They serve the best pongal when had with that extra ghee. All the items in the menu are worth a try while pongal can never be missed
This place is right behind the famous Kappaleshwara temple at Mylapore.
Visited this place with my friends on Sunday Early morning.
The Restaurant is highly traditional right from entrance.
The Ambience makes it very clear that they are going to serve traditional Tamil Brahmin breakfast.
The food is served on a banana leaf.
We ordered Onion vada, Ghee Podi Dosa, Pongal, Poori, Idly, Medu Vada and Coffee.
The one thing that I observed is the way they handle Food, they give the respect it deserves.
The food is Good, Dosa was brilliant, Pongal was decent, Poori with Allu Curry was great, Idly ND Medu Vada was also good.
But the best part was South Indian Filter Coffee. Brilliant!
One thing which can be improved is the Hygine of the surroundings like Tables which were not clean.
Definitely must visit!!..
Bill value : 900 for 5 people
Food 4.5/5
Ambience 4/5
Service 4.4/5
Cleanliness 3/5
Value for Money 4/5.
Overall 4/5
One of the oldest mess in mylapore serving South Indian delicacies. Remember, it’s a mess. So, don’t expect too spicy or oily items. The dishes are more often bland than expected, giving a homely experience. It’s a small place with limited AC dining.
It’s in a congested area with almost no parking.
Not suitable for leisure dining. Good place, if you want a quick, authentic South Indian dine.
Sambar doesn’t taste like routine stuff, what you see in conventional hotels. It tastes like a pitlai. Mor kozhambu vadai was good.
Coffee was a big let down as we expected a decoction filter coffee, but machine coffee was served.
Worth visiting though.
One of the finest places in Chennai :) The Ambience is so Beautiful with god photos everywhere. The Dosa was crisp and the Idli was soft and delicious. The best time to visit this place is 7-8am :)
It's a good place for homely and Hygienic food. They serve a cup of Steamed Rice, Sambar, Rasam, Kootu, Poriyal, Payasam (Only on Sunday's) for Rs. 65 which is worth it. Taste, Quality, Quantity, Service are also good. Place is quite small and they serve the same menu daily for that am reducing one star.
If you want the original mylapore veg food, then this is the place . Amazing meals , tiffin & authentic filter kaapi. Theee best place in mylapore. Very less rate.
Awesome place for dosas and variety rice. Typical mess atmosphere. Fair prices. Must visit for the dosas and South-Indian tiffin items. Various podis, pickles and thokkus available for take-away too.
one can enjoy some delicious rava dosa here ... with a sweet and filter coffe .. for a weekend’s evening 😍 bit expensive so occasionally u can enjoy not often
This place offers the best filter coffee you have tasted. The place gives a temple feel with devotional songs played at the background and the aroma of ghee. Feels like you are having from a temple mess. Have ordered coffee,ghee masala dosa and ghee roast from here. They come with 2 chutneys and sambhar. The ghee roast is huge, that 2 people could share one, if you are looking for a light meal. Altogether the taste was also appealing hence giving a 4.
Best dosas and idlies in mylapore. Though the place is not very clean, can have quick breakfast or a snack. These places doesn’t need to be searched . The smell from their kitchen is so delicious to drag you in!!!
worth all the hype it has ,cant get veg dishes on such taste anywhere else in chennai but bit higher on cost.Ghee dosa and pongal are must try here!!
Excellent place for breakfast. Quality food. Served hot. Awesome taste. Idly, vada, dosa and their famous tomato chutney are a must have. Small and old place. Excellent service . Best time to go : 7am, Sunday.
Authentic south Indian restaurant. Been there a few times and always had a divine feeling. Especially dosa and filter coffee are awesome 👌🏻
This place is a childhood favourite and when one is craving for authentic South Indian Tiffan this is where you should go. When you enter you’re greeted by the aroma of filter coffee and sambar. All the dishes are served on a banana leaf. My favourites here are:-
1) badam Halwa-50 gm for ₹80. Melt in your mouth goodness.
