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  • 1/5 GIRIDHARA V. 8 months ago on Google β€’ 12 reviews
    Once the most prestigious hotel in calicut. Now in such a pathetic condition. The owners of hotel have such greed for money that they have recruited foolish bengalis as waiters for cutting the operational cost. You can expect the treatment like you are in a concentration camp and they are giving food for free. Never thought hotel vinayaka will become a ditch like this. All you can expect there is nasty bengalis waiting to insult you.
    3 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 3/5 John T. 1 year ago on Google
    Went for dinner. It was over crowded. We had, chola batura - was just ok. Chana Masala as not that tasty Puttu Kadala - puttun was not fresh. Kadala Curry was just fine. Coffee - seems to be a normal one - not much captive Service was slow - yet fine by the 2nd waiter. Overall 3/5 since we are not fully satisfied on the food & services. Hope Vinayaka management will these better.
    3 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 1/5 Sreelakshmi A. 1 year ago on Google
    Highly disappointed. Ordered their Paneer Noodles on Zomato. When l was eating it, l felt some non chewable substance inside my mouth and when l took the food out of my mouth, found an aluminium/metal peice (image attached). Had l swallowed it, it would have been life threatening. I had eaten almost 80% of this contaminated food before I found this metal peice and this is no less of a health concern. Negligence in food is unacceptable.
    3 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 3/5 Akash S. 9 months ago on Google β€’ 324 reviews
    The place is neat, clean and well maintained. There is ample space as well. But I think there is a shortage of staff there and it is going to cost them down the line. Two families left as they were not attended to even after waiting for than 15 mins. The food was tasty and the rates were also reasonable. But the service side, needs to be more focused on. People were waiting in line to get a seat, which could be avoided if the previous customers were served on time.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 3/5 Lalitha A. 5 months ago on Google β€’ 6 reviews
    Hotel vinayaka situated in tali near jubilee hall is a well known vegetarian hotel...we arranged our get together lunch there..the food was good and we enjoyed it.....we had Sandhya. The hospitality is appreciable..service may be improved (the reason may be it is sabarimala season) but overall all my friends really enjoyed it...the day we went for booking i had tomato rice and was spicy and yummy...thank you very much...
    2 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 1/5 Sahithya E. 6 months ago on Google β€’ 5 reviews
    Title: Extremely Disappointing Service Experience Rating: β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† I recently visited Vinayaka with high hopes for a pleasant dining experience, but unfortunately, I was met with disappointment and frustration. The service I received was incredibly subpar, and several issues greatly affected my overall impression of the establishment. First and foremost, after placing our order, we discovered that some items were missing from our breakfast. When we brought this to the attention of the staff, they acknowledged the mistake but took an astonishingly long time to rectify it. It took nearly an hour for them to serve the missing items, by which time we had almost finished our meal. This kind of delay is unacceptable and displays a lack of attentiveness and organization on the part of the restaurant. Furthermore, I was disappointed to find that the restaurant did not offer any online payment options. In this digital age, it is essential for businesses to adapt to modern payment methods for the convenience of their customers. Not having this option not only inconvenienced me but also seemed outdated and inconvenient for other patrons. The combination of these issues left me feeling frustrated and dissatisfied with my experience at Vinayaka . It's disheartening to encounter such poor service, especially when one expects a certain level of professionalism and efficiency from a restaurant. I hope that the management of Vinayaka takes this review as constructive feedback and works towards improving their service. It is essential for them to address the issues mentioned above to provide a more enjoyable and customer-friendly experience.
    2 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 1/5 Aravind s. 10 months ago on Google
    Very bad service.. only one person to take and supply the order..have to sit for more than half an hour to get the ordered food... only one person to serve and take the orders.........Not as good as it used to be
    2 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 4/5 ANAND 11 months ago on Google
    Vinayaka hotel experience was good.The ambience of hoter also good but food serving is very delayed...
    2 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 1/5 Pradeep Chembil v. 1 year ago on Google
    Poor customer service and disparity in price against the menu card in ac section. When actual bill came there was Rs 20 difference against each item ordered, which as per waiter was an error because they had wrongly kept non ac menu in ac section. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. When thought of highlighting the same to someone in hotel management, a person who introduced as the owner never admitted the mistake, and went on arguing that their price menu is the best among veg hotels in calicut and when told that that has exceeded my budget, he was not ready to listen and challenged me to bring bill from another restaurant because he claims to give best pricing. When asked how they are managing Rs 20 difference i was told thats by quantity adjustment.what a great management mantra. This restaurant is run by few people who doesnt know anything about customer management and this restaurant service is a nightmare. Dear friends i. Would never ever visit this place.
    2 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 1/5 Balagopalan K. 1 year ago on Google
    Pathetic staff behaviour, they are more intresting in having food for themselves.when I came with family plenty of meals was available infront of us. But without taking care of our orders they are busy in eating meals . And they informed us meals was finished but sufficient meals with sufficient side dishes was staffs are more interested about their hunger. I do garee with that because food is equal for all,but they could have eat it inside denying the customer meals and eating it infront of them with sufficient quantity is Insane Then we ordered or tried three type of biriyani the taste was same for all only charges become high according to the diffrent name.i don't knew about other food stuffs what ever it is due to staffs bad behaviour and their staffs where more keen to eat food for themselves I don't knew weather the owner also was doing the same. I won't take risk to come back here again. Regards
    2 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 1/5 Gokul R. 1 year ago on Google
    I ordered Chhole Batura and it was not at all good.. that too they gave very less channa curry and added more chutneyπŸ˜•πŸ˜•.... had a Masala Dosa too and it was not at all tasting good.
    2 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 2/5 S M. 1 year ago on Google
    I've been there on 10th April 2023. Service is pathetic, food (neyroast) was substandard quality, gobi Manchurian was okay. We requested for forks more than twice, they kept saying we r on it. Told them that the service was bad and they acted as of it was normal, ignored the feedback. Wont recommend this place.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 1/5 SIDHARTH S. 11 months ago on Google
    worst experiance ever food is not cooked well hotel full of house fly delayed service totaly today 16/06/2023 i experianced taste of food very bad they didnt cook uzhunnu vada properly very bad
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 4/5 Gangesh G. 11 months ago on Google
    Good food. Many seating capacity Onion oothapam and Gheeroast was goos
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 mahesh n. 1 year ago on Google
    Had the south indian meals, as a group. Place is clean and having a good ambience. Food is good and reasonably priced. Parking space is very limited. Older people might find the entrance stairs a bit difficult.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 1/5 Safeer N. 1 year ago on Google
    Bad customer service.. No one take the order, I wait 20 minutes for taking order.bad parking facility.because i was single customers. They only caring family tables, its very hurting, and harassment. But Food is okey . if next time if any suppliers did that type of ignorance I'll show you who iam. Idiots.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Ragitha R. 1 year ago on Google
    Good restaurant for vegetarian food. Starters are good. Puddings are also nice. Price is reasonable. Ambience is good with nice wall paintings.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Surendra K. 8 months ago on Google β€’ 205 reviews
    The restaurant is very neat, clean and well maintained. Many options available for veg lovers. Good interiors and lighting system. Service is good. Clean toilets also available.

