Top 7 South Indian Restaurants in Ahmedabad
Gujaratis love South Indian cuisine and newer restaurants keep opening up in Ahmedabad
06 Oct, 2019 by Sonal Kellogg
South Indian dishes like Idli, Vada, Dosa, Uttapam and Upma have become household names in Ahmedabad. You get it in many restaurants, fine dining places, fast food joints and even as street food. Gujaratis love Dosa, Vada and Idli and do not seem to be getting enough of it. Also, these rice-based snacks are easy to digest and are extremely tasty and healthy, a deadly combination.
In Ahmedabad, there are hundreds of restaurants offering South Indian dishes. Apart from North Indian cuisine, South Indian cuisine is the most liked cuisine in Ahmedabad after of course their own Gujarati cuisine. Realising this, many new South Indian speciality restaurants have opened up in recent times.
We bring you the best South Indian restaurants in Ahmedabad
List of South Indian restaurants in Ahmedabad
This is the only fine dining South Indian restaurant in town. It is also an awesome restaurant which serves both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals from all the southern states of India. This is a must-visit place in town with great food and nice ambience. It is open for lunch and dinner.
Price for 2: Rs 1600
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Kovallam: A South Indian Kitchen, C G Road, West Ahmedabad
This is a new place. It is located in C G Road. It is a vegetarian place which is open for lunch and dinner. Here apart from South Indian snacks in dozens of versions, you can also get South Indian thali meals and mini-meals.
Price for 2: Rs 700
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Gwalia Vanakkam, Prahlad Nagar, West Ahmedabad
This is the latest entrant in the South Indian restaurant category. It opened just a couple of months ago by the owners of popular sweet and snack shop Gwalia Sweets. This is a vegetarian restaurant which serves South Indian snacks and meals also. It has interesting interiors with a Kerala houseboat shaped enclosure loved by most customers who have seen it. This place is open from 09:00 am to 11:00 pm.
Price for 2: Rs 400
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Radhika’s Authentic South Indian Food, Prahlad Nagar, West Ahmedabad
This is a restaurant operated by a family with all recipes coming from the woman of the house, who along with her husband and son runs this chain of restaurants. Apart from Prahlad Nagar, there are 2 more outlets of Radhika’s, one in Gurukul and the other in Bopal. This is a vegetarian restaurant which is open on all days.
Price for 2: Rs 600
Sankalp, 4D Square Mall, Chandkheda
Located in Chandkheda this is one of the oldest South Indian chain restaurants in town. Apart from this one, there are 17 other Sankalp restaurants in this town alone. It serves vegetarian South Indian snacks and mini-meals. It is open from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm
Price for 2: Rs 700
South Leaf - The Food Chain, Prahlad Nagar, West Ahmedabad
This restaurant is located on the ground floor on S.G. Highway. This is a vegetarian place and it is open from 08:00 am to 11:00 pm. Apart from South Indian snacks, you can get mini-meals, full meals and various beverages here.
Price for 2: Rs 800
Dakshinayan, Navrangpura, West Ahmedabad
This restaurant is located close to St Xavier’s College Cross Roads. It is a ground floor restaurant which is open from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm. This is a vegetarian place run by a husband-wife team. They also have another branch in Satellite area. Here you can get interesting dosas made of ragi, millet and green gram apart from the regular dosas and other snacks. Lots of different kinds of dosa, vada, rice meals, etc are available here.
Price for 2: Rs 800
Written By
A published author working on her second book, Sonal worked for many years as a journalist in The Indian Express, The Asian Age and DNA Newspaper where she regularly reviewed restaurants and wrote about food. She worked in Nairobi as a general manager of a group of restaurants in another era. She loves experimenting with food but is also known for her Biryanis and Kababs and even her baking skills. She likes travelling to little known places and if she finds quaint eateries it just makes the trip more fun. Currently based in Ahmedabad, she is happy with the growing awareness of gourmet food in the city.