2) gingely oil podi dosa-9/10–my Personal favourite. Ghee dosa option also available. (₹105)
3) ghee rava pongal-8/10–scrumptious Pongal oozing ghee. Lots of quantity for one person (₹110)
4) ghee rava kichdi-8/10–same as Pongal (₹95)
5) adai aviyal-8.5/10–crispy onion adai served with a mildly spiced creamy vegetable aviyal (₹115)
6) Keerai vada-9/10–famous here & must try! (₹55)
Ambience-7/10
Service-8.5/10
Value for money-7.5/10
An early morning visit to Kapaleeswar Temple, and just behind that this age old restaurant. The ambiance is no less than a temple. The food is also Damm tasty. We had ordered masala ghee roast dosa, pongal, vada and filter kaapi (coffee).
All dishes were utterly delicious, specially the pongal. The smell was so inviting, forgot to take pics😉
Went to have idli, but was over when I reached. Go before 9am to have idli. Had ghee dosa, medu vada, kichidi and coffee. Medu vada was the best I had till now, crispy outside, soft inside. Dosa was not crispy which I loved. Filter coffee had heavy coffee flavour and a bit bitter taste, have to say it's one of the best authentic coffee in Chennai. Must visit to experience authentic Chennai dishes.
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It was a Saturday night and quite late. Around 10’o clock. We were looking for an option to have south Indian vegetarian food. First tried Woodlands near Mylapore but it was way too crowded, thanks to the Carnatic concert in the nearby museum theatre. Woodlands did look cool. Have to definitely try the next time.
Our next option en route to Thiruvanmiyur was Saravana Bhavan. One restaurant which comes at the top our mind whenever we think of vegetarian food. Thanks to my constant browsing of Zomato, when we were waiting for green signal in Luz, I got reminded of Karpagambal Mess. Dimag ki batti jala de. I patted my back for that. It was a good decision to make. Not every day we venture out for a vegetarian restaurant. And like this, you plan all of a sudden to visit a legendary restaurant it sure is memorable.
As it was around 10PM. Most of the shops near the temple were closed. In fact Karpagambal Mess was the only shop with lights at that time. Thanks to the huge road, parking wasn’t a problem. But the mess was messy. I thought it’d be brighter than that. But it was reasonably neat and so were the prices. When a restaurant gets this much fame, the prices automatically shoot up. So comparing the prices to legendary status, the prices too were pretty nominal.
We had to wait a good 15 minutes because of a senior citizen who’d never budge from the speed at which he was drinking coffee. He was drinking at 2 ml/minute rate without any concerns whatsoever. Once he got up and I got seat we ordered Rava Pongal, a dish for the first time I’m hearing about, along with Plain Dosai and Vazappu Uthapam, again a first time dish. The Dosa varieties are quite common in other restaurants as well because it’s easy to be creative there. But with respect to Pongal it always has been either ghee Pongal or Rava Kitchadi. Why didn’t it occur to anyone to have Rava Pongal which is so easy to make and equally awesome.
Rava pongal was served with a complimentary Avial. Not sure it was a one off thing or it’s done in a regular basis. But the combo was deadly with Avial having that slight bitter curd taste. The same was given as side dish for Uthapam too. For all the dishes Coconut Chutney and Sambar were at the table. Sambar was awesome as expected. The quantity too was quite huge. Having been used to HSB it was very tough to finish a plate of Pongal here. Coffee at last wasn’t up to standards. Is there any place which can beat Hot Chips coffee?
Add to it the waiters are very friendly and easily makes you feel at home. That’s the thing with messes; they are good at making you want to go there again. For householders there are many powders, pickles available, of course the rates are exorbitant but after all you’re in a mess which has survived decades of commercialization.
Ideally we’d have liked to end the day with Kalathi Kadai Rose Milk but it was too late so couldn’t. Better luck next time. For us!
Sriramachandramurthy Konakalla
+4
Been to this place after a decade and I would say it still retain its old world charm with walls fully decked up with hindu deities and hand written menu boards.
This place is a must visit for any foodie who relishes south indian fare and filter coffee. One must try their dosa's and variety vada's with filter coffee. I would suggest to opt for Air conditioned enclosure though tad costlier as we tend to feel too sultry and hot in common space.
