HERE IS A TREAT FOR THE FOODIES OF COIMBATORE

Here is a collections of various restaurants, both well known and not-so-well-known to all, in and around Coimbatore. Listed here are costliest restaurants to the best kaiyendhi bhavans to best North Indian Bhojanalayas to chat shops to seedai, murukku shops..!! The reason behind this message is to look beyond Annapoornas, Arayas and Anandhas 

Some great mind had already compiled this one. I just did my part of updation.

Costliest but too good to resist...

1. That's Y Food, TV Swamy Road (E), R.S.Puram.
2. Fodder Factory (Spanish and Mexican dishes), Trichy Road, Ramanathapuram.
3. Little Italy/Little China (Italian and Chinese food), opp. sungam cinthamani, near krishna
sweets.
4. Venu Biryani (non.veg.)- 11th street, crosscut, gandhipuram (not so good nowadays as in
Dindugal as per our biryani expert Sathish Prabhu!!).
5. For Fish Kebabs and Tikkas visit Afghan Grill and for Chinese - Chin Chin both at The Residency.

Costly but shouldn't miss..

1. Peiking (chinese) - voc park and rspuram (try Veg Balls in HOt Garlic sauce)
2. China Valley - sungam, opp. to stanes info.
3. China Town - saibaba colony
4. Shahi Grill - peelamedu opp. to tech. shanthi theater.
5. Arabian Fried Chicken. Situated @ Race Course, Thomas Park (Near Baskin 32 Robbins).
Its a famous chain of restaurant in UAE and now in India.
6. For dinner buffet, choice is Alankar Grande.

Typical South:

1. Ganapathy tiffin center, townhall, opp. annaporna
2. Idly Hut: - famous for idlis , Location : Rajaji Street, Near Kannan Departmental store &
Next to Krishna Sweets.
3. Anna poorna Gowrishankar. Particularly the one near People's Park, the cauliflower roast
there is yummy.
4. Chitanya - Andhra Restaurant - situated @ Cowley Brown Road opposite to Central
Theater. They serve authentic Andhra dishes with spicy chicken and meals with special
andhra flavor.

Fits the purse and good too:

1. Nakshatra - Bharathi Park, Seventh Cross Street, Sai Baba Colony (decent for north Indian
food)
2. Ritu chinese fastfood - kkpudur
3. Burma baai parota stall (voc grounds fame) - started a hotel with good ambiance and
providing food with A/C. Its near SNR college.
4. Chilli parotas are best in Aryaas and Anandhas.
5. Sangeethas Restaurant near rly station.
6. Hotel Vevina (combination of North and South Indian Menu with some chinese dishes)
opp. to Tirupur Textiles, avinashi road and adjacent to Noodle King.
7. Green Day - multicusine restaurant @ Kaai Kadai Bus Stop near Lakshmi Mills. They
server all chettinad, chinese, and south indian dishes. They operate from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
8. PanchaRathna - pure veg. restaurant, ramanathapuram, opposite to Alvenia School, bit
inside the small way in.
9. Salem Ravichandran Tiffins (Spl in Jain Foods) Pure VEG. - Place for Sevai Lovers - #12
Venkatachalam Street (West), R.S. Puram.
10. Shivanjali (Vadavalli) for Malaysian veg items.
11. Krishna Hall - opposite to P.N. Palayam Perumal Kovil. The road opposite to women's
polytechnic. The place is open only in the evenings from 7 to 11 PM. Until 7 or 7.30 there ll
b less crowd but after that u have to wait outside. The place is really superb. The ambience is
decent and it is pure veg, since it is located in a temple building.
12. Anandha's Chetinad, near the DSP office is great.
13. Sugam Bhairavi - Saibaba Colony and RS Puram are too gud.
14. Mallu food @ Malabar- Ram Nagar/Gandhipuram,
15. Hotel Chillis(new one), opp to Avila Convent.

One Shop - One Item:

1. Lakshmi Narayana - Varadharajapuram near Singanallur Bus Stand a shop well known for
its Parotta and Kuruma. This shop even got a space with Anadha Vikatan's Review about the
hotels.
2. Geetha Restaurant, opp. to BSNL head office. Parotas here can compete with annapoorna,
aryaas etc..
3. HariBhavan's Egg fried rice.
4. Tandoori Parotta at Majestic(Nehru Stadium).
5. Bahadur parotas (deep fried in oil) are crispy.. its best at Raja biryani centre @ 100 ft. road
and hotel chola @ poomarket.
6. Try out Kamala Chickens near Jose studios, 100 feet road, there the grill chickens are too
gud.
7. Fish curry meals at Malabar opposite to Ashoka Plaza near Central Bus stand.
8. New sea food restaurant has been started at Hopes College Bus Stop near Petrol Pump.
They serve fish curry meals for Rs 60/- for lunch and they provide fish fry starting from Rs
35/- to 70 Rs. They also open the counter in the mornings selling fish. Fish biriyani equal to
Venu's but cheaper than Venu's.
9. As a measure in marketing Sea Foods our Tamilnadu Govt. has taken steps in promoting
sea foods with specialized stalls directly from the Fisheries Department named NEITHAL.
Neithal is situated exactly at the Power House Ground. They operate from 11 a.m. till 11 p.m.

