just opp palmgrove hotel ambience was good , very friendly staff, food here is simply amazing and traditional cuisine

ne
Review №6

I had the Kumbakarai Virundhu... Complete non-veg meals that render the taste of Chettinad linger in Ur tongues till it was washed away with traditional *panakkam* followed by kadla burfi and vetalai...The best part about the place is the service... While the owner himself greets and welcomes all the guests, the staff take care of every possible need even before u can ask for! A staff actually made the vetalai for me...

Sw
Review №7

Yummy😋 quality food 👍, best place for South Indian food indulgence 🍱, do try their authentic flavour of mutton 😋

Di
Review №8

Must try the ilaneer payasam. Calm decor. Great food, home like taste. Excellent staff!!! Definitely a hidden gem in chennai. You guys are awesome!!!!

Ra
Review №9

Place for non veg. For veg they dont have main course.only parotta and starters we can have.Ambience was too good and traditional.in soda paneer and cola are available.

De
Review №10

Very good service. South Tamil Nadu style preparation. Briyani made of seeraga sambha rice with pepper dominating the taste. Had veg meals(in pic). Chicken Meals was good too. ₹275 for a chicken meal.

Sh
Review №11

Ambience is very nice, I ordered prawn meals but the gravy I got was like prawns put into fish gravy... Bit costlier for what I got

Ma
Review №12

Best Of Best South Indian Traditional Food In The TownFood Is Bit Spicy But The Taste Wins It OverMeals With Starter & Gravy Is HighlightPrawn Varuval & Mutton Chukka Tastes AwesomePlease Concentrate On Service

P
Review №13

Hi, briyani was good, spl meal was totally disappointed and waste of money, not enough of servers so need to wait for every dish. Ambiance is good, rather than QC code they could prefer menucard. Very less items in spl meal, dont look in youtube and expect more.

Ab
Review №14

One of the Best place for traditional non veg items.. Resturant was very good.. Place was maintained neatly and authentic way was there.

Pr
Review №15

Tastes okay.Poor lighting.Staircase arent clean.

Mu
Review №16

Only positive I can say is that they maintain cleanliness. Apart from that I see its a total waste of money to spend in this restaurant, the signature meal which was served to me was highly disappointing, it was completely unhygienic (fish had a bad smell and mutton gave raw meat smell). The cost of the meal was around 645rs, its totally not at all worth for it ....may be the small quantity of biryani which comes along with the meal and the 2 of the curry which they served was bit satisfying.

Ab
Review №17

Taste is not that much good. But provided very good service.

Ch
Review №18

Authentic South Indian meals and sirraga samba briyani! Both was exquisite.

Ja
Review №19

Taste was amazing, especially the biryani.Few items like fish fry, mutton chukka tasted salty, which didnt give the actual taste of the item..Overall the taste was above averageAnd good ambience.

Ka
Review №20

One of the wrost Hospitality ever I have seen.No Menu, kept a QR code table with Table number. No where any instructions as Scan here to get menu on your mobile. I have waited for more then 10minutes then called a person who serves the food and asked Menu, then he replied Scan this QR code to get the menu.Then we ordered starters and Main dish. Main dish reached then 3/4th completion of main dish, starters were on pur table.Taste: Very Average, not up to the mark.Value for Money: 0 Rating.Just by giving advertisement, these guys attract customers, but nothing in.

Sh
Review №21

Good food and a great service

An
Review №22

Taste was awesome. unbelievable mutton Biryani

Ve
Review №23

Nice Aura and cool decor...South Indian at its best ...

yo
Review №24

Good, The food taste is awesome, environment also good & creative👍

Ko
Review №25

I loved the food served here. Tried Biryani and Green Chilli chicken. Raita with chicken was ultimate.

An
Review №26

Taste is good but the ambience is not good. Especially the lighting..

