Review Annalaya Veg & Non Veg Restaurant - Chennai (Madras)

Good food. Great service.

We had a really welcoming receiving and very good tali. The staff was very attentive and we received excellent service. Food was authentic, well prepared and hygienic. If a little expensive. We'll come back.

Today we had vazai ilai sappadu. All dishes were quite good and tasty.nothing to complain in this regard. but coordination in serving needs some more attention . When we went the table occupancy was about 50 %. After serving vegetables, we had to wait for rice. we had to call for appalam which was not served in the first instance. aviyal/kootu was not served though it was mentioned in menu board kept outside (we saw it while coming out after finishing meals ). Though these are small flaws , if avoided will add more repute to your restaurant.

The food and ambience was good. The prices were reasonable overall. We paid 1100 for 4 people, which included 1 meal and a la carte orders with dessert (ice cream with jamun)

It is very nice vegetarian restaurant. There are many varieties of items in the Thali. The specialty of this restaurant is Thangachi rasam - Sisters will serve rasam for his brothers when they visit to her - It is very tasteful , flavour . They served in banana leaf. It is mixture of Kannada/ Kerala/ Tamil Nadu / Andhra dishes .

The food is sumptuous, price is on the higher side but worth it, strategically located, good taste and service contribute to a pleasant experience

Hotel ambience is very good. Foods were good and clean. Would be best suited for people like to have a peacful lunch or dinner

Hey guys yesterday i visited annalaya... Trust me i never had a tasty food which i had in this restaurant... I think every one must taste this delicious and superb food

Good Ambience, Friendly servicing. Certain food pricing is at par. Few buildings next to vijay tv office. You can try various combinations

Nice and clean with good ambience. Courteous staff. Delicious home like veg and non veg delicacies. Bit pricy.

Mutton briyani, Idli with kozhi kulambu is also good (served similar to sambar idli). Chicken briyani is not good. Gee garlic dosa with neethili meen kolambu is good here.

You'll get South Indian meals on a banana leaf here. Great taste. Helpful staff. Decent prices.

The food is really great and such a calm ambience for a pleasant evening dinner, must try their mutton biryani and nattu kozhi roast.

Am not a compulsive reviewer. Went for lunch today. At 1:20PM, the restaurant was empty and the music was so loud. They said "regular meals" are not available from Friday to Sunday. Only special meals are served. Asked for a chiken briyani. What came was bowl full of rice with a boiled egg on top of it. Two big chunks of bone was buried in the rice. I literally had to search for flesh. The rice was so bland just like any roadside 'Arcot briyani' stall. All for Rs210++. Pathetic. <br/>Will never ever visit this place. That 1.5 rating was for the airconditioner and the general cleanliness of the place.

Gud experience everything was gud also veg pls try everyone my rate was 5/5 but little bit improve service. This S gud place for any kind of get together. I recommended

good experience.i ordered veg meals and mutton omblette.taste was very gud wow sambar awesome.they played light music and dim light.that plaace was really nice

This s first time i try tis restarunt.they recommended mannarkarivirundhu<br/>It was awesome. Everydishes excellent taste.server siva was great service.i must recommend my friends and relatives.very nice place to family lunch team lunch.annalaya pls keep tis service and taste

Worst hotel <br/>Kari soru is worst some ready made kolambhu is dipped with roten mutton and not able to make or fry nethli fish also <br/>Cost of the dishes in menu card is 170 but cost in bill is 190 golmal hotel

Delivery 3 out of 5,<br/>packaging 1 out of 5,<br/>Taste 3 out of 5,<br/>Quantity 2 out of 5<br/>Quality of seafood 2.5 out 5<br/>I ordered meen kulambu it's was half spilled, but the taste was really good, they used some sort of predator type fish it was fresh but small. Kerala fish fry they gave a whole pomfret cooked well with proper seasoning. The nethili was made with baji batter it was soft and soggy. The crab pepper gravy it was blotting on oil, it's like pre-made gravy they just added the boiled crab n gave because it had no flavor of crab, crab was so small you can't find any meat in it.<br/>It was good gesture from zomato to refund me for the meen kulambu.

Had been there with office friends today, regret of taking them there. The hotel is confused on what suits them best Vegetarian or Non-vegetarian, The hotel was extremely good when they served only veg . the simple veg meal still good, we made a blunder is ordering paneer butter Masala (extremely sweet), Mutton chukka (rubbery) Gobi manchurian (okayissh)<br/>Veg Biryani (under cooked rice), Phulka and Malabar Parotta were decent. Deserts they have only ice cream, they have largely cut down on authentic menus, existing they are just not able to maintain. The hotel as such is neat, they can do wonders especially in the area they are located. I would recommend this as a last resort. Opposite is Ponnusamy, may take away Annalaya customers.

Hiiii, I tried many times to have lunch here but today I got a opportunity <br/><br/>Koli chaaru and lentil soup awesome<br/>Meals was so good. <br/><br/>Everyone must try

I am very disappointed this time with ANNALAYA., I am a regular guest and my office is near close by., worst experiance even though no person to serve a water.no clean table no hygienic and I ask for the staff two times but not responded.<br/>Hot and sour chicken soup good<br/>Sweet corn soup was so thin it should be thick<br/>Vanjaram varuval layer was so thin and the taste was not up to the level <br/>Meals can be recommended but not so excited <br/>

I ordered online.. the food is delivered on time.... Taste is Okay... Didn't meet the expectations. . But the meat was well cooked and soft.

Having a great meal in annalaya with my friends nice experience and good place.Servjng hot food with hot and cold food with cold.Cooling place pls try this restaurant ambiance you so like this place everybody

We were here on 11th Aug 2017 for dinner... ordered for ghee rice, Malabar fish curry,parotta chicken gravy and annalaya mutton biriyani.. The Malabar fish curry was a perfect kerala style kuruma and was excellent.m we ordered idiyappam later to cherish the Malabar curry.. The ghee rice was also good.. The biriyani taste was good but was too much masala.. if the spice was less, the biriyani would have been great as well..

Rates are very high but experience is not upto the expectation. Though there are more than required no. Of waiters all over, they don't serve food and service quality is low. The food is not great. The ambience of restuarant is ok. The flexes and painting display the culture of all south Indian tastes.

Annalaya is a authentic South Indian restaurant located at the heart of the city, yes Nungambakkam is what I'm talking about. The place is easily identifiable and has enuf space for parking too. The ambience is usual to that of any South Indian restaurant and it's very very spacious. They have simple interiors and they are jam packed during the lunch always. We went in for lunch to try this place. <br/><br/>Now coming to food we had the combo "Mannar kari virundhu saapadu". The combo consisted of, chicken soup, sharbath, mutton Sukka, mutton liver, mutton chops, malli chicken, chettinad chicken , egg , fish fry, nethli fry, prawns thokku, kaada kolambu, nattu kozhi kolambu, mutton varutha kari, nethli kolambu, chicken gravy, mutton gravy, fish gravy, parotta, chicken briyani, raitha, sweet, white rice, curd , Rasam, butter milk, dessert of the day and ice cream. Yes the combo is very huge and you might wonder it's difficult for one person to finish it. The food taste was exceptional and too good. One should try this place and will come out with huge belly, the food is too good. Especially NV ppl will enjoy the taste of the meat served here and this is where they stand strong. Right from the rose sharbath to the vanilla ice cream, I loved the entire meal so did my fellow friends. <br/><br/>Service was really quick. <br/><br/>My rating would be 5/5. Just for the love of their food.<br/><br/>Overall my rating is 4.5/5 (includes ambience and other service).