VFM - 6.5/10
Taste - 9/10
Ambience - 6/10
PS: A must visit to visitors of chennai to have a feel of authentic south indian fare.
4.5/5 i would say
Taste/Quality/Cleanliness : 5/5
Price : 4/5Authentic vegetarian food!
Place looked like a temple to be honest.
Had variety rices(vathakozhambu rice, veg briyani, sambar rice). Everything tasted good.
Had sweet boli which tasted too good but a bit overpriced.
Would definitely visit this place again to taste the dosas.
After reading all the rave reviews, I went there today. I ordered Leman sevai, Keerai Vadai, Filter coffee and packed few more dishes for the family. Everything tasted so yum. The place interior looked so divine. It was less crowded as it was a Monday night at about 8.30pm.
Taste - 5/5
Quantity - 5/5
Price - 4/5 yes it's a bit on the costly side.
If you've never been here, I don't know what you've been doing in Chennai all this time!
It is the timeless gems of Chennai, where you get the ambience of old, authentic townhouses that your grandparents might have owned backed in the day.
The food is so yummy and the cost is pocket friendly, you're sure gonna enjoy this place.
My friend felt like this place looked like an ethereal temple and the place looked so homely. The food is also really good for your health and the taste will sure remind you, your grandmother. To anyone, who looks authentic south indian food, you should give this place a shot!
The servers are super friendly and helpful. On the whole, it gives you a home away home feels. Must try!!
This is a legendary outlet. We had keerai vadai,Mango halwa,Nei Podi dosa and Idiyappam. The mango halwa was a class apart. Never had a halwa like this before.The keerai vadai was not so hot but still ok. The nei podi dosa and Idiyappam were very good as well. Overall the price for these 4 items in AC hall was 375 which was a bit too pricey for the quantity,ambience and the food.It would be great if they can make it less pricey.
Excellent place to have south Indian food.
Pongal and filter coffee rule the show. Dosa and Idly are equally good.
The place is small, (it's a mess so don't expect much) but if you're someone who doesn't mind all that, just go for it.
Ananditha Anand Ganesh
+5
This is an old place, very much like their podi dosa! I ordered pongal and vada. They serve in bananna leaf and accompanied by chutney and sambar. If you are in Chennai and want a taste of the authentic south indian food. This place is a must!
If you are a Chennaite, you sure heard about this place. Has a great legacy. Its right next to Kabaleeshwarar temple. Its interior and ambiance will take you decades back. The food there is quite good, though it has lost its old glory these days. Yet, if you are a first timer then its sure worth a shot. Try Sambar rice while you are there.
Authentic south Dosa Sambar varieties with a variety of vadas at its best ♥️ ...... we had vazhai thandu Vadai which was very big n yummy ❤️ and their spl ghee podi dosa 💓
This is one of the places I have been visiting since childhood after my dance recitals in Mylapore or after my visit to the temple . I went back there just to eat at this place last week . This mess has all varieties of South Indian food . If you are one of the person looking for cleanliness then this isn’t the place . The waiting time isn’t much here as the food gets delivered very fast .I had been there with my family and we ordered idly , ghee roast and masala dosa . Idly was very soft and fluffy . Ghee roast wasn’t too crispy nor too oil . That’s a bad and a good point . Masala dosa was very good . Then coconut and groundnut chutney were just too good along with the sambar . I ended it with some hot filter coffee . It was really strong in flavour. This place is a must try if u a going to mylapore .
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Mylai Karpagambal mess has its own legacy and it reminisces back more than 5 decades. A typical chennaite sure must have heard about this lovely mess. Its located quite opposite to the mylapore temple.
On a Saturday morning, stepped into this mess for a blissful breakfast. The ambience was pretty much good strikingly filled with artwork.
We quickly went for couple of plates of idly and vadaicurry. The effervesence of the banana leaf, kept us more intrigued to linger our taste buds..
Were greeted with idly and vadai curry served with 2 types of chutneys and sambar. I'd love the idlies which were prepared in cloth and kept in steam in the idly vessel. It becomes more fluffy and soft, and indeed it was the same kind provided here. Vadacurry were spicy and so bloody palatable.
