Hotel Dasaprakash

Hotel Dasaprakash on Poonamallee High Road in Kilpauk, Central Chennai, is a multi-generation vegetarian restaurant in the Egmore-Kilpauk belt. It is a traditional South Indian establishment serving tiffin, full meals and ice cream, and the ice cream parlour is a large part of its identity among Chennai families, who often treat the restaurant as an occasion for dessert after a meal. The cuisine is South Indian vegetarian, with the usual breakfast and midday repertoire.

The dishes most often mentioned are the banana-leaf meals, served at lunch with rice, sambar, rasam, vegetable side dishes and curd; ghee dosa; and the ice-cream sundae, which is the restaurant's best-known sweet course. The menu combines the savoury tiffin items typical of Tamil vegetarian restaurants with a list of sundaes and ice creams, so a visit can include both a meal and dessert in one sitting.

The dining room is traditional, family-oriented and moderately busy, with simple furnishings, steady service and a casual dress expectation. Noise is moderate at lunch and rises on weekend evenings. Reservations are not required and visitors walk in. Opening hours are approximately 7AM to 10PM daily. Alcohol is not served, and the beverage programme is filter coffee, tea, juices and shakes.

A meal costs about ₹200-500 per person (roughly $2.10-5.20 USD). The Kilpauk location is a little north of the city centre, near Egmore, and suits visitors staying in that part of Chennai or travelling between the railway station and the hospitals and residential areas around Poonamallee High Road. It is best treated as a straightforward family restaurant that offers a heritage-style vegetarian meal and a dessert finish.