Awesome food.... great quality and quantity.... Home style.... good ambience... value for money and very important no scam like tax, vat etc...
Awesome food..... Great quality..... Good prices.... Chicken 65 kaati roll is a must try....
Let me began the review with the words of my mother who is a sri Lankan. “ after 25 years i had the original taste of my country’s famous idiyappam , sodhi and seeni sambal” . You heard it guys. When you hear it from the person belongs to that land, then its legid. We ordered a variety of dishes everything was nice but we came especially for seeni sambal and sodhi and they were outstanding. Show them love guys. You’ll enjoy Sri Lankan speciality here.
Good luck THE KANDYAN crew.
PS : as i was adoring by mom’s happy face coz of the food, i forgot to capture the food.
I love the Sodhi here, never disappoints me. It goes well with puttu and idiyappam.
The prawns and fishes were top notch. There are absolutely fresh and tasty as well.
Will be back to try the rest of the menu.♥️
I am going to this place since it used to be called Ycook. They have really nice sea food, srilankan cuisine and vegetarian dishes and more. For a group of mix people, this is a good place. I like the dal fry, putty, calamari, the kathi roll.
This hidden gem was a delight to discover.
Go there if you love thalis at a reasonable rate and are craving for srilankan food..very few restaurants serve srilankan cusine .
I love their south indian thali N Pol sambol
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Endless surfing in Zomato brought me to this place. No clue about what the food will be like. I just went for it. Gotta say, never been happier!
This place is right above the CCD lounge in Bessy, and I can't say much about the interiors except for some wonderful wall paintings.
The service here is too good, really. We did have to wait a while for the food to arrive but the food made our hearts content!!
We had the,
- Deviled chicken, tasted a lot like chilli chicken, nevertheless, tasted delicious.
- Red Appam with Chicken Curry, 8 pieces of appam, thought it was a lot, but ended up being right for just one individual. Thats how good it was.
- Fish Cutlet, never have I seen such a perfect starter. It tasted amazing.
- Prawn 65, we had to wait the longest for this since it was freshly prepared and when we had finally tasted it, felt like the wait was worth it.
- Paneer Sticks, was pretty good.
- Masala Omelette, no complaints here.
Couldn't try the maasi sambal and other srilankan famous specialties, but I'm pretty sure I'll try them soon enough.
So yes, they specialise in Sri Lankan cuisine which is actually an exciting thing for people who love to explore the Food scene in chennai. And oh yeah, complete VFM.
I'd say its one Hidden gem.
Can't wait to go back!!
The Kandyan is always the choice when you want light on tummy! Choose from the wide varieties of typical rice hoppers and parrotos of course the option of flour either red rice wheat or refined flour.
The clear veg soup serves even for 3 ! Worth washing your gut, before you plunge on main course.
Don’t miss the Srilankan delicacies :-)
Chethana Venkataraghavan
+5
This a cosy place in Besant Nagar, right above CCD. The staff are extremely friendly, kind and accomodating.
We had:
Potato Sodhi
Red idiyappam
Caramelised onion sambol
The food was exceptional, and very reasonably priced. It's also vegan friendly, because the Sodhi is coconut milk based.
We had a great time and we will definitely come back here.
Very nice to place
Good authentic srilankan Food which will be enjoyed by non srilankans as well. 😋
What we ordered :
Chicken curry : this was absolutely tasty. It is a bit sweet and tangy.. more of a chicken stew preparation. A good combination with idiyappam
Devilled panneer - Again very tasty
Idiyappam : they were soft and perfect 😍
The dessert we ordered is another srilankan dish which I found okay. Maybe not for me. But it definitely tasted good.
The service was fast
The ambience is also good. Nothing negative.
Price is very reasonable.
A very good restaurant to check out
Was here for dinner once during one of my visits to Chennai. Accessed through a long flight of stairs with barely any advertisement, it could easily be missed. The restaurant is cosy and small with not much of decor but most of their walls are painted by a Sri Lankan (I heard). So I spent my time waiting for a table soaking their art and sipping on some buttermilk.
We ordered some deviled chicken, chicken curry and appam, buttermilk and some lemon tea to finish off. The food we ensured was from their Sri Lankan menu and we weren't let down. We had a good time there and staff there are nice people.
Thank you for the experience :)
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I wanna give these guys a 4.5/5
One good Srilankan place that is easily missed because there are no bright boards advertising them, though on a primely located right above the old CCD outlet. Yes, they have parking shared with CCD! A tall stair leads to this place and they can accommodate around 60 ppl easily hence reservations wouldn't be required. Although with an increasing crowd, the waiting time for food increases as they prepare only after orders i was told. Apart being slow, people who serve us are pleasant and polite and also help us in ordering. Not much of ambiance and interiors. But who cares if food is good! The prices are decent for the quantity served.