Annalya,Nungambakkam<br/>This former ‘Vegetarian’ restaurant is now treating the meat lovers. The place serves downright authentic Chettinad and Andhra cuisines. I happened to be here on a lunch invite.<br/>Parking: There is a sufficient parking space. Valet parking facility is available.<br/>Ambiance: The place is a perfect fit for family dining. Definitely a disclaimer for the noise. The place can be really crowded and literally noisy .Like literally! Wish to the old gods and the new that you could have your meal peacefully coz that becomes a rather rare happening!<br/>Food:<br/>On the food front, we were warmly greeted by a cold rose sarbat.At first, we were told that was Nannari and the three of us almost doubted our knowledge of a nannari taste.But thanbkfully, it’s a rose sarbat with gulkhand. It indeed helped us to beat the heat.<br/>Without much debate, we opted for a Mannar Kari Virundhu so that we could try out almost all of the specials.. Beware; this could be heavy even if you are a 1 on 2 taker. Justifying the virundhu nature, we were served food in a banana leaf.<br/>The meal is a royal one indeed. A king sized appetite would be the most apt companion.<br/>Firstly the soups. We had Mutton paya and Naatu kozhi soup. Paya was better I felt. Nattukozhi soup lacked the fieriness.<br/>The vast meal had ample number of sides with white rice, briyani and even the desserts.<br/>Mutton Sukka-Mutton liver-Mutton chops were the semi gravy sides. Amongst which, I felt that the mutton liver topped the charts. One thing to be mentioned here that the meat in all the three sides was tender and juicy yet cooked well inside out. With the right spiciness and flavor that a chettinad meal can offer you this went rather good with the parotta.<br/>Mutton varutha curry : I was expecting a better version of it. Nevertheless was tasty. Lacked the flavor and Could have had the right texture I felt.<br/>Malli chicken and chettinad chicken. The former had different feedbacks. I liked it while it wasn’t much appreciated by my fellow mates. Try this yourself and find out. Chettinad chicken was just perfect the way it had to be and complemented the briyani well.<br/>I have been known to repeatedly state that I’m not a great fan of seafood, but truly I never turn away from them completely. Liked the prawn thokku and crab masala gravy. Prawns are better served as dry side. NO, that’s not completely true. Not after you try the gravy here. Options on the fish food included nethili fry, vanjaram fry, nethili kulambu and fish fry. Nethili fry served here is so far the softest I have tasted. Not sure if that’s good or bad. But definitely it was tasty. Vanjaram was downplayed. <br/>Briyani – two small portions of Chicken and Mutton briyani, both made from seeraga samba rice served along with raitha and chicken and mutton gravies . I liked the chicken one better. Briyani had the authenticity. Mutton meat in the briyani felt rather undercooked and dint blend so well with the rice. The chicken gravy though felt a bit saltier. But with rice, nothing big to complain.<br/>Naatu kozhi kuzhambu, nethili kuzhambu and kaada kuzhambu. The gravies were second best to none.Kaada kuzhambu was the personal favorite. Better had with the white rice.<br/>We also had malai chicken. Short of marination. Chicken was not soft as it is expected to be. But mint chutney could save your day with that.<br/>Panneer porichadhu was served to us as a reminder of the availability of vegetarian food at the place. Hardly had our taste buds right to judge it after such a heavy meal.<br/>Moving to the last part of any meal, Desserts. We dint have the appetite after such a royal feast that we decided settle the score with icecreams.<br/>Mannar kari virundhu, priced at Rs.700 has unlimited option on selected items and could serve well for two people easily.<br/>Head out to one of the best chettinadu restaurants for a perfect family dining with more tolerance to the noise of fellow eaters..JK! <br/>Happy eating peeps !<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>

A nice dine in restaurant for a family/ friends gathering. The dishes are all good and the service is fast.<br/>I will definitely recommend dining with this place.

Annalaya has always got good customer feedbacks and is one of the best family dining places in the city. This place expertises on typical chetinadu style food. It was pure vegetarian restaurant once and now they have stepped onto to serving Non vegetarian food too. This being a reason a Food tasting event was organized by the management and I was invited to be a part of it. I went there along fellow foodies, after coming across few posts on social media by fellow mates, I had few definite orders there.<br/><br/>Mannar Kari virundhu was an obvious choice. This is huge, mark my words. Costing 700 INR , 2 Mannar Kari virundhu can easily satisfy the appetite for 3 people. I'd strongly recommend you to go for this, because it has a huge variety in the contents.<br/><br/>Like any virundhu ! Our mannar kari virundhu also starts with a soup of our choice either Aattu kaal paaya or Chicken soup. Chicken soup was thin spicy and was tomato based, more like a rasam. Where as the aatu kaal paaya was hot and mildly spicy, it is a treat to your throat with all the peppery flavours, the mutton piece in it was soft and well cooked, rightly flavored. My vote is for aatu kaal paaya here.<br/><br/>Then they brought a glass of sarbat topped with chiya seeds or Sabza seeds. When asked it was said it's naanari, but the pink color didn't seem to me so.<br/>The idea of drinking a chilled sarbat after the soup didn't appeal to me, so I plainly avoided it, so no verdict on the taste.<br/>I would recommend the management to serve the sarbat as a welcome drink in the beginning, and after which the soup can be followed.<br/><br/>Then came a big plate with various dishes in small portions, it was a beautiful take-a-picture sight for anybody! yes !<br/>It had all of the following:<br/>Mutton chukka: Spicy semi gravy type of mutton. the meat was well cooked and was drenched in the flavouring.<br/>Mutton liver: dry pieces of mutton liver was good along with rice and the gravies !<br/>Chettinadu chicken : it lived upto expectations, it was a good meals company, with all the authentic chettinad flavours in it.<br/>Vanjaram fry : It was a bit hard, it could have been cooked for a little longer time, but the marination was perfect.<br/>Nethili fry : Almost the only finger food from the platter, the marination made it fluffy. this was soft and tasted great.<br/>Prawns thokku : I'm a fan of sea food, but mostly only when it's dry, so this didn't really grab my attention, it would have been great if this was a prawn 65, because there wasn't many of a finger food in the platter too.<br/><br/>Moving on to the gravies we had Kada kuzhambu, Mutton varutha curry, nattu kozhi kuzhambu and nethili kuzhambu. As the mains we had white rice and Barotta. All the gravies were awesome. Kudos for the chef here ! I especially liked the mutton varutha curry and kada kuzhambu.<br/><br/>A small portion of biriyani was also served, It was a biriyani with jeeraga samba rice, I don't really prefer this one usually. But annalaya changed my opinion. It tasted really great along with the boiled egg they provided<br/><br/>For desserts we had ice cream.<br/><br/>Apart from the Grand mannar kari virundhu saapadu we also tried their malaai chicken with mint chutney. The chicken in here was so hard and wasn't really marinated well.<br/><br/>Their menu is so huge, and their names were very tempting, so definitely doing another visit to try some other dishes !<br/><br/>Valet parking is available in here.<br/><br/>Regarding the ambiance, considerations must be made to bring down the noise levels down. I was there on a weekend lunch, it was surprisingly busy full and noisy.<br/><br/>But anyways Food > Ambiance.<br/>So are you thinking of where to take your family for lunch? Or are you craving for some chettinad flavours? Blindly go to this place and thank me later.<br/><br/>Bottom line - King's style Mannaar kari virundhu is a huge hit !<br/><br/>

I had heard a lot about this place and wanted to try but then I also heard that they've started nonveg too. I was skeptical about going but then I decided to after an invite. This place is more of a Chettinad and Andhra cuisine, which certainly isn't my cup of tea. They have focused on village style cooking.<br/><br/>We had a few starters with paneer, aloo, corn, Gobi and mushrooms as the base with different flavours but the haryali aloo had way too much food color. We had tandoori mushroom, Andhra chilli mushroom, baby corn and other stuffs around but being vegetarians, you don't really have much choice.<br/><br/>We had some more starters of which the name I cannot pronounce - Annalaya Special Palikatti Porichadu, Kai Poo 65, Urulai Roast, Kalaan Milagu Roast etc. We were too full with the starters to go the main course. My non veg friends did have some non veg stuff.<br/><br/>The desserts were also okay, nothing very unique and definitely needs to be worked upon.<br/><br/>

