Authentic South Indian food...Awesome Food.... Yummy Fish Gassi and Chettinad Mutton....
I think this is the best place to eat out in South Delhi .... The restaurant offers you an extravagant menu to choose from to eat .... Very centrally located and is a very spacious, which allows it to cater a sizable amount of people together.... My favourite is the Butter chicken and it's colour with Butter Naan ... In the coastal section I like the Chettinad chicken being a hard core Non vegetarian .... The staff is very efficient - courteous and knowledgeable.... The service is prompt despite the rush and the place has a Buzz all the time which makes it a happening place to eat ... Very strongly recommend to visit ....
Went for a lunch here on Friday.
We ordered following:
Chicken sukka ( from south indian menu) - It was average, too much thick coconut paste masala was there and we expected less of coconut.
Chicken 65 - best of all starters. It was marinated chicken fried.
Chicken tandoori - it was good , can be ordered.
Chicken malai tikka - nothing fancy. Quite normal.
Surmai Fish fry - It was tasty. If u like fish, try this boneless fish fry.
Keema mutter - it was also good but not that awesome i was expecting.
Chicken handi - it was perfect . Best among gravies.
Hot and sour chicken soup - not like one i like. It was not the red one.
Lemon coriander chicken - too tangy and i loved it. Just a clear chicken soup.
Overall a good place to have food.
Ambience average.
Staff is nice.
P.S. I cudnt click any pic as staff served the entire dishes.
Nice place, courteous staff, good food. I would recommend visitors to try the Ghee roast Chicken. Didn’t like the Swagath Special Squid although the waiter recommended it. Overall, the place is definitely worth a visit. The food certainly has got character.
This is one of the finest restaurant for fine dining. They serve amazing food. Shahi panner is awesome. Dal makhani is out of the world.
If u re A south indian lover, dont miss appam with chana.
An upmarket restaurant with excellent seafood options. We had a great experience on every level. We were impressed by the fine ambience, the professional service with a smile, the high quality of food and nice presentation of our meals. Delightful!
Been to this place many a times and the food is tasty and the amvaiance is okay as well, the staff is well spoken and quick. On top of that they have happy hours for beer lovers.
As the name suggests it is indeed a welcoming restaurant. It truly signifies the essence of a fine dining restaurant. The most beautiful ambience, with a wide variety of delicious cuisines. It is worth spending every penny. The service is top notched as well.
A MUST VISIT
Ashutosh Roy Choudhury
+4
Swagath truly signifies the essence of a fine dine with the comfort of a homely atmosphere. The service is too notch undoubtedly and the wide variety of cuisines available adds to one's delight. As the name suggests it's indeed welcoming....
I was at Swagath to celebrate my brother's 21st birthday with my family of 6 and we had a very nice time here. The food was good especially the cigar rolls and dal makhani. The service was good. The serving time was a bit long, but they had a lot of guests so it's understandable. They had happy hours between 6-11pm and in this they served 1+1 on liquor. Had a nice time. Will visit again soon!
A Mangalore based restaurant with great seafood options. Very tasty food and excellent service. Their Neerdosa and Malabar paratha are must try items. Crab items are very delicious and they do provide big crabs!! Mutton sukha is another item we tried and it also turned out to be yummy.. its a paradise for non veg food with lot of options. The decor is mild and more of an executive style. Good place for groups.
Great food but ambience is average price is quite high but the service food quality taste is amazing you will have to go on second floor to dine in first floor is under construction from long time and they don't have lift good experience
This is one of the oldest restaurants of defence colony and right from its sofas to its lighting will give u the same impression but not in a bad way... one of very few restaurants(still) to have a variety of fish... their gassi and appam is a must have... then they also have banana split which nowadays not really available anywhere else and its a must try...
Love love love the food at Swagath!
Have tried multiple dishes here, and honestly all of them were great.
But my personal favourites are, Chicken Kadipatta, Chettinad Pepper Chicken with Appams and their Chilli Chicken Dry.
Their Surmai Gassi and Mutton Stew were quite good too and paired well with the Appam and Neer Dosa.
The South Indian Delicacies at Swagath are truly a delight!
Been here multiple times and always order their ghee roast boneless chicken and malabar porotta. It is a delicacy and they nail it. Would visit again whenever I get a chance
Great Food, but ambience is average. They can improve their ambience specially as they are located in one of the finest markets of Delhi - Defence Colony.
