Review Hotel Saravana Bhavan - Chennai (Madras)

Food was really good but the taste from 6 or 7 years back saravana bhavan is missing somehow... service was not timely and very poor response today may be due to past 09:30PM.,. we always like to have it from Hotel saravana bhavan...

Good veg meal-175 rs They give unlimited rice , sambar , rasam everything But you cannot eat too much there easily becomes full

This branch is now fully air-conditioned. If you get down from the Ashok Pillar Bus stop, you can head here straight for the breakfast. You have clean washrooms too where you may refresh. Overall, this is at a good place. I needn't say anything about the food, it's stock Saravanabavan and iy will taste decent. Great quality, but no matter what you eat, the quantity is not sufficient.

We ordered mini idle, appam and dosa Mini idle was mind blowing Vera level Appam - was good Dosa - good We visited here in dec 2023. Climate was chill they provided the hot water, good. Timing we visited here is around 10.30 am.

Ghee roast paper dosa was awesome as always...can give medu vada a pass even during the best of days though..Sad to see an iconic place shutting down branches one by one

It was my 1st time in Chennai and my brother took me to this place. Vada and dosa were awesome. Kesari hit the spot. Clean place. Great service.

Our go to place whenever we are in Chennai. This place amazes with its simplicity and charm. Simple south Indian food but has the old world Chennai feel to it. Other than the fact that the place is over booked and you might have to wait, this is one of the filling thalis you will get to have in Chennai. Must try.

Hotel Saravana bhavan they are pioneer of food industry, after Mr.Rajagopalan it was went down, but now they are pick it up, food quality is good, but manpower hv to increase , since am coffe lover coffe is very good today

It's old restaurant. Bt is very tasty.. Had all veg varieties usually busy in evening.. Located little interior....

Atomosphere is good Price is higher than normal hotels but worth for the money. Decent parking space, prime location.

Had podi dosa at late night. Usual taste. Even now a days normal budget hotels providing dosas better. Only for brand and ambience prices are quite high.

Saravana bavan is one of my favourite for all-time ♥️

Don’t delete my review zomato I warn you , they have given worst expired food to us saravana Bhavan is the worst hotel in the world giving expired food...people please don’t eat here.

When all hotels are giving 550gms of good quality rice like Bhagya, Ganesh Bhavan, Lalitha Bhavan, you are giving only 250gms . I am cheated today as it was insufficient for me. Call 9003010792 for further query

Nothing could be compared with idly immersed in piping hot sambar. Look at the ghee floating above sambar<br/>.<br/>Taste-5/5<br/>Quantity-4/5<br/>Ambience-3/5<br/>Service-3/5<br/>Price-4/5

There was no raitha and spoon while delivery of food ! Food not at bad <br/>Spoiled vegetables used <br/>Smelling very bad

Probably the worst experience ever.. Service is incredibly poor.. Would have given an even lower rating if possible.. Servers turn a deaf ear when called for.. They even skipped a few items that were mentioned in the meals menu.

Be polite and friendly. I like it very much. Lunch also too good to eat.#like_it #love_it #repeat_it 😍😍. I like the place very much.and love the lunch.

very bad experience with this order ... better avoid online ordering... customer satisfaction more important ...

Had a not so great experience in very popular Saravana Bhavan, may be managed by people who are not so keen in proper customer service. When I visited with family for a tea-snacks break. Entire place was shabby, water leaking from Air Conditioner duct. Person who attended us I think is forced into job. My first ever bad experience in a very well know south indian restaurant chain: Saravana Bhavan

So Saravana Bhavan goes a long way back for me. We used to visit it back in Dubai and visiting it in Chennai gave me loads of memories to ponder upon.<br/><br/>The Sambhar Vada was awesome, as the Sambhar had perfect thickness and right flavor to it. Though I was a little disappointed with the Parota Dosa Combo as the curry was cold and rice felt like it had been kept outside for ages. Though the bill was extremely affordable.<br/><br/>Finally if you go down, they have the best filter coffee and butter cookie combo which is awesome to taste after a good round of meal.<br/><br/>Overall a good experience and a must visit if you are new to Chennai and want to try some authentic South Indian dishes.

