Home-style North Indian food in Besant Nagar
Jain and pure vegetarian options
Home-style North Indian dishes
Large portion sizes for sharing
Sanmith Pure Veg Restaurant is a vegetarian eatery located at M 68/2, 7th Avenue, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Besant Nagar, Chennai. The space is a 30-seater dining room designed with compact spacing that remains comfortable. The kitchen serves pure vegetarian and Jain food, focusing on North Indian cuisine prepared with minimal oil and masala to reflect a home-cooked taste. Menu highlights include Seeraga Samba Biryani and Kizhi Porotta. Portion sizes are substantial, with gravies large enough for families of five or six to share. The restaurant operates daily from 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm and 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
A spiced rice dish with vegetables and meat alternatives, noted for its perfect grain-to-vegetable ratio.
A stuffed flatbread served as part of the North Indian spread.
Rich curries prepared with limited oil, designed for sharing among families.
A selection of sweet endings, though the variety is described as limited.
“This is a small cozy vegetarian restaurant close to Elliott's beach. We went there seeing a good rating but not high expectations. But turned out the food was excellent. Proper dhaba style north Indian food. No excess masalas or oil.”
“Such an underrated restaurant for pure veg & jain foods🤌. Loved especially their seeraga samba briyani🤤 perfectly spiced & good proportions of rice to vegetables Ratio, i have been looking for this kind for so long & finally found something…”
“An excellent 30 seater, pure veg restaurant. The variety on the menu is great, the food is delicious and on par with some of the best north Indian restaurants in Chennai, the best part is that the portion size is quite large for gravies tha…”
SANMITH PURE VEG RESTAURANT · T Nagar