Outstanding food, lavish settings and royal service. Southern Spice is an iconic restaurant in Chennai which serves cuisines from all the states of South India. This is part of the Taj group and in true Taj style doesn’t fail to wow you. Must visit restaurant in Chennai.

Excellent Food and great Service. Variety is good and the Ambience was nice. A relaxed evening can be spent well with some great food. Worth the price.

Excellent southern Indian dishes. Tried the thali to sample the curries, rice and breads. Warm service and staff cares to explain the food and how to eat them.

Great food. Amazing service and staff. Fantastic ambiance. Wonderdul made in house filter coffee ice cream. Strong cocktails. Absolutely loved it. Highly recommended.

Great place to try out South Indian food. Our waiter Ganesh was pretty attentive and intuitive.

Lunch Thali with Masala Tea. Great taste. Love the ambiance. Well decorated with good paintings and use of silverware for food serving.

Best South Indian food I’ve ever tasted! Unique taste! Great ambiance and hospitality!

Best with ambianceBest place to have southern taste of unique foodFriendly staff

The service, ambience, staff are friendly & good.Excellent dinner with nice ambience

Great ambience. Manager and Staff were friendly. The menu had limited option handpicked from the South Indian region. If you are in rush then this place is not an option. Sit back and enjoy your food with patience

Celebrating madras week at Southern spice at Taj Coromandel one of the best south indian restaurants in Chennai.The ambience and decor is from the 4 States of southern India. The usual food that is served in the restaurant is food from these 4 States.We visited the restaurant for the madras week and so we got to taste the Flavours of Madras.We started our lunch with the crispies rice, lentil, Lotus stem and onion rings, served with coconut, coriander leaves, ginger and ridge gourd dips. The kozhi rasam aka South Indian chicken soup opened up our sinus blocks. The starters were star dishes of Chennai, chicken fry, pepper prawns, adai, beetroot vada and fish fry.We cleansed our Palate with 2 very beautiful looking and the most tastiest immunity booster mocktails. One with pineapple jaggery and ginger and another with pomegranate and cinnamon.The main course look us down a food trail of Chennai with mutton curry, fish curry, spiced shredded chicken, special sambar, kootu, idiappam ( string hoppers) kothu parotha and appam.The desserts were the madras week special and the southern spice special with Kesari, payasam, filter coffee icecream, tender coconut payasam and badam halwa.It was truly a grand celebration of Madras week.Must tell that they have taken care of all safety measures. Our masks were down only to eat and to click a few pictures. We maintained all protocols and so did the hotel and their staff.

Best biriyani I ever had.Humble staff.Would love to visit again ❤️

Nice food. Nice ambience. Good experience. The service was impeccable in keeping with Taj traditions, Will definitely try again. The ambience and feel of the restaurant is very nice. The service was slow and since it was late at night had to request to get the items faster as conversation went on for a long time.

Loved the place ..its perfect for any important occasions .. we went there for my moms birthday and they cut the cake and celebrated it..coming to the food ..you can taste perfect authentic South Indian food..it was delicious. The only con is that the price is high .. obviously its a 5 star hotel it has to be high..

Nice food. Nice ambience. Good experience. The service was impeccable in keeping with Taj traditions, Will definitely try again. The ambience and feel of the restaurant is very nice. The service was slow and since it was late at night had to request to get the items faster as conversation went on for a long time.

Excellent dinner with nice ambience at affordable price. Memorable one.

Wow Service and Best of the Best Preparations offered

Ambience and food was excellent. Service and hospitality especially the two girls tamizh and Aishwarya were extraordinarily fantastic.

We have ordered for thali.. really very tasty and I liked were poriyal, tomato pappu,sambar, vegetable kurma,and end of meal we are Really enjoyed the dessert payasam.hats off to the courteous very kind service from Mr.Siva kumar and Ms.ishwarya in southern spice. i highly recommend this experience was really enjoyed.

Southern spice at Taj Coramandal is high end quality restaurant for south Indian vegetarian and non vegetarian food.Authentic mild and exotic spices used.Tasty food. Atmosphere is great. Good service.Ofcource pricey.

Had a dinner with colleagues on the day of arrival. We had Appam, Idiappam and stew with some other delicacy. The ambience and feel of the restaurant is very nice. The service was slow and since it was late at night had to request to get the items faster as conversation went on for a long time.

Love the ambience here. Would recommend this 100%. Food s very tasty. Perfect south indian food. Costly but worth it.

Excellent food 👌👌👌 Top class Ambience and friendly staff.

Awesome experience... Very gud hospitality and excellent staffs.

