Sagar Ratna — Restaurant in Chandigarh

They brought dosas to Mumbai, eventually introducing the masala dosa to the city and making it India’s no. 1 dish,” says the self-made restaurant tycoon, who currently owns the extremely popular Sagar Ratna, Swagath and Shraman chains.

Banan’s sincere work ensured that he soon moved from dishes to tables and then got promoted from being waiter to headwaiter to manager. For eight years, Banan continued working at HOC, picking up trade and management skills, and earning Rs 200 a month.

While the years at HOC were tough, they helped kindle Banan’s entrepreneurial spirit.

Initially, he thought of opening a South Indian eatery in Mumbai, but scrapped the idea when he sensed that there were way too many of them in the city.

He eventually left his job at HOC and moved to Delhi in 1973, where his brother worked as the manager of an Udupi restaurant. He got married to his wife Prema soon after the move.

This was around the time the government was setting up Central Electronics Ltd (CEL) in nearby Ghaziabad. Banan bagged the contract to set up the canteen at CEL in 1974 for an “investment of...

Sagar Ratna had its name because of authentic south Indian taste in North India but visiting here yesterday was a mistake, i think. Prices are quite high and Quantity wise, meals are insufficient. Just for the name sake, brand value is added. We ordered a Masala dosa and Cheese naan with gravy. Looks wise both were awesome but quantity wise it was very less. Cheese naan was so small in size that a single person's hunger cannot be taken care of. Same was with Masala dosa, upper crust was spread in full thali and when seen inside, lower crust was missing and mashed potaties were spread on the plate. Had to order another plate of Chole bhature to eat so that we 2 people could have their hunger satisfied and a bill of Rs. 1000 for two people. Bad cost cutting idea by them after increasing prices and providing less material. We regularly eat at Sindhi and they are much much better than Sagar Ratna. Wont recommend Sagar...

The one and only place outside south india I love to have my South Indian delicacies ! A perfect family place for dinning out with your loved ones ! They offer the best if not the very best version of rawa dosas ! Highly recommend and my favourites ! Along with dosas u do have other food items like idli , uttapam , vada and other North Indian delicacies which are way to familiar to all of us now ! The south india Thali can also be tried ! But I really don’t have them ! The filter coffee is one of the best here ! Do try a cup for all the coffee aficionados! Me being a tea person but I highly recommend the filter coffee version of our South Indian coffee . Finally the price point here is quite budget friendly we had ordered for a family of 5 adults plus 2 kids ! We got bill of around 250 per head ! So quite reasonable ! And the quality of food was 👍🏼 Do try the meetha pan once u leave the...