Gandhimathi Saiva Hotel

You can find us at No.85/45 on East Car Street in Tirunelveli Town. This area is always full of life, especially with the temple nearby. We focus on Saiva food, which is just what we know how to do. The kitchen gets started very early in the morning. There is a lot of grinding and prep work that goes into every meal. We don't use a lot of fancy equipment; it's mostly traditional stuff that we've used for years. The building itself is older, but it has character. We keep the benches scrubbed and the water jugs filled for the customers. It gets quite humid here in Tirunelveli, so we try to keep the air moving with the ceiling fans. We don't have a website or any of those modern things. People just know where we are. They come in for breakfast or a full lunch on a banana leaf. It’s honest work. Sometimes we run out of certain items by the evening, but that's just because we only make enough for the day. We don't like wasting food. My family has lived here for generations, so we know the local tastes well. We don't change the recipes much because people like them the way they are. If you are walking down East Car Street, you’ll hear the clatter of plates and the talk of people from our side. It’s a busy, noisy, friendly place to be most days of the week.