Sunday after we finished lunch suddenly one of friend came he wanted to have sambhar rice.. So I decided to order from saravana bhavan and to my surprise the packing was amazing with papad, pickle, poriyal, sambhar, rice... My friend enjoyed it to the core... Amazing packing... Delicious taste... Thanks to saravana bhavan for amazing offers..

There is no option for 0 stars, that is why I am giving 1 star. I ordered food 45 minutes before and the status still is "food is being prepared". Very bad time practice<br/>

Good and delivery on time

Ambiance 7/10<br/>Food 9/10<br/>Value for money 9/10<br/>Overall 8.3/10<br/><br/>One of the largest delicious South Indian vegetarian restaurant 🏨chain in the world located near ashok pillar delicious taste & quality with a pleasing ambience in a fairly busy location and we had<br/><br/>14 mini idli:- They are 14 mini idlis 🍛dunked in steaming hot delicious tiffin sambar. The porous soft idlis absorb the sambar and ghee is sprinkled at the top🍯. The tastes was so amazing. Chutney can be obtain on request 👍🏽<br/><br/>Dosa:- There are so many varieties of dosai🍥 and I opted for plain dosa🥞. They are then drizzled with oil and made into a crisp dosa which is served with 3 types of chutney and sambar🥘👌🏽<br/><br/>Barotta :- 3 piece of flakier🍥, moderate parottas which is paired with 2 types of kuruma🍜 taste was okay 🤙🏽<br/><br/>Chappati:- chappati 🍥was very soft and delicious served with two types of kuruma taste was good👍🏽<br/><br/>Poori:- 3 pieces of soft and fluffy poori🥠 served with lip-smacking urulai kizhangu and kuruma taste was deliciously amazing 🤤👍🏽<br/><br/>The waiter were attentive and service overall was good!

Worst Customer service. They asked us to wait for 20mins even to order the food. That also in a very rude way. Saravana Bhavan indeed lost it's standards.

good

average

Vera level

Ordered chilli paneer gravy. It tasted so bad that they didn't even add proper salt to it. Had to add salt to it, and consumed a little more and the gravy taste was obnoxious, with too much of oil. Further, paneer was not properly chopped and each slice of paneer looked like the different sized building blocks like in the cartoon show 'Bob the builder'. I actually ordered via uber eats, I gave one star there, and to quench my frustration further, I am here to review in Zomato too. I had a similar terrible experience with Vadapalani Saravana Bhavan too a year back. This is the hotel chain, which was revered a decade back for its top notch quality, now they don't even give a damn that they are the underdogs now.<br/><br/>P.S. To the folks who order via uber eats, kindly see the Zomato review too before ordering. Since uber eats is new to this industry, and certain restaurants doesn't have much reviewers who had rated, we can't judge by the 40-50 reviews given, whereas, Zomato, being in this industry for more than half a decade has pretty good number of reviewers and reviews.<br/><br/>

Favourite package

worst order management. missed an item.

very very very worst from saravana bhavan, everything is excellent but rice is not fully boiled I can't able to eat thatswhy am giving 1 star, this is 2nd time am facing d same issue today my money waste

Good

negative : quantity was very less and I got very juicy curd rice<br/><br/>positive : papad was not broken and packing was good

.good

fantastic super

on time delivery

food is superb but partial item missing in my order

Nice taste.. Best quality from Saravana Bhavan.

nice

I received 2 quantities less . made me fool that restaurant

good

I got a complaint that your restaurant people being harsh to the delivery boy , for asking to pack the chutney and sambhar separately for each item. It’s the customer wish which we mentioned they telling to you ,so don’t be harsh to them.

good

Ok

good<br/>

Ok

bad

Good food

Good

good

FOOD wasn't packed in a professional manner.. everthing was leaking..no fault from delivery part... make sure it does not happen again.. Very much disappointed.😣

worst service

Not worth for money

food quantity very low

There was no idli in chennai tiffin <br/>Things were so cold wasted almost everything <br/>Complete waste