Price is quite high. But the service, food quality and taste is amazing. Service is very quick even on weekends. Only downside is that ground floor is usually booked and you'll have to go on second floor to dine in(first floor is under construction from long time) and they don't have lift.
This Swagath too is great. My first Swagath experience was this one, back in 2005 I think. Food is great as usual. Staff is fine too. Service has been consistent.
I have been eating at Swagath since 2004 and barring couple of times, their food has been excellent. Standard and quantity and quality are excellent, they exceed expectations consistently. If you go to Swagath, you should stick to the Coastal/Southern food. I have never tried Chinese or North Indian and wouldn't recommend that at Swagath.
The waiters are extremely knowledgeable and courteous and will help you on gravies and recommending sea food - you can blindly trust their judgement ( I have for past several years) and let them know your spice comfort. One of the few places with great lobster and crab as well.
This year itself have already been there/ ordered in couple of times.
Having eaten at Mahesh Lunch Home and Ghazalee, in my opinion Swagath is better than both. Only Sanadige is probably marginally better than Swagath.
Peanuts/ kala channa are excellent for their happy hours on beer.
This is very good family restaurant.in delhi...also all tipe of food is there....service is very good bcz im also workig is this good place .....so plz dont miss that place and enjoy have fun for food swagath family restaurant.........
This place has been my favourite since last 20 years whenever I wanted to eat butter garlic prawns and mutton Sukka. This places reminds me of good food which I have had at JAi hind in Bandra mumbai. Food is excellent and simply outstanding. The ambience is something which can definitely be worked upon. Last time when had gone there then the first floor was closed due to sealing but still the place remains completely booked and bustling. Best South Indian food like manglorean and Konkani in delhi for sure
This is one of the well know restaurants in Delhi. Its a 3 storey building. The service is fast and the food tasted good. The quantity is decent to full fill an average eater. They have a big menu with various cuisines but I preferred to try the north Indian khana.
Had a great day n the food quality was good n the surmai fish was great n whenever I m back in Delhi would love to come back , great service n ambience
The food is incredible. They have a vast menu. lot of options to choose from. I love the indian food here. The Dum aloo Kashmiri is my all time favourite ❤️
We had ordered the crispy fried wontons,south indian papad,dal makhni. I liked every dish😋i would recommend the food here.
The veg seekh kabab, methi mutter malai and ghee roast prawns are yummm. The service levels are exceptionally good, the servers are polite as well as friendly.
The best restaurant in Delhi for some lovely costal India food. Love the dry mutton preparations. Strange that they do not have kuri roti on the menu.
Well I'm ashamed of accepting that I'm one of those people who judges a book by its cover and so did I not choose to enter this place basing my assumption on the name.
Thankfully one night after my long office hours, when I was almost about to die of starvation I decided to eat here and I thank my stars that I did.
What lovely Indian flavours. Again my tiny appetite won over my desire to eat every dish in their menu, but I had their mutton and chicken reshami kebab.
Not to leave my habit of not picking white coloured cooked chicken over brown, after some kind persuasion I was glad to order reshami kebab.
Definitely visiting this place again.
Looking for an authentic south indian cuisine in Delhi? This is surely the place to be. One day I craved for appams & searched for a good restaurant all over zomato & found this place. I wasn't sure as it's Delhi. But trust me I had one of the best dinners. What solkadi, fried fish, manglorian curry with neer dosa & appam!! I wish i could eat all night. My stomach got full but not my soul.
Have been going to this restaurant for years. They have 3-4 stories dining area. The food - Apam, malabar parantha, chettinad chicken and seafood is authentic.
It’s a bit on the expensive side but worth it once in a while.
The last 2-3 time that we have been there, it was being renovated so it does become a bit crowded and irritating. The service however is fast and consistently good.
To be honest, I have not tried a lot of items from their menu. But what I am really fond of is their Fish Biryani. It's and interesting combination which you don't get elsewhere. The gravy they serve with the Biryani is just amazing - unlike your traditional raitas and salans. Slightly on the expensive side but the potion size is good. If you are craving for a different style of Biryani - shoot for it
We had gone to Swagath Restaurant for lunch and the food was yummy but very heavy. We had ordered for drinks watermelon mint mojito and virgin mojito both were refreshing.For the main course we had murgh Malai Tikka which was soft & succulent ,Dal e Swagath and rara gost punjabi which was mutton chunks and minced in spicy gravy with crispy fried malabari parantha.Its a must try for Indian cuisine if you are at Defence Colony.