It was almost 2 45 pm ... We were in ravenous apetite,My husband is a ardent chetinnad food lover,,and we came to know about annalaya and their signature MANNAR VIRUTHU,,, means kings feast!! Was on our Wishlist,,<br/>And definitely wanna try it this time... And the name itself tempts ur taste buds!!😋<br/><br/>And there we arrived to the resturant located near vijay tv office,,once you enter the traditional kind of ambience welcomes you..with well spaced cozy interiors depicted with the images which takes you back to the history.🙃<br/><br/>In no time we ordered "MANNAR VIRUNTHU" and pomfret tandoor!!<br/>Frist arrived a water melon juice which was refreshing to the start..hope they should have provided nanari sarbath!!since we were in severe hunger pangs we didn't notice it!! And they provided us the "Mutton soup "which was hot,spicy , and tasty.<br/><br/>Then arrived the MANNAR VIRUNTHU in a quite big plate served on a banana leaf,,<br/>The starters includes.. Mutton sukka,mutton liver,prawn masala,crab masala,nethili fry,fish fry,chettinadchicken.<br/>Out of which crab masala,mutton sukka and prawn thokku was top notch!!<br/>Loved the way nethili fry was made.. Hot and crispy!!<br/>😋😋<br/>We felt all starters had the same kind of taste,, felt they can show some variations!!!<br/><br/>They also provided briyani of your choice chicken or mutton,, briyani was also good!! In chettinad style!! And with parotta too.<br/><br/>Once you are done with starters, we were almost tummy full.. But we tasted the gravies they us..includes,,nattu kozhi,fish, mutton gravy with white rice and rasam and butter milk. All were equally good☺️<br/>To end the grand meal,, carrot halwa was the dessert and a scoop of ice cream!! But it was okay not the best i must say..<br/><br/>They definitely need to improve the dessert part!!<br/><br/>The pomfret tandoor was cooked to perfection.. With the juicy and tender flesh of fish inside with perfect blend of masala..<br/><br/>To end its a perfect place for chettinad food lovers:)👍👍<br/>Happy eating😋<br/><br/>Kugan Kannabiran

Annalaya... at the heart of the town, nungambakkam, <br/>a chettinad special restaurant, with Andhra food too. <br/>spacious restaurant with good ambience, sadly no rush was seen even on a sunday night. <br/>coming to the food, chettinad delicacies were average including naatukozhi dishes and pallipalayam spcl chicken. biryani was good but not sooperb to say... kaali chicken kebab was the one to mention with good taste... overall a average restaurant with good menu.. which can improve a lot.. <br/><br/>

It's a wonderful place to spend the time... Whole day with lunch as well as delicious dinner... I never forget this place with these tasty recipes.. It fascinates me more and more...

So Id been to this restaurant both when it was a Veg restaurant and now as a Non Veg restaurant.<br/><br/>Went to this place as I had a meeting near by and didnt have too many options but was glad I did.<br/><br/>Service: Very Good as the staff was always available when required and made sure I was happy with everything.<br/><br/>Food: Extremely happy with everything I had here. Fried rice and Butter chicken. Chicken tikka and Naan. All were as they were supposed to be and tasted perfect.<br/><br/>The right place at the right time.

The moment I heard the name "Annalaya", for some reason, a vegetarian south Indian thali danced across my head. Maybe because the name of the restaurant sounds like that. But actually it was a pure vegetarian restaurant that recently only introduced their non vegetarian menu and I was invited to savour what they have to offer. <br/><br/>As we just broke the fast a few minutes back we wanted to have a very light dinner. Therefore we chose just one non-vegetarian thali. The meal consisted of various non vegetarian dishes like Fish Fry, Crab Masala (my favourite!), Chicken 65, Mutton Chops, Biriyani, Chapati and few other Mutton Gravies. Unfortunately I do not remember the name of one particular gravy which I thoroughly enjoyed. The thali came along with Plain Rice, Rasam and Egg. We asked them not to bring these though, as we were sure that we wouldn't be able to finish the whole meal.<br/><br/>Before the start of the meal, they served a very refreshing Nannari Lemon Juice with Sabja seeds. The mutton soup that we had started the meal on a perfect note!<br/><br/>The biriyani was very flavorful and quite good. The chicken 65 and fish fry were fried to a golden perfection. Crab masala was claw snapping good! (See what I did there? 😅). Also the gravies and chapati made a very good combination! On top of that, just to finish the gravies, my friend ordered a plate of idlies as well. And when we both found out "Uravacha Parotta" in their menu, we had that as well! <br/><br/>The moment you enter the restaurant, I felt as if I was travelling back in time, at least by a decade, because Annalaya looks very much like a restaurant where you would have gone with your parents while you were a small kid for family dinners that commemorated special occasions! Or so I thought because there was this small happy family in the next table who were having their dinner in peace!<br/><br/>On the whole, Annalaya is a place to go if you are a voracious carnivore. Don't let the name of the place cheat you!<br/><br/>

Annalaya, Nungambakkam <br/><br/>Annalaya is a treat for those who love South Indian food, specially those who love their spices. This place has newly introduced non vegetarian and revamped their menu. <br/><br/>What we ordered?<br/>1. Mannar virundu (non-veg overloaded on a banana leaf)- WARNING! you need a really good appetite to eat this! Enjoy a meal of over 15 dishes. Almost everything from the menu comes to your table. My pick would be the crab masala, fish fry, nethili fry, prawn masala and mutton soup and sarbath. <br/>2. Mutton biriyani-mildly spiced seeraka samba rice with mutton pieces that are really tender and well cooked. <br/>3. Prawn pepper salt- tiger prawns was batter fried with cornflour and tossed with onions, pepper, salt and few other ingredients. I found this a little oily but tasted good. <br/><br/>The ambience was homey and bright. Even when the place was crowded it did not appear to be stuffed like other restaurants. The service was quick and we had very friendly people attending tables and helping us with our order

The worst experience I never had with online ordering. I have placed my order at 1:09 pm with estimated delivery at 2:03pm. Now it's 3:50pm the delivery guy is still on the way. After contacting the support and the restaurant nothing has been delivered until now. <br/><br/>I don't recommend it for anyone who wants to eat something before 3 hours.<br/>

Nice place to try chettinad cuisine. Awesome ambiance. Reasonable price. Everyone should try the mutton biryani here, which is mouth watering.

Great place for veg food, conveniently located in Nungambakkam. Affordably priced. Visited twice- once during launch and one more time during Onam. No major complaints. Standard food.

Nice place to try chettinad and andhra cuisine .. we ordered Guntur Kodi and Gobi manchurian for starters .. eral thokku uthappam, poondu dosa with nethili kolambu, couple of nallennai dosa, plain uthappam and veg fried rice .. the best of these were poondu dosa with nethili gravy combo and gobi Manchurian .. Guntur Kodi was basically made of green chili paste and on spicier side .. but can try once for it's unique taste .. service was prompt .. order took a bit long to arrive .. ambience is good ..looks like Anjappar kind of restaurant ... can definitely try atleast once if ur a fan of chettinad food ... total costs came to around 1000 with all the taxes .. not bad 😊

Authenticity, variety and flavour – Annalaya scores high on all of these. The service is spot on. Crisp golden dosas, idlis are as light as air, and the chicken briyani here never disspoints. The servers are always courteous and the place also has North Indian and Chinese food on the menu. A must visit place :)

Loved the food here. The ambience is classy! The service was good as well, and the variety in their menu is a real boost when you go with a large group of people. Prices are moderate! Another advantage of this place is that the parking space is huge, so you will never have a problem even when you go with a large group in multiple cars. A must try and among the best in the Nungambakkam area.

Annalaya is the perfect place for non veg south indian food lovers. The restaurant has awesome chicken, fish, crab, prawn dishes which will be a great miss if u have not tried them yet. A very pocket friendly restaurant with some mouth watering food. A place worth visiting with family and friends.

