Food & Hospitality
Saffron Table
Warm restaurant site with menu, gallery and reservations.
Coastal flavours, cooked over fire
Seasonal South Indian dishes, a natural wine list and a dining room made for long evenings.
4.8 on Google
Bib Gourmand 2025
Open till late
Reserve a table
Instant confirmation for tables up to 8.
Opening hours
Tue – Thu
5:30 – 10:30 pm
Fri – Sat
5:30 – 11:30 pm
Sunday
12:30 – 10 pm
What everyone orders
A taste of what is cooking this season.
House favourite
Chettinad Lamb
Slow-cooked with roasted spices, served with appam.
Gluten free
Kerala Fish Curry
Day-boat catch, kodampuli, coconut and red rice.
Vegetarian
Jaggery Payasam
Rice, cardamom, toasted cashew and palm jaggery.
Cooked by people who grew up on this food
Chef Lakshmi Narayanan trained in Madurai and Copenhagen before opening Saffron Table. Her kitchen works with one fire, one pot of ghee and a short list of fishermen and farmers she calls by their first names.
“Good food is patience, salt and someone who cares.”
Lakshmi Narayanan
Chef & co-founder
11
years at the fire
38
local suppliers
1
Bib Gourmand
Your table, our whole kitchen
Celebrations, board dinners and weddings in our terrace room, with a set menu planned together with the chef.
From 10 to 60 guests
Wine pairing available
Bespoke set menus
Kind words
From the people who have eaten here.
“The best meal we had in Chennai this year.”
The Hindu
Food review
“Every dish tells a story. Book ahead.”
Condé Nast Traveller
Hot list 2025
“Warm service and a wine list that surprises.”
Ananya R.
Guest
Come hungry
- 12 Besant Nagar Beach Road, Chennai 600090
- Valet parking from 6 pm
Opening hours
Tue – Thu
5:30 – 10:30 pm
Fri – Sat
5:30 – 11:30 pm
Sunday
12:30 – 10 pm