The best vegetarian restaurants South India

A recommended address, excellent masala dósa (30 Rs), fresh fruit juices (40 Rs)…

This is the hotel restaurant of the same name. Vegetarian thalis at midday.

A recommended place for its good North Indian cuisine, including Parothas and Dhal Makhni.

Good restaurant, air-conditioned and clean, which serves very good vegetarian dishes. We recommend the café, whose quietness changes pleasantly from the noise of buses and nearby restaurants.

This little blue restaurant has a good reputation. Indeed, the vegetarian food (pure veg) that it proposes is very tasty. The menu is written on a board on the wall. In the morning, it's time for masala dosa, vada, poori, and other idlis, served with an excellent sambar and different chutneys. At noon, a meal (thali) is traditionally served on a banana leaf, as much as you like. This restaurant is very popular among the locals, you will probably have to wait to get a table. Fast service and low prices.

This great restaurant is a beautiful establishment. The food offered is excellent. It serves mainly South Indian specialties, served on banana leaves, and Chinese (understand noodles) from morning to evening. It is clean and well kept. The tables are large and the decoration is attractive. There are several establishments of this franchise in the city. Be careful, if you choose a meal in an air-conditioned room, you will have to pay a small extra!

At the back left in the inner courtyard of the Nahar Hotel is this vegetarian multi-cuisine restaurant (South Indian, North Indian and Chinese cuisine). From 12 to 3 pm, they serve excellent thalis (called meals here) from South India, Punjab and the special thali of the place. Also on the menu: masala dosa. The prices are a bit higher than elsewhere but the quality of the products is there and the customers are flocking! The portions are relatively small though.

A restaurant with a pleasant and modern aesthetic, with pleasant Indian classical music in the background. The food is excellent, especially the specialties of Udupi; one can enjoy a great thali for lunch, served on a banana leaf as is the tradition. For breakfast, the inevitable masala dosa, idly, puri and vada are on the menu. Also on the menu: a wide variety of dal (lentil) preparations, noodles, curries, Jain specialties (without garlic or onions)...

A vegetarian restaurant located in the hotel of the same name that is popular with the locals, which is often a guarantee of authenticity. Breakfast with Idly or Masala dosa, lunch with different thalis recipes: from South India, or the more gourmet versions from Gujarator North India. For dinner, several options are offered a la carte. It's simple but it's very good! Moreover, the owner, Mr Mougamadou, is from Pondicherry: he will be happy to welcome you and to inform you in French. Attractive prices.

Located next to the Karthika guesthouse, this restaurant doesn't look like much, but the food is good and the prices are very competitive. The owner is from Gujarat and he will certainly make you taste some specialities of his native region. English is not spoken very well, but we make ourselves understood. Several vegetarian thalis (pure veg) are proposed, from Gujarat of course, from Punjab, Bombay and South India. Many other choices on the menu.

Excellent and cheap, this is one of the oldest and best restaurants in town! The setting is not the most attractive, but what attracts the crowd here is the quality of the food. The menu is varied with specialties such as Kerala parothas, masala dosa, idli, or the inevitable biryani, to be accompanied by a very good coffee or chai. Sweets are also on the menu such as fruit salads. The only drawback is the high number of customers, which will probably force you to queue.

This popular restaurant is located next to the Mount Carmel Church. The waiters are bustling, orders are shouted towards the kitchen, the flow of guests does not stop. They serve good South Indian vegetarian food (or more exactly pure veg), fresh, generously served and not too spicy, all on a banana leaf. Everything is good: thalis, soups, breads... There are also tandoori dishes, ice creams and fruit juices. Recommended, even if you will probably have to wait a little to get a place.

This restaurant is located in the hotel of the same name. If you are in transit between two buses, this is the ideal place to take a break. You can find vegetarian food from South and North India and Chinese specialties. The Veg Noodles or the biryani are a complete meal. The menu also includes fresh fruit juices, ice cream and falooda, an Indian frozen dessert that combines rose syrup, rice vermicelli, fresh fruit, milk and ice cream. The establishment is located on the left side of the bus stand.

If you have a little hunger, take your path! Here you have the choice between different thalis: Gujarati, Health (health) or Rajeshani (Maharashtra), Rajasthani or Classic Thali. Attention, these are real thalis where there are no less than 20 dishes (curry of cauliflower, chaat, dal, parotha, desserts…), all at will! Forget the à la carte dishes available at night, the address has established its reputation on the quality of its thalis! If you want to taste authenticity, here is an address to remember!

This imposing construction houses one of the oldest establishments in Ernakulam, serving healthy vegetarian Indian cuisine in a large air conditioned room with carefully decorated decoration. Thali can be chosen and crowned with giant sundae or milkshake.

Located just across from Chowpatty, on Marine Drive, this small unpretentious establishment is the ideal place to take a break, have a snack and a cold beer. And why not try the specialty of the place, the Iranian coffee. The waiters are friendly and give good advice to choose a dish. The atmosphere is relaxed, a juke-box plays rock classics from the 1980s or Bollywood classics, and the TV broadcasts sports events, mostly cricket matches. In the evening the place fills up quickly.

The former Kalyan Veg Platter has been revamped and is now called Kaizen Diners. This very modern restaurant, with a very successful decoration, is one of the most popular in the city. It offers quality vegetarian cuisine with many choices on the menu, including the special thali of the establishment, with rotis (Indian bread) and various curries from South and North India, served at lunchtime, but also specialties of Kerala, byrianis, pizzas, pastas, soups, Chinese noodles...

Opened in September 2018, this restaurant offers very good vegetarian cuisine from Kerala, South and North India, pizzas, pastas, Thai dishes... Different thalis are proposed at lunch time. The presentation of the dishes is worked and the result is pleasant. Great choice of desserts with in particular a cholesterol fondue... Popular with the locals, the place is a victim of its success and the wait can sometimes be quite long... The setting is very pleasant with a modern decoration and soft background music. To discover.