Sukha Nivas Restaurant

We are tucked away on East Kalmandapam Road in Royapuram. If you can find the Royapuram Police Station, we are just behind it. It’s a bit of a quieter street compared to the main roads, but we still get plenty of foot traffic. Royapuram has a very old-school feel to it, and our place fits right in with that. We haven’t changed much over the years. The walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, but the customers don’t seem to mind. They come for the food and a place to sit for a bit. My father took over this place years ago, and now I’m here most days. It’s a lot of manual work, honestly. We don't use many machines. Most things are done by hand in the back. The mornings are the best time because it’s a bit cooler before the sun really hits the road outside. We see a lot of the same faces every single day, mostly people who live in the apartments nearby or work at the local shops. We don’t have a website or fancy social media pages. We just open the shutters in the morning and wait for people to come in. Sometimes the power goes out, and we have to use candles or torches, but we keep going. It’s just a simple, local spot for people in the neighborhood to get a meal without any fuss or extra nonsense.