Sri Rayappa's Restaurant, Coimbatore.
During our recent vacation to India, we got a chance to explore a few restaurants in coimbatore. There are a handful of good resturants in coimbatore. A decent vegetarian food can be had from Sri Annapoorna & Gowrishankar group, Annalakshmi and Aaryas. Non-vegetarian's have a bit lengthier list with popular names like Angannan's, Rayappas, Thalappas and Chicken Sampoorna.
We planned to visit Rayappa's restaurant for a dinner on a pleasant evening. Rayappa's have successfully established a good name for their specialty in traditional chettinad cuisine. Of course, they do provide multi-cuisine but all of their Chinese varieties we tried were pathetic.
Rayappas are located at two places in the city and we visited the one at the cross cut road. It was quite busy with bustling crowd. The seating’s and lightings were Ok and nothing much to complaint.
There were some difficulties in getting the attention of the server. There was little help in from the server in getting to know the restaurant’s specialty dishes. The preparation time didn’t take too long and the food we ordered came within just few minutes of waiting.
The food was up to the mark. The chicken clear soup was a bit too hot but still tasted heavenly to the buds. The starters’ especially chicken tikka, chicken 65 and fish fry were delicious and made the visit worth. Parathas were soft and yummy and kothu paratha was everone's favourite. Biryani was spicy but not flaming hot and had a beautiful aroma in it. One from our group ordered for schezwan fried rice much against the wishes of others. It was horrible. It resembled very close to tomato rice and I cannot believe how they manage to serve this kind of dish everyday. Here is my strong advice. If you ever happen to visit this place, just stick to their traditional Chettinad dishes and don’t experiment anything new or any other cuisine especially Chinese.
Overall it was an enjoyable experience and we came out with filling stomach and smiling faces.
4 comments:
They serve stale food.
The owner is a gounder guy who has a BMW bike.Does not participate in the catering side.Now the food is really bad.
There are more vegetarian restaurants. Seetharam, Arul Jyothi, Anand Bhavan Bombay anand Bhavan, Ayyappas, Krishna Sweets(1 restaurant in Raja Street) and a few more less famous names. Theres even a Gujarati restaurant.
There are more vegetaruan restaurants. Seetharam, Arul Jyothi, Anand Bhavan Bombay anand Bhavan, Ayyappas, Krishna Sweets(1 restaurant in Raja Street) and a few more less famous names. Theres even a Gujarati restaurant.
I hav dined at rayappas often n hav spotted the owner there most of the time.. n all the time i hav visited the food was delicious.. n if u want to taste muclitcuisine then rayappas restaurant in bharathiyar road is a must visit... only they serve so many delicious varietes of prawns.. traditional food is best in rayappas chettinad in cross cut road..
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