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centre. The views, outdoor pool and resident peacocks are just great, the rooms are well
equipped, very comfy and mostly large, and the panoramic
Garden All Day
(
6.30am-11pm)
restaurant does a terrific multicuisine dinner buffet for ?717.
Eating
The hotel-rooftop restaurants along West Perumal Maistry St offer breezy night-time din-
ing and temple views (don't forget the mosquito repellent); most of the hotels also have
AC restaurants open for breakfast and lunch. For a great evening tasting Madurai special-
9840992340;
www.foodiesdayout.com
; 2nd fl, 56 East Veli St; tour per person ?1500)
. They'll pick you up
around 5.30pm and take you to seven or eight restaurants and stalls to sample the signa-
ture dish at each. Vegetarian tours are available; at least two people are needed.
Dhivya Mahal Restaurant
( 2342700; 21 Town Hall Rd; mains ?50-150; noon-11pm)
One of the better multicuisine restaur-
ants not attached to a hotel, Dhivyar Mahal is clean, bright, air-conditioned and friendly.
The curries go down a treat, and where else are you going to find roast leg of lamb in
Madurai?
MULTICUISINE
$
Anna Meenakshi Restaurant
(West Perumal Maistry St; mains ?60-100; 6am-11pm)
With marginally more attention to decor and
ambience than other cheapies along the street, Anna Meenakshi is a busy spot where you
can get a decent South Indian thali for ?60.
INDIAN
$
Surya Restaurant
(110 West Perumal Maistry St; mains ?70-160; 4pm-midnight)
The rooftop restaurant of Hotel Su-
preme offers a superb view over the city, stand-out service and good pure-veg food, but
the winner here has got to be the iced coffee, which might have been brewed by God
when you sip it on a dusty, hot day.
MULTICUISINE
$$
Shopping
