Good, tasty, Onam sadhya, and good service - but too pricey

Delicious South India food in an iconic hotel. What stands out for me is the homely feeling of taste and service there. Highly recommended

Authentic south indian cusine with authentic taste!!great ambience and and great service...malgudi special chicken and kari kolambu was good...

A South Indian themed restaurant inside the iconic savera hotel.Location - located in the ground floor of Savera hotel.Ambience - the entire ambience resembles a south Indian traditional House. The wooden swings at the entrance proves to be a big attraction.And there is a palmistry counter at entrance where we can freely check our future 😅Parking - wide parking area is available with in the savera hotel premises.Food - we visited here to during the nanjil naadu food festival. Its an ala Carte menu with delicacies from Nagercoil, kanyakumari, Marthandam and trivandrum regions.Since its a special food festival menu, chef was there to explain the dishesSince its a huge menu, am listing out my favourites in this spread.We started with the traditional sarbath (made using a famous brand in South - Raja sarbath)Also being a guy from South tamilnadu, I loved eating aviyal (mixed vegetable dish) and pazham pori (sweet banana fritters). 🍌🍌🍌In main course, the seeraga samba biryani was so tasty.One highlight dish I wanted to mention is the cheratta puttu (coconut shell puttu). Tastedamazing.In desserts, we tried paal kozhukattai the unique dish from kanyakumari. Those are Sweet balls of rice cooked in coconut milk.Service - you can experience Fine dining here with people always ready to serve you.Pricing - all items are priced at 5 star level. And so its unaffordable to visit regularly. But can be experienced during special occasions.RatingFood - 4/5Ambience - 5/5Service - 5/5Pricing - 3/5

Absolutely love this place! The food is fantastic but the highlight is the service- Its outstanding! From seating us to helping us prep for the meal, suggesting dishes, until finish, the service felt like royalty.Really good food - perfectly balanced flavors, not too oily or salty, and great desserts.Highly recommend!

One of the beautiful restaurant that Ive visited in the recent past. Quality time and i would recommend this all categories!

Enjoy the place, enjoy the food and take in the positive vibes.A bit expensive but happy minutes guaranteed.Cordial atmosphere. Food is tastefully prepared with a touch of love.

Great food! Friendly staff! And located in savera one of the historic star hotel in Madras.

Good place to find authentic food and enjoy it with friends.Not a pocket friendly option but good place to celebrate special occasions

Been there for so long and consistent in taste plus service in all these years. Very good South Indian flavor with reasonable variety and price. Tirunelveli halwa was so delicious 👍👍

We ordered mutton kuzhambu. The meat in the gravy was stale (old). We goto Savera trusting their standards. But, the results were completely unacceptable. Had we consumed it without checking, we would have fallen ill.

Best dining experience.

This place really lost its reputation, There are so many reasons to complain about this place..(i) Bad ambiance: The furniture of this place is the worst. Many things are old and looks like it is not maintained properly.(ii) Substandard quality of food: this places food is really the worst now. First of all the menu is limited and many dishes like sambar, rasam are really below the standards.I recommend one not to go to this place the food and ambiance is really bad.

Food is fabulous and the food serviced at its best , made us us try many items , classical ambience , good place to have food with family.

A quiet place to relax and have a nice meal. Both veg & non-veg are tastefully prepared and served elegantly. Located in a central place, it draws a fairly good crowd.

Not so great...bills are really over priced. One briyani is 695 and not so tasty as well.. Theme and ambience is nice and traditional..

Food quality 😍 great ambience .. the theme and music ♥️

One of the best cosy restaurants im Chennai. Very peaceful ambience, curtious staff and nice food. Any time for dinner with friends and family.

Food is good, but ambience is old. Theyve opened last month after a lockdown of 6-7 mths and the interiors smell a bit when u enter.

Could be slightly better

Food is good. Ambience is excellent

Great place and ambience!

Our favorite restaurant in Chennai. Never disappointed us this year as well. Great food, great service and a courteous staff.Great place to dine authentic South Indian cuisine in a great ambience...

The food is good. The thalis are insanely filling. But a nice place with a pleasant ambiance. Their prawn preparations were great. They lost a star in my review because of the Nethili Fry which was batter fried and that usually doesnt work.

Lovely! The gentleman outside the entrance of the restaurant who tells your future completes the magic of Malgudi. Tasty food, very attentive team and excellent service. Valet parking too is of great help. Hope to return.

Great, warm service. The food was excellent. Very good suggestions by the steward and deserves 7*.They even agreed to serve little late as we were late for our booking

This place is so nice for both veg and non veg. They have wallet parking facility. Inside Savera, we have beauty parlour facility also. They have a swing at the entrance of the restaurant which attracts people coming over there. Also they have an astrologer in front of the restaurant. If we want we can predict our future with him. Lol...This places interior is the Indo classical type. Very calm and quite restaurant.

Good car parking space.. tasty food but high cost.. pleasant service from the serving team of restaurant.

Food was great but the service was poor.

Great South Indian fare. Nice ambience. Friendly and courteous service.

Horrible food.. forget chicken, prawns and other dishes... Their own speciality. Podi idli, appam, Thutavam edi dosa, mysore masala dosa... All were below average..Pls dont visit this place..

