Ratna Cafe

The Quality of the food and Service is Excellent . Loved the Limited meals and all the side dishes given with the meals was subtle and delicious . The vatta kolambu, Avial , keerai Kolambu , sambar , Rasam and Mooru and thick curd all were very good and the desert Parappu payasam which is my all time favourite came with this delicious and sumptuous meal. My kids enjoyed the Butter Naan and Paneer Butter Masala. The parking facility is very good and the Service was very Pleasant and cordial.

Residing close to such a legendary restaurant, have frequented the place in different occasions. It has seating for about 50 people in an air-conditioned space with elevator access so is old-age friendly. There are about 3-4 tables with street-view and I like these :) The service is most of the times decently fast and courteous. Payment can be made via upi, card or cash. Reducing a star here because after our last visit for a quick lunch at about 2.30, my wife told me that she overheard the manager guy (or whoever was with a white shirt shouting at the staff) commenting like “eating for 200rs and staying inside for the AC”. She heard it but didn’t see him pointing to us- and to this element of doubt, the four stars still remain. It was hot outside, agreed, we came in about 2:30, billed out at 2:52, had sambar rice, tamarind rice and a masala pappad, and irrespective of anything, such a comment, if it were for us, and would have been told to my face, it would have created a deep ignorance and hatred for the guy/restaurant. But having employees with that thought process is anyway disastrous from my perspective. Will update the review of each of the dishes in the review, or post a photo update, but for this review will cover the below items. - Sambar rice- my go to lunch from here. Tasty and economical for a quick lunch outing. - Tamarind rice- the hit of tamarind was good. Fresh and tasty. - Roasted masala pappad- avoid. Had a bit of un roasted portions and isn’t a greatly built dish. Note: the roasted masala pappad in the menu is 50rs, but their billing system had a fault as of 16th May 2023 that it was billing it at Rs.65. - Dahi poori- good. Not the creamiest curd, but still tasty. - Phulka and paneer butter masala combo- expensive for the portion size. But was tasty. - Podi idli- not good- avoidable. This is clearly not what they are good at. - Ras-malai- yummy :) - Chappathi set- good set of side dishes, good for a light dinner. - Paneer tikka- nice succulent paneer, decent masala and well done. - Bhatoora- was good. The channa was a bit too spicy (not hotness, but amount of masala) - Mini tiffin- a killer deal between 7-9 in the weekdays morning. Impossible value for one’s hard earned money. To conclude- a well maintained restaurant with comfortable interior and decent amount of covered parking which has expensive as well as economic options for one to go and explore, most of which are tasty and worth a try.

Good for tiffin items, we are the iconic sambar idly which is one of a kind and delicious but the entrance can be a bit well maintained it is highly recommended if you are opting for vegetarian and family friendly. Next we ate the dosa varities and the ghee masal dosa is a must try as it was full of ghee and the masala was really subtle and flavourful and the coffee was just perfection. Overall a good restaurant and highly recommended if you go anywhere near the area

Standard quality south Indian food available. We went for breakfast and it was a bit crowded on a Sunday. Their trademark sambar idly was excellent as usual. We tried pongal vadai & coffee as well. Ghee pongal was good enough and authentic. Coffee could have been better. Not the best coffee in town. Food rates are a bit expensive.