Really good place for fellow foodies who love Indian style cuisine. This place has really good chetinadu food too. Combine that with a chill peaceful ambience and thats annalaya :)

Annalaya had earlier been a vegetarian restaurant and recently expanded to serving South Indian non vegetarian. We were a group of five and two of us decided to stick to vegetarian that evening and three to non vegetarian. I, having been with vegetarian side of the camp, will be mainly focusing on that in this review.<br/><br/>To start, we had Nannari Sharbat with an ample serving of Sabja seeds. It gave me a much needed boost of energy after a weary ride through the traffic and heat. <br/><br/>Soon we started off with quite a large variety of desserts, of which most of them were delicious. Kalaan Milagu Varuval, Paneer Tikka, Gobi Manchurian to name a few. However, we observed an extravagant use of food coloring in the starters. And paneer in the Palkatti Porichathu left an unpleasant aftertaste. Vegetable Sizzler didn't sizzle, but was alright in taste.<br/><br/>Soups were a bummer. Both Sweet Corn had too much salt and Hot and Sour had too much corn flour.<br/><br/>Main course was the best segment of the meal. I had Malabar Parotta with Aloo Peas Masala to touch. That wonderful gravy went well with Idiyappam too. Having eaten too much starters, I wanted to eat something simple and decided to go ahead with Steam Rice and Dal Tadka. Well made Dal, I must say. I had also asked for buttermilk to as to make my tummy settle down and it did the trick, though I would have loved it more if it had some chillies, curry leaves and ginger ground into it.<br/><br/>For desserts we had two cups of Gajar Ka Halwa brought. To my surprise one cup was heavenly and the other was quite the opposite. Folks had asked for many more desserts but I had to give them a pass on account of an about to burst stomach.<br/><br/>They have the talent to conjure up amazing dishes. That much is for sure. But they really really need to focus on repeatability and quality control.<br/><br/>That said, I had been constantly dipping my fingers into the various dishes that came with their signature non vegetarian spread Mannar Virundu, which was ordered by the other three. I was amazed by how good the non vegetarian food tasted, compared to the vegetarian dishes that arrived at our side of the table. Taste apart, the presentation made it much more visually appealing. Clearly non vegetarian is their forte.<br/><br/>The ambiance, the service and the general countenance of this restaurant makes it best suitable for a family who is looking for a nice place to have their lunch or dinner.

Went here for dinner yesterday with some friends. My experience ranged between average to disappointing. I normally do not give negative reviews but I believe I went in with lots of expectations. <br/><br/>Spread: the spread was exhaustive with several items. Most of the "interesting" dry or semi dry items are limited while the gravies and rice are unlimited. For 700 rupees per head, thats disappointing as there is only so much rice and gravy one can hog! The spread has seafood, chicken and lamb in different variations. <br/><br/>Taste: Ok. That's about it .. Ok. The chicken soup was very good but we were never asked if we wanted chicken or mutton soup although both options seemed to exist as we saw in the menu card later. All items had the same taste and we could in no way differentiate one from other to the extent we were confused which was which. Infact the 4 of us argued which was which and none of us were able to differentiate each chicken type from another. It appeared to be the same gravy for everything. The crab was good. The fish gravy was good. Biryani was excellent. Nannari sharbath was just sweet water. <br/><br/>Ambience: I don't care for this much. As long as the food is tasty and the service is timely, this is not a parameter I care for. <br/><br/>Value for money: Sub par. For 700 bucks excluding taxes, it is overpriced to say the least. I would rather have lesser items that are "unique", balanced and makes u identify, differentiate and appreciate the taste and variety, I don't mind paying even more than 700. Service was ok. <br/><br/>Suggestions: the price is Ok if you develop a unique menu. I used to love this place when it was pure vegetarian because the menu was extensive yet unique and you could taste flavors bang on in each dish. Having 10 gravies on the leaf with no difference in taste means nothing. I believe that customers will be happier even if u reduce some items of the menu but have some nicer dishes. <br/>

Annalaya being a part of the Grand catering Chennai located in nungambakkam in Jaganathan Street right opposite to Eattza pizza, an other way to locate this place is in the street is a Grand catering food truck parked right opposite to the restaurant, the restaurant is located in the mains and it does not have much difficulty to locate it. They have a wide parking area for two wheelers as well as four wheeler vehicles. <br/><br/>AMBIENCE <br/>Annalaya has a very good and peaceful ambience with a vast seating area, the restaurant has a ground plus one floor where the ground floor is for the common seating area and the first floor is divided into four beautifully decorated custom designed room's, each room of the four are designed according to each state of the Southern state of India, I.e Karanataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra pradesh and kerala style theme room.<br/><br/>FOOD <br/>we opted to try out the Manar Kari virunthu sapad which was supposed to be the best in their for the lunch time the menu consists of 26 unlimited non veg dishes, the men has a virtual of sharbat, starters, main courses and the deserts. <br/><br/>STARTERS <br/>For the start we were served with Mutton paya soup which was spicy and hot. <br/>Then we went to the starters that was Mutton Chukka, Mutton liver, mutton chops,malai chicken, chetinad chicken, fish fry, nethili fry and pron thokku. <br/>I personally loved all the starters they were really good and I wouldn't differentiate among them. <br/><br/>GRAVIES <br/>For the Gravies we were served with kaada kolumbu, Nattu kohli kolumbu, Mutton varathu curry, chicken gravy, mutton gravy, fish gravy and finally mutton varutha kolumbu. All the gravies were fantastic and they had their own blend of spices and taste. <br/><br/>MAIN COURSE <br/>For the main course we were served with nice fluffy and crispy parotha, Chicken biriyani (one of the best I have had in Chennai), Mutton biriyani, white rice, curd rice, sambar and rasam at this point we were completely full and we had no space for even one single grain of rice but we had a little bit of tummy for trying the fantastic deserts. <br/><br/>DESERTS <br/>For the deserts we had ice cream and carrot halwa along with gulab jamun. <br/><br/>OUR EXPERIENCE <br/>we were lucky enough to meet the management on that day there were very sweet and polite they took a lot of interest and time in explaining about the menu's, dishes and other exciting things in their restaurant, the service was very fast and we felt like we were being pampered as small children took keep hogging more and more , over all we had a great time and experience in Annalaya it is a must visit place for in nungambakkam for checking out their amazing cuisine.

Awesome place to have food in a pleasant place, it gives the feel to 5star hotels and very good polite customer service, food taste is good, cost of food is little high to the quality

My hunt for chettinad food never stopped, been on the search of authentic chettinad food, i finally landed to this place to have my dinner yesterday. if you are an chettinad food lover, you can just close your eyes n go to this place. All their chef are well trained in preparing authentic chettinad food though they have little drawback still their taste will amaze you for sure.

Avoided the place because it was vegetarian joint.. They have now changed their menu and serve non vegetarian. The new menu is brilliant.. a more elaborate review coming up shortly<br/>

Just landed to this place to hv my dinner<br/><br/>Ambiance was pretty neat and coming to the service they where fast in delivering food even though the place where crowed <br/><br/>Coming to taste of the food,<br/><br/>We ordered mutton biryani, wheat paratha,kadai fry, vanjaram fry<br/><br/>Everything was good, mutton biryani was spicy almost made me to drank the whole glass of water, vanjaram fry was good but slice was small <br/><br/>Wheat paratha was good, it was soft n fluffy loved it<br/><br/>Kadai chicken fry was good its better than malli chicken <br/><br/>Oreo shake was excellent, it was so rich and luscious<br/>Vanilla flavour just duclified the whole oreo<br/>It's surely a scrumptious shake must try it.<br/><br/>Overall I can rate them 4,Keerthivasan KA

This restaurant is Unreasonably priced and the food is not worth the money. Service is also only average. They should consider revising the price.

Ready for another one? This place is located in central chennai and is the easiest place to commute to, new or old to chennai wat ever it mayb.<br/><br/>Do u love non veg? do u like south indian? Then this place has to be in your must visit places.<br/><br/>To start of with, we were first served with some really good starters which had mushrooms, paneer and cauliflower. The paneer was a bit of a let down. We were next served with mutton soup which i must say was one of the best i have tasted. The veg soups were a bit of a let down as it had too much of salt added.<br/><br/>Now comes the main course, for which were all eagerly waiting. Its called the maharaja meal ( i have translated the name in English so that everyone can understand).<br/><br/>It was served on a banana leaf to add more to south indian values. We started with idiyappam and paya and we got served with a storm of dishes which included some amazing fish curry, mutton chukka, praws masala, crab masala, fish fry, nethelli fry, parottas, mutton biryani, chicken curry. The servings for certain dishes are limited, so ask the waiter before ordering as to what are the dishes which are limited.<br/><br/>The desserts were also good. We ordered vanilla ice cream with oreo, carrot halwa, falooda and gulab jamun.<br/><br/>The overall experience was really good and the waiters were really polite and ready to take on any feedback we had.<br/><br/>I would suggest this place for sure to all my near and dear ones. Do try it out. <br/>Keerthivasan KA

