Seafood cuisine: the best places to taste it in Chennai (Madras)

Olive & Basil

72/100 (951 ratings)

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"Olive and Basil, this small cafe tucked in Adyar serves relishing and delectable Chinese, Asian and continental cuisines. The décor is quite simple..."

Saravanan Venkateswaran

"Upload the new menu on..."

Vysakh

"Its a nice place that has good food. The ambience is something unique, but still have a good vibe. I went with my friend and we wanted to try..."

Divya P

"Schezwan chicken fried was the best partWas not that spicy but was super yummyPan chicken was good.A good place to visit with your..."

Sharanya(tales_of_shar)

"We tried the garlic chicken fried rice at last visit and the food was really delicious and well presented. Overall a good meal and great value we..."

Swetha

"Great place!!!!..."

Vignesh Kumar

"Its a wonderful place to have food with your loved ones. The restaurant was less crowded hence we were able to sit for a long time and chat and..."

Daniel Vibin

"So I visited Olive and Basil, Adyaar a while back... My order was purely vegetarian.We started off with the Hot n sour soup. Damn it was..."

Malavika

"A really decent place to hangout with your loved ones. Food quality is great and staff is also nice. Veg fried rice and dragon paneer were..."

Shubham Sharma

"Went for dinner to O&B, the food and service was really good. What stood out was the overall upkeep of the restaurant. Poorly maintained. Not a place..."

Umesh Mohanty

"Awesome food at reasonable prices. Tried cottage cheese and chili fried noodles, were awesome . This is the best place for Some Chinese delicious..."

Divya

"The portion size and food was good.The service needs improvement and the place smelled...."

Deepank Rastogi

"Visited this place again after a long time. This time with Zomato gold and a hungry tummies. We ordered the momo platter, couple of sizzlers and mee..."

Pritam Gembali

"The food is great and affordable. The restaurant staff are friendly and helpful. Would definitely suggest all the #Foodies in #Chennai to try this..."

Akhil Ninan

"Excellent ambiance. Food is quite good. Service good too.Serving was decent as well. Best place for dinner. Everyone should check out. Must..."

Vaagul

"One of the best restaurant in chennai. Quality of food and service is awesome. Water is so good. Best place for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Please..."

Ashwin

"The food here is all good except for the chef specials but it a must try. The ambiance is not that bad too except for the music, after saying it all..."

Athulyan Bindhusadhakan

"Was a really nice place.. Nice ambience.. Nice food.. Very well organised.. Would like everyone to go and try this place.. Highly recommended..."

Abhiram Prabakar

"Good food. Pan fried dumpling and dragon panneer was too good. Should try atleast once. Good ambience. Service is also good. Time taken for serving..."

Abarna

"Food was good .starters and noodles are my favourite. Good service. Nice ambience. Zomato gold accepted . Friendly and good staffs . Overall nice..."

Dhamo Dharan

"The food was content and had the typical Chinese restaurant's quantity. The service was good yet the ambience was stuffy as the power was..."

Naveed

"One of the must visit places in Adyar. This one mostly specialises in Asian delicacies and their Musamman curry is simply amazing. Only drawback is..."

Srijita Chakrabarty

"A small restaurant in sardar Patel road. Thumbs up for the Pan Asian food.. the dumplings were awesome. Sizzling prawns tasted quite okay.. parking..."

Thameem Ahmed

"Delightful food at affordable price. The ambience was very good. My best dish lamb sizzilers this resturant lit. Best place to hangout with friends...."

Gargi Rasotra

"Keeps making me come back with the great quality and variety of food. Momos here are unparalleled, as is most of their other dishes. We had the veg..."

Jyotsna Rajaraman

"Unique and unparallel. The best food in adyar with affordable price. Surely recommend to all other people .best place to hang out with ur..."

Debaditya Majumdar

"A very small cute place to bring ur close group of friends for a mouth watering lunch or dinner, the food is delicious (the cracker chicken sizzler..."

Akash Pillai

"It's a pretty good place, especially if you want to have spicy noodles. Another good thing is the quantity of food that they give. It's a nice place..."

Srivathsan Vasudevan

"Excellent Chinese cuisine. Great taste and excellent service. Must try for Chinese ! Good ambience and friendly staffs. Must try dishes: cracker..."

Priya Durai

"Cheap food with good taste. Momos was nice with a solid filling, Mongolian chicken was okayish. Chicken sizzler was good. Nasi goreng wasn’t up to..."

