Experience summary : not at all satisfactory, main reason being sheer fish fry was not at all fresh and it was hard to bite, won't visit this place again or will not recommend to friends. Location : habulla road, near karnataka sanga school. A yellow themed south Indian chettinad cuisine, with attractive mouth watering pictures all over. My dining experience: The moment when I went inside and took a chair, the table was wet with stagnating water, so I requested to clean it, because when we have the habit of resting our hands over the table or when u keep ur mobile or vehicle key it gets wet, this gives a disgusting feel. I was late for lunch around 3.30, I ordered prawn biriyani and prawn masala, after taking the order they returned back in few minutes saying that the menu was not available, I wish they should been aware before taking the order. So this left us in disappointed stage, had been said while taking the order I could have changed the mind ( this feel will be understood well when you are damn hungry and u have some particular dish to hunt), but this I don't feel as something wrong and I am saying this as they can improve on this. We finally ordered 2 chicken biriyani and 1 sheer fish fry, they got sheer fish fry first, I expected to bring all together. The time gap between fish fry and biriyani was 10min and we had to eat fish first and wait for biriyani for quite a long time, so we were like 😏😒😶. Sheer fish 🐠🐋🐟: We ordered special sheer fish fry worth 145 bucks, the moment we had the bite it smelled like dry fish ( this is very bad) and it was very hard to bite. I very well understood that the fish was not fresh and tender, felt so bad for ordering it. Waste of 145 bucks. Chicken biriyani: I wonder why it took quite a long time to get it delivered, the warmth in biriyani dint make any justification for my assumption of briyani being prepared just some time back. Gravy for biriyani was ok, egg wasnt there ( but I don't know if they give egg by default) , chicken piece was ok. Overall when getting out from this place, my experience with this place was not with a happy satisfactory feel.

What a wonderful place & amazing ambiance. A hidden gem with a story that will blow your mind away. If you are close by, visit just to experience the beauty of decor. Do spend sometime with the wonderful staff. Pleasant folks.

I have been there with my son and his friends and ordered a mixture of various dishes. Drinks, starters, main courses, all were excellent. The service was also good and they attended us very well. Nice ambiance and great food

Good ambience with complete delicious south Indian treat. Worth each penny. Great service all the staff were kind with helpful. Would definitely recommend to all my friends ?

Wonderful experience. Nice ambience and great food. The restaurant has a wide range of mutton items on the menu and each of them tastes unique.

Nice place. Neat and clean. Staff is well-mannered. Food quality is good. New experiences in this restaurant.good ambience

The grandeur of the place is appreciable! The way the team serves you, it feels like a family is serving delicious food, one after the other! This place deserves a 5 star!A very delightful experience for lunch & dinner!

Now BJP dao and go

Retro themed restaurant. The ambiance is good. Salna pongal, Salna idly are my favorites but they dont have most items on menu. Most items are cold like its prepared hours ago. Even dosa is cold. There are times when we came back without even entering as nothing is available.

Nor worth for money. Very poor service. The only good thing is tender coconut kheer.

One of the best Restaurants around.Quantity Food,Pricing is also decent.Very delicious tasty food and staffs are very polite and well trained. If you are went out with family are friends must visit place for lunch or dinner. Really appreciate their hospitality

Disappointed. While the order for the biryani were delivered,the order for fish and prawns we're forgotten multiple times. We kept prompting the waiter and he would promise immediate action but it simply never came. The biryani was average and for dessert we had coconut cake which was good. Overall pretty chaotic and service needs to improve dramatically if they need repeat customers.

One of the best ethnic lunch and hospitality was great. The way they served the food with polite and kind way added the food more taste. I would recommend this for all people

Food is amazing. Bright colour theme. Upper floor is designed as a old restaurant and its very beautiful. Most of the food items have authentic Tamil flavour. Washrooms are clean but in the 1st floor only. No lifts so hard for elders and disable persons.