Annalaya is a venture that's part of Grand Catering Company and was earlier established as a vegetarian family restaurant and thus avoided going there. Recently I got to know that they have included non vegetarian in their menu too which pushed me further to make a visit. On arrival, we were welcomed with a warm smile and while we waited for the order, we were told about other ventures like Barottas and Green Circle of this catering company. Green circle is located the first level of Annalaya, more inclined towards private dining space and official purposes , which has four themed spaces that are well lit furnished : Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh which can be rented on hourly or day - day basis. <br/><br/>LOCATION :<br/><br/>This is located inside Jagannathan Street, on the right diagonally opposite to Gusto cafe or Eatza Pizza. Ample space is available for parking in and around, so not a problem. <br/><br/>AMBIENCE :<br/><br/>The restaurant done up in a traditional way which lot of divine objects and simple maroonish - brown colours with a set up of fine dining. It can seat up to 40+ people on the go. <br/><br/>MENU :<br/><br/> Menu here is designed in a simple way, they have separate ones for lunch and dinner which makes one easier to choose without any confusion. <br/><br/>FOOD :<br/><br/>We opted for their famous 'Mannar Kari Virindhu' which roughly translates to King's feast in English. It had about 25+ items in it, is a complete feast served on a planton <br/><br/>Started​ our virundhu with NANNARI SHARBATH which was really refreshing and it acted as an instant energy booster after a long travel.<br/>Then came the MUTTON PAYA SOUP which was served hot and spicy, tasty. <br/><br/>STARTERS:<br/><br/>Mutton Chukka - lip-smacking, prefect starter<br/>Mutton liver - not of my types, didn't try<br/>Mutton chops - something different from what other places serve, delicious <br/>Malli chicken - chicken marinated with coriander paste, tried it for the first time, mildly spiced <br/>Chettinadu chicken - just the way I like it, yummy, perfect with the Parotta <br/>Fish fry - always been a fan of vanjaram fry, loved it here too <br/>Nethili Fry - well marinated, crispy and tasty <br/>Prawn thokku - my first favourite among the starters, semi gravy type <br/><br/>GRAVIES :<br/><br/>Kaada Kolambu <br/>Chicken gravy <br/>Mutton gravy<br/>Mutton varutha kolambu <br/>Nethili kolambu <br/>Fish gravy <br/>Nattu kozhi kolambu <br/><br/>I couldn't try out all the gravy, Coz was already full with the starters. But I tried most of them with the Parotta and my favourites from the gravy are mutton varutha kolambu, chicken gravy and mutton gravy. <br/><br/>MAINS :<br/><br/>Parotta - flaky, usual size <br/>Mutton Biriyani - This is not the normal mutton biriyani that's available everywhere and I personally haven't tried this before. This is sort of a Kari soru, which is made in typical Karaikudi style, must say it's brilliant. Though I was full, I helped my self with two servings of this. <br/>White steamed rice - good with any gravy <br/><br/>DESSERTS :<br/><br/>Chocolate ice cream - anything in chocolate, love it<br/>Gulab Jamun - soft and yummy <br/>Carrot halwa - save the best one for the last, brilliant delicious halwa<br/><br/>Apart from the virindhu, we sampled a portion of Mutton Kola Urundai also which was one the best I've had so far. Soft mutton meat minced and fried, crispy On the outside and soft inside. They also have other non veg meals priced below Rs 500. <br/><br/>PRICING :<br/><br/>This sumptuous Virindhu is priced at Rs 700, which is pretty reasonable for the amount if portions served. <br/><br/>Overall, few dishes really stand out and are brilliant. This virindhu is definitely recommend to all the non veg lovers as you get pampered with a huge variety of dishes. <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>

Went to this place today for lunch. The food varieties were very less and not up to the mark. Most of the dishes were really oily and below average in taste.<br/><br/>1. Chicken Lolipop - The only dish, that was better.<br/>2. Fish oil fry - Told it was pomfret but doesnt looks and tastes like one.<br/>3. Mannar Virundhu - Very less dishes and and was good. But not great, for a price of 700.<br/>4. Tangri Kabab - Good.<br/>5. Biryani - Very average.<br/>6. Rice and Fish Curry - Not good.<br/><br/>Out of all these, the service was too slow and was not upto the mark. Concentrating only on large group and not considering about the smaller groups. Even, if we ask water, it was not given at the right time. We have ask for many items on the Mannar Virundhu, and then only got served, even it is a part of the menu. Many dishes in mannar virundhu were unlimited as per the menu, but even if we ask additional buttermilk, the reaction from the service was bad.<br/><br/>We had to as for the Icecreams and then only served even as it is a part of the menu.<br/><br/>Very bad experience.

Tasted manar Kari virunthu cost on the higher end and the food was not too hot and delecious. Pathetic service had to wait for 10 mins for water bottle after remaining twice to the waiter

Stopped for quick lunch with a friend. Tried their meals. So filling at a very reasonable rate. Must try: Mannar meals. Don't miss the gongura pickle

Annalaya is a place I was introduced to by their Manager Mr. Krishnan when I got invited to visit them. This place is in the same lane where gusto cafe is and adjacent to mothi mahal delux. Two wheeler and four wheeler parking is adequately taken care of. The ambiance of the place is simple decor with pictures of our South Indian Tradition.

Worst service, bad food. The only good thing is location and space. Please do not be fooled by it. Would recommend it to my worst enemies....

#139 been here for lunch for a couple of times. This I suppose was a vegetarian place turned into a nonveg place which urged me to try it out. They have quite a few menu for the spl meals (combo) which is on the expensive side. And doesn't provide your money's worth. The regular meals is not available. Which leaves you with their combo meals. Like fish meals, mutton meals, chicken meals, Britani combo et al. The package provides a barrotta with it. Which is oily and hard i cudn not eat it. The fish meal had a half promfret. Which is quite disappointing. 499₹ and I get half promfret as part of the meal which is the only meal. The plain curry are okayish. The 2.5 tht I had given is purely because their biryani was delicious. I would suggest the management to review and revise their menu and suit needs of the clients. No point having a menu card and not serving stuff from it.<br/><br/>P.s I did not feel like taking pictures<br/><br/>

I ordered Mannar Kari Virundhu Sappadu - cost Rs.700/-. More than enough for two good eaters (normal 3 persons). unbelievable varities in Mutton, Chicken, Kadai, Fish & Prawns. Best for Sunday Lunch.Excellent & Value for Money

Annalaya Restaurant, Nungambakkam<br/><br/>The name Annalaya sounded like a veg restaurant so I was happy to know it serves non-veg too when I got a message from them to taste the menu. I had not heard of this restaurant before so decided to go for it. Located at Jaganathan street, Nungambakkam it’s hard to not notice because of the bright red branding. Right next to Vijay TV office and opposite where Waf O’ Bel used to be. Lots of parking space.<br/><br/>Was warmly welcomed by the staff on arrival. The manager explained that Annalaya comes under Grand Catering group which has many other brands under its wing like Barottas, Green circle which is a private dining setup right above the restaurant.<br/><br/>Annalaya’s ambiance was interesting with the walls having images of cooking artefacts and traditional dancers. There was a row of Kuthu vilakkus in the middle of the dining section. Decor was woody with reminded a bit of Woodlands.<br/><br/>The menu looks different since it’s not organised by cuisine. Most of the favourites are present in there but may take longer to find. The manager recommended me to try the Manar Kari Virunthu which is one of their signature items so I went with that. Since it has almost all the non-veg curries there was no need to spend time choosing.<br/><br/>While waiting they explained about the brand. Basically they started out as a veg restaurant but decided to pivot later on to non-veg to cater to both. First came a Lemon nannari sharbat with basil seeds on top. It was okay not too sweet. Then came the mutton soup which was light, spicy n good. Had only a few sips to keep space. In some time the food arrived. Was surprised to see a banana leaf laid out, it’s always nice to eat in one. Then the waiter kept adding dish after dish around the leaf until half the table was covered with items. <br/><br/>Manar Kari Virunthu - Southern Non veg Thali<br/><br/>There were 26 items in all with about 13 curries of chicken, mutton, fish nd prawn along with limited servings of chicken/mutton biriyani too. The spread sure looked impressive but I was confident I would never come close to finishing it! With the rice served, I got all set to eat!<br/><br/>Had a bit of each item with rice just to get the taste of it. The best among the curries were the Naatu kozhi kozhambu and the Kaada kozhumbu. Both their gravies especially chicken was delicious and well-made. The mutton korma type gravy was thinner consistency, lightly flavoured unlike the usual spicy Chettinad ones. It would go well with barottas included in the menu. Nethili fry was quite crispy made with a light batter it was different and good. Kept munching on it.<br/><br/>Decided to try the biriyani before I ended up filling my tummy with rice n curries. They had given samples of both mutton n chicken biriyani for tasting (its choose 1 in menu). The mutton bir was really good. Made with Zeeraga samba rice the flavour was subtle with that aroma of ghee that made it more tasty. Chicken biriyani wasn’t impressive felt it was bland. There were 3 simple veg sides/Kootu. Prawn curry was tasty too. Was one fish fry and a fish curry. Fish curry was good and the fry was good enough. Mutton chops and liver was tender and masala was pretty good.<br/><br/>They also brought mutton kola urundai for tasting. This was good, differently made with a crisp exterior and a soft interior with minced meat. By this time, I had almost reached my capacity and washed it down with two glasses of buttermilk. Decided to go for desserts since I tasted everything.<br/><br/>For dessert there was a unique looking gulab jamun. It had sugar crystals on the outside and the inside was also thicker. Tasted good and so did the mango ice cream that the other dessert.<br/><br/>Most of the dishes weren’t spicy and without an overdose of salt n masala. Would suit most people especially for this sultry climate. Spoke to the management who said authentic Chettinad in the rural parts isn't spicy and is mostly veg! The price for this Manar kari Virunthu is rs 700 which is on the higher end. But given the great location and neat ambiance it’s a decent deal. Since this was a tasting session, meal was on-the-house. A convenient place to visit for officegoes in the area. There are also other lunch Virunthu sappadu from rs 250 to 500 with fewer items based around mutton, fish and chicken and even Nethili. Gave the above feedback about the dishes and pricing they were happy to receive it.