Rad Hesh

"The food is very good. Their menu card is perfectly framed. Very easy to select your dish. Had very good experience...The service is good. People..."

Naveen Nausi

"a small cute and cosy restaurant in adyar...food is delicious and cost wise very cheap..they even offer combo which includes- soup, chilli gobi and..."

Alankrita Singh

"It's the best place for Zomato gold users ❤️and it's flavors are spot on and very appetizing for every person in Chennai. Their spice mixes and..."

Nitya

"Went on a Sunday. Small and quite place, probably some renovation work was in progress. The food tasted good especially the Masiamara Chicken was the..."

Soumya Panigrahi

"Ala carte has been good, combo offers typically are a let down. Recently ordered the sea food soup and was very good and did not..."

Parvathi Kartha

"Cool and compact space,Service was goodFood was good even moreI hadChicken momosSpicy corn soupChilly..."

Harish Hashu

"We went during Lunch hours on a Saturday. Ordered Veg and Chicken Garlic Soup, which were absolutely delicious. For starters we went with Corn..."

Gautham C K

"Good food. Nothing special though. Ambience is okiesh. You'll love the wall art and that's a huge plus for them. A nice place to hangout with..."

Sourav Ghosh

"Small restaurant. Good food. Ww had veg varities and it was very tasty. The presentation of food was nice. Loved the garlic veg soup and lotus stem..."

Krishna Kumar Subramanian

"Really nice food.Worth the travel.Small but cute too!!Sooooooooooooooo..."

Aravind Shaj

"Today i tried Olive.and.basil which.was n long time bucket list..surprisingly all the dishes are very attractive..ordered *Dicy prawns*, which s out..."

Srinath Arumugam

"I ordered Tom Kha soup,pan fried fish with red chilli paste , pan fried prawn dumplings. Tom Kha soup aroma was good, and tasted creamy . Pan fried..."

Ram

"Take a long time to serve the food. The waiters have to learn to communicate properly with the customers otherwise the food here is great !!!..."

Akhil.rockstarchamp

"Located on the main roads of adyar , this place is a hidden gem !! ZOMATO GOLD users get good food at a amazing price 🤩 On the table :..."

Ohmyfoooddd

"Decent small space with old school caricature on the wall. This place is quite cheap in terms of price in comparison to other flashy places in that..."

Payal Mudaliar

"Parking is the only point of concern. Rest all is good. Every dish was absolutely good. And the place had a good ambience too. The staff were..."

Basil John

"The place hides in the plain sight and a has a small interior on the first floor. Must go if you're not able to decide which cuisine you want to go..."

Ayushmaan Chatterjee

"Nice ambiance.. Good taste.. Place is small but found good for small parties.. They play music as per your request.. Found good place in..."

Harshal Mathurkar

"Just because this place availed gold I checked in this place.AmbienceThe place is in the main road. The spiral stairs and the lighting..."

Kalai Vanan

"My all time favourite restaurant. This is indeed a low budget restaurant, where u get good food and desserts. Their momos are the best. Love the Thai..."

Shweta Rajan

"Enjoyed the cuisine! The service was good! The food was great especially the starters& the desserts! The ambience of the restaurant was really nice!..."

Suraj Kannan

"Excellent food. Zomato gold accepted. Sizzlers and Steaks are mouth watery. Jus that ambience could be better and parking neatly..."

Ajay Kumar

"Good Food. Good Taste. Good service. Bit compact but nice ambiance. Food suggestions need to be improved. Wallet friendly. Will visit..."

Niruban Thiyagarajan

"Wanted to go for dinner, that’s when this place struck on my mind. It’s a very cozy place with limited seats. They’ve got cute doodles on..."

Theburpkid

"Amazing food and very courteous staff. Highly recommended for excellent taste at reasonable price.Soup and starters (veg & non-veg) were the..."

Misti Sen

"Ambience, Quality and Service was good.Me and my friend been there for lunch, We've ordered 1 main & 2 starters which costs around 700/-..."

Venkateshwaran

"Great food , wide variety of food too great taste the julieene chicken in particular was amazing,affordable rates ,decent ambience overall a great..."

Sharmila Mathivanan

"I went for lunch with my friend, it’s small joint. But is good, worth for money. I ordered momos it was nice..the service of the staff was good. I..."