Na
Review №27

Except meal nothing is good. Also response also not good. Only good ambiance. Not worth...

me
Review №28

Pleasant ambience, very courteous staff, tasty dishes and quantity worth the money spent ! Has a small parking space in the front.

Pr
Review №29

Nothing great or special. We had ordered veg meals and the okra curry got over in some time... Event when they were serving only very little quantity.The decor is nice.However, the staff is friendly.They need to keep their washrooms clean.

Sr
Review №30

It is delicious and the staff is also very polite and helpful.

Ja
Review №31

Gud to have the 645rs nonveg (without sidedishes)lunch but not worth 4 💰 money

Is
Review №32

Not a place where youd find lip smacking delicious food. It is a decent place to eat out. Wouldnt score high along the lines of some other famous biryanis. If without much expectation, the place would certainly not put you off. 3/5 for food and ambience.

Ga
Review №33

Tasty food. But I feel, the cost is too high. We need to spend rs.1000 for only 2 members. Parking and hotel ambience is good. Not suitable for Budget people

Mo
Review №34

Good food. Liked chicken starter. Briyani liked by all. Crab soup could have been better. Worth trying again. Nice ambience and Mgr songs. Service is good

Ro
Review №35

Excellent food , good ambience , and nice seating .

ra
Review №36

Food Was good.. but taste was not up to the expectations

Na
Review №37

Just had feeling as if I am eating in a madurai mess!

Xs
Review №38

The food is spicy and the restaurant has film music running aloud in the otherwise quiet ambience.Table staff are courteous. Visit only for Madurai fare.

To
Review №39

Didnt like the food & Over priced

Su
Review №40

Excellent place to have authentic south Indian food. Great ambience and hospitality by the staff added to the awesome taste of every dish.. worth every penny spent.

Ka
Review №41

Average taste.... No taste variation for 2 gravy

Ni
Review №42

A food junction with a traditional flavour.. The sea food varieties and taste is good.. Other foods are not that good by taste.. The meals which we ores was a disaster

ke
Review №43

Very good customer service...Like the quality of food and more importantly the service. If there are 4 guests and 4 order different good, they dont distinguish based on what we ordered... they serve every thing to every on the table..

Ar
Review №44

Amazing traditional place. Must try sea food. Staff is very courteous and helpful!!

El
Review №45

Hotel is really good and calm. Service is really awesome. Taste of the food was good. Must try.

Su
Review №46

Awesome great taste. There are different menu items were available. All taste were too great and really a awesome one. Taste service pricing everything amazing. Great great great taste

Yo
Review №47

Chettinadu dishes are tasty

As
Review №48

Taste of the food is good. Ambience not so great. Quite costly for the offering. Very less options for vegetarian folks. Also, there were quite a bit of delay in terms of service

bi
Review №49

Superb!! First time visiting restaurants.. Food taste touched my heart and nice service!!

Vi
Review №50

Good non veg restaurant. First they provide welcome drink. Service also good

Sa
Review №51

I have done my lunch here . Its really perfect tym 😁.The way they serving is awesome . Its fully traditional food . I just recommended for singel person its enough quantity.

Ra
Review №52

Awesome, authentic good..I loved the place... especially their serving styles...one should definitely check it out.

pu
Review №53

The food and service is terrible. Most of the items on the menu wont be available and they take forever to even serve the meals Their meal spread is very minimalistic and there is nothing to have about the food. Ordered the crab soup, and there wasnt the slightest hint of crab, just a bowl full of hot pepper water. Some mutton curry which was supposed to be super spicy, turned out to be a mutton do pyaza dish with just bones and old mutton pieces. Highly recommend you dont go by the pictures and beautiful images, posted everywhere. The place is good. Wish their food was as exceptional as their facade.

Ak
Review №54

The restaurant is on the pricey side but the food was great. We ordered mutton biriyani and prawn thokku- both were delicious. I did like the ambience and music and the experience.