Dhabas or highway restaurant..

1. Ramdev Bhojan kudil or Ramdev Highway Dhaba - On your way to avinashi from
coimbatore, you can find Maharaja Theme Park on your right after you cross that you can
find SP apparels on your right after that you can find a petrol bunk (HP) on the same right
hand side.You can find Ramdev Bhojan Kudil immediately after the petrol bunk. It is not too
big, a small one, but a good one for a North Indian foodie. You guys can try that especially
the tandoori roti and onion with green chilli chutney.
2. Blue Bell: Opposite to Kumaran Kotam on the way to Sulur, there is a Dhaba Style
restaurant, just opp to the temple.
3. Seven Colours - L&T bypass road from chindamanipudur to echanari extension, best for
HYD Chicken.
4. Kishkinta is another Dhaba sytle restaurant in karumathampatti.(Kishkinda Restaurant
situated @ NH 47 just before you enter karumathampatti)
5. Sun Dhaba at Neelamboor is another one, but drinkers fill the place almost.
6. On the way to podanoor from Ramanathapuram, you can find a dhaba restaurant near
Parsan's Apartment.
7. Thirumoorthi tea stall, popularly known as Dosai Kadai- is the place @ Avinashi, taste the DOSAS and Chutneys they serve, situated in the main road on the right side when you go to
avinashi from Coimbatore. Its between old bustand and new bustand on the right hand side
near a small temple after you cross old bus stand.
8. Ocean Restaurant near sulur.


Cafes
1. Krisp n Cheese, Podanur
2. Lindz Cafe, Peelamedu
3. Cafe Habibi, Ukkadam
4. Red Door, Race Course
5. Welcome Cafe Kovai, Race course
6. Chai n Gupshup, Ramanathapuram
7. The French Loaf, RS Puram
8. Mr Tea Mrs Coffee, Gandhipuram
9. D'Cups, Podanur
10. Dhanya Coffee House, Podanur
11. Cafe Totaram, Race Course
12. The Hot Chocolate, Race Course
13. Cafe Coffee Day
14. Chai's, Race Course
15. Bytes Shakes, Nehru Stadium
16. Krave- The residency
17. Lindz Cafe, Town Hall
18. The French Door, RS Puram
19. Kuchi n Kream, Gandhipuram
20. The Chololate Room, RS Puram - Must try their Chocolate Bomb
21. Infusions- Chocolate, Gandhipuram
22. Kites Cafe-Peelamedu
23. Hideout Cafe- Peelamedu
24. La Cafe- RS Puram
25. Boom Cafe- Peelamedu
26. Bench Cafe - Peelamedu
27. Mugs and Brews- Saravanampatti
28. Chillum Cafe- Kalapatti
29. Buddies Cafe- Peelamedu
30. Cafe Wabi Sabi, RS puram


Chaats

1. Annapoorna's sambar vadai and coffee (avoid the Annaporna near the central bus stand)
2. Sri Krishna Sweets mysurpa, and rasa malai (avoid Sri Krishna Sweet House)
3. Bread Boyz - all types of sandwiches and rolls (near Lakshmi Mills just opposite to
Leiden), specializing in Grilled sandwiches.
4. Leiden Food Joint - chicken steak burger is famous, near Peelamedu.
5. Subway - famous for fried/pizzas/chevarma/grill
6. Burger Hub - try double cheese chicken burger, jumbo chicken burger(extra cheese)
7. "Unni Maya" near ramanathapuram - famous for panipuri and masala puri.
8. Priya fast foods in 10th street is good
9. Kandan kadai;- shop is at the junction of Big Bazaar street and Karuppa Gounder street -
One of the oldest Pani puri shop, It has a very large clientele.
10. The shop on the way from R.G.Street to Teppakulam steet. Just 3rd or 4th shop when you
turn from RG street. Give a try for Thayirvadai Puri. This too has a very large crowd, but the
owner is very friendly and knows everyone's taste.
11. Agarwall Bhavan;(i) DB road (ii) Tv swamy Road -Spl- mix chat and Badam Milk
12. Food garden, TV swamy Road signal Corner --Spl-Veg Bhel, Masala Puri
13. Chil and Chilly, Db Road - --Spl-Pav Bhaj &Grape Juce
14. Bhel Puri Shop, TV Swamy Road in the Corner Opp to Thats Y Food -- Spl- masala
cutlet and dry cutlet. Shifted to poo market. The street next to the theatre
15. The original and first Bhel Puri Shop of Coimbatore; Babu's Bhel
16. Adayar Aanandha Bhavan - Dhahi Poori and Chilled Dhahi Poori
17. Kannan Department's chats tastes good.
18. Agra Chat Palace @ the cut parallel to Archana/Darshana Theaters.
19. Calcutta chaat at the end of the lane adjacent to That's Y Food and the masala thumsup is
an extra recommendation in that shop.
20. Cafe coffee day - Chocolate fantasy with vennila ice cream
21. Donuts (near Little Italy, NSR Road, and RS Puram (opp biba showroom))-Puffs - little
bit costly.
24. ARC bhel puri shop - Thayir poori, sharja drink and all milkshakes, Saibaba colony
25. JM bakes - Japanese cakes and piece cakes in packet.
26. Hot Chocolate - avinashi road & NSR road