This restaurant branch ideal for south indian Tiffin varieties has now updated their menu with millet varieties and steamed starters which healthy for both tooth and stomach😊😊 their millet mini Tiffin which is given in morning is a new and excellent effort 👌👌 it would be best if in all of the branches they update with millet menu

good

good

great food with great taste

Food was excellent

excellent

Less quantity

good <br/>

Please don't book here. <br/>quick lunch and regular quick lunch both are same.<br/>many items are missing from what they mentioned.<br/>1 item not sufficient for single.

this place sucks.people don't get fooled.they charge you high and don't serve properly also if it is a special occasion they dump unsold goods on us and also don't inform you about special dishes available

excellent

to improve on making north indian dishes

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on time delivery and we can always expect a quality food from saravana bhavan

service was poor as usual.. nothing special about the food too.. no wonder this restaurant is going down hill with dwindling foot falls.. only saving grace is their coffee..

A small place by the corner almost on the main road. Unlike other Saravana Bhavans this was a bit shoddy, food a bit oily, but the staff was decent. It's a quick bite version of the place.

nice

This is our second home. Can see us here every weekend more than once. The service is good in the second floor but in fact for a non-ac HSB style even first floor service is pretty good. Love their ghee dosa, dry fruit rava, north Indian combo, sambar vada.. but more than that there is no getting away without tasting their masala pal..heaven! There is a bakery sweets section in the ground floor not their best part but in the same place they have coffee and pakodas served in the evenings. Ambiance is super family friendly, neat and bright. The icecreams are all natural fruit made and the butterscotch praline is a must try.

Acoustic taste and authentic food ever....<br/>Just the sambar and chutneys taste yum<br/>Especially the tiffin items are pretty good<br/>And it was delivered on time with good quality and service<br/>Keep it up 😊

Very poor service. In the Sunday noon never expected this kinda service.. food wise quality and good.. but very bad service. If only I can give negative ratings, I'll give it -5. Rate is too much high for their services. Worst to the core in respect to service

Delayed delivery <br/>Costly <br/>Chat items can be better <br/>Sweets aren’t good<br/>Food could be served hot <br/>Staffs need to be polite and fast<br/>Its in main place but the parking facility is less

delivered items are not as per the order given from menu

Paradise on earth for the veggies, quality is at the helm in this joint. Ambience, attitude of the service personals are a real plus. Quantity might look a bit low, but the quality never suffers. Parking is well managed.

Very Bad. <br/>Poor service... Bad taste....<br/>No quality....<br/>I never thought I would hate HSB....<br/>Unbelievably Bad.<br/>This is last time bi would come<br/>

taste of biriyani not up to saravanabavan standard

Been here multiple times with colleagues and friends..<br/>But it's time for Saravana Bhavan to add new items in the menu.. large varieties of Dosa and so on.<br/>I still remember the same items I used to have in Delhi in 2012 too..

Delivery timing and some side dishes missing

Ohh awesome interior design and attractive copper vessels my favourite 14 idly thats so yummmyyyyy love it red chutney sooo good love it best place for everyone because everyone will love it

Ashok nagar saravana bhavan has been trying new things rice varieties in millets and other healthy varieties. I dint take a chance to try it becos i was craving to eat something tasty. We ordered one mushroom sizzler which the captain suggested and one mushroom dosa and meals. Mushroom dosa was really nice but was bit costly mushroom sizzler was awesome but i had to complete the whole thing it had cheese stuffing and indian spices. Meals was fine.<br/><br/>Overall 4<br/>Taste 4 <br/>Service 4<br/>Wfm 3.5<br/>Ambience 4<br/>Quality and quantity 4.5

I had special paper roast from here which is one of the specialties here. I have become a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig fan officiel paper roast now. It's too crispy and the red chutney they give with it Wooooow!!!

I've been the regular customer for HSB almost Ive tasted food n almost all the branches n chennai even n Delhi too! Only south Indian foods are good over here ... Biryani and pulav noodles are extremely bad. But I love there tomato soup nd sambar ❤ maintain quality and service ...dont lose customer like me!