Also ordered sambara vadai and Ghee roast. Sambar vadai was quite distinctive,but i loved the enticing Ghee roast. Could savour the Ghee flavour all over the crispy dosa and it was so good with the sambar and the chutneys. I must admit, i fell in love with the light brown colour coconut chutney which went good with the dosa.
It would be a sin, if we not conclude our breakfast with a spl mylapore filter coffee and that's indeed a USP here. the aroma of the coffee was a bliss and pure ecstasy, and the very first sip made all the difference.
Do visit this mess for the lovely breakfast and get savoured with the blissful taste. It's slightyl over priced, but its worth. The service was quite good. Overall, one of the authentic and perfect mess which has its own history in our Chennai.
VFM - 3.5/5
Taste - 4/5
Quality - 4/5
Quantity -4/5
Service - 3.5/5
Ambience - 3.5/5
A great place to dine, Absolutely value for money. The staff is warm and it feels like eating at home. Pretty good food. Pricing is reasonable and is definetly worth try...
Very tasty food. Good quality. Unassuming place. Good place if you want to have authentic cuisine. Service was good. Don't come here if you are looking great decor and other bells and whistles
If you're in Chennai, then you should definitely to visit this place!
One of the restaurant where you'll find authentic South Indian ambiance and food.
The food is being served on the traditional leaf. We had ordered Idly, Uthappam, Medu Vadai and Ghee Roast.
1. Idly as we get in other popular South Indian restaurants is completely different from this. Here it is far more tastier and finger licking.
2. Medu Vadai was dipped in Sambhar and was delicious. 😋
3. We had expected the size of Uthappam to be small but to our surprise it was king sized! 😯😅
4. After all this, the little space in our tummy was satisfied by the Ghee Roast. 😁
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Good option for pure vegetarian people. The food served here are purely south Indian, tasty and hygienic. The Sooji appam and filter coffee here are a must try. But quite too expensive for a not so fancy veg restaurant.
Nestled in the buzzing busy street near kapaleeshwar temple , this mess which has been around for ages still has the old times charm! Had lunch packed from this place en route home.
Keerai vadai- must try , and big in size to satisfy the tastebuds👍🏼
Curd vadai- fluffy yummy vadai in yummily tempered curd👍🏼
Sambhar rice- piping hot and tastefully done with pearl onions!!👍🏼👍🏼
Curd rice - a bit warm but made up in its taste served with pickles.
Poli- this was a bit thick . Not satisfactory 👎🏼 .
Badam halwa: sinful delight 👌🏼decked with saffron strands.
Overall: value for the money you pay and very satisfactory food 👍🏼.
Wow a hotel that has been running for ages and still maintaining the same standards👍
Went to this hotel today after a long time and I was not disappointed at all. Definitely try vada here it is so big and tastes so good
Another must try in this place and a sweet I have been addicted to as a kid from this mess is Badam Halwa; just yummy😋😋
Evening tiffins are a big hit too and you can see the place is always crowded and every penny spent is surely worthy and tasty here😜
For people who have not visited this place yet; do go once and you will be forced to visit it again the next time you cross mylapore.
What to say new about this legendary hotel.. they still maintain the standard of each and every dish👌👌 dosa was so crispy with aroma of ghee in each and every bite accompanied by home made style chutney and sambar. 👍👍 A visit to mylapore is incomplete without karpagambal mess👌👌👌👌
A great place to dine, absolutely value for money. Usually go to kapaleeshwar temple in Mylapore so today I visited Mylai Karpagamal Mess. And to my surprise it was the best experience I ever had in my breakfast. I had Podi dosa, vada and pongal. The staff is warm and it feels like eating at home :)
Who doesn't enjoy divinely food on an early morning pilgrimage.
After having great darshan at Kabaleeshwarar temple, wanted to end the fasting with the fabulous Karpagambaal mess.
Ordered Ghee pongal, Vada, Ghee roast and two coffee. Everything was exceptionally good. Amazing service. Temple like ambiance.
So, bill was around 570rs. for the above items. Lol. Too much pricey. Hence, 3.5 rating !!
