South Indian Coffee House — Restaurant in Kolkata

A single word to describe the experience here is- Nallarka. By the name of the store- South Indian Coffee house, it is clear that this resturant hete only focuses to serve people with the Tamilian, Keralian, Hydrabadi and other typesof south Indian food. This store is since more than fiftey years and has crossed more then half a century. This place is so much popular all over Kolkata that you will see this place crouded every time you visit here. Seeing the dishes in a short list which South Indian Coffee House serves are Masala Dhosa, Special Masala Dhosa, Mixed Masala Dhosa Vada, Utthapam, Mixed Utthapam, and others. When you visit here, you can see this place filled with not only the Tamilians, Malayalies, Hydrabadies and people whose origin is from South Indian region, but yiu can find the Bengalies, Biharies, Gujraties and people of all ange and different parts of India. This place is a small but well maintained and decorated in a South Indian Traditional format. This store follows the South Indian tradirional form even in serving the food to all their customers. In another word this resturant tries to maintain and continue the South Indian tradition culture amoung the society. The waiters, order revivers and the cooks are too much good and friendly by their behaviour. The origin of this resturant is since the year 1972 by a Malayali (From Kerala, India) person Mr. Sasi Nair. and is continued by his successors Mr. Dilip Nair. This resturant is one of the best place to dine for the vegetarians and pure...

I am very sad and depressed to have very bad experience in this restaurant cum retail shop where I visited countless times from my childhood and there are many memories too.But on 24th August, 2024 we bought Fish Masala and asked for amt they said Rs 90.We paid the same amount and went but on nxt day I turned the packet and seen that the price was not visible and then I checked with Google in different online portal like Amazon, blinkit, Flipkart etc and seen the MRP showing Rs 59.I was so surprised that how it is possible but thought that they may have taken wrong amount so we went at place and asked that wht amount they charged yst.Now it was big shocked they said Rs90 and they argued and I told them how you charging this amt where the MRP is INR59 only and moreover they tampered with the price and we asked them tocheck the price in google. We use to take many food items and other food products and never check the price and expiry dates due good faith bcoz .Then I recall one incident that oneday one girl was also saying the same words abt expired food products. I request all try to avoid purchasing of food and food products as they don't maintain the hygienic, faith .Try to circulate this to your know circle and stop buying from this place .THEY ARE DOING FRAUDULENT ACTIVATIES IN PRICING, QUALITY. BOYCOTT...

I believe this is the only place that serves South Indian dishes in the locality. (I might be wrong) It is kind of hard to locate, in fact the board just caught my eye out of nowhere as I was walking down Brahmo Samaj Road in Behala. The actual entrance is situated in an alleyway hence, the reason why foreign eyes cannot locate it.

Anyways, the place is quite small with limited seating options. I felt mildly claustrophobic inside. They have a full blown South Indian menu with a variety of dosas, utthappams and other delicacies. We had a paneer masala dosa, vada, idlis and utthappams. My favourite was the vada. It felt authentic and was mouth watering. The utthappam was good too, except for the overflow of onions. The idlis were bigger than what I expected but we're fine, would definitely fill your belly. The dosa was disappointing. The masala was bland and the paneer was too plain. If it wasn't for the sambhar and coconut chutney, the dosa would have failed. They also have a general store right inside the cafe. So you can buy your daily supply of rations from there too.

It's a good place in terms of food, but I the ambience wasn't up to the mark. you can take away parcels and enjoy the hot idlis and Vadas with some tea in the cozy and comfort...