Place to go if feel like eating only veggies. Food tastes really good but the quantity they offer is not worth the money we pay. Cost is really high compared to all other vegetarian restaurants. Juices are really expensive especially sweet lime 🍋 . Please check the ordering menu before placing any order of juices 😬. They provide good variety of combos which are really a plus. Cleanliness is also quite good. Some staffs are really polite but some are there as if we came to eat with their money 😾

Tasted veg special meals , North Indian special meal and Jackfruit milkshake. Was hygienic and good quality wise and quantity wise. Jackfruit milkshake was thick and tasted extremely delicious.

Long time.... Had a successful, on time delivered and good tasting food all together from saravana Bhavan... May be I might start things improving over next few orders.. Good going

Visited the recently renovated Saravana's outlet near Ashok Pillar. <br/>The lower level was earlier a fast food seating outlet. This has been now done away with and converted into a sweet and bakery shop. <br/>The family restaurant above is now the only seated eating area. <br/><br/>Ambience ⭐️⭐️⭐️<br/>Tables were now set out with copper water tumblers and jugs which is definitely an improvement over the earlier steel vessels. <br/>The lighting is good. <br/>Table placing is adequate, not too cramped. <br/><br/>Service ⭐️⭐️ <br/>Even though it was a weekday, and there were hardly any customers, it was slow. <br/>When we asked for hot water to drink, we were served with boiling water. 😒<br/><br/>Food ⭐️⭐️⭐️<br/>The menu had changed quite a bit. Apparently, they are leaning more towards healthy eating, which is a commendable effort. <br/>Each table was provided with a steamer in the centre. The water used is vegetable stock and is heated via a cable running along the steel leg of the table. This steamer is used to store the idlis that are served. <br/>Note: Patriots need to be aware of this and take care of their small children.<br/><br/>Our order:<br/><br/>Mini idlis in sambar 💛💛💛<br/><br/>Idli and vada 💛💛💛<br/>The vada had a different texture and taste. Realised later it is made of kollu (horse gram, said to have medicinal properties) <br/>Even the idli looked and tasted different from their earlier version. <br/><br/>Special dosa with sweet potato masala 💛💛💛<br/>They stopped serving regular masala dosa with potato. Although I like the taste of sweet potato and know that it is a healthier alternative, it will probably take us time to get used to it being used in the masala stuffing for the dosa. It was also very filling. <br/><br/>Poori masala 💛💛💛<br/>This also was served with sweet potato masala. My friend had to waste three fourths of it. Found it too heavy and impossible to finish. Maybe they should reduce the serving quantity. <br/><br/>Filter coffee 💛💛💛💛<br/>Thankfully this has not changed. It was yum. The tumbler used for it was the traditional steel with the outside coated in copper. <br/><br/>One consideration! I wonder if it would be possible to reduce the wastage of food. I couldn't help but notice, that even I did not finish all that was on the plate. The chutneys and sambars etc. Felt really bad! <br/><br/>Anyways, Saravanas has always been a favourite vegetarian restaurant for the past 14 years of my being in Chennai and we will be definitely visiting it soon! The next time, hopefully, we will be prepared for the altered flavours!<br/><br/>P.S: really liked the new menu books! 👌🏻 clear and concise writing!!! <br/><br/>VFM ✅

food is good as usual. But in case of service very worst. we took 30 minutes waiting for a ghee roast. Captain named Mohan is really a waste. plz take care of the standard of service. we have asked the reaon of delay. reply from mr.mohan is very roughly speaking. i saw same issue on next table of us. why keeping such person in a reputed restaurant like saravana Bhavan...?

Pathetic experience. There was a insect in my dosa. The waiterjust cancelled the dosa from my order number that's it. I wish to have an explanation for the same that is this thier commitment to QUALITY

Ordered breakfast by 9.am online in hotel Saravana bavan and frustrated to the core. The order was aapam with coconut milk, curd vadai and a mini Tiffin . The cover in which the food came itself showed their irgnorance. Nothing was palatable the appam was given with veg gravy, damn sure that was not made this morning, pungent smelling, even the curd vadai, curd must have gone out of form atleast a day or two days back. Idlis and pongal in mini Tiffin was horrible 👿. Learnt not to order food from this store particularly.