Smit_22786

"Ambience was good.The environment is cool and romantic.A good place to hang out with your friends and family.The taste is very good.The flavours are..."

Jayanthanan Abaian

"Good ambience and nice taste... Serving is also good... Nice variety of menus and is placed at middle of City... Gluay buad chee was really..."

Nachi Kethan

"Amazing food. The spicy corn soup and the pan fried dumplings are a real treat for starters. The main course had Hong Kong fried rice and veg ball..."

Nalin Krishnamoorthy

"Place to get some peace along with food cooked to perfection. If you need a quieter place , nice music and amazing food then stop by olive and basil...."

Rakesh Elango

"Hi, good environment I m ever seen in Chennai.. small and cute restaurant.. food is awesome.. one of the dish in hot basil chicken s spices good..."

Surya Selvam

"Pretty small restaurant with just 4 or so tables, the service guys doesn't know the languages you speak, but the food is the top notch which is the..."

Ajay K

"Went here for dinner on a Saturday night. Service was confused and got things mixed-up, but was very courteous. Food ranged from average (main..."

Shankhari Swaminathan

"Went In for a quick dinner before the match screening (at the same place). Cozy ambiance with very limited seat and ideal lighting.The food..."

Arvind Soju

"This will be a long draft review as a feedback. Do not mind.We friends had tasty and spicy dishes. Loved it. Felt service(food placement) bit..."

Karthik Gs

"The food speaks up for itself: quantity and quality, both.It is super reasonable and the food is yum.The place is really cozy and one of..."

Lohita Mishra

"Good food Not much place to sit, Beware of the quantity of fried rice here it can be for two..."

NITHIN T THOMAS

"I have been here many times... A great option for Chinese.. Corn kernels and Lotus stems are a must try for veg.. Schezwan veg rice is good not too..."

Amith kumar

"Tip: call before going and tell them to turn the AC on. Good food and good service. Its a small space so ambience is decent. It's located on the main..."

rakesh thanikachalam

"Recent time favu spot for Chinese and Asian cuisine. Restaurant seems to be small and cute but the food really speaks out. We ordered atleast 5 to 6..."

Sentamil Selvan

"A small restaurant with good ambitious. We went to this restaurant late night, but the staff were very kind and gave us the ordered menu with a..."

GOPINATH P

"What ever others say but I love the food what we had, we had tumpura prawns, honey lamb, manchow soup, fried rice, pat thai Noodles & more...."

The Luscious Tummy

"Love the quality and quantity of good! Tasty momos at the best 😋 the place and ambiance is not that great, kinda small place! No parking..."

Ajay Meganathan

"We had great food here late at night, so parking wasn't a concern for us but would be if you're looking to dine in during day time. We ordered..."

Parthasarathy Seenivasagan

"Parking is the only point of concern. Rest all is good. Beautiful steaks and sizzlers. Zomato gold accepted. Toilets could be neatly maintained and..."

Ajay Kumar

"It may have been one of the nice places to hangout in Chennai and so we tried out with my friends, but i found it really disappointing. The food..."

aswin Jagannadhan

"One of the best Chinese restaurants in town. Granted, the place is a bit small and the hand-wash area is not promptly maintained, but the quality of..."

Yedu Krishnan

"Good portions and excellent flavour... Ambience not so great... Can go there only for the..."

Vignesh Sundar

"The dishes were amazing, the quality of food was very good, the quantity was also good. People who was serving and managing hotel were so..."

siddhartha siddhu

"Good food, small place but good ambiance. No specific parking space for this restaurant but we can still manage to park in nearby streets. . Near..."

Ramaa

"Great food, power outage when I was there. The waiter staff tried everything they could to keep us comfortable tho. Would recommend 10/10. Oh and the..."

pranav chandar

"Soups are not great.. starters and main course is amazing. Zomato gold is added advantage 🤩 lamb sizzlers is a must try ✌️Portions are hearty..."

suja srinivas

Ar Rahman Biriyani

70/100 (1305 ratings)

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"It’s a awesome briyani place comboed with chicken 65. The quality of the food is good and the quantity is sufficient like if you buy 2 , 3 people..."

Pradeep Amirtha Raj

"I have been to rahman biriyani before. Their style of serving the biriyani is different and likeable. The taste was good. Has to improve a lot on the..."

Prabav Murali

"I have got food home delivered from this place a couple of times. The delivery was prompt with hot food. The chicken biryani is good..."

