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Saravana Bhavan comes to town
Saravana Bhavan a newly opened South Indian Restaurant at Janpath in New Delhi on Thursday.
REMEMBER THE good old Sona Rupa restaurant on Janpath! When it closed down a couple of years ago, it left behind a vacuum in this Connaught Place area which at long last has now been filled by a popular hotel chain from down South.
Yes, Saravana Bhavan -- the well-known restaurant chain of Tamil Nadu with 18 outlets in Chennai alone, catering to one lakh people every day -- has now opened its first outlet in Delhi. Pure filtered South Indian coffee, spongy idlis, crispy dosa varieties, aromatic vadas and freshly prepared chutneys -- the new restaurant offers all this and much more.
With quality and hygiene as their motto, Hotel Saravana Bhavan has been running very successfully down South. Apart from Chennai, they have a presence in Kancheepuram, Dubai, Singapore and California as well. "It is not that we have ignored the Delhi market. This is the first time we are getting an opportunity to step into the Capital,'' says R. Shivakumar, son of P. Rajagopal, the hotel's founder.
While he and his brother, R. Saravanan, were looking for a place in the Capital to open their restaurant, they learnt that space was available on Janpath. "Sona Rupa was a restaurant that had closed down and this place was lying idle for some time. We struck a deal with the owners and that is how we are here.''
While Saravana Bhavan is known as a ''high quality vegetarian airconditioned restaurant'' offering good South Indian food, it would not be restricting itself to this kind of menu in the Capital. "We want to cater to all sections of society and therefore we would be exploring the option of opening more restaurants in the Capital,'' says Mr. Shivakumar.
With an ambience matching the best of restaurants and with authentic South Indian food as their USP, Saravana Bhavan plans to bring South Indian delicacies prepared in the most traditional way. And if the quality of sambhar is any indication of their authenticity, they seem to have passed the test here right from Day One.
With the catchline "Hotel Saravana Bhavan, Make It A Habit'', the restaurant chain is looking forward to giving Delhiites an "authentic South Indian experience''. The inaugural function on Thursday also saw the restaurant promoters making a donation for an endowment fund to Delhi Tamil Sangam.
By Kannan K.
Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
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