Madurai

Hotel Amsavalli

$$/nnn/[s]/[t]/[nv] in nellpettai, serves mouth-watering chicken biriyani, and a variety of other delicious biriyanis that are a hit with those looking for good food on a budget. great taste, very old and an authentic madurai biriyani you can have!

Hotel Janakiram 2

No 1 in Madurai for taste.

Hotel Janakiram 3

High class Non-Vegetarian Restaurant. Fully Air-Conditioned. Authentic Taste with good people.

Modern Restaurant

$$/NN/[S]/[T]/[V] Great place to savor a traditional south Indian meal. They still serve the most authentic idly, dosa, pongal and kesari as you would find in a traditional Iyengar household. Their clientele has boasted of the famous Nehru and even Mahatma Gandhi. Even till a few years ago, their walls were covered with photographs of who's who of India. A must see and eat place!!

Jaffer's Home Biryani

$/nn/[nv]/[t] popular place for biryanis and side dishes. in the evening, they make parottas as well. buses to mattuthavani or alagarkovil should take you to this place. the nearest bus stop is evening madurai kamaraj univ stop or madurai corporation eco park stop. the dining place is located on a small street opposite to the thyagaraja petrol station.

Chappati Park

$/nn/[v]/[t], nearby the k.k.nagar arch. as the name implies, the dining place is known for its variety with chappati roti like item. you name it, they got it! you can notice creative stuffing with chappatis. popular place for dinner. the nearest bus stop would be k.k.nagar court neetheemandram. head e if you get down at the above stop. buses to mattuthavani would take you to this place.

Hotel Sabarish

$/nnnn/[v]/[t]/, town hall road. a very popular dining place for dosas and uthappams. don't miss it! it is very nearby to the madurai railway junction. if you head towards the town hall rd from the railway station, the hotel is situated nearby the second 4-road intersection. this is one of the best vegetarian restuarants in madurai. spare the crowd and noise, you are going to taste something unique and you can't forget it for a few months atleast!

The food of Madurai is well quoted as "Manadirkku idhamana sappadu". The cuisine of Madurai inherits the true taste of Tamils. Other restaurants are also popular in Madurai like Madurai Sri Muniyandi Vilas which is a parking place for most of the non-vegertarian food lovers. Madurai possesses its unique and exclusive foods like Paruthi paal, jigarthanda, panangkarkandu paal and chettinadu varieties like appam, kuzhi paniyaram, etc.

Guide:

AtmosphereNNNN = Extremely noisy and crowded; NNN = Noisy and crowded; NN = Moderately noisy and crowded; N = Spacious and reduced noise level

Food type

[S] = Spicy; [H] = Hot meaning: Garam; [T] = Tasty!; [NV] = Non-vegetarian; [V] = Vegetarian; [J] = Jain food; [NVV] = Non-vegetarian and Vegetarian

There are any number of restaurants but any college Boy Knows how to have the best dinner at one of the " Evening Mutton Stalls " for a pittance. The strong aroma of eye watering dishes is not for the faint hearted. The next morning you will be reminded of your spicy escapades into culinary discovery. If spicy hot is not your cup of tea, your starting point should be with "Kotthu Parotta" without the gravy, chilies, or chili powder or pepper mixed in it. The music of the Kotthu ladles drumming on the flat hot plate of a charcoal fired Barbeque is Nirvana to a hungry mans ears. I recommend the roadside eatery near the central bus stand branch office of KPN travels. Spare the shoddy service and test the immunity of your bowels! all the best!NNN. NV

Hotel Harish

$/nn/[v] south masi road. pure veg restaurant. excellent fast food items like pizzas and chat.it houses a bakery too.

New Ariya Bhavan

West masi street, it serves good bombay/marwadi thali and south indian thali. also, it has some fine bengali sweets in addition to local south indian sweets and savories.

Murugan Idly Shop

West masi street. exclusively for very soft idlies. also good for dosas and other south indian food. try once.

Hotel Aarthi [V]

Just behind to koodal alagar temple, near town bus stand. serves good and safefood of south indian and continental dishes.

However, dinner options are limited. Wherever you are, please don't forget to savor the hot "raw banana bhajia' or Kela Bhajia or valakkai bhajji Tamil. Also be wary of drinking water, better to buy water bottles.

Vaigai mess

A first class non-veg hotel. It is popular in the noon. you can have your lunch there. Chicken biriyani, mutton biriyani are famous there. Fish fry, mutton fry, chicken fry and a lot of spicy dishes to taste.

Konar Kadai

Non Vegetarian.Tamilnadu original mutton hotel never ever seen.idly and kudal kulambu is mouth watering and world famous.

Geoffery bawa designed this hotel so the restaurant faces the old banyan tree and has a lot of daylight. The food is delighfully moderate on both price and spices! They offer Indian and continental menus. The staff speak english , its probably the best place to eat quality food in Madurai