Went there twice once for breakfast and once for a quick evening snack. Everything about the place is holy except cleanliness. I have tried idly,ghee dosa,
uthappam,keera vadai & filter coffee.I liked the keera vadai n coffee more than the others.The other dishes were mediocre.
Pretty good food. Had idly vadai n dosa all were quite good . The only downside is that the ambience is like a temple with strong incense stick smell. Pricing is reasonable and is definitely worth trying !!!!
Overprized but tasty dosas, traditional hard to get sweets and snack and one of the best coffees in mylapore!
Being an icon of mylapore and having stood the test of time. It is still the heart throb of many a people and a loving memory for all those who studied in chennai and migrated to various places.
The place manages to retain its age old charisma and taste . Good for people who would like to pay extra for an experience that they would like to revisit from the past!
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Visit: 7 Jan 2018
When C invited me for a photo walk during Mylapore festival, I was more than happy to accept. The only thing that I could happily wake up on Sunday early morning – fooooood! Mylapore is well known for some of the legendary eateries and this time we decided to visit Karpagambal mess. I was almost starving for breakfast and could not help but literally devour!
This place is located on East Mada Street, just a few meters away from the ‘therr’ & diagonally opposite to Rasi silks.
Menu: 3/5
They had typical south indian breakfast menu. Every item on the menu had a ghee or gingelly oil alternative. Though the items on the menu as such were limited, they had good variation to every item, with a traditional touch.
Ambience: 3/5
This is a small place functioning in an old house. It had the table-chair set up that is typical to any mess. There is a small AC section with 4-5 tables (the price of every item in Rs10-15 more in the AC section). The entrance counter was traditional and reminds us of the 80’/90’s hotel experiences. However, this place is comfortably frequented by families and runs full house during peak hours. You can visit this place without any regrets if you prioritize good food over ambience.
Taste: 3.5/5
The order: Ghee Pongal, Ghee podi dosa, Idli, Vazhapoo vada & Water Bottle.
The ghee Pongal was hot and tasty. It had generous servings or cashews, pepper corns and was full of flavor. Idli to me, was average. Nothing to rave about. The sides were sambhar, coconut chutney and tomato tokku(onion-tomato gravy, it should have a name but I refer to it as tomato tokku). I don’t eat coconut chutney so no comments. Sambhar was typical tambram, arachi vitta style tiffin sambhar. It was quite runny and bland for my liking. Tomato tokku was good.
However, the star was the ghee podi dosa. I really loved it! The podi was different than usual. It had strong gingelly & pepper flavours, coarsely ground and a very deep shade of reddish-brown and quite spicy too! Surprisingly, the sambhar went quite will with podi dosa. I would love to take this podi back home if I could! Vazhapoo vada was hot and crispy and quite big in size. This was also nice. Overall, the food was good.
Service: 3/5
The service was prompt, neither out-standing nor did it have any complaints. People here work the old hotel ways. They keep a close watch to your orders and requirements at the same time seem quite unnoticed as well.
Value for money: 3.5/5
For the full order including taxes, the bill summed up to Rs.285 for two people. The food had no complaints. This is a decent bet for a place that comes with a popularity tag.
My take:
A small place with traditional tambram home style food. This is for sure a place that fits into ‘been there done that’ list in Mypalore. I recommend to give this a shot to satisfy your food explorations!
The famous karpagambal mess in multiple was introduced to me by my father. It lives up to its bill of being authentic and tasty. Specially enjoyed the podi adai here. Terrific tasting. Have been waiting to get a taste of the famous poli. But it's been out of stock both times I went.
Excellent food, mylapore filter coffee my favorite at this place, authenticated Brahmin food.. Simple mess kind of ambience with ac facilities, it has got a different taste unlike the regular tamil dishes.. Vazha poo vadai is a must try.!
Excellent for breakfast , authentic taste on Pongal idly vada and dosa , great filter coffee in line with Mylapore tradition ..... pricey in comparison to other restaurants nearby ... restaurant has stood test of time and maintained authenticity
This place is tucked opposite to kapaleeswarar temple. Heard of the place for quite sometime, wanted to have a first hand experience. Here is my rating.
