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.

Brand identity concept

Traditional Taste · Timeless Experience

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.

Hospitality is the other half of the table. Whether you are a regular on your way to work or a family visiting Pondicherry for the first time, you should feel looked after from the first glass of water to the last.

Today you can find us in four places across the city — MG Road, Gorimedu, Pudupalaiyam and Kaarthik Cafe.

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.

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What we stand for

A table set the way it always has been.

100% Vegetarian
Everything that leaves our kitchen is vegetarian. Every dish, every day.
Traditional Taste
The flavours of a South Indian home kitchen — dosa, idli, pongal and the full meal, made the familiar way.
Family Friendly
Room for grandparents, children and everyone in between. Come as you are and stay for second helpings.