FoodieTyrant

"One of the best biriyani in chennai . The biriyani is long granined with less irritants and the brinjal curry with that goes really well with..."

Swathika Ashokumar

"This used to be the place where we started to enjoy biriyani from school days ...As we grew up this place got amazing changes..."

Madhav Aditya

"Best briyani in chennai and awesome service but as a restaurant you cant explore in to menu as they have only limited items in their..."

Sathish Kumar

"please change the New rate menu cards...I luve to eat Fish fish biriyani from rahman.i never taste like that.nice..."

Hari Vijay

"I have been eating here at many occasions .The best part is they provide good quality food with the reasonable price. It's difficult to get table on..."

Sarath Kumar

"My favorite place. Very good place. Nice food nice service. I love to go there. My kids favorite place. Suitable for all kind of people. Medium fare...."

Manimegalai

"Excellent... Any given day...always loved their biriyani.. Quality and quantity, enough for satisfying our palate. Not recommended for take aways,..."

BALAJI

"well, this is my first review !I went with my father to buy a mini chicken bucket biriyani which was really worth the cost but to my surprise..."

Yams Dayalan

"The best biryani I've ever had.P.S I am vegetarian 😂We aren't avid biryani eaters but we've always had the desire to eat biryani (..."

Shabarish Gopal

"the quantity of the food was really nice and the service was also good.They also gave kesari as a welcome dish for all. it was also..."

Maria Gomes

"This was my third visit to Rahman Biriyani. Brilliant biriyani and pocket friendly. The quantity served is also huge and they provide complimentary..."

Ruchika Shree

"Briyani tharu maru... Ambience is very good. It's Little crowdy though ... Starters evalo vena avalo sapdalam... Mass ji ivanga.... Thopu..."

Arun Kumar

"By far the best briyani I had in recent times. They serve the best Chicken and mutton briyani. Had dine in once and made take away twice each time..."

Ajeesh Chandran

"After a whole lot of travelling and shopping, the only thing you wish for is good food. Thankfully Rahman's are the people you can trust. ..."

Aishwarya Mishra

"Went for lunch there with friends. Ordered chicken Biryani, the staffs were nice and responsive within few minutes they served it in authentic..."

Mouli Shankar

"Nothing fancy about this place. A regular eat out when you are hungry. Biriyani unfortunately is not the star of the menu. I liked the Tandoori and..."

Arun Kumar

"Firstly,This is one of the restaurants which provide quality food at good price.Better than other top ones.The ambience and service are great.Go for..."

Karthikeyan Shanmugam

"we went to this place for lunch, one of my friend took us here.seeing the name itself makes us think it must be famous for its biriyani.we..."

Arvind Chand

"The best biryani I have had till date. Tasty gravy and biryani. Biryani lovers must come here for sure. The ambience was peaceful. Service too good...."

Vignesh Ramachandran

"Ordered Egg biriyani Chilli chicken dryLate lunchQuick service Chilli chicken ok not great Biriyani was decent The..."

Kailash Sundarrajan

"Came here for lunch now and had chicken Briyani the taste was somewhere slightly similar to kalyana Briyani at George Town and same type of serving..."

Ashwin Narayan

"I've been visiting this place everyday for the past one year and the only reason I could possible state is their Barbeque Chicken. It's smoked..."

Bharath Kowshik

"I had Chicken biriyani and chicken lollypop. They served in banana leaf, wonderful. The best biriyani I have ever had n Chennai. Loved it. I'm dying..."

Ashwin Prashanth

"A nice place for having Tamil style Muslim biryani with good ambience 🍴🍜. They serve biryani in banana leaf, which, most restaurants don't..."

Arun Kumar S

"Rahman biryani - this is the restaurant we cannot able to resist ourselves to eat this biryani after coming from our college. The speciality of this..."

Mr. Dpak Roshan

"Delicious biryani and very generous portions of it. Absolute value for money. I prefer their takeaway when I am around this area than dining in. It's..."

Rathinavel Rajan Rathinakumar

"I tried most of the Biriyani shops in Chennai , I have finally decided to eat here always whenever I feel like having Biriyani with my friends. One..."

Shriram

"Located in saidapet and west mambalam junction. This is restaurant is a one good example that Ambience is nothing but everything lies in food taste...."

Praveen Raj

"Umm. When you're very hungry and you decide to have biriyani and you're okay with something less tastier than aasife but your main priority is the..."