3 star is for ambience and service. I was there for lunch. Veg thali was the choice. Appetizers were good ( wish we had order just that). Main course wasnt. East dish was decent (not good) on its own, but they didnt come together on the thali as a meal. For a thali that costed 1000+ it is not worth it. I wouldnt have had a problem if the dishes by themselves were atleast good, karma wasnt like it, idiyappam was sticky meaning less cooked, sambar wasnt to the level, beetroot had so much garlic, chenai/yam was too sticky for a dry curry.. . I can go on and on. I would look for a certain level with the reputation of Savera, but this was disappointing. Their Breath Room is a good choice.

The interior will make you feel so comfortable. Very very good manager. Nearby you can find Bamboo Bar, never visit irresponsible staffs and careless customer aeevice

An authentic restaurant at savera where ur veg and non veg dishes are lip smacking. Give a treat to ur taste buds

Really had a great time here. The food and ambience is great. Flute player was awesome and played tunes on request.

Food is good but the service is the worst.

Non veg thali food offered for Christmas was a good feast but cost is little on higher end at 1575 INR per person

Food was good, not sure if it was worth the cost. 2 appams cost 275+ tax. !

Never get bored of visiting Malgudi..set in the beautiful theme of a traditional south Indian home, it serves a wide variety of dishes from all over the south of India. My favourite is their vazhappoo vada..for biriyani lovers their chicken biriyani is a must try...spicy and flavorful

Good place to be with friends and family. Had a great time service was quick and courteous and they took great care of us.

Nice Ambience and good food. Good place for Business meetings

The Onam Sathya meals very tasty and delicious the atmosphere of hotel and reception is very good

Not happy with the good served ambience was completely disturbed by staff chatting loudly with another group guest. Unable to hear the flute music.

Good Customer Service but I have had better food so over all Ok. Experience may not repeat

Good place for a weekend dinner with family and a wonderful service

We had non veg thaali here for the lunch.it is one of the worst items in the menu for a lunch. They served aalam, dosai , idiyappam for a lunch thaali. The taste was ok. We ordered mutton kulambu which was good the first time, the second time when we order the mutton was not cooked very well. The ambience was so good. But no good food.

Great foods and drinks

Good ambience,warm hospitality, delicious dishes, especially chettinad cuisine.

Excellent service, choice of Southern classic taste, beautiful ambiance.

Traditional Kerala style food and hospitality. Nice

Super food, ambience, service, quality...what more can you ask for?

Nice ambience try there signature mutton soup and crab shell less Fry

As always a delight to be here. Good food and service.

Traditional south Indian non veg food, in 4 star ambienceValue for moneyNice place for family dinnerGood place for office dinner as wellBar menu available in restaurant as wellChettinad, Kerala , Andhra style menu ceratin speciality dishes for each state available

Delicious South Indian non vegetarian food, must try when you are in Chennai.

Pathetic maintenance. The room was damp & smelly . We went in as 2 ppl around 2 pm in the afternoon. Selected veg thali as per advise . Drumstick soup was okay . Veg starters , namely ladies finger pakoda was tasteless & paneer 65 too was pretty ordinary . Then came the shocker in the form of thali . The parotta & kuruma was ok. None of the side dishes was good . Biryani had too much ghee & the appam which I got tasted bad with coconut milk . That a hotel of the standard of Savera should look in to this speciality restaurant . Buffet always tasted good @ Savera but Malgudi was a big let down.

Tasty food and helpful staff

Loved the mutton bone soup and the garlic fish fry. They both turned out to be brilliant appetisers. Later, we ordered some paya, appams and dosas. They were all delicious. Just wished the vazhapoo vada had more of vazhapoo flavour than dhal. Else, I loved the food, ambience and music. The person who played flute did a great job.

Homely, friendly and tasty and great ambiance too.

Good place have lunch with family and friends

Execellant south indian food serve in malgudi ....

Nice place neat maintenance and service is good

Ordered veg thali , the food spread is very simple . You can eat better thali in balaji Bhavan . They should include better deserts at least

Lovely food. Good to dine

Great tasty authentic chettinad food !

A nice place..Kind staff..enjoyed

A must visit restaurant.... Good ambience...Great service and such an amazing palate of food....

Always a very appealing ambience with mouth watering food. Been coming here for almost 10 years now.

Good food friendly staff place has to be refurbished

Great food and service, ideal for weekday family dinners.

Nonveg Thali for lunch was elaborate and sumptuous...tasted so delicious...

Great taste and varieties. Value for money.

Good ambience for a quiet dinner

Good

Good ambience and service. Authentic food.

Great ambience nice spot for a family get-together

Awesome options. Strongly recommend.

Too much noise and too much Garlic

Lovely ambience and good food

Tasty south indian Veg/Non Veg thalis

Good

Something feels special about Savera... from my skl days.

NICE PLACE TO

Good place for hanging out

Best mix of South Indian cuisine.

Lovely ambience Good food

Well maintained ambience and buffet is very good

Every expensive for the food they serve

Great food, good ambience, exceptional hospitality!

Some of the food items especially desserts were not authentic!

A great foody place

Very nice south Indian restaurant

Local restaurant

As always food was good, but the prices expensive

Good to have family celebrations.but costly

Good for banquet hall bookings

Lovely place to dine, party etc.

Food was excellent.

Food quality is good.

Super meal