Mu
Review №55

Worst dinner which I had tonight, There is no smell, taste of South Indian. Quantity is given high, but simply by adding more onions, tamoto . Taste.... ? Where it is. Likewise not too cheap that we can compromise on taste.

sa
Review №56

Place is neat and clean but price is very high...

ka
Review №57

Taste so good, servers are polite, good to war with family and friends

VJ
Review №58

Very nice taste of non veg foods .. best thing is that they wont add unnecessary masala to increase the taste and smell .. home like preparations .. rates are surely little high for the quantity.. welcome drink was nice and different .. lime juice priced for 85rupees looks soo funny and scary as well .. be alert if you choose meals as the rice they give doesnt go well with the dishes they give along with it..

L
Review №59

Customer service is very good.Ambience also nice.Food also good

da
Review №60

Amazing food, amazing hospitality, cosy atmosphere! We ordered a variety of fried chicken- tender and juicy with crispy crust. Mutton curry was mouth watering too and chicken korma dosa was to die for! A must visit if youre around Nungambakkam

Ad
Review №61

Great chicken starter and biryani...gave complimentary drink and sweet. Paratha options only available for dinner.

vi
Review №62

Tasty food try kothu parotta here..you can feel this restaurant like your home food...theme was wonderful..nice place

br
Review №63

Nice South Indian food. Mutton was really cool. Quantity was excellent and staff were super cool.

Ar
Review №64

Food and ambiance is very good. Tasty food. Staffs and supervisor are really good.

di
Review №65

Welcoming with panagam is very much our culture. And the briyani have sufficient amount of piece make us full and aroma is ❤

Mo
Review №66

Proper south indian meal (with sweet, papad, authentic pickle ,small cup of butter milk) at good price(unlimited food), they gave a body cooling drink as complimentary, also an interesting pan concept at the end of meal. Restaurant ambience is very alluring, clam, pleasant music n many good things, good one to visit in nungambakam

Pr
Review №67

Very good place to taste the Non-Veg dishes.good ambience to be experienced

Vi
Review №68

Wonder how people gave 5 and 4 stars for this place? Poor quality food with complimentary food poisoning which make you down for minimal guaranteed 5 days. Price are on the top even palmshore is cheaper than this. One of the worst restaurant i have ever seen. Dont recommend this place.

Ga
Review №69

Good place to get authentic South Indian meals. Try their fish meals. Its too good

Ra
Review №70

Taste are awesome 😋

Bi
Review №71

Chicken biriyani very tasty and spicy.. really good

Je
Review №72

Too costly..not at all worth

Yo
Review №73

Location is right in middle of heart of the city. Very next Gemini bridge. Good space for parking, valet parking available. Traditional authentic Ambience , warm welcome at the entrance. Good space for couples till big bunch of gang. V dine in for lunch with bunch of 15+ppl . The way they took care of us was simply awesome. Great caring. Quick serving. Last minute v planned for cake cutting. They helped us in getting cake and organized a small cake cutting. All Ppl who served us all did it with a beautiful smile. Simple superb. Much appreciated. That is Wat v expect. Actually v felt like bring in home. Thanks a lot for making this happen. For whole bunch of Ppl they took special care to each and every request.And happily served. Coming to food. The best briyani I had in recent times. Seraga samba rice and authentic flavour. And the aroma simply awesome. I tasted natukozi Briyani, prawn briyani, mutton briyani. Each tasted really nice. The gravy, the fry the sweet and adding to it all served in banana leaf with reasonable price. That added more kind of home stuff. Taste was really really good. Overall wanna taste a typical authentic food with feel like home kind of atmosphere. Then this is the best place to dine in with ur family and friends. You will enjoy it.Keep up the good work guys..!! Way to go..Much appreciated. And thanks for all.

Vi
Review №74

Price is high but taste is under average. Not recommended to anyone. This restaurant needs a lot of improvement.

