Morning · Breakfast
The day begins with a crisp dosa.
Soft idli, golden vada, pongal and a long list of dosas — breakfast is where South Indian cooking shines brightest.
Vegetarian Restaurant · Pondicherry
AuthenticSouth IndianVegetarian Dining in Pondicherry
~Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
- 100% Vegetarian
- Traditional Taste
- Family Friendly
A day at Hotel Kaarthik
The circle of the day
Morning · Breakfast
The day begins with a crisp dosa.
Soft idli, golden vada, pongal and a long list of dosas — breakfast is where South Indian cooking shines brightest.
Noon · Lunch
Meals, the South Indian way.
Rice with sambar, rasam and curd — the complete South Indian meal, alongside curd rice, sambar rice and the day’s variety rice.
Afternoon · Snacks
The in-between hours.
Vada, bajji and bonda — something crisp between meals, best with a filter coffee.
Evening · Dinner
Evenings, unhurried.
As the lamps come on, the dosa griddles take over — ghee roast, paper roast, uthappam, parotta and the full South Indian tiffin.
Any time · Beverages
Filter coffee, the South Indian way.
Strong, aromatic filter coffee leads our drinks, with tea and fresh juices alongside. Ask our team for today’s list.
From our menu
Every meal, one circle
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Breakfast
Idli, dosa, pongal, poori and vada — the South Indian morning.
- Idli
- Medhu Vada
- Pongal
- Dosa
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Signature beverage
Filter Coffee
Strong. Aromatic. South Indian.
Filter coffee, the South Indian way.
A slow decoction, hot milk and a long pour between tumbler and davara until it froths. The perfect finish to an idli breakfast — or a reason to stop by on its own.
Kaarthik Sweets & Snacks
Our favourite sweets
Discover traditional sweet treats and savouries from Kaarthik Sweets & Snacks.
- LadduRound sweet of fried gram-flour pearls bound in sugar syrup.Representative photo
- Mothi LadduLaddu of fine, tiny gram-flour pearls — soft and melting.Representative photo
- JangiriUrad-dal batter piped into rings, fried and soaked in syrup.Representative photo
- PedaSoft, round milk sweet.Representative photo
- Badam BurfiAlmond fudge, cut into squares.Representative photo
- Cashew KatliThin diamonds of cashew fudge.Representative photo
Four homes in Pondicherry
Our Branches
Find the Hotel Kaarthik nearest you — MG Road, Gorimedu, Pudupalaiyam and Kaarthik Cafe.
Hotel Kaarthik · MG Road
- No. 20, Rangapillai Street, Puducherry Urban, Puducherry – 605001
- To be confirmed
Hotel Kaarthik · Gorimedu
- No. 15, Housing Board Complex, Indira Nagar, Gorimedu, Puducherry – 605006
- To be confirmed
Hotel Kaarthik · Pudupalaiyam
- No. 162, Maramalai Adigal Salai, Puducherry – 605001
- To be confirmed
Hotel Kaarthik · Kaarthik Cafe
- No. 9A, Lalbahadur Shastri Street, Puducherry – 605001
- To be confirmed
About Hotel Kaarthik
Vegetarian food, made with care, served with warmth.
Hotel Kaarthik is a South Indian vegetarian restaurant in Pondicherry — a place for an early idli, a full afternoon meal or a dosa with the family in the evening.
Our kitchen keeps to the dishes South India grew up on: batter ground for idli and dosa, pongal finished with ghee and pepper, sambar and rasam for the meal. Simple food, cooked with attention.
Quality
Fresh ingredients and careful cooking, every service.
Hospitality
Warm, attentive and unhurried — the South Indian way.
Family dining
Space and a menu for every generation at the table.
Pondicherry
Four branches, rooted in the neighbourhoods we serve.
PondicherryThe Menu
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Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and filter coffee — discover the Hotel Kaarthik menu.
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