SEEDAI, MURUKU, THAATAVADAI, RIBBON PAKODA.....

1. Gokila Akka Catering, it is in Bajina koil street ,off Vysial street, you will get the best
Thaatavadai, Nippattu and Kai muruku.
2. Try Butter muruku at A2B
3. Masala peanuts at Annapoorana
4. Spl Mixture at Krishana sweets
5. Bannana chips at A1.

How can v miss Ice-Creams...
1. Boomerang - Black Forest Dream. Black Forest topped with vennila and another layer of
black forest topped with fresh cream and nuts, also try try Lime flavour with choco chips.
2. Cafe Day - chocolate fantasy with vennila ice cream.
3. SOFTYs at kannan dept store.
4. Glacier Park at cross cut.
5. Hokey Pokey, exactly opposite to Krishna Sweets, Hope College
6. M & M - near landmark in Lakshmi mills, it is a kind of Natural ice cream.. it is good.
7. DBC- Death By Chocolate. A new ice cream shop @ R.S. Puram. Near THAT's Y FOOD
(where Pusti restaurant was before).
8. Baskin 31 Robbins @ Race Course, thomas park, (where barishta once was). Also new
branch at RS Puram, it is located at srenivasa Ragavan street, this place is just back side of
the RS puram AXIS Bank branch.
9. Pure & Naturals at Nehru Stadium. It is one of the places where you get very good salades
and snacks, it is a bit costly and of course you get what you pay for.
10. Seasons, RS Puram.
11. Priya Bakes, near cheran book house,townhall. They have some unusual fruit drink
mixings and a great falood.
12. FRUIT O FOREST, TV Saamy Road(E) in R.S. Puram, just opposite to THATS Y
FOOD. Its a good one.
13. Palamudhir's Juice shop in Peelamedu is called CITRUS. Most of the items available in
Pure & Natural and Seasons coincide with the menu available here.
14. SUPER SCOOPS - New destination for Fresh Juice, Shakes, Smoothies, Ice Creams,
Salads, and snacks.
It is located at RS Puram near Just Born Kids Shop. Super Scoops is located underground
near the complex.
15. Polar Bear - VOC Park
16. Cream Stone -
17.

Finally Beeda..
1. BKR(or BCR, check it out) beeda - Near flower market road, R.S.Puram, the road opposite
to Aaryas, @ Home showroom road, you can find a good BEEDA stall which actually got
much varieties like Strawberry beeda, Chocklate Beeda, Special Beeda, Sweet Beeda, Fruit
Beeda, Rose Beeda, Gulkand Beeda, and all 420 stuffs.
2. At RS Puram, opposite to the Petrol Bunk in DB Road, near the Fruit Shop, opposite to
Planet Fashion showroom. There you can get Good Beedas. Nicely prepared.
3. Gandhipuram, shop near Singapore Plaza Rayappas.
4. Kock Ra Ko R.S. Puram, in front of that restaurant there is a guy named PAANDI having a
beeda stall, he prepares good Beeda.

Now over to cakes and confectioneries..

1. Cake Bee
1. JM Bakes - Here the cake is much dense and too soft. You cant find much varieties here,
but the taste and density of the cake is good here.
2. Baker's Corner - The best cake shop in coimbatore, but the things is not affordable for
common people.
3. Coffee Days - The best BLACK FOREST you can try it here.
4. Hot Chocolate - Price wise not worthy for the stuff they provide.
5. Iyengars RS Puram
6. Try the biscuits and Tea cakes at Balaji Bakery opp Coimbatore Corporation.
7. Carrot and Date Cake @ Thats Y Food. U can find this in the desert menu of That's Y
food.... it tastes yummy with icecream.
8. Chockochoza in RS Puram.
9. The Donuts, near krishna sweets, sungam cinthamani.