Super hungry today afternoon after a long drive. Found Annalaya restaurant on the way. Waited for a friend for more than 10 minutes.We all decided to try 3 different dishes. i have ordered non veg meals and one of my friend ordered mannar kari virunthu. I didn't realise that there will be so many dishes comes with that order. Amazingly there were more than 25 dishes in that meals. Taste was superb and the waiter was very friendly. Atmosphere is 10/10. Planning to visit again with my family.

After considering all the reviews carefully we have decided to go to Annalaya in nungambakkam. We have ordered 2 non veg meals. Overall we are very much satisfied.<br/>The service was very quick. And about the dishes ...especially pepper chicken fry and mutton sukka were highlights. Amazing homely rasam and a kind of veg side dish. It was nice to talk to the owner. He explained about  Green Circle which is very unique.

Ordered for a Biryani for lunch, through zomato. Very disappointing, as the meat was chewy and not eatable. Surprisingly, it was their special dish. A bandh was announced on this day, hence there was no traffic on the road. Incidentally they cited traffic as a reason for the delayed order!

Very Good food for Non veg lovers, been there today tasted biryani small portion also but their Gravies are awesome. Worth the money and prompt service.<br/><br/>my suggestion is increase to increase the waiters as you have more number of tables to address.

This is an amazing place to eat. Ambience is not amazing but their food gives it my rating. The best thing to eat there would be the thali with the long Tamil name. It comes with 26 delicious famous Tamil foods. If you go there, eat that always with nothing else to eat

Had been here a couple of times when it was veg only!!!! N it was good!!! After the conversion( I wonder why) it's no good.... the first time we had chicken Biriyani n mutton biriyani... quantity was good... but quality was bad.... we thought its probably cos they r settling down... so we went there a second time... we had veg this time... it was pathetic.... we ordered steam rice dhal n chapathi.... all were bad... they r using some low quality rice... chapathi which took them more than ten minutes to bring was not hot.... wonder why it took them time to serve cold chapathi.... dal is very basic dish... they dint get that right... considering even rice was bad I must say probably that's the best they can do... 2 stars for old cos veg only days were good....

Been here when they had 'Pure Veg' caption under their restaurant name and my second visit was for last nights dinner. After their launch of non veg items, they have a 1re offer, get a gravy (thats priced between ₹100-120) and get a tiffin item (chapathi, dosa, parotta for ₹1)..When they explained about the offer, the deal seemed to be good, but if u can see the quantity of the side dish in the below attached pictures, it would definitely not be sufficient for anybody!! Nice marketing & profit ideas, but it tends to gain negative ratings 👎🏻 Fed up with the quantity and the so called 'offer', we ordered roti & naan separately with Butter Chicken Masala, & to our surprise, the quantity of butter chicken masala also was very less! They should definitely work on the quantity - price aspect! Taste & Service were good & Quick but because of the poor quantity served, it was not a satisfied meal for us 😑

Today I want to eat something different. Of course, if u r in chennai u'll have meals in lunch.<br/>So before going @ Annalaya I was bit confused whether they are providing poori or roti. I belongs Mumbai, so got fed up with eating rice. I saw one pic @zomato, poori was also there in meals. But after going there I came to know that they aren't providing now. So, i can't walk out now. So who wants to come here, this info will help them.<br/>1. Non veg meals -₹180+ST<br/>Menu - 3 types of non veg gravy (without pieces), rice, appalam, butter milk, curd, sweet . Type- all menu Unlimited <br/>2. Veg Meals- ₹140+ST<br/>Menu - 3 types of sabjis, apalam, rassam, sambar, butter milk, curd, sweet, 1 spicy gravy (tomato chutney), Rice<br/>Type- all menu Unlimited.<br/><br/>Taste - 3.9*<br/>Ambience- 4.7*<br/>Service - 4*<br/>Summary - u can try once. Interior is good n interesting. U'll feel like u are really eating the south food. Not like other restro, just having the food like that and going. <br/>NOTE: u won't get roti or poori guys:-( <br/>Here I'm attaching the pic also.

A tiffin item for just 1 rupee with every gravy you order!!!!!<br/><br/>Yes you heard it right when you order a gravy you can get a Tiffin item for 1 rupee.<br/>Saw this promotion on Facebook decided to go for dinner.<br/><br/>Food;<br/><br/>* Chettinadu chicken- Avg a bit salty<br/>* Mutton chops- Good<br/>* Prawn Masala- Taste is good but the prawn size was too small<br/>* Idly -  Excelent<br/>* Idyappam - good<br/>* Parotta - good <br/>* Kal Dosa - Good<br/>Ordered one kal dosa additional which was charged @ MRP<br/><br/>Total Bill 425/-<br/> <br/>Ambience:<br/><br/>the place is calm with traditional decor, its a good place for a peaceful family dining.

Hmmm.. no chicken and mutton on Sunday left me craving for some on Monday. So thought that some spicy Andhra dishes would fulfil my cravings. My quick search landed at Annalaya in nungumbakkam... Never tried so wanted to give it a shot after looking at their nice menu. .. ordered bones atukal curry and Andhra mutton pulusu online for dinner at home. Home delivered ontime with no pestering calls about address. I was impressed... Coming to the side dish... The atukal paya was awesome although it was white gravy I really loved the spice and not the portion was decent for the money paid. It just blown my mind. This dish was supposed to be show stealer had mutton was equally good. The mutton pulusu was not good... Let me give more details.. the gravy red and filled with chillies and it was spicy and tangy with very less hint of masalas... But the mutton pieces ruined the taste... The pieces were not cooked with the gravy.. I mean the pieces were hard and full of bones.... Felt that couple of pieces were spoiled. Me and my wife didn't like any pieces of this dish.. The saving grace was the atukal curry as it was really great.<br/><br/>These days chefs forget cooking 101 lesson that they need to taste before they serve. I am sure that if they work on quality and ensure that customers return because of taste they will rock. their location is a good place as they are at nungumbakkam... May visit them again in future to see if they have improved or not... hope they will.

I HAD A VERY BAD EXPERIENCE IN THIS HOTEL WHEN I WENT FIRST TIME. I ORDERED A NON-VEG MEALS AND FISH TAWA FRY. I HAD BEEN SERVED WITH A ROTTEN FISH, AND REFUSED TO TAKE BACK./ I HAD STOMACH CRAMP FOR TWO DAYS AFTER TAKING ONLY A SMALL BITE OF IT. I VOWED NOT TO VISIT TO THE RESTAURANT EVER AGAIN IN MY LIFE.

