Sri Lakshmi Vilas -Since 1926 — Restaurant in Rasipuram

This is a pure vegetarian hotel.We were a group of 9 members and I was invited to join them for breakfast. We drove from Salem and must admit that it was worth the drive. We ordered idly and vada. The sambar that was served that was really good it had a light yellow colour and the chutney was spicy and tasty. The nai plain dosa is a specialty-its this golden brown coloured thick dosa with lots of butter and the dosa is in a layer, as you eat you can seperate the dosa into two. Something to try out the Mysore paa is quite different there all we members ordered for 1 to half a kg, to carry with us. It's available in sugar and without. They have lots of fried varieties like mixtures which are made fresh and taste good. Ghee is also quiet famous in Rasipuram and we ordered 1 kg of Rasi Gold which is a little far from the restaurant and so our friend called him up to deliver it to us as he keeps buying regularly. But the hotel manager should be able to guide you in case you want to buy. For a small town a hotel with such good taste, variety and service it's...

This restaurant has been around for more than hundreds of year's. My uncle Mr. PA. Krishnan who is the colleague of our former president Mr.APJ Abdul Kalam and from Rasipuram once said the founder of Laxshmi Vilas used to stand early in the morning with his altimeter in his hands to check the milk's density to make a perfect filter coffee; by the milk which was brought by local milk vendors.

Its iconic dishes include:

1. Filter coffee
2. Badam halwa (a kind of almond budding )
3. Ghee dosa

Their products like coffee powder and paruppu & poondu podi ( fried dal and garlic powder to eat with rice ) also taste good. They have had their eatery for many years but they couldn't make up for the taste as they had to maintain it with sweets and snacks. Sadly, they haven't been expanding their brand to a global business which they...

Food is good. Sweets and savories are good too. Staff generally are courteous. They could keep it cleaner. Also, they could change the process for takeaways. Its a 3 step process now. This could reduce the waiting time as well as reduce risk of standing close to a stranger while waiting for parcels.

Nobody i stress none of the staff wear protective masks or gloves. Everyone from waiters, parcel section staff, billing desk nobody wears masks. its just opposite to the Government hospital and very near to the old bus stand. Imagine the foot falls and the risk associated...