A typical provincial food.
Ambience is poor. But service is good. Language barrier and restaurant manager is nervous. Not clean @ all.
Food
Gravy names are kind village girls name (enjoyable) taste is ok but not matching with name of dish.
Biriyani was worst. Aappam ans kaldosai were nice . And Nathli fry is awesome
Overall good. Price is high for those dishes . While Comparing in that area is fine.
Good!
We were 2 people reached here for dinner,
Seeking to taste Jacob kitchen,
We ordered Neichuelumbu rasam 🍜
Kozhi 🍗 Melagu & kadiapattinam meen varuval 🐟 which was Vanjaram fish as Starters.
Starters okish above average..
For main course Burma 🇲🇲 chicken gravy 🥘
Egg 🍳 appam & jawahar jaloor chicken parota which was jus like a stuffed chicken wit a thin layer of porata on a omelet base tasted 👌🏼..
Gravy tasted quite different & was good one to try..
Finally for the dessert we had elaneer payasam🍮 & elaaner hawla as other desserts weren't available at tat time, their taste were also above average.
Overall its a one time try for Jacob kitchen fans.
For the next time, i wil hav to think harder to shell out bucks for this taste 🤔.
Last thing to mention: The prices in the menu were inclusive of GST🛍
Swathi Sivagnanamurthi
+5
Had visited this places with my friends. This is a must visit restaurant in Chennai. Food is very very delicious. Everything here is delicious. We had been here twice. Must must visit restaurant in Chennai. Illaneer payasam is a special one here
Excellent food..... Tried their man paanai chicken biriyani and Jawahar jaloor partta... Unique mouthwatering dishes... Keep up the good work...
On my last visit to Chennai did not have time to step out for a meal, while at work, so we ordered a meal from the restaurant along with the ever so popular Elaneer Payasam.
The food was tasty and packed very neatly. The Elaneer Payasam was very rich but tasty. A must try.
Pricing was fine, just felt Rs 95/- as packing charges was a bit much.
Will definitely want to visit the restaurant on my next trip.
Lots of parking space and the food taste was awesome .. the hotel is in upstairs n the ground floor looks very quiet n calm.. Jacob Saab u r great
Suggested for its briyani, I went with my friends here, for lunch. The food here was good, but nothing was that great of sort. We ordered some fish and chicken as starters, both were good. For mains, chicken and Mutton keema briyani was ordered. The taste and the quantity was actually good. But there was nothing to call it as unique. When it comes to price, it was actually costly but fortunately had no GST.
It's located in KNK road, somewhere inside, which looked like all the more a park where there were steps leading to the restaurant.
Service was good.
My ratings are gonna be absolutely generous because I personally loved the place. Authentic south indian food that will never leave your soul. I have a few must haves you need to try...
1. Manpaanai meen Kuzhambu
2. Elaneer Payasam
3. Manpaanai chicken biryani (if you are a big fan of biryani)
4. Meen Dosai
Appam with Meen Kuzhambu tastes really great... And also Mutton Kasamusa. I wouldn't call the quantity less but it fills your stomach. Good service and a lovely spot.
This place is a must go if one likes to try out off the wall South Indian dishes. The ambience is quite ok, definitely not unpleasant and the service is up to the mark. On to the food, I'd like to mention about the quality of the meat first. I tried the the original mutton sukka and the meat was really tender and juicy with fresh flavour. The milagu chicken was rightly spiced and the Ayila fish fry was the best I had ever tasted. Although it looked slightly burnt, it didn't taste so. Muttam kanava fry tasted more like fritters but with a touch of South Indian. Briyani was just ok and couldn't really satisfy a briyani lover like me. And the ilaneer payasam for the dessert was a delight except for it's watery consistency. Overall this is a restaurant with quality.
I love chef jacob's style of cooking...The menu holds new different dishes . For soup we had nejelembu rasam and kozhi soup . Both had good flavours and perfect level of spiciness. For starters , we had chicken Chinthamani and chutney fish fry . Chicken Chinthamani is more like karivadai and chutney fish fry is very soft . we have ordered manpaanai chicken biryani, pallipalayam kaima biryani for main course. Biryanis were good and had nothing interesting . Biryani and manpanai meen kolanbu combination stood out. Meen kolambu was awesome . And my friend had fish meals which had all the fish based dishes like meen kolambu, fish fry , meen poriyal , rasam and curd. And for dessert we had elanir payasam and halwa .. payasam is a must try dessert which we went for a second round. Overall the food was good and the aesthetics they had tried to bring up a good feel . Service was good.
I love chef jacob's style of cooking...The menu holds new different dishes . For soup we had nejelembu rasam and kozhi soup . Both had good flavours and perfect level of spiciness. For starters , we had chicken Chinthamani and chutney fish fry . Chicken Chinthamani is more like karivadai and chutney fish fry is very soft . we have ordered manpaanai chicken biryani, pallipalayam kaima biryani for main course. Biryanis were good and had nothing interesting . Biryani and manpanai meen kolanbu combination stood out. Meen kolambu was awesome . And my friend had fish meals which had all the fish based dishes like meen kolambu, fish fry , meen poriyal , rasam and curd. And for dessert we had elanir payasam and halwa .. payasam is a must try dessert which we went for a second round. Overall the food was good and the aesthetics they had tried to bring up a good feel . Service was good.
Yummy south indian fare , tastes like home made /mother's food. Decent for vegetarians too.
Jakob's kitchen is opened... had been there for lunch with family, good choice of food and it's authentic food, taste was really really good. Not expensive at all. Anyone wants to try out authentic southindian food this is the place. Don't miss out the flavours and authenticity of the food.
The real homemade foods. Thank you Tamarind for good tasty foods.
I've been here at least 7-8 times in the past 3 years, and I love the place.
Everything from the menu to the ambience reeks of traditional south Tamil Nadu cuisine.
Must-tries on your visit:
- Appams (costly at 70-80 bucks per piece, but they're the best Appams I've had in Madras city)
- Jaloor Parotta (if you want, you should also go and stand next to the stove at the reception, where these are made. Fun to watch!)
- Chutney Meen Varuval (tasty and soft fish fry starter)
And for Dessert, don't miss these:
- Yezhaneer Payasam
- Kaattu Kambu Halwa (Halwa with a type of millet)
- Mettukudi pudding (rich pudding with ice cream, etc.)
Dedicated to Chef Jacob. You multi choices. Meen sooru is fantastic. Fish briyani, palipalayam mutton kheema briyani are few varities you shouldn't miss out.
The restaurant closed it's operation in khader Nawaz Khan road with effect from 29.11.17
Nice place for sea food. Enjoy it's taste.cost is normal. Some dishes felt bit high. But still for the taste we can afford it
Awesome place to eat authentic Kongu cuisine. Food is absolutely delicious. Quantity and quality ie taste you get for what you pay is too high.
Must try place.
Alagu Muthu Krishnan Muthaiah
+5
Guys!!! Believe me, I can only say Wowwwwwww.. The food they serve will remain u your grandma's recipe and taste.. A home foodie will reach to the highest level of satisfaction on food.. Simply to say, whomever loves home made food, must visit this restaurant atleast once!!!!!!!
Great food! But very poor service. Majorly non vegetarian. Try the Meen Thali meals which gives you a variety of fishes.
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