ADDRESS: 11, 1st Floor, Haddows Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai
Phone : 044 28215568, 044 28215569
For having the experience of eating hyped veg food, this is the best place. Located on the busy Haddows road, next to Sony showroom, this place is pretty prominent and very easy to find. Valet service is prompt and we had nil waiting time and that was good. Once you climb a flight of stairs, you enter into a small waiting area with a few chairs.Enter the Main room it is complete white effect (white tables, chairs, walls) which is very pleasing to the eye. They have hung big frame pictures of Lord Krishna with his gopikas - adding more meaning to their tag line "Home of Classics" I think. The tables and chairs are comfortably placed, don't expect a whole lot of privacy here on a crowded day. Cutlery was square and rectangular white plates and with the silver, the set looked quite contemporary
Menu :Now comes the Menu card which is very impressive with beautiful and enticing pictures.But is a very very exhaustive one which runs into close to 25 odd pages.One would get really confused if you do not choose which cuisine.The menu lists the most loved South Indian foods like dosa, idli, puttu etc., in classic and signature avatars. Alongside are some North Indian dishes and Chinese. Which I was hesitant in choosing
You can Get the Menu from Zomato : http://www.zomato.com/chennai/krishnavillasam-the-home-of-classics-nungambakkam/menu#tabtop
Food :
1. Rs 225 for Krishnavilasam Sapadu was KICK ASS, given the current going rates of Thaalis. The taste is not excellent but it is good value for money
2. Ordered KrishnaVillasam Special Fried rice which is really good ,first time I saw fried frice mixed with tofu and so much vegetables
3. Chilly panner is excellent and matched well with the Veg fried rice
4. Tomato soup was disappointing
5. Tom YAm Vegetable soup was very salty and it was pathetic
6. All the south Indian , North Indian and basic chinese dishes are worth to have ( Chinese dish need a mention to reduce the salt .)
7. Dessert - the mango payasam was below average and fried icecream was superb
8. Singapore noodles where normal noodles but the taste was good
Quantity : Main dish have a good quantity but the side dish I think for the cost it is less
Thumbs up for exploring the breakfast variety but what needs immediate attention is excess usage of oil and butter in a couple of dishes which could be avoided to improve upon perfection.The service was attentive and food was good. Would love to go back for the south tiffin items like the dosa,pongal,idly etc
Costs 600 for table of 2!
Overall 3.5/5
Service 4/5
Value for money 3/5
Food 3/5
Ambience 4/5
