Location: Chidambaram
Top Restaurants in Chidambaram
Best Indian food near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Best Indian restaurants nearby. Discover the best Indian food in Chidambaram. View Menus, Photos and Reviews for Indian restaurants near you.. A major pilgrimage site and home to the ancient Shiva temple, Chidambaram is also visited for a unique reason. The small town boasts of an old palm leaves reading tradition; the leaves are used to determine every individual’s past and future life. People travel from great distances to experience this special kind of horoscope reading.
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10. Hotel Jayaram
Reviewed By 906anudeepk
This place is great to eat with the family. It is quite cheap but the am,bience is not that great andd taste
9. Ice n Cafe
Reviewed By abhayk342
We were waiting for our bus back to the Pondicherry city and found this place to beat the heat.Very clean and amazingly fast service, you order and you get. The place has couple of good choices of drinks to relief from scorching heat and good ambiance to enjoy with couple of friends.
8. Valliammai chettinadu restaurant
Reviewed By Mohan2013
The eatery is in the first floor. You can get tasty dishes here served on banana leaves. Only breakfast and lunch services are available as the property doesn't function in the night. Prices are reasonable but AC machine is not working though the Name board boasts of the same.
7. Goru Garden
6. Hotel Akshaya
Overall Ratings
3 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By Saibhuvi b
Hotel provides delicious south indian meals and breakfast, do not try north indian and chinese food, it is not upto the standard. When you stay in hotel akshaya they give complementary breakfast for 2 persons. Breakfast is reasonably good.
5. Southern Spice Restaurant
Reviewed By MikeLondonSE
Due to really bad wifi in most places in India and being busy since returning back to London this review is for our visit on the night of 2/12/16. Edited and submitted 7/2. Hopefully still relevant. This restaurant was not listed (on my iPad or iPhone - see added Hotel Pari entry) in December but has suddenly appeared on my home computer TA login page - odd! It is not a well visited city by westerners and we were the only white faces there!Now I am in danger of the plagiarising program TA uses of rejecting this entry. Grrrrr.We three middle aged Brits arrived in Chidambaram at around 3.30pm after a scary, interesting and sometimes packed 'Express' bus from Pondy. Tired of the dangerous driving, constant beeping and honking and not having booked lodgings ahead as reviews were pretty bad, we needed a quiet space for the internet and a drink. The Hotel Valankaya and associated Restaurant was right next to the bus station, it offered an A/C quiet restaurant and wifi on its glossy billboard outside.The menu looked promising so we chose some basic dishes as the kitchen was closed between lunch and supper. We asked for the wifi key and the waiter said that one needed to be lodging in the hotel for it! We explained our reasons for being there and cancelled our food, but had the drinks as they were already presented and started. (may be a ploy, it happened again later elsewhere)! I went to the reception and unfortunately I got the same answer. On my return the waiter offered me the key. Very grateful we logged on successfully and ordered food. The Hotel V we were by was only viewable on TA via a search (very annoying, a glitch again, not on the map either). It was no2 of B&Bs despite mixed reviews.We ate very well at a very good price, used their wi-fi and paid up. The wifi was turned off immediately! WE had this happen many times since so do not pay the bill till you are ready! We went to reception where some youngish men were busy chatting by the desk. Other review sites had commented on their not bothering attitude. We requested a triple room away from the bus station and room noise. We were taken to a 'deluxe' double and extra bed offered for 800 extra on the second floor overlooking the entrance/bus station!! No hot water between 4 and 9am! It was not like the flashy big depictions outside. The elevator was out of action and the corridor carpets were tatty. Back with reception the price was 2000 + 700 extra bed (not matching the earlier quote so they invent them) we left immediately and headed west towards the temple to seek alternative hotels, but we had been fed well. I cannot vouch for the hotel itself.The next day we dined there again (at the proper dining time) for the quality of food, A/C and wi-fi access as it was the only place in town for those two needs together!See images for dining experience. It was good!The big hotel opposite did not provide wifi although had good food ratings.
4. Udupi Sri Krishna Vilas
One of the oldest and well renowned restaurants serving the most authentic Vegetarian food. Udupi Hotel is famous for its south indian style breakfast, lunch & dinner in the heart of the Temple City of Lord Nataraja in Chidambaram. With over 45 years in s
Reviewed By twinkle906
This is our second visit to this restaurant at Chidambaram. Pure Vegetarian Hotel serving Food in Banana Leaf. Ambiance is good .Service is OK... Cost is moderate. We had taken South Indian Meals as also Sambar Rice and Curd rice separately... Meals Good.. Service is very good and courteous.We would love to visit this restaurant in our future trips.
3. Palagaram.com
Overall Ratings
4 based on 57 reviews
Reviewed By rasa006
Really a welcome addition in this holy town of Chidambaram, it's location,car parking,free movement restrictions, pathway congestion,all add to customers vow for a relaxed dinning. They showed is a spot few.meters away,for our car parking. No valet parking available. That's a disadvantage. But main advantage is, it is very near to West entrance of Temple. That's a good advantage for devotees who come out of western entrance,after Dharshan.Now about food,we,family of 4 adults and 2 children, went for lunch,around 12.30pm on Thursday 2nd May. Not much crowd,few were having their thank meals. Since our children wanted Fried Rice we asked for it,but staff said veg, Britannia veg fried only after 1.00pm, we were disappointed. We ordered parotta and chappathi for children, and mini.meals for adults.and curd rice .All items ok,nothing to race about the taste. Service good,no problem. Total damage.was Rs.455.00. Reasonable.
2. Krishna vilas
Overall Ratings
4 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By sanjaykumarpv
Budget vegetarian restaurant and perfect place for all tourists to have their food. Had idlis and idiappam and was really good. Place is well maintained and clean
1. Sri Krishna Vilas
Overall Ratings
4 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By rohith507
We had been to Chidambaram Recently & had the breakfast at this restaurant, courteous staff with good service, amazing seating facilities and taste made with ghee - we liked idlis, vadas, dosas and Pongal.The price was also not expensive and with unlimited supply of chutneys to fill your banana leaf to go with the food.They use banana leaf instead of plates as it is bio degradable and easy to dispose, only downfall i found is the absence of English nameboards to make non-locals aware of their menu.
