Chanakya Restaurant & Dining Hall

Our dining hall is located in the B Wing of the Jayraj Complex, right across from the Creata ice cream shop. If you know the Soni Ni Chawl Cross Road in Odhav, then you know exactly where we are. It is a very busy intersection with lots of trucks and cars going by all day long. Inside our doors, it is a different story, though it can get pretty loud during the lunch hour when everyone comes in at once. We spend most of our time in the kitchen prepping vegetables and getting the stove going. It is hard work and the kitchen gets very hot, especially during the summer months. We don't have any fancy decorations or soft music playing. It is just a place to sit down and eat a meal. We serve a lot of the workers from the nearby industrial areas and families who live in the apartments around here. My cousin helps me with the cleaning and my brother handles the money. We are just a family trying to run a decent place. We don't use any corporate talk or marketing tricks to get people inside. Usually, people just come in because they are hungry and they know we are here. We keep the tables wiped down and the floors swept as much as we can. It’s a simple life and a simple business, but it keeps us busy from morning until night. We like being part of the Odhav food scene, even if it is a bit noisy out there.