Courteous staff and very grand ambience

Delicious food

Excellent food. And nice service if you can get it. The staff are easily flustered when there are multiple groups. We felt repeatedly neglected and everything took a long time. But if you are not pressed for time then this is a grry good place. Loved the pineapple chutney.

Nice ambience and gesture but food quality is low .. service is slow.. very lazy employees with poor knowledge

Great ambiance and decor! Must visit!

Awesome place

The decor is aging and the menu card was torn at the corners. It took 15 minutes before a server appeared to take orders. 4 of us ordered beer. It was served in 2 different types of glasses. Service was so slow that we actually asked if they were short staffed. This restaurant has no place in a 5 star hotel. We will not be visiting this restaurant again.

What’s to tell, it’s a South Indian speciality restaurant at the Taj in Chennai! A must try especially for the basics! I on the other hand discovered this gem ... (see pic).

Loved the ambience and the service. Food is good, traditional south indian dishes. Nice experience. Of course costlier too.

Great traditional South Indian food. Good ambience. Would have been better if they had some live singing or music performances in the traditional Southern states style as well

They serve authentic delicious South Indian food. The service, ambience, staff are friendly & good.Overall an amazing experience!

Awesome restaurant with great food. Excellent ambiance and wonderful staff.

My ever green favourite place in Chennai! Great food, unbeatable and outstanding service, authentic.. wah Taj!!!!

Its the Authentic restaurant for the South Indian food. The spread is very good and also the Taste lingers .The service is very good .The ambiance is perfect. My recommendation for and foodie to experience it at least once .The Chefs recommendation also makes us easy in choosing .Its stomach happy experience.

Food quality is good, but taking too much waiting time. Kids were restless, need some improvements.

Food was very good. Ambiance was nice. But service the night we were there was off - forgetting orders, not refilling drinks, etc.

Southern spice is the best Restaurant 👌 in the world that gets you the flavors of southern states which you makes me too remember my grandmother cooking . excellent service

Please do not expect any innovative or unique dishes of chef quality. The menu is equipped with basic south and north indian food but price is on very higher side way too expensive as compared to other 5 star/7 srar restaurents. But you can enjoy the luxury of taj and other ambience.. whatever you order has great taste, quality & good service..

Very good ambiance. Excellent service.

If you are looking for authentic south Indian food and extra ordinary south Indian Ambience this the place to go. Thoroughly enjoyed my dinner here. The taste and description of the dishes matches to perfection. Maha virundhu with a three course meal is really surreal. Would say this was the best meal I have ever had and the hospitality made the experience even better. Once in a lifetime experience to have had that meal.

Good spread. Excellent taste. Prawns are awesome.

Wide spread across different cuisines, taste could be better , overall decent experience

One of the best gastronomic experience. Ever! And a special call out to Syed for being the best host.

This is an exclusionary south Indian dining place, not to miss in Chennai.

We came for birthday celebration.we enjoyed lot.its was very amazing.Ms.ishwariya And Mr.bala very Good Care and very friendly this types of staff have special credits goes too taj coramandel.thank you very much....The menu is varied and encapsulates the various flavors of South Indian food.Spicy to mild can all be had here.The starter selection,chutneys and the succulent Andhra spicy lamb chops was simply divine

Fine dine south Indian speciality restaurant .

One of best south indian cusine restaurant. Variety of starter is awosome.

For south indian food variations its the best place in town

Good ambience and the food was very good. The waiter had good knowledge of the food items and helped us pick the right food according to our taste.

The best south Indian restaurant in town. Impeccable service and lip smacking food. Need to try their appam and spicy curry.

I have been staying at Taj Coromandel frequently and if I dont get to have a meal at this restaurant on any trip its like having missed a key aspect of staying at Taj. The food, service, decor, music everything is par excellence. Best thing is the service. Today Shafi served me as always with a lot of care and attention to details. The meal he carefully helped plan was memorable. Especially loved the rasam served as soup. Though Ganesh was serving at the other end of the restaurant he came over to say hello. Same with several other members. This is what really makes a difference. Thank you team Southern Spice.

This place is truly every bit Taj-ly. When I say this I mean hospitality at its brilliant best, ambience at its traditional best, food that tangles the taste buds and service that makes you feel like royalty. Their starters (especially sea food) is a must have and their sweet is definitely for the sweet-lover. Thank you for such an amazing experience overall. Pallipalayam chicken Biryani and special vegetarian gravy was outstanding. Great job done by chef #saravanan and his team

One of the most elegant restaurants in Chennai - attentive, personalized service and amazing rosewood decor. We have enjoyed many a dinner served by Ganesh, who remembers the preferences of every family member! Start with the sampler of banana dosa, adai and kullipaniyaram. And the most amazing dish is the Thalicha Salmon - Norwegian salmon tastefully seasoned with coconut and South Indian spices

Best place for South Indian curry. Excellent ambience and friendly staff. Only downside is comes with a price tag

I have been hear form 2002 and its a delight the servings and the food hits the mark every time and the ambiance has changed in a tone which we will not be able to notice.