Decor 2/5
VFM 3.5 / 5
Service 3/5
Cuisine 3.5 / 5
It's more a hype than reality. I had masala dosa, tasted Ok.
Saw that a lot of reviewers gave low ratings for the price. Agreed, it's quite expensive for a mess, but most of the places in Chennai are.
The FOOD here is just TOO GOOD.
Went around 7.15-7.30 am and ordered their Pongal, Medhu Vadai (it was huge, crispy and so well cooked) and filter coffee (so refreshing and perfect).
Rathnakar Sundaresan
+3.5
Quick review:
Food: Good in taste, well cooked; but nothing out of the ordinary.
Ambience: Home-like dining
Service: Polite neutral staff
Detailed review:
If you like South Indian cuisines, you'll only like to try this place out once. Because there are a lot of good places to eat in the same locality which have a reasonable price model. The Banana leaf dining will give you the South Indian feel, but any foodie who's tasted good South Indian Food would say there's nothing unique about the food Mylai Karpagambal mess.
Tried the usual Breakfast Menu with another foodie- Pongal, Plain Dosa and Ghee Podi Dosa(with some additional side dishes). Paid a whooping INR 308 for the same.
Eat here when you've tried the other good eateries in Mylapore
The podi dosai is awesome. Fried in gingely oil and stuffed with podi, it is that right combination of crispiness and succulence which makes you drool. The coffee with its rustic chicory strength is the right breakfast concoction. High on authenticity, the fare is a tad overpriced.
Jagdish Bhuvaneshwari
+3.5
Some proper quality good. Been here before a week. Limited menu and great tastes.
What's best here? Dosa Varities, the sambar and chutneys are amazing.. may be it's because of the look and feel, which is more divinely. I enjoy being here, having some food.
Always busy one. Keera Vadai will also be good to Taste.
What is he most part of concern is pricing. Would say it too much of cost. Affordability is definitely something u will surely think off. Quality or brand name. Don't know why it is.
Food -4/5
Quality - 3.5/5
Look and feel - 3.5/5
Quantity -3/5
Price - 2/5 (this needs to be changed for regular visitors) some may like it so much, never look at the price. It depends
Overall 3.5 would do. And one to try when you are nearby that place.
One of the best places I have eaten south indian. The ghee roast dosa is just tooo too good. The ambience is like that of a temple. Every inch of their walls is covered with God / Goddess pictures. Service is quick and amenities like toilet and handwash are great too
Visited this place recently as I had heard a lot about this place! We tried out keerai dosa and rava dosa....Chutneys which were given along with that were tasty ! Sambhar was just normal...Overall a good place to have tiffin if you are searching for a decent restaurant to eat after temple darshan there !! :)
They don't have a menu listed in English/Hindi and I cudnt make sense of anything but could only ask for dosa and idli sambar..very close to the famous kapaleshwar temple.. go in for the bkfst after paying a visit to this heritage temple..staff is good as they attended Non Tamilian guest with courtesy yet they murmur in Tamil:( all in all good place to relish ur taste buds...pocket friendly must say:)
Easily identifiable place just near Car( தேர் முட்டி).
Just opposite to RASI Sillks.
No car parking.
Govt paid parking only. At present ₹40 for 2 hours.
Tiffin is always available here.
Excellent food.
But very costly.
One poli is costing ₹120/-
Adai aviyal and poli - don't miss.
Mini lunch ie. Mixed rice and all Disa, etc items are available.
Air-conditioned room is inside.
Good service.
Wash area is OK. Could be better.
Small kids cannot wash their hands.
Toilet is not at all good. Bad.
Unless otherwise emergency, Pl don't try to use.
Very close to the Kabaleeshwar temple and One of the finest authentic eateries in town. Podi dosa or any dosa with sambar is a must try. Idiyappam and Kurma was really good so as the badam halwa. Don’t ever miss the coffee.
Price wise it’s expensive, it was really hot and fan wasn’t sufficient to cool us down. If you opt for AC option you have to pay 20rs extra on all items, menu is available in their website.
Try it once or couple more times for an excellent taste but do not experiment.
