Friday 5 October 2007

Dining with a difference

The Woodlands Drive-in in Cathedral road is one such place where dining is a whole new experience. This place has got a lot of greenery (thou' not properly maintained) that too in the centre of the city. I was here last weekend,on the way back from our second round of Diwali shopping.

This restaurant turns out to be a very nice place for snacking in the evenings especially when your with a group of friends or family members . There are more than one options on how you can dine here
It can be either

1.In your car
2.Under the banyan trees
3.Inside the restaurant

We opted to do it under the banyan tree and it turned out to be a whole new experience from the usual waiting for seats in one of those regular crowded restaurants.I enjoyed every bit of it ... The food here tastes real yummy .
The cost works out to be very very economical compared to other places in the city.. Its a pure vegetarian restaurant ..

Thou' the place is not very clean,its not all that bad either.. The food is served in the car park area for those not dining inside the restaurant.. This is one place in Chennai where you come across all kinds of people.. I got to see a few Mercedes Benz also .. This is a lot surprising to me is cause this is not a very classy place,but truly a very beutiful place to have your meal with the flora and fauna around.. Ya, you get to see a few crows , dogs here and there.. typical of Chennai rite? :)

10 comments:

Sudha said...

Chollum bode chapadanum nu thonaradu.!!!I think i have visited it some years ago.

Sudha said...

Introductory photo is really nice.
KCS

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

Sudhakar,I don' think it has changed much fromthe way it was until few years.. Which actually is a good thing here :)

Thanks :)

Compassion Unlimitted said...

Hi..It hasnt changed for decades.i can vouch for it.I have been frequenting it for over 4 decades !
Great singers like PB srinivas is a permanent fixture and so are many current day filmy people.As u rightly said its a place of great inspiration for many.A nice write up,nostalgic here!
TC
CU

Aarthi said...

Hey i hav been thr jus once ...tht too coz my dad insisted...i really liked the place n the food...if well maintained I'm sure it'll b a big attraction n the best hang out place in chennai.

Compassion Unlimitted said...

Tks Shalini for passing by..yes my fav too,at that time ,was just the cream.same pinch.
Please do add me.Can i add too.But please let me know how do i go about it,since i am new to blogs
TC
CU

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

@ CU

Didn't know celebrities come there, no wonder I saw so many Merc frequenting the place . It sure is a lovely place to hang out

@ Aarthi

Ya, gal.. If only it was maintained better it defenitely will turn out to be a big hit with chennaites :)

The Artist said...

nice write up.....looks cool

--xh-- said...

seen that place, but couldnt visit. will do it whn i come to chenai next time. here @ b'lore, therz one place called Airlines hotel which is quite similar - and the crowd is from all teh walks of life...

ShantanuDas said...

Now it has been closed down is it not so?