An
Review №75

Chicken was not cooked properly. Too much masala buy pieces of meats are missing. Bad choice to go..

Pr
Review №76

Amazing food. Great ambience. Panakam for welcome drink was super yum! Clean place and fast service.

Vi
Review №77

Can enjoy food with family.Customer service is excellent, they ll treat u like their majesty. Meal varieties with Gracie r good and plantain chicken fry is same like KFC chicken rate wise adorable place.

B.
Review №78

Excellent Service... Loved the ambiance... Briyani was good... The Kuzhambu was great... Kalakki was a new experience...

su
Review №79

Have theie meals and tell me if you were unsatisfied. Despite of negative reviews which are just errors of maybe because of busy kitchen. The food I tell you was Great. To #kumbakarai keep serving your panagam.. it tastes heavenly

Ne
Review №80

Only one item for vegetarian people vho bhi bakwas food

es
Review №81

Its nice place and enjoy with paanakkam and groundnut purbi before and after foodBiriyanis are prepared with seeragasamba rice

Ra
Review №82

Great taste - good hospitality and cosy space to sit

Go
Review №83

Nice place for Chettinadu foods. excellent service and tasty food.

Ki
Review №84

Ambience is dingy. Smelt of old burnt oil. Food was okay. Masalas tasted good while the meat was rough. Their palkova, panchamirtham kulfi and kadalai mittai were really good.

Bi
Review №85

This is the best chicken and crab curry I have had whilst in India. Thank you so much to my chennai based friend for brining me here. The service is excellent and so many accompaniments come with the meals such as lassi and jaggery water. I never tasted this combination of spices before except when my srilankan friends mother cooked at home. Thank you thank you thank you so much 🙏🏽

je
Review №86

Value for 💰. Taste good too. Watchout for the seeraga samba briyani rice before you order as many seem to like basmati.

Au
Review №87

I was having high expectations, but the food was average. Service was really good. Car parking is available.

Sh
Review №88

Nice ambienceSatisfying foodClass customer careAgain the customer care is added advantage for this restaurant

aj
Review №89

Unexpected plan to kumabakarai. Excellent taste. Thank you for your service

K.
Review №90

Asked for egg masala and it had chicken pieces even after informing the bearer that there must be no chicken

Te
Review №91

No proper parking non-vegetarian stink in hotel not as expected

an
Review №92

Good quality and more spicy.

Ch
Review №93

Very very worst food & old food.chicken,fish,crabs & mutton also old,Cheats Price is high but taste is under average. Not recommended to anyone. This restaurant needs a lot of improvement.Very worst service:

sa
Review №94

Very worst service:I ordered through swiggy475 RS mealsIt not worth for 100Rs.Taste was awfullDont get cheated. Be aware.

Sa
Review №95

Good Chettinad restaurant

su
Review №96

Had crab masala with plain rice. Interiors looks amazing.

As
Review №97

Good service.. spicy and Tasty food👌👌👌

Se
Review №98

Taste is good but take away we have to check before leaving

Sr
Review №99

Had a very good thali with non-veg items.

Si
Review №100

Place with good ambience and servers. Only South Indian food is available. But at its best.

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  • Address:NEW NO.40, OLD NO.156, Kodambakkam High Rd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600034, India
  • Phone:+91 90031 25659
Categories
  • Chettinad restaurant
  • Indian restaurant
  • South Indian restaurant
Working hours
  • Monday:11:30AM–11:30PM
  • Tuesday:11:30AM–11PM
  • Wednesday:11:30AM–11PM
  • Thursday:11:30AM–11PM
  • Friday:11:30AM–1AM
  • Saturday:11:30AM–12PM
  • Sunday:12–11:30PM
Service options
  • Delivery:Yes
  • Takeout:Yes
Offerings
  • All you can eat:Yes
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
Atmosphere
  • Casual:Yes
  • Cozy:Yes
Crowd
  • Groups:Yes
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