PRAWN BIRIYANI - A CLASS, Followed by white rice and rasam. Hearty quantity & lasting taste. Only thing feeling a bit costlier! But the ambiance is too good, should go during cricket matches as they have television around. Liked It so much

So when I was invited for the launch of Annalaya as they're introducing a Non Veg menu, I was literally shocked of a good Veg place changing to Non Veg. Good fine dining ambience with ancient Village photos on their walls, kuthu vilakku and with inviting family seating. <br/><br/>NAATU KOZHI CHICKEN ROAST was a 2 piece chicken roasted masala loaded soft pieces of Chicken. Even though CHICKEN PODIMAS BIRIYANI with basmati rice properly cooked with podi pieces of chicken, MUTTON BIRIYANI in jeeraga Samba rice with nice aroma overtook that in taste. Both were actually less in quantity for 220 ₹ and 260 ₹ respectively. GUNTUR MIRAPAKAI CHICKEN was the pick of lot with a superbly tasted masala. Quantity, taste was all top notch in this. <br/><br/>KERALA PEPPER FRY with small pieces of Mutton again had less in quantity but high in salt amount. CHICKEN PALLIPALAYAM to end the meal was completely filled with huge coconut that even Chicken piece with it had that taste. Bad one. <br/><br/>Overall - It has got it's location right just next to Vijay TV office, turning into a Non Veg is also a good decision in one away, service is also fine but should definitely improve in taste to face their plenty of competitors and hope they do it. Cheers.

Have Ordered for Delivery Twice with Annalaya. The first time we had directly ordered by calling them and second time though Zomato. On both the occasions, they failed to deliver on time.<br/><br/>For the 1st time, we had to literally wait in their restaurant after they failed to deliver in 45 minutes. We had to wait for another 45 minutes or so in their restaurant as we got frustrated waiting for the delivery. As our office is not too far, we went there directly to pick it up. I guess they would started preparing our order after we went there. This was actually a small order of 4 Thalis.<br/><br/>The 2nd time (We took that risk again as it was more than 6 months we made the mistake the 1st time) we had ordered through Zomato assuming it would make some difference, but no, the same again. It took them almost close to 2 hours and this was after I had sent our person to collect the order. This was for a larger order with Starter, Bread items (Nan, Rotis etc), Curries, Rice etc.<br/><br/>It looks like they are not interested in Food Delivery, in which case they should not offer that service at all. In fact all our office members are totally frustrated to even try them again after these 2 bitter experiences.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, because of the experiences, we did not even think about the taste as we just wanted to eat something feeling hungry.

Ordered for home delivery. <br/><br/>Madras Idly + Vellore VadaCurry Korma (Tffin Combo): The idlys were good, though I actually prefer the soft ones that we get from another Tiffin place.<br/>The korma is something I do not like much, but the family was okay with it. <br/>A small box of Kesari too was part of this combo. No clue howcome it was green in colour as usually I have seen it to be saffron coloured. <br/><br/>Madras Idly - Just extra portions<br/>Kara Bhat: Basically upma. Not bad at all.<br/><br/>The chutneys and Sambhar were okay. <br/><br/>Total cost: Rs 223/-. Not sure whether to call it VFM. The portion size was fine.

Food not worth trying also,service pathetic, one word AVOID this restaurant... Not worth ordering food or dining in there.... Avoid is the only word by all means... Total waste of money

An absolute forgettable experience where i ended up arguing with them , visited this place one evening , easy to locate & decent interiors . Ordered their hubli thate idli , it was horrible and half cooked you could feel the barter in you hands . Chutneys were not good and served in so little quantity . Veg spring roll was another disaster full of dripping oil and strongly deep fried . Biriyani appeared and tasted like you have fried the left over rice in the morning , you had to search for vegetables in the biriyani .When i told them about the biriyani they said this is their speciality biriyani which should not be compared, and what justification - "probably your taste buds are different " . Not at all worth ,  i would rather pick a pack of bread and have it rather than eating here .

A very good veg restaurant with a lot of options and varieties of dishes on the menu... something that you normally don't relate to... when you are pure non veg sitting in a veg restaurant.. but the taste and the options make u think of visiting it once again...

Annalayas valai illai virunthu sapadu is to be mentioned for takeaway / home delivery meals. It is one of the best parcel meals available in the city which satisfies a whole family.<br/><br/>

Annalaya, Nungambakkam. <br/><br/>Annalaya has an outlet in our office at TCS, Spencer plaza and when I saw a deal on Nearbuy (Rs. 149/- for a variety of Table d'hôte menu), our group planned to go there this weekend. What we realised after but here is that it's the same price is the same at the restaurant as well i.e. Rs. 149/- We were a group of 6. <br/><br/>We ordered <br/><br/>Pesarattu-Upma - Served with 2 chutneys, this was very bland and was nothing like what we expected or what we are used to back home. Does nothing much apart from filling ones tummy. <br/><br/>Sambar Vadai - Ain't the best one I had either in Chennai or elsewhere. <br/><br/>Tattu Idli - Best of the lot and soft like a pillow (as some reviewer used a while ago here). This with the chutneys was yummy. <br/><br/>Poori - Tasted like poori. Nothing great nor anything wrong with it. <br/><br/>Kesari - Was just OK. <br/><br/>Filter coffee - Nice and strong just the way I like it. <br/><br/>Aapam, we were told would be available only after 10 AM for a breakfast that ends at 10:30 AM and parottas weren't available either. <br/><br/>Perhaps, they charge you the taxes on Rs. 140/- when you pay at the restaurant.

Today with my family I went to this place. It was nice. We had Virundu sappadu. It had variety starting from a welcom drink to payasam. Food was nice. Service was ok.

We were four went around 9.30 pm idly is stale Rava idly not good no taste in sambar chutney only good was idiyapam I doubt will not go again

I want to go to this place ever since it is opened. Finally went month back with 12 other friends for dinner and yesterday for lunch. This place is easy to locate. In the Jaganathan street near Sterling road bus stand. Opposite to eatza pizza and moti Mahal in that road. Same place where Jeevan Restaurant was there earlier.<br/><br/>Have ample space to park the vehicles. Ambiance is good with outside and inside seating. Service is decent. Speed of delivery of food can be improved. They have good varieties of food. Attractive menu. Simple dish worded such a way it is attractive and tempting. Just see the meal content for example. Mentioned as Tanjore Keerai, Nellore Banana Leaf :-p etc. Nice marketing strategy.<br/><br/>During our first visit tried various dishes being 12+ person. Can't recollect much of its name. Some of them I liked are Dosai Pizza, podi Idly etc. Some of the below average dishes are Millet Biriyani, veetu dosai with Vadai curry, Rava idly, sizzler etc. In general, it was disappointing experience to all.<br/><br/>Then my friend who suggested this place asked me to try lunch here. Yesterday myself along with 5 other friends went for lunch. We all ordered In House Special Limited Meals. I choose Millet instead of rice. Meals comes with 2 poriyal, Keerai, sambar, rasam, morekolambu, papad, buttermilk, Poli and curd.<br/><br/>Quantity of rice is less. Even more worse for millets. Sambar, morekolambu and Poli are good. Rasam was more of tomato soup, not that great. Others are decent but not attractive. Overall it was better than dinner experience.<br/><br/>Price seems reasonable but not so. Especially when you take quantity and taste into consideration.

I had good experience to have food in annalaya restaurant.the food was amazing.there are many choices in the menu.on time delivery.I will take my family there

Very BAD BAD BAD taste. The food was not served hot. The food out here was the worst ever I tried. I will not go here again. This is a honest review from me. Just head out to other restraunts. The items are better at Saravana Bhavan. TOTAL WASTE!!!! WASTE!!! WASTE!!!

Very Worst Online Delivary. Not worth for 1 Rating too.. Food was Delivered 2 hrs delay..and was not informed .Worst service and customer Service

Location wise is good.. Sizeable parking.. Ambience is good... Had Kathal briyani.. The size of Jack fruit pieces in the briyani was really huge. It was made not in basmati rice.. Taste wise it's was good but the size of the jack fruit pieces are really huge and unable to swallow.