  • 3/5 Kumar R. 6 months ago on Google β€’ 87 reviews
    I had visited this restaurant for lunch as well as during dinner time. First it is not a bad restaurant. It is quite decent. Afternoon lunch is quite decent but I will not call it as very good or excellent. One will get both white rice and Kerala boiled rice. Many side dishes for a meal. However curd is very very sour. Curd rice not upto the mark. Evening dosa variety is quite decent.

  • 4/5 Arungopal M. 7 years ago on Google
    Good tasty food. Quick service. Friendly staff. But, many members of staff have serious language issues. They do not seem to understand Hindi, Malayalam or English. So your chances of getting served something else other than what you ordered is very high. Otherwise a good place serving good vegetarian food in a very clean environment.

  • 1/5 laxmi b. 1 year ago on Google
    Environment is really good but not upto the mark especially chutney and all don't have the typical south Indian taste

  • 3/5 prasanth m. 6 years ago on Google
    Breakfasts are good. The dosas and idlis are delicious. Clean and tidy.

  • 4/5 Fahim P K. 6 years ago on Google
    Comparatively good vegetarian restaurant. Affordable meals and consistent also. Rest all menu is fine, Only order normal veg dishes. Pineapple pudding was awefully artificial pine apple essence,So don't order special desserts like those!! Rest of all is good.

  • 5/5 Pooja A. 7 months ago on Google
    Very good vegetarian food..almost 365 days they are serving sadhya for lunch including whole items..i tried ghee rost and sadhya it was a nice experience to me…it’s located nearby thali temple .. not have a proper parking but security guard took care of it

  • 1/5 Madhavan S. 9 months ago on Google
    Bad food. The chutney was bad , the sambar was not hot. We had dosa , onion utthapam and chole batura... Dont get me started on the chole battura... It was so so bad. Won't recommend you to visit. The old place was better. Now it is just a bad place

  • 1/5 kiran I. 8 months ago on Google
    No cleaning staffs Unhygienic place Very poor service Chutney was old

  • 5/5 stuti j. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing food. Order butter roti instead of chappati/phulka. Every Paneer dish is delicious. I have tried - tawa paneer, kadhai paneer, paneer butter masala, paneer lababdar. Also, must try Onion rava masala dosa . The managing lady is very polite and humble. She made me feel welcomed and that add the positivity to my dine-in experience.

  • 5/5 Shine T. 9 months ago on Google
    Food served was tasty , high wait times during busy hrs .Overall good place to eat for Vegetarians

  • 1/5 national c. 7 years ago on Google
    Pathetic, irresponsible .Its so sad that we ordered 6 meals parcel in the morning and they told to be at the counter at 12.15 Pm and when we went for delivery they said to wait for half an hour. We waited till 1.45 pm then they are saying food is scarce we are not able to give you the parcel.Should I give any star points for this irresponsible behavior. I am not able to post this without giving a star. If not able to give us the food why your restaurant took the order in the first place. I recommend there should be minus star.

