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Serves meat, vegan options available. Serves South Indian street food. Includes dosas, idly, vada, bhajis, chickpea curry and thali sets. Many marked vegan dishes on the menu in the restaurant. Open Tue-Sat 11:00-22:30, Sun 11:00-21:30. Closed Mon.


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11 Reviews

First Review by starcide

Gioiack

Points +720

Vegan
26 Apr 2023

Very accommodating

A rarity: during a business trip, this time I managed to eat something (usually I just starve for two or three days in a row, unfortunately I’m used to that) 🥹
The Indian restaurant they took us to last night had indeed a separate vegan menu, but unfortunately everything already contained onion and chilli in the curries (I’m intolerant to both) so they managed to make these two things from scratch just for me 🙏🏼
It's not much, but I appreciate it SO MUCH, in fact I owe a special thanks to Kendra, Phani, Raju and the chefs! ☺️

Pixee

Points +385

Vegan
04 Apr 2023

Lovely flavours & food 💚

Delicious food, clearly labelled & I can’t wait to go back. They also offer gluten free options 🙂

VeganinDisguise

Points +16

Vegan
31 Dec 2022

New Year's Eve Meal

The food was amazingly tasty packed full of flavour and beautifully presented. The staff were attentive.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, The food is delightful , Staff very attentive

Cons: None

GadgetVegan7

Points +16

Vegan
31 Dec 2022

The best Indian

They offer a vegan menu and the staff are on it with vegan options. Fantastic flavours, original dishes and amazing service. #Veganuary

Pros: Lots of vegan options on vegan only menu, Attentive friendly staff, Every dish is spot on

ijdickinson

Points +25

Vegetarian
14 Dec 2022

Excellent South Indian food, with a separate vegan menu

We had a family meal at Chennai Express, with four vegetarians and one vegan in the party. Not only was there a separate vegan menu available on request, but the server was very helpful in pointing out which of the dips served with the papadams were non-vegan (only the mint one, for reference).

The quality of the food in general was excellent, and the portions were very generous. We were told that all of the food, including the delicious ginger ice-cream dessert, was freshly prepared on site.

We visited mid-week, and the restaurant was fairly busy. I imagine it's worth booking ahead of time, especially at weekends.

A very enjoyable dinner.

Pros: Entire vegan menu, Excellent food, with plenty of veggie options, Informal atmosphere

Cons: Nothing I can think of!

Cazev

Points +16

Vegan
13 Dec 2021

Loads of menu choices

You need to ask the servers as they don’t have a separate vegan menu but loads of the items can be made vegan.

wfen

Points +33

Vegan
16 Aug 2021

Dosas!

Great service, lovely people and atmosphere, the most amazing crispy, flaky dosas filled with masala potatoes and served with 3 dips (see pic). Idlis (fermented rice and lentil steamed buns) are also very, very good. More food than we could comfortably eat for not a lot of money. Highly recommended.

Pros: Dosas., Service, Ambience

Cons: None.

vineeta9

Points +1040

Herbivore
22 Dec 2019

Authentic food

Really nice restaurant with authentic good food. This is coming from an Indian who has very high standards of what South Indian food should be like!

I thoroughly recommend trying this place. As a vegan, we found several things on the menu. The staff is knowledgeable.

h.eveleigh

Points +97

Vegan
13 Sep 2019

Authentic Curry

I would have walked by this place on the way to Festival Place but the smell of amazing curry drew us in. They clearly mark on the menu what has dairy in it so you know what is vegan friendly. I was very happy with what I ordered, aubergine and okra dishes. I would definitely return.

Pros: Authentic taste, Poppadoms

StephanieDutton

Points +26

Vegan
24 Aug 2019

A perfect find

I visited on a whim and can honestly say I was not disappointed. The only reason that I’ve scored 4 is it’s not a fully vegan restaurant. The food was incredible with lots of choices, the staff were really friendly and accommodating. If you’re looking traditional southern Indian food this really is the place for you! I would recommend the vegan veg Manchurian dry and onion pakoda. Don’t miss out on this place when in Basingstoke 👌

Pros: Traditional southern Indian food , Plenty of vegan options (speak with staff) , The place itself has a awesome atmosphere

Cons: None

starcide

Points +484

Vegan
29 Jan 2019

Great south Indian food

I've eaten at a few good vegetarian south Indian places (like saga and woodlands in london) and this place really gives them a run for their money. There are now a great many vegan items marked on the main menu (in the restaurant - sadly not on their website yet). You can get most of what you'd want from a south Indian like dosa, vada, idly, thalis etc. If you've never yet tried South Indian then i highly recommend it, it's a bit different to standard Indian food and just as flavorful and spiced and comforting but with a few extra interesting textures.

The dishes are small and cheap so but a few and share to try a bit of everything.

Pros: Great selection of vegan dishes

Cons: Could make a few more dishes vegan.




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