Good place to try out authentic food of Tamilnadu.. Mutton varieties are lip smacking to the core.. Biriyanis are okish type need an improvement in this.. Prices are reasonable and service people are friendly and polite.. Many items are in the menu are not available most of the time. Hope management take a note of it and come with a proper arrangement on that. Should have given 5 ratings but due to many food that I wanted try are not available so giving them for 4 stars for making me disappointed. Well done service people keep up the good work..

Styled in retro Madras theme, this hotel serves proper south Tamilnadu cuisine. The taste was good, the service can be improved. We had to remind them to get extra saulna twice and there was no one in the hotel. Can't imagine how they will serve when the hotel is brimming to it's capacity. Parking available for both two and four wheelers. Limited capacity though (3 cars and some 10 two wheelers max) The 1960s ambience, old Madras Photos and a decent price gives this place some brownie points.

Ambience is too good. It feels a lot better inside even if it's scorching hot outside. Snacks and drinks are items not to miss. Paneer soda tastes the best! Quantity served can be increased.

The exterior and interior of the restaurant looks like classic mid 70 era building as we enter we were invited with fresh smell of spicy food. Every spot of the restaurant is set to 70s right from the furniture to food. Food was really good authentic south tamil nadu food.

I went there twice but it was closed. I think they have shut the restaurant.

A great place to hang out and have dinner amongst friends. The restaurant ambience is really good and has a rustic and homely vibe to it. The food tastes very authentic and I believe the food reflects the name of the restaurant. The pricing is a bit on the higher side (given the quantity) but it isn't too expensive. Overall I would recommend this place to anyone who would like to have a quick meal alone or hang out in groups as there is plenty of space for everyone.

Thambi Vilas❤️ good, calm and old culture like constructed restaurant with super cool ambiance and vintage feel provoking place. Super cool South Indian casual dining cuisine. Brunch too available…

Fantastic recepies and taste

average ok

Forced to buy BBQ Fish, Totally waste Food not so good Waste of time 45 min and Rs 650

Thambi Vilas has wide range of menu yummy lip smacking dosas,idlis and uttapams served with authentic South Indian style of chicken and mutton gravys. Some of the clear winners were mutton saalna idly same is available in chicken. The mutton saalna Idli was my all time favourite. We had their mutton biriyani which was amazing and it was well presented as well. Their interiors takes us back to 90’s and the workers are dressed up in that way. A must go place! Food : 4.5/5 Ambiance: 4/5 Service : 4/5

Its not good for veggies

It's okay

Good

Early morning we went there for briyani....but they said nowadays it is not available...food was very nice....but i think chicken gravy and all they took from fridge and serve...but not sure....ot feels like that...if they prepare everything on time then it will be the best place to have early morning breakfast....and they wer very polite and hospitality and serving.... totally i will give 3.5 /5

Poor service.Yet the who served us (captain)tried best...but the system is so bad everyone work for their wish not for customer!!!

Food taste is average. Not as expected. Really disappointed.

Excellent food

Tastes good.. Nice ambience.. Difficult to spot.. Little inside from main road..

We had special non veg meals (fish and chicken) both was so good there is more side Which comes with meals. That is more than enough we don’t need to order starters.we had prawn fry, pomfret too was so good. Good customer service don’t forget to have soda and dessert they have different flavours in soda give all a try and at end elaneer cake.

Poor customer service....

First of all, I would say one of very few wonderful restuarant which reminds you old days. You get to see many vintage things over here. Coming to dishes, they were just so yummy, and excellent service too. My favourite is Nalli Roast and Paneer Goli soda, those are jus awesome. Near entrance you get to see lots of our childhood sweets like Thean mittai, peppermint, burffy, etc., also you can get different variety of beeda. Overall, just awesome authentic south indian restuarant with wonderful vintage feel!!!

