Chennai's Marina in Edinburgh, City of

They have the best Malabar chicken biriyani in Edinburgh.

We had a small Xmas gathering and it awesome with fantastic food, service and ambience... We all enjoyed and sang to our hearts content. The food specially Sukha lamb was amazing. Thank you for your great service. Well recommended.

We had a work Christmas lunch at Chennai’s. The food was delicious, they had decorated the table with Christmas crackers, and gave a great set menu with lots of vegetarian options.

I went with my friends to have breakfast the food was good and the atmosphere was alright but the service was not good, especially about the bill , the price on the menu they are showing is different from the bill they are charging high price, and also they are asking for service charge of 7 pounds when we asked about it they removed it and given new bill , totally unsatisfied.

Wonderful experience. Great food and good quality and prompt service. Aptly priced and highly recommended.

A restuarent for people who prefer proper South Indian Breakfast Humble Manager on ground (Name : Salman) Reasonable price and good portion of Food. Definitely recommend folks to come here for Breakfast

A great place for lunch and chai

Tasty naan with paneer and spicy chicken!

Very nice and good atmosphere service is good from Monica

Best Indian in Edinburgh. Great service and food

Monica - good service and nice Indian food in Edinburgh

Good place for South Indian breakfast

Food is so delicious and authentic. Good service as well.

Delicious food in a casual atmosphere:)

Authentic flavours, exceptional taste so good we have access to this standard of South Indian food in this country now.

Beautiful little restaurant with amazing food. We had the biryani because it was recommended to us so much and it was delicious. Also got the fish curry though, which both of us thought was even better. Will definitely be going back!

Guaranteed authentic taste of South Indian cuisines... Beautiful atmosphere and very nice service... Must visit!!!

Excellent customer service and good food Had their weekend special Fish Biriyani That was really tasty😋 Expecting nool porotta and vizhinjam chicken fry next time😍

Madhavan was a great server and muthu was an amazing chef who gave us some fabulous dosa and vada and the filter coffee took me to Chennai. Excellent and worth a try

Just loved it !! The Dhum Biriyani 🥵🫡🤤✨ And also had the weekend special Fish Biriyani Great food and service. Must go spot for South Indian cuisines🤙

Very delicious food and great service. Must try place in Edinburgh and

Good food. Good ambience. Good for friends and family.

We really enjoyed our dinner and the dishes were very tasty. Happy that we heard the best Tamil songs when we were enjoying our dinner. Must try restaurant in Edinburgh.

Great place and super good food .. big fan on Chennai Marina

Authentic South Indian food. Lot of options to choose from. Staff were friendly and the service was great.

Delicious food, great service. The crab curry is so good!

We literally found this hidden gem for South Indian food in Edinburgh. The food is just amazing, quantity and quality both are value for money and Ram’s service was excellent. We had dosas here which were delicious and very authentic, it’s difficult to find such good places away from home in a foreign land. Must try place if you love authentic South Indian food. Keep it up 😀

After a long time really I had, A Fantastic yummyyyyy seeraga samba lamb biryani & the tandoori chicken is adding ultimate. Feels like all the way you're having similar authentic thalapakatty in around Scotland.

One of the best Biriyani in Seera samba rice. Chicken curry with Chappati is a good combination. I like Chicken Manchurian ( bit spicy but I like it 👌). They did the catering for Diwali Celebration in Dalkeith. The service is excellent 👌 It is not only my view. There were close to 500 people in the Celebration and whoever I met, they mentioned the food was great. All the very best. My request, include goat kolambu ( not lamb ). Edinburgh Indians are missing it. Kindly include in your menu.

We had a bad experience, The price is high even with they collected 5.23 pounds extra for service charge in the bill.

Very nice food! And one of the best mango lassi I’ve ever had

Awesome food. Good music 🎵 Probably the best restaurant in Edinburgh by far...

Food is OK, dosa was delicious but service is horrendous. Waiter sitting on his phone whilst we are still waiting for him to take our drinks orders and bring poppadoms after 45 min. Eventually the food comes out, nice flavours but half of the food is cold and wrong dishes brought out. Ordered the special lamb on the bone biryani. Rice was overcooked and had almost no actual lamb meat, was mainly just bones, got sent back. Ruined a birthday night out, they need more staff, more interested attentive waiters, and more than just 1 chef cooking for a full restaurant

Nothing is more satisfying than a basket cheese naan and happy hour with besties!