  • 1/5 Titan V. 8 years ago on Google
    The only reason i am rating this place one star is because there was no option for zero or minus stars . Worst experience ever of a hotel , where we stopped by . No value for money . Rudely behaving staffs , bad compliance , poor regretful ambience , horrible food , dirty , filth ridden service . Owner is atrocious , sees everything happening around and still takes interest only in warming the seat . Inconveniently located , bad taste especially north indian dishes . I gave a finger and a mouthful to the owner and the staff while leaving . Here it goes again . ..l. .l..

  • 5/5 ARUN A. 11 months ago on Google
    Good Vegetarian food spot in calicut 😍. Good ambience Ma favorites here Masala dosha, poori and vada

  • 5/5 devendra p. 6 years ago on Google
    Excellent choice for veg food. Pineapple pudding and pysum is just too good. Serves great afternoon meals. Few north Indian varieties are also available.

  • 3/5 Sathish R. 1 year ago on Google
    There are only a few pure Vegetarian hotels in Calicut, so I always don't go hard on reviews. A good one but can improve a lot in service. Breakfast was good with Puttu, Idly & Dosa

  • 5/5 Anand I. 11 months ago on Google
    Excellent restaurant with delicious food served in a pleasant ambience. The thali meals, break fast are all really sumptuous. We had the opportunity to have food from the restaurant four times in two days. Each time it was very satisfactory

  • 5/5 Anup Viswanathan T. 6 years ago on Google
    I just went there had refreshing vinayaka special nadan soup, really yummy chocolate dosa and mango shake. Mom nd cousins had mysore ghee Roast. Only disadvantage is not much parking space. Ambience, staff behavior, cleanliness all good and owner a lady I think stands there will time to assure quality and service.

  • 3/5 Ashok B. 6 years ago on Google
    Its actual name is 'Vinayaka veg restaurant'. It s air conditioned. Good ambience esp. for a family looking for a veg restaurant in Calicut. Place is okay, had a traditional Kerala lunch/ meals served on a banana leaf which was also okay. But the hand wash area is not well lit and not enough space for car parking. And as f nw Uber doesn't operate in Kozhikode but guys fret not, u nw have Ola at ur service in Kozhikode (Calicut).

  • 3/5 manoj kumar C. 1 year ago on Google
    Average parking facility, especially for four wheelers some times it will be a tidious task . Restaurant is neat, there is an AC section and non AC section. Had meals from there,has to take token in advance, charging 70 Rs for a meal in non AC section, average food but not up to mark as they charges such a rate, service has to be improved, some items were supplied only after enquiring. No payasam with the meals, when asked reply was its supplied in the AC section , not in non AC in all times but in the beginning time of meals normally up to 12.30 pm if you are lucky you can have a meal with payasam. Washing area is congested, wash room is provided, cash, Card and NFC payment is allowed.

  • 5/5 ambadas v. 1 year ago on Google
    Very goos veg hotel.. Renovated and opened last month.. Service is good.. Food quality and taste is good.. ghee rice, paneer butter masala and porotta were tasty.. There is paintings on the walls.. That gives different ambience.. Staff behavior is very good.. Online payment accepted. Parking is an issue.. Small parking place..

  • 1/5 Jishi 1 year ago on Google
    Visited yesterday at Non Ac restaurant. Ordered paneer butter masala, naan and masala dosa Paneer butter masala was stale and old. When i complained to the waiter, he changed it immediately but still it was not good and quantity was also very less. Butter naan was hard. Masala dosa, chutney sambar was below average. Rates are given below- Paneer butter masala - Rs 150 Butter naan - 33 Masala dosa 70 Vada 14 Wont recommend this hotel to anyone. This is my first and last visit to this hotel.. Thank you.

  • 1/5 sandeep n. 5 months ago on Google β€’ 1 review
    Worst service I ever had in my life. The price is high compared to other restaurants. I had to wait almost 45 minutes just to get a small takeaway. No coordination between staff. They don't know how to run a restaurant properly. I won't recommend this place to anyone.

  • 3/5 Aarav R. 6 months ago on Google β€’ 1 review
    From my experience, the food is delicious. However, after the management transition, the food serving section becomes miserable and the lady who's at the cash counter is always busy with her phone calls. And seems like no one is there to control the topsy-turvy serving section.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • βœ“οΈ Free parking lot
    • βœ“οΈ Free of charge street parking
  • Payments
    • βœ“οΈ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • βœ“οΈ Coffee
    • βœ“οΈ Small plates
    • βœ“οΈ Vegan options
    • βœ“οΈ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • βœ— Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • βœ— Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • βœ“οΈ Lunch
    • βœ“οΈ Dinner
    • βœ“οΈ Dessert
    • βœ“οΈ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • βœ“οΈ Dine-in
    • βœ“οΈ Takeaway

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