Ananda Bhavan

I've been to this outlet of Anand bhavan countless number of times for a quick bite after shopping at Mustafa for groceries. While it is good for typical south Indian snacks, I did not find it that appealing to write a review. But today the experience I had was so amazing that I had to share with everyone. Food - I ordered idli sambhar (small idlis dipped in sambhar with generous amount of ghee). Not sure if it was because I was very hungry but today this humble bowl of idli sambhar tasted exactly like home cooked dish. Idlis were supersoft and sambhar was pretty good in taste too. To my utter amazement, I was served by a 'robot' ; it was really fascinating to see that a robot is serving customers at their table. I plan to take my kid during next visit for this humble idli sambhar bowl and the 'robo' server.

I ordered ghee paper masala thosai, vadai and coffee. But the cashier misheard it as ghee paper thosai oops! So I got to try the ghee paper thosai and it was delicious paired with their sambar, coconut and thakkali (tomato) chutney. It became cold very fast which is why I always prefer masala thosai! But the paper thosai had the beautiful crunch to it and I enjoyed it nevertheless! 😋 the vadai was not too great that day, if you're lucky or early, you'll get hot and fresh methu vadais. I was there after 5pm.

Approach can be difficult because of the boxes stacked outside. Food was disappointingly cold. Some dishes not even room temperature. Cold chapatti also Asked for Cutlery and lady said "you people eat with your hands" ! Then relented and gave us cutlery with one napkin for two of us ! Didn't dare ask for another napkin

My friend and I were sitting at the table across each other waiting for our food to come. At one point she leaned over to speak to me. Seeing that the manager began to shout across the room demanding us to distance ourselves. 1. There is no such rule that the 2 of us must maintain a strict distance of 1m. I called up other restaurant owners and the Ministry of health to confirm this. 2. In any case the manager could have come forward to us and spoken decently. There was no reason for him to publicly humiliate us. 3. I noticed that he went around aggressively telling people to put their mask on properly when he himself had his mask under his nose I attempted several times to speak to the manager but he was steadfast in his decision and continued to aggressively tell us off. At one point he even pointed to this contact asking us to text the hotline. The hotline has not replied me either.