Food, ambience and service is top notch. I think they just need to add variety to the menu otherwise everything was great.

I had dined at Southern spice for dinner. I had thought that my meal was going to be really authentic and nostalgic, but expectations really went down a steep slope.I had tried their madras week special thali. It was highly advertised on social media and I really wanted to catch the flavors of authentic madrasi cooking at this place. I felt as if I was eating at a home and not a restaurant. It was warm and a little comforting.The best dish was the prawn- podi eral milagu roast. It is incredibly easy to overcook prawns in a dish that would require wok-style skillet for preparation. This prawn dish was satisfying. Apart from this dish, other items on my thali didnt impress me as authentic-madrasi food. The meal would rather cater to the more milder and sensitive tastebuds. There were a lot of Non-Indian guests at the restaurant and it would have suited them a lot more than local guests.The worst dish was sadly, the aval payasam. It is absolutely devastating to have tasted this dish. I really felt miserable to have even finished off the entire portion. It tasted like a heavily altered akkaravadasal.At this moment, I would not like to call this restaurant as a culinary destination. If you happen to stay at the hotel and you are in a mood for some Indian food, you should book a table and have a meal here.

Very well cooked meal.. since we were not familiar with the dishes the person taking our order devised the meal courses for us... Ensured they were customised to address sharing between 3 people. Very attentive service by the staff. The appam and fish curry was great, but the highlight of the meal was the elaneer payassam, which was just fabulous and one of the most unique desserts I have had. I loved my experience at Southern Spice. They have a wonderful selection of southern Indian cuisines and the presentation and service matched the superb quality of the food.

Loved itAdai is excellent.Their Banana dosa is a must try.It is very expensive. But that is expected in Taj.But food is heavenly.Had lunch and dinner.Dont miss the Pan

A wow food coming to chennai having a good pocket nothing better than southern spice food. Only word humble and the best .

Set menu was good. Pricing is not very expensive. Overall experience was good

Good ambiance and good South Indian food

Delicious food serviced and traditional ambience.

Good place to hangout with friends and loved ones . good food. As name suggest southern food are speciality of this place. And good place to try in Chennai.

A nice place for some authentic south Indian food. Went as a group of 6, all seems to have liked the food.

The best place for South Indian speciality in a five star hotel in Chennai

I had Delivery from here..food was not hot and too salty

Awesome food. The mutton briyani was really good. But it was the mutton chukka that stole the show. I really enjoyed the podi, ghee and white rice. Great experience overall.

Very Tasteful South Indian Food..Best Place to take friends who are visiting from other countries!

Amazing awesome tasty food. Must experience if visiting Chennai from USA.

Excellent food! Beautiful ambience! Ordered chicken ghee roast, kozhi kozumbu and Malabar parathas were excellent. Very good service too.. Pricy though!

Excellent authentic and classic food especially infrastructure of the southern spice is like palace

Awesome ambiance Very nice food.

Its pricy and as usual brand value.

Food if very good here you can visit.

The ambience is good the staff are friendly but the food taste is not up to the mark. The food spread is also less.

Good Ambiance, Good Food and Good Service perfect combination for perfect evening

Great ambiance, good food and service, great way to conclude my visit to this city.

Wow a superb place to dine . There is great choice from Chinese to Indian to a coffee shop to a fine dining restaurant.This Place is the hotel in Chennai.The ultimate in luxury service and comfortable stay.

Nice place to have south Indian food. Quite place.

Awesome place. Nice food

Very nice and traditional restaurant in taj coramendel

Superb food with great ambience

Excellent South Indian restaurant

If yoy love south indian food then you must try this once

Traditional hotel very nice food

Good food, nice ambiance,,, such a nice place

Excellent. Liked the food

Awesome place to spend quality time with friends and family

Most amazing ambience and awesome food

Best South Indian food in Chennai. Superb biryani.

One restaurant in chennai I could probably eat every meal in a day would be southern spice at taj Coronamandal! Be it the starters, condiments, vadams especially the lotus stem vadams are to die for). You cant go wrong with their A la carte or the set menu! Both are of very high quality and extremely consistent in taste! The parottas and appam are delicious with mutton Curry and stew! South indian coffee and deserts compliment the other dishes beautifully! Must visit!

Wonderful restaurant with great food and ambience

Nice Taste and good Ambience.

Ok ok 5 star

Nice place and good ambiance