Harish Palaniappan

"We visited this restaurant for lunch, the ambiance was fine. they had waiting area in the hall. As soon as we entered, the staffs were not clear and..."

Geetha

"Once you enter the restaurant you are greeted with a broad smile by the North Indian waiters and chefs. The surprise awaits. It kicks in later when..."

Palaniappan Senthilnathan

"After a long drive in drizzling rain reached this super duper hotel for dinner.This would be the best dine out i ever had. Tandoori chicken was..."

Aadithiya

"Killer Biriyani. Almost all their biriyanis are excellent. Never been disappointed yet. Good value for money and courteous staff. Do visit if in the..."

Gaythri Madhavann

"Been here a couple of times. Amazing biryanis. Courteous Staff and good service. The Biryanis are Priced moderately considering the Portions served..."

Balaji Rajkumar

"Hello dear foodies.This is the place which I visited yesterday afternoon after my busy schedule of work. When I passing by west mambalam I saw..."

Dharan

"Whenever I remember biryani,this place pops up in my mind. Whenever I crave for biryani this is my go to place. One of the best biryanis in town and..."

Ashwin Kumar

"Good and quick service, Food tastes Good. I usually take away food. My fav here is Mutton noodles. And the biriyani here is awesome. We ordered a..."

Thameem Ahmed

"This is my first time order. The pricing is decent. I ordered for a Biryani, a full grill and two chocolate faludaa. Taste of biryani was good. If..."

Vinod Kumaar

"Was searching for a good non veg restaurent in an around west mambalam. Later came to know it is the orthodox brahmin area of chennai. Then found..."

Faris Asan

"This place was featured in brilliant biriyanis.. So me and my friend planned to have lunch here which is very close to my friend's place.. Taste of..."

Vijay Kumar

"We visit here for friend's birthday treat. This is classified under brilliant biryani's and it keeps the name. The quantity of biryani is more than..."

Vijay Rajamanickam

"This restaurant is classified under Brilliant Biriyanis. So visited this place for a Saturday lunch. All the tables were occupied, we had to wait for..."

Yogananth RK

"I hav crossed dis place bt never noticed it..came across dis in zomato and tried it by gettin parcels..so i am writing dis review based on wat v..."

Anand Narayanan

"The Biryani here has satisfied me and my buddies. We usually take away for a quick biryani lunch at office. The quality of packing, the quantity of..."

Aamir Sheriff

"The Best Place For Briyani! And Their Price Is Reasonable! And Their Special Menus Like Mini Chilli chicken Mini 65 Etc Are A Bit Helpful for Those..."

Lakshmi Narayanan

"Best food .. Awesome service.. Rs.500 for two people.. If you wish to have a unlimited briyani try this one :) Worth going .. Can find different..."

Satheeshkumar Janakiraman

"Gud fud... Their briyani for me s very gud... Subtle spices n rate s pretty nominal. They don't serve soups... They grilled chicken is grt... Wrth d..."

Kumara Raja

"This is the new branch of Rahman briyani, which has been shifted to the other side of the street. Ambiance wise speaking, its better than the..."

Karthik

"This restaurant was very good earlier. Now the taste and quality doesn't seem to be upto Mark. Have to improve really to keep up standards. This..."

Lookout4sm

"Stomach full !!! Love the biryani and brinjal curry !! Grill was..."

Sharath SSK

"Loved the bucket briyani, got it delivered to our work place on time. Everyone enjoyed..."

Rajkumar TE

"Quality wise good,but quantity wise little bit disappointed.. Biriyani tastes good.. If you want try kebab items order soon,as they take 20 minutes..."

Arunagiri M K

"This is my 3rd visit to AR RAHMAN BIRYANI and 1st to west mambalam branch. I went to this restaurant for lunch. Nice place to dine in with family and..."

Mahimai Raja A S

"Taste is above average. Ambience is average, it is not very spacious, a bit congested. Car parking not available here. Weekends mostly..."

Chandru Mohan

"Tastes good. Rates are bit higher. But we can give that extra money for the quality and taste of the food..."

Dino Pramodh

"Special chicken biriyani will be spicy and the parcel package will be good quantity of one package will be more than enough for normal..."

Vinoth D

"Best biriyani in town Best place to enjoy with friends and family So awesome taste And value for money Everyone should visit this place once You’ll..."

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