Reviews Akshaya Bhavan

Akshaya Bhavan in Tiruvallur, one of our regular places for a morning breakfast enroute Tirupati, or Tiruttani. I have written about a previous visit here. This time, we were there for a temple visit in Tiruvallur, so we didn’t look any further and stepped in. As we entered, immediately found that they seemed to have reorganized the tables. The exit to the childrens play area and restrooms was closed and now just one restroom each, for ladies and gents is available in the restaurant premises.

A complete south indian restaurant.All their dishes were so delicious. Especially their vadas 😍.Service was good.To talk about it's ambience, it's so spacious.Parking area was huge.
Whenever you go on a trip to andhra,try this place.You won't be disappointed.

Went in for a quick dinner on way back to Chennai. Good south Indian food. Ordered Rava Masala, Ghee Roast and Adai Avial. Service was quick and food was tasty.

At the outskirts of Chennai in a town of Thiruvallur is a restaurant called Akshaya Bhavan. Located on the route from Chennai to Tirupati this became our pitstop for breakfast when we went to Tirupati as a family.  With a team of my inlaws, my wife's aunt and then my wife, son and myself it was never going to be an easy choice to eat. But waking in the early morning and then just relieved to have crossed Chennai traffic meant that we all agreed to stop here.

Akshaya Bhavan is a hearty Tamilian restaurant which meant that they did not have a menu card on the board but the waiter rattled off the items when asked. Pongal, Vada, Idli, Ghee Roast Dosa, Masala Dosa and Idiappam were the dishes available.

An order of Pongal, Vada and Idlis followed. The pongal was flavored just right and tempered so well with a dollop of ghee on top that it settled well in your stomach yet you did not feel heavy. The crisp vadas were some of the best I have had and it had fantastic fresh coconut chutney to go with. The idlis surprising came out with only chutney and we specifically had to order sambhar but the waiter obliged quickly. This was then followed with some great south Indian Kumbakonam filter coffee and tea for my inlaws.

Every item that we ate was traditionally good. No flamboyance, no fanfare just plain good food served up quickly to the table to many hungry souls like us. The coffee was one of the most authentic tasting filter coffee that I have had in Chennai and much better than Adigas and very close to the MTR coffer that I had about couple of years ago.

It is usually said that seasoned housewives or maamis from down south are usually the biggest critics of restaurant food. With jabs like 'what's so great about this' and 'what's in this to make it so costly' or even better 'I could have made this better'; they can pretty much water down the most enthusiastic restauranteurs.  It is then that I realized the worth of Akshaya Bhavan. My inlaws and aunt were completely gaga over the vadas and pongal they ate and that's tribute to the quality and home like taste that the team at Akshaya Bhavan could out to the table.

A fantastic place to take a break end route to Tirupati and complemented by some great, rustic and authentic south Indian fare.