Update Feb 2011
This place has not closed
Iyer's is located at the place which used be called Rolling beans earlier
(The rolling beans the plaque is still there outside) .
The place still has the signature light aluminium chair which was there at rolling beans.
The changes are the wall photos of old south Indian stars and some super low sofa's.There are aluminium chairs on one side of each table and the low sofas on the other side.The tables in the middle have aluminium chairs on both sides.
The sofas become uncomfortable when it comes to eating due to the level with the table .
When sitting at the table on the sides you can look outside and see the world passing. There is also a small ganpati temple near a coconut tree there.
The coaster on the table are laminated pages of the thanjavur temple ,Bharatnatyam and other titbits about the history and culture of south india.
We decided to go for their SAAPAAD (Ulimited thali) you get unlimited sada dosa and rice (thought appam is listed on their menu for saapaad it is not availabe this was a bit dissapointment)
The sada dosa was ok (a bit dry) laden with ghee. There was steamed rice, pickle, coconut chutney, sambar,moor(like chaas),payasam,beans with coconut,
The moor was nice but the kadipatta in the moor was really irritating .The two dishes on the left where a bit spicy there rest were bland. Nothing to blow your mind to go yummmmm.
The services with unlike the thali and udupi places where the waiters are literally pouring food into the Katoris once they see it is empty. Here you have to catch the eye of the waiter or the captain. The captain/manager seems to have been brought right out of chennai (the non-pleasant way of talking without the humble finesse of the real udupi places ). For example we do not have appam (that is the end of it! even though it is on the menu with not suggestions of alternate options to please the customer )
Which was difficult even when there were just two tables full. In a way we did not over eat due to the time it took them to get small katoris of the items (they did not have the usually serving 4 sided vessel with the huge spoons to pour the food directly into your empty katori)
The thali can be compared to the Banana leaf thali which had a lot more items and was cheaper and much more yummy than the tahli at Iyers Kitchen.
The place is part of the SABARI Group of Hotels (#29 Quality Inn sabari,Thirumalai Pillai Road,Chennai-600017).
They also own the soda place(which used to be the barbarian gym before) which serves continental food above this place.
Iyers Kitchen Picnic Cottage, Aaram Nagar 1,Next to Gurudwara, 7 Bungalows,JP Road, Versova,Andheri (W), Mumbai
Phone 9833025645
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This place has not closed
Iyer's is located at the place which used be called Rolling beans earlier
(The rolling beans the plaque is still there outside) .
The place still has the signature light aluminium chair which was there at rolling beans.
The changes are the wall photos of old south Indian stars and some super low sofa's.There are aluminium chairs on one side of each table and the low sofas on the other side.The tables in the middle have aluminium chairs on both sides.
The sofas become uncomfortable when it comes to eating due to the level with the table .
When sitting at the table on the sides you can look outside and see the world passing. There is also a small ganpati temple near a coconut tree there.
The billing and reception area
The coaster on the table are laminated pages of the thanjavur temple ,Bharatnatyam and other titbits about the history and culture of south india.
We decided to go for their SAAPAAD (Ulimited thali) you get unlimited sada dosa and rice (thought appam is listed on their menu for saapaad it is not availabe this was a bit dissapointment)
The menu
The sada dosa was ok (a bit dry) laden with ghee. There was steamed rice, pickle, coconut chutney, sambar,moor(like chaas),payasam,beans with coconut,
The moor was nice but the kadipatta in the moor was really irritating .The two dishes on the left where a bit spicy there rest were bland. Nothing to blow your mind to go yummmmm.
The services with unlike the thali and udupi places where the waiters are literally pouring food into the Katoris once they see it is empty. Here you have to catch the eye of the waiter or the captain. The captain/manager seems to have been brought right out of chennai (the non-pleasant way of talking without the humble finesse of the real udupi places ). For example we do not have appam (that is the end of it! even though it is on the menu with not suggestions of alternate options to please the customer )
Which was difficult even when there were just two tables full. In a way we did not over eat due to the time it took them to get small katoris of the items (they did not have the usually serving 4 sided vessel with the huge spoons to pour the food directly into your empty katori)
The thali can be compared to the Banana leaf thali which had a lot more items and was cheaper and much more yummy than the tahli at Iyers Kitchen.
The bill comes in this plate
The buddha at the entrance.
The place is part of the SABARI Group of Hotels (#29 Quality Inn sabari,Thirumalai Pillai Road,Chennai-600017).
They also own the soda place(which used to be the barbarian gym before) which serves continental food above this place.
Iyers Kitchen Picnic Cottage, Aaram Nagar 1,Next to Gurudwara, 7 Bungalows,JP Road, Versova,Andheri (W), Mumbai
Phone 9833025645
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