A great eatout - Karnataka

For years now,i've been visiting this place in Yusuf Sarai market for delicious South Indian cuisine, and the more i go, the more my affection for this place grows.

Karnataka Restaurant, which has been operating in Yusuf Sarai before 1980's, is a wonderful eatery out there. Probably one of the best South Indian ones.

Coming from the family of great Indian hoteliers, this chain of restaurants makes it mark among those who've tried it atleast once, and like their food not too spicy. The owners of this chain happen to be in blood relations with the owners of the worldspread 'Shravana Bhavan' chain of eateries which also specialise in traditional South Indian.

The cuisines available are South Indian, North Indian, and Chinese. And surprisingly, their north Indian dishes, especially the Punjabi ones are mouth watering good,better than many 'north Indian' specialist restaurants out there(This i say being a Punjabi myself). I'd personally recommend Shahi Paneer, Mixed vegetable, and Malai Kofta as dishes in the main course for the North Indian meal. Though their North Indian Thali is quite good, and the South Indian thali is quite brilliant and authentic in itself. And as for the South Indian meals, try any from the huge range of Dosa's(their dosa's are just perfect), Uttapam's, and Thali.

And for the finishing touch, try either Gulab Jamun, Faluda Kulfi, or the ice creams(try the butter scotch one, or the truffle, they're both excellent). Finishing your meal with sweets happens to be a South Indian tradition, something i found very wise of the Dravidians.

The feature that all the dishes are made with great precision makes me a loyal customer. The food is not spicy at all(unlike as assumed for the Indian dishes). The dishes are made with a medium level of spices, which makes the presence of spices and indredients detectable, but not pinching to the senses. And the quality of food is uniform throughout their branches(they have an outlet behind Alaknanda market too). The flavour of Shahi Paneer ceases to change with the outlet, its the identical replica. Even McDonalds or Subways cannot do such great replication.

This is one wonderful place to eat out. Personally, after being a loyal customer for years, the staff rather treats us as a family, and are very hospitble. The food from all the cuisines extremely reasonably priced, making it a great value for money. Both the Alaknanda and Yusuf Sarai outlets are great. The Yusuf Sarai market outlet happens to be the oldest one in Delhi, so for the real 'Karnataka' experience, i'd recommenting it.

I'm giving it 5 out of 5 for being such a great place to be,and that too for decades now.

Address

Yusuf Sarai
46/3
Yusuf Sarai Market
Hauz Khas
Delhi -110016
Next to Indian Oil Bhavan
Contact:
011-26511222, 011-26862026, 011-26852534,9210011836

Alaknanda
J-3/5, Alaknanda , Delhi- 110019
Landmark: Near Mother Dairy
Contact no: 011-26029992 ,011-26029993,9810109216