The food At this place tastes like home made and the service offered by the waiters were good once and for some particular reason it has dulled over time. It's hard to find a spot to get seated if you are visiting this place for lunch during weekends. Pricing and ambiance are too good atleast according to me. Dishes you need to try there are their thambi Vilas chicken 65, elaneer payasam, Mutton saalna idli and these will not disappoint you for sure. The parking space can hold 4 to 5 cars at a maximum which is in front of the hotel. If the service and wait time can be improved then I am sure that this place will be much more crowded.

Although the Ambience & Service was top Notch, my afternoon lunch wasn't much satisfactory! Every dish including Biriyani was literally soaked in oil, prawn not deveined, mutton chukka had extremely chewy pieces of mutton! Thambi vilas has been my entire family's favourite restaurant but was very disappointen during my recent visit.

Very nice food, service was awesome the lady and the boy who serviced us was pretty good, cost wise also good extend the menu please... For food and cost 4 star and for service 5 star,,, we gone there around 4 30 quiet and nice place

Worst ever hotel I visited till date. We have waited around 30 mins and the food quality is very poor. I recommend people not to visit these type of hotels and spend their money for such poor quality of food.

Ambience was good as always. Food is good but occasionally fails to impress.

Food taste was suberb worth for money... Biriyani n parota famous here... Good family restaurant... You can see traditional items like chair gramophone...

Awesome tasty food nd high class interiors in reasonable prices?✨✌️

Very worst experience.. one of the worst hotel never seen before. I was order chicken chtinad . They delivered water soup with chicken boans. It's was so pathetic . Same time Zomoto these stupid people also support that naste hostel..

Poor quality

Super

Food is good, but they took more time to serve

Thambi Vilas was a small establishment from a South Indian Village, now has found its way to establishing an outlet in the heart of Chennai. It explores long lost South Indian Cuisine with finest ingredients and raw materials. The menu here is more realistic for everyone to visit this outlet as a habit to indulge and enjoy the food with unconditional love. Top Dishes People Order Elaneer Payasam, Rose Milk, Paratha, Biryani, Mutton Chukka, Chicken 65, Kola Urundai People Liked Courteous Staff, Friendly Staff, Valet Service, Decor More Info Breakfast Home Delivery Outdoor Seating Indoor Seating

Super lunch

Golli soda Highlight all other taste good and reasonable price

Service is good and their food is unique

Average food, service could be better. But the ambience is good

Meals are good...but side dishes are very less...for non veg meals the rate they charge is little costlier or I would say the rates are ok but the side dishes are very less for non veg meals...clean is maintained. Tastes are ok...customer service again is bad....they don't look the customer whether we would like to order again.. they don't approach customers unless u clap them or call out them

Pocket friendly nonveg hotel in tnagar. But they dont have white rice for dinner. You have to settle with dosa parotta etc.,

Tasty food

Homely food

Worst place to take delivery

Good taste

This place has totally lost its charms. We ordered for chicken pepepper fry and mutton fry. Both of them were too much sauted in pepper, to the extent of being unconsumable. Brain fry was okish. Elaneer paayasam was the same. I had rated this place 4 stars long back, sad to see the degradation.

Food is great here... pineapple soda and elanir payasam was amazing. Biriyani was bit oily and milagu mutton lacked flavour.

Served stale food ,will never visit again.

Food was good but the price is too high. Tender coconut payasam costs Rs.100 but you could buy 3 tender coconuts for that price. Tender coconut cake costs Rs.105 but tastes like 4 spoons of nongu. Definitely not worth the price.

Better have to improve

Very worst food 4-3_2020 @7.45 pm I take dinner Old biriyani given badsmell will coming kola urndai I ordered bad smell staff is not good very disappointed opening time very tasty good staff now very bad

Traditional taste

Biriyani is not made from Basmati rice and the taste was okayish .. Highly rated place

Loved the authentic Tamilnadu flavours. Price is moderate. Best for chicken. Mutton, fish varieties are limited.

Location good but not up to mark quantity is very less per dish order , unsatisfactory per person to eat compare to the price

Nice biryani

Poor service, good food.