About the food, we took strictly srilankan. RED IDIYAPPAM 10 pieces as claimed comes in a bowl and would suffice for a person with low-moderate appetite. One needs to order the side dish for these as they don't provide any like other conventional places. So we took MIX VEG SODHI which is more of veg stew so huge in quantity though! We took PARATHA to finish up the gravy and parathas were as usual. We also tried both their SEENI SAMBOL which is a lil sour spicy caramelized onion dish we took for paratha. POL SAMBOL is a coconut based sweet which had ghee dripping and was yum! Should be a must have. To drink along, we took a buttermilk glass which had nothing special about it.
Though they have other options, this place is strictly Srilankan n hence try to order the same. They could have more options for veggies and definitely more options for something to drink. Otherwise great place n is a must visit!
Being an Indo-lankan citizen I searched for srilankan Cuisine in chennai and found this hidden gem. Their flavour was authentic and original Ceylon flavour. The food was very tasty and high quality. The person who came and took our order was really good and helpful. The serving person doesn't understand either Tamil or English. Srilankan's are famous for their hospitality but upon entering the premises a lady sat at front doesn't give a damn to you and watches serials on mobile that too with loud volume. Even if you asked for any assistance from her she never gave a damn. So far me and my husband have visited this restaurant twice and experience with that lady was the same. This made the whole mood go off. But I would suggest everyone who wants to try Ceylon Cuisine here. The food was really good and the price was moderate. Usually this place is not very crowded so they will prepare the food and hand it over quickly
Kandyan is the most closest experience to Sri Lankan cuisine in Chennai
A very unassuming place with staff who more than make up for any lacunae.
We tried the Pol Roti, Jeera Rice, Chicken Curry, Pol Sambol with fish powdered into it & Prawn Thokku.
The Pol Roti was spot on, rest were good too but was a bit Indianised version.
The place was quite empty when we went for lunch. Guess one can venture a walk in.
There is sufficient parking behind the building.
Overall a very good restaurant serving Sri Lankan fare which is almost like home cooked food.
The Kothu Idiyapam was so tasty , we tried pol roti ,kathrika curry and seeni sambal all was very good tasted like authentic Sri Lankan food .
Why cook when you can get your comfort food delivered at your doorstep from Y Cook in Besant Nagar? Formerly known as Y Cook and presently as The Kandyan, this restaurant specialises in home style Sri Lankan food, though there are South and North Indian options on the menu as well. We decided to go Sri Lankan and ordered the Idiyappam made with red rice, Pol Roti, Pol Sambol and Seeni Sambol (both with Masi), Dhal Fry, the Prawn Sodhi and some Fried Shankara Fish on the side. The food was simple but excellent, exactly as home food ought to be! My only crib was that the dishes seemed overly priced for the quantity delivered.
You can get some authentic tastes of Srilanka. Though the dishes are similar or same as South Indian dishes they were able to maintain the srilankan touch in it. Service is good but feel like understaffed.
It's a very simple place with a pleasant atmosphere. Food tastes very good and the pricing is in the mediocre range. The surroundings are maintained very clean. Many wall paintings that will really keep you wondering and staring at the wall. See through kitchen. Vast parking space available even though there is a Cafe downstairs. Simple place great food.
You can hardly make out that there is a restaurant functioning here. No prominent name boards, no indication of a restaurant, while the CCD lounge is the only happening place in the whole building. This place is located right on top of it, on the first floor. There is car parking inside, right behind the building. decided to eat only Sri Lankan specialities though the menu had Indian food too. I did see quite a few of them order North Indian and South Indian food here, left me wondering why one would choose Indian food at a speciality Sri Lankan restaurant. Well, we ordered Red Rice Idiyappam (10 pcs), White Puttu, Pol Sambol, Chicken Curry (Half portion), Egg Thokku, and Devilled Chicken. Most of these I’ve tasted during my last visit when this place was Y Cook, so not elaborating.
We loved the food, no complaints at all! We paid a little over five hundred rupees for a nice meal.
Their food can never disappoint you.Service takes time but Completely worth for your money. ❤️ Try all their dishes. My favorites include their chicken 65, south Indian non- veg meals (has one lip smacking egg thokku) . Their idiyappam and sodhi stands out in taste. Simple yet the best!
Our go to place since they opened. Idiyappam, appam, stew, sambal and prawn kathrikai are our favourites. Love their clean kitchens, simple ambience and great food. Food has been consistent for years (since their Y Cook days!) and totally reasonable with their pricing. If you're thinking SriLankan, this is the place to go!
We wanted Appam and Cocout milk , it was already late we were not able to find any restaurant that serves Appam and coconut milk and finally around 9: 30pm we called and asked them to wait till we come , they patiently waited and served us. Food was on point. I missed to take pic of the Appam. Kothu idiappam tasted good too.
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