Some more collections on sweets..

1. Khaju Khatri in Agarwals.
2. Soan papdi at Bombay Anand Bhavan.
3. Gelabi @ Surya Sweets, Peelamedu, near psg tech.
4. Akkaara adisal prepared by Vysial street Murugan is the best. (A adisal can be roughly
translated as kalkandu soRu and is a vaishnavaite dish)
5. Ordinary mixture - Nelli Lala.
6. Adhirasam - Krishna Sweets, Adayar anandha bavan, adhirasam and Ellu urundai from
annaporna sweets - not the one affiliated to Gowrishankar group (opp. to peelamedu shanthi
theatre)
7. Balaji Sweets - It is situated at pappampati pirivu, trichy road. (little adjacent to selvaraja
mills) They are in field abt 25 years it seems.
They make laddu, gelabi, mysurpa, bhadusha and mixture. None of the sweet stall can beat
their taste, they have no advertisement or any other branch but they are the best in this area.
8. Vada Pav: At Agarwal sweets on DB road (near arryas), Adayar Aanandha Bhavan, a
small road side shop opposite to That's Y food, and the road backside to Vasan eye care,
there is a small shop, you can find vada pav there too. Also now at Goli, opp Annapoorna in
SB Colony and Chaai and Gupshup near Calcutta chaat

Should give a try to these also...
1. The Kaiyendhi Bhavan at SGSY complex townhall, run by selfhelp groups. It is near the
town hall clock tower.
2. There is a shop near Gandhipark roundana, just close to the Park there. You can get
virudunagar parotta.
3. One Near Puliyakulam Vinayagar Temple is too good. Its just opposite to the temple in the
cut "on the way to sowripalayam". The shop name is Raju Home Foods. too god to resist.
4. Alankar biriyani center in 1st street , gandhipuram
5. Dosa's , near Poo Market ( archana theatre ) we have got many dosa points like Village
where we will get different kinds of Dosa's like Cholam Dosa, Ragi, Garlic, and Panner.
6. Anandhas Chettinad, Gopalapuram. near shanthi theater, behind court.
7. Valar Chicken Outlet @ Burial Ground R.S. Puram.
8. Virdunagar Chembas @ Cross cut road -- A hotel with dishes you cant find anywhere
other than VIRUDUNAGAR. They are famous for Virudunagar Kolzhi kolambu and
Virudunagar parthas. Its a wonderful place to have a spicy rich lunch, opp. to lalitha hospital..
9. Angannan Pulavu Unavagam @ Variety Hall Road.
10. Hari Bhavan @ RTO office road.
11. Achi Mess @ Power house and Madurai Amma Mess @ Power house
12. At Townhall known as Ajmer Briyani Mess.
13. Muthu Rawther Hotel and Aabitha Hotel are two popular non.veg. hotels inside
Kottaimedu area, situated on Kottai Easwaran Kovil Road, where you can get somewhat
delicious Biriyani, Parotta and Idiyaappam-Paaya varieties.
14. Indian Kitchen, Thudialur road, after SNS college
15. Mookambikai mess at Edayar st,townhall area, very old mess ,this mess there for past
10+ yrs,they r famous for fish curry,fish fry,prawn etc.and all r in kerala style,dnt miss it.
16. Opposite to amman temple,deep end karikadai erakam,a small mess.
17. Valayapatti is located next to HEAD POST OFFICE. Its called Rathna Residency. You
can find three restaurants there. Valayapatti, Fusion, and Palms.

Famous North Indian Bhojanalayas:

1. Ambika Gujarati Bhojanalaya - next door to Elite Furniture Showroom, and slightly
opposite to Angannan Hotel. It must be more than 5 decades old.
2. Murali Restaurant at Edayar Street, just across Oppanakkara Street is a very old eatery too.
Everyone should try Murali's chappathi.
3. Kailas Hotel, next to Deerjlal Mithaiwala.
4. Marwadi Bhojanalaya is another old joint where you could get Rajasthani food, strictly
veg. Just a few shops from Dheerajlal Mithaiwala, you can locate this at Oppanakkara Street.
5. There is a Bhojanalaya in Cross-Cut Road somewhere between Pavizham and Lakshmi
Complex. You have to get the small board saying Gujarati Bhojanalaya with a small
pathway.
6. Ambika Bhojanalaya in a cut opposite to Saravana Electronics in Edayar Street(near
Oppanakara Street).
7. Bhojanalaya in Oppanakara Street near Dhirijlal Ratnavel's exact location is, just a 5 shops
from Murali Restaurant and the opposite side,
before the Jain temple.
8. North Indian veg dishes @ Delhiwala-Ram Nagar.
Visit all the above said Bhojanalayas and take diversion from all those fried rice and noodles.