Visited this place about a month back for dinner. Ordered few kebabs in starters. They were soft and delicious. In the main course we ordered Dal makhani, chicken lababdar, and mutton Rogan Josh. They were perfect. Best about this place was staff, they were very hospitable and super nice. One of the best places for mughlai cuisine. Thumbs up!
Taste, Spicy and lovely all are in this south indian food swagath i ordered some food like kadai paneer, Prawn biryani and jombo prawn. all are very tastey
An old favourite of mine. Tried their mutton stew which was yummy. Though slightly heavy on the pocket but a nice place to visit once in a while. Hope they maintain their quality and standards.
The seafood platter was excellent as was the mutton stew. The prices and portions were decent as well. The wait was very long but the food was worth the wait for sure.
would return
Love the place. It has an old world charm and if you are looking for some authentic south Indian grub do head here. Do try the classic neer dosa with prawns. Yummy!
Great for nice meal with family.. good food.. comfortable seating and ambience.. contrary to popular belief, their vegetarian spread is quite good too.. loved the Cigar Rolls..
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I love sea food and there is no doubt about that and my journey of finding the best seafood places in Delhi would be incomplete without including this long standing legend in the game.
Not only does Swagath have massive variety in the cuisine but also the most courteous staff I’ve seen. Each waiter made sure to pay attention to our every need and were very polite and helpful. So the experience started on a good note already.
We had a huge 1.5 kg mud crab shared between three of us along with appams and chettinad gravy. And I would be lying if I said it wasn’t perfect. It was fresh and yummy and the gravy had just the right amount of spice and heat. The crab so big and filling that it was our only dish of the night and we had to take a break between eating! ( totally worth the food baby) The staff was great and actually replaced our old appams with new ones in case they got dry. We ended up paying around 5k for a huge crab and 4 beers and in the city a better deal does not exist.
All in all I came home full, happy and extremely excited about the rest of my seafood journey.
Really good food.
Was recommended this place for south Indian cuisine and loved it. The food was delicious and the portions were great too. Malabar parantha & Malabari chicken are must try.
Quick service as well
My favourite for South Indian Non Veg, which you don’t find easily in Delhi. Love the Malabari Chicken and Malabari Parotta. I’ve tried in other Locations of Swagat but the taste is not the same. Def col one is the only one I’d recommend
Mandeep Rathore(Bon Vivant)
+4
A quite,peaceful place right in the heart of south delhi is the place you want to spend an evening filled with fun conversations with your close friends.Coupled with some decent food like salt and pepper chicken,singapore chicken,chicken fried rice and couple of drinks,this place makes for a great go to place.
The service is very quick and the staff is really courteous and helpful.
Overall a lovely experience.
We have gone last night at swagath resto in Def col ,which is famous for their sea food. .
We are 5 friends, and we ordered two types of crab, one is crab tandoori and another one is their special crab butter pepper garlic. ..
Both are dilecius and awesome. .
Letter in main course we order butter chicken and prawns malabari,.along with appam and some kerala paratha, which called malabari paratha. .
Food was very very tasty and service also 10 of 10. ..
I should say that everyone should try at least once. ...
Food here is good and they have a lot of variety from north indian to chettinad to konkani etc. love their chettinad chicken and malabar parantha. We got the spices mild as per our taste. Kids had chicken stew and appam. Though i thought their appam was not as soft as it should be.
We as a family love this place
We love the butter garlic prawns & mutton stew & chicken stew with appam
Love the malabari paranthas & methi chicken too
Delicious tasty food
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Swagath is a brand extension of Sagar Ratna Group of Hotels and specialises in delightful coastal & malabari cuisine.
The Defence Colony property is one of the oldest under Swagath Chain and is renowned for its sumptuous and delicious cuisines of Coastal Karnataka and Kerala in particular. Strategically located in the main shopping Hub of defence Colony over looking Moets on the other side, it is a 2 floors spacious restaurant to gorge on delightful and spicy yet tasty food ! They also have a bar attached which makes things interesting in this sit down diner
You can gorge on dishes loaded with traditional Malabar, Chettinad and coastal flavors. Known for its diverse seafood options, Swagath stands out for its Kolivada Prawns, Chicken Stew, Malabar Paratha and a number of other breads and curries
Their Keralite delicacies take you straight to the backwaters with a menu that boasts of amazing grub. The spread includes the likes of Pomfret Tawa Fry and Kerala Sukka Mutton & Fry.