Best South Indian food in Edinburgh!! Porotta and beef curry is awesome!!! Biriyani is good too, we had a good time!!

-Excellent food and service. -We go for lunch/dinner nearly every week from Stockbridge

Great food and great service. Highly recommended.

For me as an Indian living in Edinburgh this place food taste like home. It’s flavourful and delicious! Always fresh and piping hot. Would highly recommend the chettinad chicken with Malabar paratha. It’s the best because they always have thumbs up in stock! Thanks for the great time :)

It's a nice place to have dosas. Had masala ghee dosa which was pretty amazing. Had Chicken biryani, the rice used wasn't Basmati so wouldn't recommend it but flavour was good. Would recommend this!

Fuimos al restaurante Dalry por recomendación. Fue horrible. La puerta estaba abierta con cuñas y hacía bastante frío y todos en el restaurante llevaban su abrigo. Había montones de moscas diminutas molestándonos durante toda la comida. Cuando les preguntamos si tenían algo para ellos dijeron que no y se fueron. Llegó mi dosis, que era lo único bueno de la visita, pero no hay señales de que mis compañeros fueran titulares. Perseguimos a sus de inicio de nuevo se fueron sin disculpas ni conversación. Todavía no hay entrada cuando llegaron los platos principales. Parecían sorprendidos cuando el curry fue enviado de vuelta porque queríamos el entrante primero. Cuando el curry se sacó después del entrante, claramente se había sentado, ya que tenía una piel. El servicio era horrible, las moscas eran increíblemente molesto y el restaurante estaba frío. No volvería ni pediría comida para llevar.

The food comes in restaurant style: all at once after quite a while of wait which I did not prefer Butter ckn was rlly good. Very creamy, thick and strongly spiced, w star anise in particular. Ckn was tender too Saag paneer was more the very creamy kind, less vegetable flavours. It's plain but decent Ckn tikka wasn't very weakly marinated and not crispy The signature dindugul seeraga samba dum briyani was lovely. Rice was small grained and super flavourful. Mutton was fine too Naan was avg, the veechu paratha was terrible, like a frozen product. Very oily too.

It was such a lovely place for an extremely yummy meal! I had the butter chicken, and it was one of the best. I would definitely recommend it!!

Took a gamble as a quick bite to eat before a show at the Queens Hall. Really good, fresh and amazing flavour. Lively friendly staff. Will be back.

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!! Fish Pakora - Perfect.

Food was authentic, tasty, and price was average. This is my 2nd time and brought my friends along this time. They enjoyed it as well

A great place to have a South Indian meal for special occasions or your daily dose of dosa, idli and filter coffee. Great team at work here, which makes it a very special place to have a meal.

I would highly recommend Chennais Marina for anyone looking for authentic South Indian or Sri Lankan taste. Their Chicken Kotthu, Paratha and Beef curry were delicious!

Quality and quantity should be better hence 2*

Delicious food and good service. Keep up people

Loved the food here. Very happy to have found this place. The food is authentically tasty. We ordered the Podi Dosa and Hyderabadi Mutton pudina masala curry. It was a flavor bomb. The spice was just right too. The kind where you eat even after you know you’re very full, just cause the way they satisfy your tastebuds. :)

A really nice South Indian restaurant in the centre of Edinburgh. The food was great! The beef fry and the kotthu were our favourite and the paneer and chicken tikka also great. The biryani could have done with a bit more flavour, we ordered the beef one and the meat was dry in it (perhaps the other ones are better). Unfortunately the dosa we ordered was not crispy enough either but it might just be the type of dosa we got. The service was just okay, they did not have many of the cocktails they advertised and the staff didn't really explain the items or provide recommendations too well when my friends asked. However, I will definitely be back to try other menu items.

Very tasty, very authentic South Indian food and great customer service.