Compare - With Saravana Bhavan or equivalent <br/>Ambiance - Decent for similar type of restaurants <br/>Food - Good<br/>Had 'Vazhai illai virundu sapadu' for lunch, one of the very best South Indian meals in town. Surely recommend 👍<br/>

Ambiance here is good, but that was just about it for me with the first experience. I tried just the masala dosa here for breakfast and was very unhappy with it. It was not completely cooked and definitely not worth the price i paid. The staff also couldn't care less and were aloof chatting with some of the regular customers. Might not visit this place again.

Order Number: 6590395, Delivery needs to be worked more to make it quicker or at least to the stipulated time.  The quantity of the food is low  and there seems to be a price difference between the zomato menu and what they have . Varieties are good and it is well packed

I had a meeting nearby and reached early. Hence, decided to get some breakfast before meeting. Found this place on the same street as my meeting and was grateful for it. There were not many people and anyways it was a weekday and about 10:45 am so it's understood. Ordered a dosa (as always) and being in Chennai it had to be good and it was. What I really liked about this place is that it's spacious, friendly staff and hygienic place. They even have outdoor seating available. I am sure to visit this place again if I'm in the area.

I have visited this place several times. Though their breakfast menu is limited, whatever being served is good. I would personally recommend their karabath, which is upma and kesari. The kesari had the right amount of sweet sans the food color commonly used elsewhere. The evening snacks prepared in the live counter are a must try along with their masala tea. I would suggest the hotel management to come up with some set menus for breakfast as it was in Jeevan.

Nice restaurant. We usually go there every Sunday morning for breakfast. Nice car parking facility. We used to enjoy the breakfast. A manager/ incharge used to be there . Who used to look after the customers very well. But of late he has been transfered somewhere and the warmth has gone out of the place. However food taste still remains the same and ambiance in fact has improved.

Had a chance to visit to this place as a reason of birthday treat but one of worst experience we were not provided the proper service please take care of the count of people who are about to visit this place

Today I had the meals in office.<br/>The service was great, they delivered in about 20 minutes.<br/>The poli was mind blowing, curd rice and rasam was sooooo average.<br/>The rasam was like tomato purie mixed with water.<br/>Could have improvement

Worst south Indian restraunt you never want to go. I tried the food out here and it was bad. I just didnt like the restraunt. Nothing more to say. Its a waste. Very bad service.

Annalaya is a great restaurant if you want to walk in and have a great vegetarian meal.  Their service and food quality is commendable.  Ambience is simple and good.  Not one of the posh finishes.  <br/><br/>However if you are looking to order in from home, its not a great option.  Their time to deliver is extremely delayed and am not sure if they have a great delivery tracking system.  I ordered their food and waited for a good 1.5 hours before calling back, and they didn't seem to have a track of the status.  This is a ridiculous wait considering that my place is a couple of streets away from their restaurant.<br/> <br/><br/>Even better, the guy who came to deliver is not their regular delivery guy but their valet parking guy and he doesnt carry any change with him when he comes for delivery.<br/><br/>Frustrated with their home delivery service.

We had the thali, and somehow felt that the objective of the restaurant was more to have variety rather than quality. None of the dishes tasted superior. The kootu was having a slightly stale masala smell which obviously shows that ingredients used are not fresh. Would not visit this again for Rs 355 per meal cost.

Ambience and service in this restaurant was very good.when I first went into the restaurant,we were made to stand in a queue to get seats.so reservations has to be done before going to the restaurant (especially on weekends). So there are a variety of starters here. I tried the paneer fingers for one. Great taste and with the cheese it was fantastic. Secondly I ordered a sizzler (the one with Gobi 65 and paneer porichadu) ,the sizzler was delicious and amazing. Then I had a vanilla ice cream as dessert. Even though we had to wait at first to get a table ,service was done at a lightning speed. Had great experience there.hope to go there again someday

The ambience was quite good! Very different menu to choose from. Mushroom uttappa was exotic.. Appam with baby cashew curry, dosa pizza, milagu manual paal.. If you want delicious south indian with a food that wont upset your stomach n keep your taste buds asking for more of it, please visit this place! Awesome it is

Hi frnds. I didn like this restaurant food. we initially wanted to go to saravana bhavan, i regret choosing this restaurant instead. i ordered for their child idli, and it was too spicy. slow service overall. waited too long and food quantity was less. I will never go here with my family again.

I went yesterday for dinner. Overall the place is okay to go to. But I think it is not that great for a revisit. Service was relatively slow. I'd prefer to go to other better restaurants in Nungambakkam - being a happening place with lots of excellent alternatives. I'd go out to Kadhar Nawaz Khan road. Lots of good places for food out there.

Excellent millet based food. Kadal briyani was super along with khus khus milk<br/>Excellent service. <br/>They have thought thru of different menu items for vegetarians

Don't waste your hard earned money. Horrible food. Worst place to eat. This restaurant will not be for long. Very very bad service. I take time to write this review to save you people from a bad experience. Do not encourage such service. Decision is yours. Period.

I have tasted their Kichadi which is wonderful always. And their button Parotta, which is served with a vegetable Kuruma.<br/>Quality is good, but quantity is always too less.

Best Vegetarian hotel..People always visiting Sangeetha and Saravana bhavan,can visit this..This will be very good change..service , taste both are excellent.

Went for breakfast ordered veetu dosa ,Upma,poori,idly and mosambi and orange juice along with coffee.the dosa was sour idli was ok poori too.upma was pretty decent. Juices were not cold at all inspite of asking for cold and coffee though requested without sugar was still sweet I was not happy with the food

Good food, outside it looked very flashy, basic setup and simple. No gloom doom in menu reasonable rates and size of plates.. Tastes south Indian authentic........

Annalaya Veg Restaurant - Nungambakam.<br/><br/>Was in neighborhood searching for a old restaurant. We couldn't find it there instead we saw this one near by. Thought we shall give a try. <br/><br/>Ambience: Place is very decent and have the look of family restaurant. Nicely done posters on wall and good music.<br/><br/>Service: Menu given - check. Order taken - check. No suggestions. Food served? - check. Bill given - check. Paid - check. Apart from these there's no person who talked with us. The guy who served us didn't even check if all the items arrived. We had to call them up and ask for the things. Even then he didn't say anything. He just called another guy and asked him to serve and left. He didn't even stop to listen to us. I don't know what rush he had. Very disappointing service.<br/><br/>Food: The menu when you look at attracts you to the one item - the big thali. OMG! So many items. I got super excited when I looked at the menu. I didn't even care how they may taste, but I just wanted to try them. They listed one famous item from each city. Madurai Sambar, Chennai Poli, Kerala Poriyal, Andhra kozhambu, etc., Wish I could remember them all. To make our more healthy, they had the same with Millet Rice version. I decided to take it. They serve you on big banana leaf. Strived very hard to finish what they have put on my leaf. All the items were good and I enjoyed while eating them. But I felt I was missing something. They took away menu after we gave order, so I asked for it and checked, I missed 3-4 items from the menu which were never served or asked for except for the rice. As I was very much full, I couldn't ask for it, thought I'll just waste it. But they even forgot to give me sweet. This I asked and he reacted as if I asked their property. Boy rushed and got me sweet and he reacted as if I'm gonna take it and put it in his face. I didn't understand the attitude of the service people over there, but it wasn't satisfactory. The sweet was a mixture of Sweet pongal wrongly fallen into milk and then served along with it. Trust me, it wasn't a good combination.<br/><br/>Cost: 340 for the meals. A little costly for the taste. May be for the size and hype, Yes. <br/><br/>Rating: An okay place. Not that worth of a often visit. <br/><br/>Ambience: 3.5/5; Service: 2/5; VFM: 3.5/5; Food: 3/5.

This is one of the very few vegetarian restaurants in Chennai, providing high quality food though the price is considerably high. Their lunch menu incorporates the traditional dishes which covers most South Indian varieties in the most healthy way. Their side-dishes (kootu, poriyal, and spinach) are unlimited which they serve you with love unconditionally.<br/>Also, they change their menus considerably, which keeps on improving your satisfaction of having a homely lunch or dinner. Not to mention the ever increasing cost, which is the only drawback so far. I hope the management will look in to this issue, and take considerable action on fixing prices. The reasonable price will pull more crowd!<br/>In short, if you wish to experience a proper meal of the day, Annalya is your one stop destination which also provide great ambiance for dine-in.