Sri Lakshmi Iyyar Hotel

We are located right on the Salem Main Road in Thottiyam. If you are driving through Trichy, you probably passed by us at some point. Sri Lakshmi Iyyar Hotel is just a small place for people to stop and get a meal. It gets very dusty with all the trucks and buses going past on the main road, so we are always cleaning the tables. It’s mostly locals and travelers who are in a hurry to get somewhere. We don’t have a big menu. Just the usual stuff you expect at a roadside hotel. The kitchen starts early because people want breakfast before they head out for work or their long drives. Sometimes we run out of things by the afternoon if it’s a busy day. It’s just me and a few others working here. We’ve been at this spot in Thottiyam for years. The building is nothing special to look at, but it stays cool enough inside even when it's hot out. We don't do any advertising or anything like that. People just see the sign and pull over when they are hungry. We try to keep the water jars filled and the floor swept. It's a simple life running a hotel on a highway. You meet a lot of different people, some just for ten minutes while they eat their lunch. Then they leave and we get ready for the next one. It’s just what we do every day here.