Very good food served & nice taste

Had an extremely disappointing experience with the service and food. Visited this restaurant today for lunch in Newington. I ordered two lamb biriyanis with a starter and asked for a couple of glasses of water. The restaurant was quite busy and I had to wait patiently for my order for about 30-35 minutes. It made me annoyed to see that the person who runs the floor served the food for another table right beside me, even though they had arrived after I placed my order. But the person didn't even try to come tell me why the order was being delayed until I called him and reminded him of my order and the water I requested before. After five minutes, he came out with the starter dish and just two glasses. Once again, I had to call the person to remind them about the main course, as i asked to server both starter and main course together. However, I was disappointed to find that water still had not been served. To be honest, the food tasted good, but one of the two biriyanis we ordered had no meat on it. Instead, the rice covered big lamb bones with some flesh. Later, we requested the drinks menu, but the person informed us that it was not available at the moment. Unfortunately, they only provided us with the option of soft drinks. After all these, I approached him near the cash counter and provided him with feedback in a polite manner. He didn't even bother to own up to his mistakes and was quite disengaged. He gave me the bill and told me that if I pay cash, I'll get a 10% discount. Something happened after this that caused me to lose my calm. I paid 40 pounds for a bill that was 38 pounds. When I raised my hand to get the change, the person just dropped it on my hand from above, like I was untouchable and begged for money. I found the behaviour to be extremely disrespectful and it greatly offended me. The individual failed to offer an apology for his actions and simply ignored the situation. The proper etiquette is to delicately hand over the remaining balance to the customers, rather than dropping it. The service was extremely unpleasant and left me feeling very dissatisfied and disappointed.

The food is amazing, it really does deserve the good rating it has. Highly recommend the masala dosa and the parathas with whatever you order. Wish we could’ve tried everything on the menu!

Trusted Reddit with this restaurant, and wow the place exceeded our expectations, the drinks and the food were amazing (better than what we had in India) and staff was kind. Will return :)) 🍛🍤🌶️

Stunning food - amazing options and so tasty - th3 Dosa is delicious- really popular restaurant and I'm not surprised - I can't wait to go back!!

Fantastic Indian food and excellent service. We came from Spain to visit Edinburgh and we loved the treatment and the quality of the food. Thank you!

Excellent food. Fantastic service. A small, very nice place. Highly recommended.

Exceeded expectations. We ordered several different options from the menu and our waiter remembered about 8 or 9 different things by memory including drinks without writing anything down. The curry and sides were the best I’ve had in a very long time. We will definitely be going back again soon

Distinguished variety of food options both for vegetarian and non vegetarian foodies. Authentic South Indian Idli, dosa varieties with 3 different chutneys. I loved Green chutney. I tried Fried Idli, Seeragasambha biriyani, Theepori babycorn. Quantity is good. Value for Money-:)

Absolutely banging Indian food. The food is so perfectly cooked you can taste all the different spices coming through. The owners are super friendly and helpful and even offered to make my partners curry a bit milder if it came too spicy. The food is quite spicy but not too much so! Will definitely come again if we are in Edinburgh!

The food is awesome and the employees are really nice and ready to help ! They serve original dishes that were a delight to discover!

I enjoyed the food, music, and service. I couldn't have asked for more. Additionally, I particularly liked the dosa.

Great food and atmosphere would recommend for a anyone looking for good Indian food.

Amazing freshly cooked food and friendly service we loved it!!!

Very tasty dishes, strongly recommended to visit

Tremendous South Indian food - delicious

It stood on its name "Authentic South Indian Food."

Fabulous food ! Never expected to experience such delicious south indian food in Scotland. Hats off to the team and thank you 😊

We have really enjoyed the dinner, all the items we ordered were good, authentic Indian spicy food and very good service too... One of the best places to enjoy authentic Indian dishes.....

We ordered fews things: However the sambhar was not that great and service is okayish. They nearly forgot our 1 order which caused delays. Okayish food overall - would not recommend as I have tried many South Indian places and Sambhar is the common practice and prime seller (if you can’t make that properly- you are doing something wrong)

The best ndian food in Edinburgh. Extremely good and so authentic Hopefully the standards will stay as high as this.

