Restaurants in Chennai, India

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Visitors to Chennai, India, will find the city offers a host of restaurants from which to choose. This bustling city's eateries include 24/7 diners, fast-food chains and upscale bistros. The cuisines are diversified as well. Dishes featuring Chinese, India, Chettinad, North Indian, South Indian and Tandoori recipes are common in the kitchens of Chennai.

Rain Forest

The appeal of Rain Forest lies in the restaurant's outdoor ambiance. At the entrance, visitors can view a tree house, while taped bird calls play through a sound system throughout the dining experience. Rain Forest is a multicultural restaurant, serving Chinese and Indian dishes.

Rain Forest
Gandhi Nagar 1st Main Road, Adyar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
+91 044 -421-87222

Anjappar Chettinad

Anjappar Chettinad--a multicultural restaurant in T. Nagar, the commercial capital of Chennai--features Chettinad, Chinese, North Indian, South Indian and Tandoori dishes. Anjappar Chettinad's specialties include viral fish curry, fry and Iyrai fish curry.

Anjappar Chettinad
7/1 Nungambakkam
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600034, India
+91 044-282-17200

Nasi Kandar Pelita

Also located in the T. Nagar commercial district of Chennai, Nasi Kandar Pelita chefs primarily serve Malaysian cuisine and will cook vegetarian dishes if requested. A favorite dish is Banana Parotta, a sweet, buttery, layered flat bread.

Customers are also encouraged to try Nasi Kandar Pelita's chicken satay with peanut sauce, Malaysian Maggi noodles, fried rice, Mee Goreng, chicken murtabak and Nasi Lemak.

Nasi Kandar Pelita
Thyagaraya Road, Thyagaraya Nagar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600017, India
+91 044-668-79222
pelita.com.my

Article Written By Charity Corkey

Charity Corkey has a B.A. in print journalism and more than four years of writing and journalism experience - including her work as a former writer and online producer for The Washington Post and The Washington Times. She is now a media coordinator for a Virginia nonprofit that provides assistance to injured troops.

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