People are attentive and very courteous and ready to help you. Prices are slightly on the higher side but you get speciality South Indian coastal cuisine in very few places in Delhi and that kind of squares it off. Over all it is a tasty trip to your taste buds no doubt !
Swagath name itself gives you the felling of warm welcome and it's true, visited for the first time yesterday and it's decor is really nice and cozy to chat around with friends and family. We ordered tandoori murgh, chilli chicken, mushroom broom, chicken jafrani with beers and breezer. Food was good but I personally feel the taste was little bland for me coz I normally eat spicy but my friends enjoy it. Service is really nice and staff is always there to assist you with smiling faces. Overall experience was great but I would suggest if they can work little better for the taste of food specially north Indian section but would definitely visit again for the warm service , friendly welcome and for happy hour.👍
My favourite restaurant when I’m in the area. In all these years, the taste and the quality have been maintained. The appams go well with all the curry dishes. I wish the other locations were this good.
One of the best places for non vegetarian South Indian cuisine in Delhi. With excellent selection of sea food and there is ample selection in North Indian cuisine also.
Nice Food and Great service.
It was my first time here with a friend and both of us loved it. The food was tasty and the quantity was good as well. Quick service and decent pricing.
Worth coming
Good and Quick service. The staff was very helpful in recommending dishes to us.
Food was tasty.
Ambience is also good.
Handi chicken and Chicken stew were very tasty.
Came here to try some South Indian cuisine and wasn't disappointed.
we had Mutton Malabari and Chicken Stew and both were delicious.
The spice level was on perfect and the serving size was good too.
Not too heavy on the pocket either
Tried food here sometime back, the whole idea was to try South Indian food however they serve lot many cuisine, what started as a south Indian restaurant chain is now multi cuisine, we tried Chettinad pepper chicken which was Good In taste, other food we tried was chicken 65, prawn Koliwada and appam, all fine, slow service though.
The place has great food and great service , preparation is authentic and food is tasty and preparation as per authentic taste . It’s always been a good experience having food 🥘 as swagath !
Swagath at def col market serve some very good sea food from coastal India. We tried the surmai curry and prawn curry with appams. As always excellent taste and very well cooked.
Having visited several times the outlet at sector-29 in Gurugram, this one proved to be a disappointment. More than the food, it was the service which was disappointing. The place reeked of being over-staffed. For almost every guest there would be 2 staff members. We did not have a full-fledged meal, but had beers and snacks. Happy Hours were on so we had Bira and Kingfisher. For snacks we tried the Aloo Dilnaz which was well prepared. A good experience but not seemingly as classy as the Gurugram branch
There is no better place than this to have an amazing North Indian Meal. Dal Makahani and Paneer Tikka Masala (Main Course) with Malabar Parantha is the best combination for vegetarians. Chicken Lababdar and Baalti Meat is what a Non Veg lover will enjoy. Ambience is great and service is quite efficient.
Really good food and ambiance. Much appreciated.
Every thing we ordered was decent and the ambiance was great the living crab on the ground floor added to the experience as we had kids along.
The FoodieFreak Couple
+3.5
Swagath, located in Defence Colony main market is a beautifully set up restaurant spread across four floors including seating at the basement. True to its name the place has a welcoming air with nice interiors. Only the basement and ground floor was operational on our visit this time. It is home to multi cuisines which include north indian, chinese, south indian and sea food. We ordered Paneer lababdaar,
Dal-e-swagath (which is basically dal makhni), garlic naan and roti. The food preparation was delectable and the quantity was good. The service was prompt and staff was hospitable.The best deal is that they have happy hours (1+1 drink) throughtout the week. We give it a thumbs up.
Favorite, Malabari Crab with crisp tandoori Roti’s YUMMY!!! Always ask for extra gravy for take home. Staff is extremely courteous & helpful with the menu selection
This is a fairly old restaurant in def col market. The decor and ambience is old school where you have table cloths, water goblets Etc. Have been here multiple times over the past few years and they are very consistent with both food and service. Have always had their South Indian food which excellent every time, especially the sea food preparations. Service is quick and efficient with the servers always willing to help with suggestions from the menu. The top floor also has live ghazal performances as well. They also have happy hours on till 11pm as well, which is always a good thing.