This new look revamped Saravana Bhavan near Ashok Pillar has introduced new menu of Healthy food probably a first for HSB. Rice and Flour have been replaced by Millet and Potato by Sweet Potato and so on. The healthy starters of steamed momos stuffed with delicacies ranging from Tofu to Vaazhappu are a must in your order list. We tried several of their millet dishes and all of them tasted super great. Service was great and the new decor of some of the choicest Tanjore paintings adorning the walls was brilliant. Highly recommended whether you are diet conscious or otherwise

I am an regular to this place, spacious & neat place, service is ok, food is almost monotonous in all their restaurants, their paneer dosa, mixed barota & crispy rava dosa are really good, the newly introduced juices are nice.  Their all items are very pricey for the quantity they serve . The Sarvana Bhanvan SAPAD which was an hit product has lost its charm due to the price & changes made . They have introduced lots of combos but most of the times not even 50% of them are available . Staff needs to be more courteous & prices has to be reduced.

Saravana Bhavan is one of the best veg hotels in TN. But the renovated ashok nagar branch has something special. They started to use samba rava, kuthiravali rice, kollu and many more millets which are completely organic. These are very good for the health and they have altered some taste that more or less is equal to the regularly given one. Price is compratively high but worth for the food. They have tried something new and it worked

This joint has some peculiar uniqueness - in parking, in diff levels and diff kinds of food<br/><br/>In the ground floor it has chat and some snack and the service is poor. <br/><br/>In the upper floor there is an ac and the lunch thali is good

Been to this outlet too from the 3 outlets at Ashok nagar.<br/>I was with my family so took seats at ac hall.<br/>The ac hall is not kept so luxury,only pricing was so high comparing to normal seating hall.<br/>Tried chana batoora ,veg pulav,Mysore masala dosa ,2 fresh juices from their new beverages menu.<br/>All food and beverages were just average and didn't have any extraordinary experience.

Worst... quality is downgraded. Waste of money and time for a very normal food. You can have it in your home delicious homely, hygenic food. It has lost it quality,taste.

It is a very decent location to be with family, but it takes lot of time for them to serve whatever v order. Awesome dosa varieties and just give a try for dry fruit dosa. And best part is the sambar still the taste can't be defeated by anyone and try sambar vadai wha awesome it was. And even 14 idlis with sambar was delicious

Lost its charm long time back. HSB was always the place for a family meal.But unfortunately the service as well as the food quality is not the same as it was before.

•131<br/><br/>I am a great fan of their filter coffees and dosas. I had a chance of trying filter coffee and medhu vadai from here, along with my friend, while passing through this area in an evening. Filter coffee was great. A sudden refreshment comes on having that. Vada was hot but not crisp.

HSB, they claimed quality food. But that quality, for their standards, it's totally missing. Here I use to go only for coffee & snacks. My 2.5/5 rating full credits for coffee & snacks. Else my rating will be 1/5. For Breakfast & Lunch items it's too costly & not at all worth. After eating you will fell hunger again. But boil provide by them was awesome. Parruppu boil, dry fruit boil & vegetable boil were available. It was prepared with full of ghee applied. That taste was mouth watering.

I am travelling in TN and my first stop was Chennai. I was taken to Hotel Sarvana Bhavan by my Couchsurfing host on my last day in Chennai for breakfast.<br/><br/>I have seen just one HSB in Delhi.<br/>And here, there are legions of them. <br/><br/>I had a plain dosa with sambhar and three different chutneys.<br/><br/>I really liked it but I think it was pricey. <br/><br/>Food - 4/5<br/>Location - 4/5<br/>Service - 4/5<br/>Seating and decor - 4/5

Worst service!!! If u want to waste your money go to this place!! The quantity they give is very meager!! This place is surviving because of the brand name. I am giving a rating of 1 because I can't give anything lesser than it, Finally I conclude by saying that A Complete Waste of Money!!!

Very very rude service. Advice to never go here...they dont know the meaning of courtesy! Home delivery request is pathetic...ffrom servers to floor managers...they dont knnow what 'service' is !!!