Chennai Cafe

First of all the food is not great and the reception is also not good in the restaurant. When we ordered Medhuvada 4 piece togo, we got 3 in the box after 1 hour of ordering. We opened the box thinking that how can a small box fit 4 vadas and we happened to see 3 vadas. When we talked about this at the reception after paying the bill, the receptionist asked us to wait for sometime. We waited more than 30 mins and still the receptionsit didnt care about us. We didnt wanted to waste more time and we walked out from the restaurant with a very bad first time experience. Even the food tasted bad that our wait is not worth it. I wouldn’t go or order from this restaurant again.

Don’t let the picture fool you because this fried rice is absolutely bland. I ordered egg and paneer fried rice. The rice is very dry and had no flavor. It’s like eating plain rice. There’s barely any panner and vegetables. There isn’t any egg either mixed into the rice. Even though the rice is yellow, it doesn’t have any egg flavor. I’m pretty sure they added food coloring to make the rice yellow. Don’t waste your money and order from another restaurant.

Went here on Saturday for lunch. Apart from us, there were 3 other tables with people. Rest of the place was deserted. Last visit , place was busy. We wondered why and it became obvious. Chennai Cafe is a brand in Dallas and we did not bother reading reviews before we went this time. Poor service; waited a while 10 minutes before someone took our order. Ordered a non veg thali, that took about 15 minutes to show up...we also ordered mutton varuval and appam..that was 30 minutes later...in an empty restaurant! Food quality and portion sizes have gone down. Microscopic servings of yogurt and sweet in plastic disposable cups. See pics...the mutton dish was good compared to the rest of the orders. Appam was good, hence the 2 🌟. This stuff is not going to work in Austin where there are better choices now. Not going back.

Indian restaurant with spicy food, veg/non veg thali's here are good n tasty and thali is available on weekends only. They also serve tamilnadu famous biryani called thalapakattu and this is also available on weekends. South Indian breakfasts also served here. Usually there will be wait here, table service is worst and cleanliness is also average.

Great goat, really good Nan. Very authentic feeling. Decent amount of food for price. Next time I will ask them to make it spicier than they normally serve it but I could at least feel a little heat. Room temperature water made me feel like I was back in Bangalore. Will defintely be going back in the future.

Legendary • Ghee roast dosa, Their Aloo masala and 3 chutneys Loved • The salted lassi ** • Sheesh kabob ******** (rads birthday very good) • Paneer tikka (rads birthday very good) • Medu Vada • Gobi 65 *** • Grand Non Veg Thali. Two big plates. Serves 2. Non Veg portions were v good - Veg part was ok • Paper dosa • Dosa Kurma with Chicken Salna.  The salna was awesome! • Saag Chicken *** • Parotta Salna. **** • Shrimp curry ***. Came as part of Grand Non Veg Thali. Separate dish too • Mutton Pepper Fry.  V v spicy • Mutton Sukka.  This is Tamil Nadu style. • C2 • The Baingan Chole veggie dish ** • See if there is a chicken dish based on Parotta Salan • Gulab Jamun • Filter coffee • Payal said I loved the fried fish Liked • Rasam • Arcot mutton Biryani • Chicken Chettinad Curry.  A little cinamony • Chapathi • Chicken 65 fried. • Mango lassi Ok • Mutton Bone Soup Avoid • King Fish curry. Not keralite style or coconutty at all • C4 chicken • Fish fry (king fish) - very fishy taste

Delicious and true Indian food. Medu vada, Idli and Samosa were really good and will make you feel you are in India. Lassi is good too. You get free snacks. They have pan after the food. One less star for slow service. You might need to wait over 12-15 mins for food. And other star for less friendly staff. Seems you need to pay them to smile and be kind.

Staff was very kind and the food was great. Although there weren’t many people handling the tables and take out orders, you could tell that they were working very hard to fulfill all the orders that were coming in! The tiffin food we ordered was the exact “taste of home” I was hoping for from a South Indian restaurant. I may have liked things to be a little bit more spicy, but that’s a personal preference and so regardless of that, the experience was overall very positive for us and we plan to return anytime we miss food from home.