This place never disappoints. Great mangalorean and chettinad cuisine. Loved their Andhra chicken curry, Bombay duck, prawns fish. The pricing & the quantity is pretty decent. Definitely one of good South Indian restaurants
While people search the internet through and through for multiple western cuisines, here is the ULTIMATE restaurant for any Indian food lover.
When I say I'm a foodie, trust me when I say this and considering Swagath, it would require me a second thought or a second opinion to confirm how finger licking and exotic the food tastes.
You will always find me at one of their tables, ralishing every morsel of food I consume there. I order for the typical go to dish for an Indian- Dal Makhni along with the delicious thick gravy Paneer Lababdar.
Non-vegetarian- I also ordered for Murgh Malai Tikka which is super soft and Murgh Afghani. Their biryani has a different aroma, making the hunger pangs rush at supersonic speeds.
I give this restaurant a definite thumbs up!
The quality of the food was nice.The palak paneer and the dal makhani were fabulous.The lal mirch parantha and the missi roti were delicious.The service was fast and the staff was helpful.The dining place was really big and the ambience was average.The one thing that i noticed was that the food was lagging spices and was a little bit too plain but other than that a really decent place to visit for Indian food.
I am fan of their appams, neer soda and chicken chettinad. The neer dosa is the most delicate food item I have had here and it is handled and cooked brilliantly here. The gazal nights on their top floor are enjoyable if you enjoy that kind of music. The staff is highly courteous and are available in good numbers around. Can get a bit cold with low temperatures they maintain inside, may be a drink there with happy hours throughout can help.
The mutton sukha,the chettinad prawn,the crisp appams, sol kadhi,malabar paranthas - everything has a distinct taste and quality. This is one place where I can testify that consistency is all that they care about. And finally when you have seen through all the fluff what more can a diner want. You come back again and again for that very flavour which hides in some receptacle of your mind that you wish to revisit when the urge strikes.
Well done swagath defence colony, to another 15 years.
Tonight, I enjoyed a family dinner, and the experience was just alright. The crowd was minimal, and the choices for both drinks and food were limited. On the positive side, the food quality was good. It can be considered a satisfactory place for a family outing
This is one of the best restaurants in South Delhi for Malvani sea food. I go there only for the sea food. It's fresh, delicious and good quantity. Highly recommended for the sea food.
Little expensive but value for money, they have 3 floor for dining. Food quality is good, they prepare fresh sea food. Service staff is very humble.
Good fight, one of the best restaurants in Defence Colony.
The restaurant authentic Mangalorean and Chettinad Food.
There are happy hours for alcohol lovers from 11.30 am to 11.00 pm which applies to Beer and Classic Cocktails.
Although Sol kadhi was mentioned in the menu but it was not available.
If you order Tequila Sunrise cocktail do stir it really well. And since it's not classic cocktail so you won't get one on one free.
Paneer 65 was Andhar style , delicious!!
Appam Stew was ok. Appam could have been more thin and light. But the stew was good. Mr. Mustak , Mr Sanjeev, Mr. Sanjay Manna and Mr. Kausher were very helpful at serving and guiding us.
Really good Indian food,
one of the best breads including basic tandoori roti , lacha parantha , misi roti, nans .
Always a satisfying meal.
Visited in december on recommendation of my senior , saw live crabs there.
Ordered chinese and the food was above my expectation.
Had soup, chilli paneer and fried rice, each item was so well prepared that it cannot be described in words.
We were very impressed with the service , the food was great and the Captain and his staff were very friendly and helpful.
This place is always great if you are looking for traditional Mangalorean food, friendly staff and quite a quick service. The place is situated on a few floors so not suitable for people with mobility challenges.
Very tasty food. A normal budget. Service and food portion is also nice.
Loved the authentic food and had an amazing night with family, their 1 on 1 is a crowd puller
Excellent restaurant with good food, great service, generous portion sizes. This restaurant has maintained quality standards since opening. Well done
Ambience is good... Food is not having wow factor but overall ok.. service is also ok.. waiting time is not too long... Quantity of food is good...not very pricey...the price is as of 21/02/2023
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