Neat and clean ambience. Must try tiffin items and coffee but bit costly. We had 2 sets of poori, standard peas was included in their masal. Parking for two wheelers and cars on road only. Service was quick and polite. Its near the kabaleshwarar temple. They do a good initiative by placing a bowl of water and a tub of pedigree for street dogs at their entrance.
Iconic place to eat. "Karpagambal mess since 1953", 70 years... unbelievable.
Old traditional building, this place looks like a temple, and the food served is as tasty as prasadam.
Tried their hot, bulky, medu vada. Crispy outside and totally soft inside. Next was 'Soji appam', a unique sweet. It is similar to the Poli/ BOLI but with kesari stuffing. The podi dosa was ultimate.
And all this ended well with a traditional style Mundhiri cake (cashew sweet).
This restaurant is located relatively on a broader road compared to other narrow streets of Mylapore. Car parking is available on the side of the entire street.
Very old mess. I have been vining this place for the past 20 years now whenever I am in Chennai. This place never disappoints. Very limited veg menu. Go in if you like authentic South Indian dishes. Nothing fancy or the ambience. Just visit this place for the food taste and the experience.
If you are in Mylapore (Chennai) this is the place I recommend for South Indian food. Had this ghee roast yesterday and it was just amazing. Place is just opposite to main Gopuram of Sri Kapaleeswara Mandir.
Good vegetarian hotel with traditional way of preparation. Expensive in price. Dish tastes are excellent. Four persons table only available
It's a good place to have light food after darshan. It's just in front of temple and it's old but the taste is good. Felt a bit pricey as a student but food was worth the money. Many more shops are there and it's a good place to visit. Must visit
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The Mylai Karpagambal Mess is a great place to visit for those looking for delicious vegetarian food in the vicinity of the Mylapoor Kapaleeswara temple. The location of the hotel is convenient as it is located close to the temple, making it an easy walk for devotees after a morning visit.
The restaurant serves tasty vegetarian food, and the sweet dishes are especially popular among visitors. However, it is advisable to reach early as there are chances that the food gets finished by the time you reach. During my visit, I arrived at 9:30 am and found that the masala for Poori and Masala dosa had already run out. However, I was still able to enjoy the Podi dosa and Onion dosa, which were both very delicious.
Apart from the food, the staff behavior is noteworthy, and they are always friendly and welcoming. The servers are attentive and make sure that your dining experience is pleasant and enjoyable.
One drawback of the restaurant is the limited parking space. There is no dedicated parking available, and you will need to park on the road side. However, this is a common issue in the area and shouldn't detract from the overall experience of the restaurant.
Overall, Mylai Karpagambal Mess is a great place to visit if you're looking for delicious vegetarian food in the vicinity of the Mylapoor Kapaleeswara temple. With its convenient location, tasty food, and friendly staff, it's definitely worth checking out.
This place is a hidden gem in Mylapore (for people from other areas). Located just outside the main entrance of the Kapaleeswaran temple, this restaurant serves really delicious South Indian food. I had the rava kichidi, ghee plain dosa and the keera Vada. The cost came to 275 which seems slightly pricey, however the taste, quantity and quality of the food deserves five stars. The service is fast but the cleanliness needs to improve.
Being a local, I have always enjoy getting take away, sometimes dining here for breakfast or lunch or dinner. Place can be little more spacious as there is always a huge crowd in this place. They don't have any other branches. Pongal Vada is awesome with spicy chutney combinations. Filter coffee is different level. Vathakulambu taste is still lingering in my memory. Most of their dishes are served hot and is of good quality and taste! Bit pricey but the quality is met! Even for a curd rice, it's yum! Highly recommend place for South Indian food lovers. Anytime you visit Mylapore, check this out and you will understand about their food quality!
Have been visiting this Mess for over 40 years now. It is a must visit place whenever I come to Chennai. Quality of food is almost the same as it always used to be. Service is also good though the personalized service of those days is somewhat missing. Still worth a visit.
Charles V Chandran (He who remains)
+4
One of the oldest hotel.with typical.old style foods, excellent taste and quality but prices on the higher side, Good place to try out south Indian tiffin and rice
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