This is one of the best south Indian restaurant in edinburgh. Me and my friends drive from glasgow only for their food. Most recommended items are their malabar beef biriyani , ghee rice made with kaima rice, idli - softest idli and their tea (real strong chaya) and we always got best service when we were there

South Indian food next door is much better , dosa is not at all tasty, next door tanjore is bit expensive but it's worth it. I have never been so disappointed.

Nice Indian, no frills but food delicious. Staff friendly; definitely well above most Indians in Edinburgh for food. Highly recommended

Un auténtico sabor indio , experiencia increíble con mis amigos, tienda muy recomendable para visitar con tus amigos y familiares.

Amazing food, great hospitality, not expensive, dogs allowed, great place.

5/5. Great service, food was extremely tasty, would definitely recommend. Good prices too

Very authentic Indian food available for eat in and takeaway..They also do catering for marriages, birthdays etc. I have tasted their food in lot of birthdays and other events...eat in is also comfortable..Staff are very friendly.

Had Malabar biriyani and it had authentic Malabar dum biriyani taste to it. Loved it. Will be back to try other items on the menu

I just love this place. The food is so deleicious here . Each item has its own unique flavour and they never ever disappoint. Their Chettinad Chicken and podi idli are one of my favs . Do visit if you are looking for some soul satisfying food in edinburgh.

Came to the restaurant in Dalry Rd during our visit in Edinburgh two years ago. With good memories we put it onto our agenda this time again. Happy to see that they have 3 locations now. :) My wife grew up in Chennai. Food and ambience is authentic South Indian. We strongly recommend Biryani. We also want to highlight that this restaurant is dog-friendly. Coming back for sure :)

good food, a little but spicy for me but overall good experience

Excellent and highly recommended

Super fresh and delicious, a particular standout was the whole tandoori chicken (takes 20 mins). Aubergine vege dish and nigiri were just as tasty.

Authentic filter coffee and podi idli 😍

Love the rawa masala dosa and the lunch thali :)

Very tasty, very authentic South Indian food and great customer service. We had the Kerala beef curry, chettinad kozhi curry, Malabar porotta and pilau rice. Excellent. 🥰

Great food and mouthwatering taste Highly recommend if you want to find the taste of South India!

Fue una muy buena experiencia. Estábamos bastante obsesionados con la comida del sur de la India. El puerto deportivo de chennai nos dio la mejor comida del sur de la India. . especialmente Biriyani y Dosa son lo último. . gracias por esta comida. . es memorable para nosotros. .

Food taste is so good , Briyani is my favourite must try ! Chennai’s Marina is the only place to find the authentic South Indian cuisine

Amazing Fantabulous proper south Indian food.. Have been in UK for 2years and this has been the best place for south Indian food.. perfect biryani , parotta and dosas.. we kept visiting Chennai's marina the next day for all our meals from breakfast to dinner.. If I plan a trip again to Edinburgh , it would be only for having food from them..

Tasty food. But parking was the main problem. If we use car park in main road will allow only 30-45 minutes. Better to park in the side roads than main road.

Nestled in the heart of the city with easy accessibility this restaurant was very welcoming with its unique decor. We ordered veg thali, chole battura, dosa and chicken biryani. The taste was outstanding catering delicacy from different parts of south india. All the staffs were very polite and attentive mainly Vishal. Brilliant place to go for authentic SouthIndian flavours.

Chicken lollipop was lips smacking. I love their yummy biriyanis.

Delicious Food and a great place to get foods as per our taste👌

Nice foods and friendly service . Highly appreciate. Thanks 😊

Amazing south indian food! I am from chennai...to add some credibility.

I go this reasturent only because, there are not many south Indian restaurants here in Edinburgh. But they have extremely bad customer service, I Went there with my two friends, the shop is open and no one was there at all, we paid parking fees and waiting inside the reasturent for long, hence the reasturent was empty. I don't understand are they making beer by themselves or not, because I order two beer and , he was just walking and using his phone. Get beers after 30 minutes of ordering. And for meals, I order non veg meals , one of the worst thali o ever had in my life, and guess what he bought veg thali , instead of non veg. And once we ate all the food he bring the chicken curry. What is he mean by that ??