Saravana Bhavan has always been a favorite in my family mainly for its aroma filled coffee.Even when the prices have been jacked upto 20 Rs for a coffee,the place remains still a favorite among my coffee crazy relatives.
During this trip,I observed something really worth noting.The standard of Saravana Bhavan has definitely taken a beating.The items in the menu are all over-priced.
Yeah.They are overpriced even for a person coming down to India from the U.S.
Was quite bewildered to see the price of ordinary Dosa/Idli/pongal etc which usually remain under a 20rs tag,to be priced around 40 to 50 rs.
Apart from being too expensive,the service was also very poor.The food served was cold and when complained about it,the server didn't even apologise and gave a glare which kind of indicated 'This is what we got.Eat it or leave'
If this was at the T-Nagar branch of theirs,the newly opened Mylapore restaurant was even more horrible.The items in the menu where just there to fill the page but were not available.Everything that I tried to ordered was turned down by the waiter and finally I had to throw away the menucard and listen to the old-fashioned 'IdlyVadaPongalDosaChapaathiParotta' song of the waiter and settle down to something I never thought I would ever eat at Saravana Bhavan.
Before the ordering of food,there was this supervisor who behaved like a smartass and refused to join 2 tables(as we were 6 of us) stating that it was the direction from their management.The tables were not even 10 inches away from each other and probably no one would have noticed had I done the joining act myself.
What the smart Alecs in these places don't understand is that such minor acts of stupidity go a long way into tarnishing their restaurant's image.But what do they care?Thay got their eateries always 'Houseful' as if food was being served for free.
-Raapi
Posted by rajesh | 
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That's too bad. :( Whenever I needed a good meal in Madras, I went there. The lunch they served for Rs.22 was amazing.
~Oo°~
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