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Andhra & South Indian kitchen

Sun, spice and the
soul of the coast

Coastal Spice brings the bright, tangy cooking of Coastal Andhra to your table — stone-ground chutneys, crisp dosas, tamarind fish curry and filter coffee poured tall. Cooked fresh, served on banana leaf.

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  • 4.8 · 1,200+ reviews
  • 100% fresh ground masala
  • Filter coffee brewed all day
A colourful South Indian thali served with rice, curries and sides
Banana leaf specialsfrom 12 noon
Gongura PachadiToday’s favourite · ₹180
A generous shared South Indian meal spread on a table A crisp golden dosa folded on a plate A long banana-leaf feast laid out for a group

About us

A little kitchen with a big coastal heart

We are a family-run Andhra kitchen built around one idea: cook the way the coast cooks at home. That means soaking, grinding and fermenting everything ourselves, leaning on gongura, tamarind, coconut and curry leaf, and refusing to cut a single corner for the sake of speed.

Every idli is steamed to order, every chutney is stone-ground that morning, and our gongura is sourced straight from the Guntur markets. Come hungry — the banana-leaf meal is bottomless on Sundays.

  • Stone-ground masalaChutneys and podis ground daily
  • Banana-leaf serviceClassic Andhra style, all day
  • Coastal catchFish delivered fresh each morning

Our menu

Pick a craving, pick a plate

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Idli with sambar and chutney

Idli Sambar

₹120

Two steamed rice cakes with lentil sambar and fresh coconut chutney.

Medu vada on a plate

Medu Vada

₹130

Crisp urad-dal doughnuts, soft inside, with sambar and two chutneys.

Andhra pesarattu with upma and ginger chutney

Pesarattu Upma

₹160

Andhra green-gram dosa folded over soft rava upma with ginger chutney.

Onion uttapam

Onion Uttapam

₹150

Thick griddle pancake topped with onion, green chilli and coriander.

Masala dosa with potato filling

Masala Dosa

₹170

Golden, crisp dosa wrapped around spiced potato masala.

Plain appam with coconut milk

Plain Appam

₹140

Lace-edged fermented rice pancakes served with sweet coconut milk.

Andhra-style chicken curry with chicken pieces in a spicy reddish-brown gravy

Andhra Chicken Curry

₹330

Fiery Guntur-chilli chicken simmered with curry leaf and gongura.

Gongura pachadi sorrel-leaf chutney

Gongura Pachadi

₹180

Tangy sorrel-leaf chutney tempered with garlic and dried chilli.

Nellore fish pulusu tamarind fish curry

Nellore Fish Pulusu

₹360

Tamarind fish curry with coconut and coastal spices, slow simmered.

Banana leaf meal

Banana Leaf Meal

₹280

The full meal — rice, dal, two curries, curd, pickle and a sweet.

Sambar rice

Sambar Rice

₹190

Comforting rice simmered with lentil sambar and ghee.

Rasam rice

Rasam Rice

₹180

Peppery tamarind rasam over rice, finished with a spoon of ghee.

Mysore pak fudge pieces

Mysore Pak

₹120

Ghee-rich gram-flour fudge, soft and melting, cut into cubes.

Payasam kheer with cashew and raisins

Payasam

₹130

Slow-cooked milk and vermicelli with cardamom, cashew and raisins.

Kaju katli cashew fudge diamonds

Kaju Katli

₹150

Diamond-cut cashew fudge, delicate and lightly sweet.

South Indian filter coffee

Filter Coffee

₹90

Frothy decoction brewed in the traditional steel dabarah.

Masala chai spiced tea

Masala Chai

₹70

Strong tea with ginger, cardamom and clove. Perfect with a vada.

Mango lassi topped with pistachio

Mango Lassi

₹120

Thick Alphonso yoghurt lassi, chilled and topped with pistachio.

Chef’s specials

Dishes worth crossing town for

The three plates our regulars order without looking at the menu.

Andhra classic
Chicken in a green gongura (sorrel-leaf) curry

Gongura Chicken

Chicken cooked down with tangy gongura (sorrel) leaves — the signature sour-and-hot flavour of Coastal Andhra.

₹340
Coastal catch
Andhra fish pulusu, fish pieces in a reddish tamarind curry

Nellore Fish Pulusu

A tamarind-and-coconut fish curry from Nellore, gently simmered so the flesh stays tender and the gravy stays sharp.

₹360
House favourite
Hyderabadi dum biryani served with sides

Hyderabadi Dum Biryani

Sealed-pot dum biryani with saffron rice, slow-cooked meat and fried onion. Served with raita and mirchi ka salan.

₹420

Our story

From a Vijayawada verandah to your thali

Coastal Spice began in 2014 on a small verandah in Vijayawada, where our grandmother fed the neighbourhood from three clay stoves and one very stubborn grinding stone. When we moved to the city, we took that stone with us.

Today the menu is still hers at heart — the same gongura, the same slow-simmered pulusu, the same rule that a chutney is never bought, only ground. We have just added more chairs.

2014Since

3Clay stoves

48Seats

1Family recipe book

A long banana-leaf feast laid out for a group

“Everything we cook is something we still eat at home on a Sunday.”

— Meera & Anand, owners

Gallery

A taste of the Coastal Spice table

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Reviews

What our guests are saying

4.8
★★★★★ 1,200+ guest reviews
★★★★★
The gongura chicken took me straight back to my grandmother’s kitchen. Tangy, hot and completely unapologetic about it.
Sneha P.Regular since opening
★★★★★
Best pesarattu I have had outside Vijayawada. The ginger chutney is the real deal and the filter coffee finishes it perfectly.
Ravi K.Weekend regular
★★★★★
We booked the banana-leaf meal for a family of nine. Fresh, generous and so flavourful. The staff even packed extra pickle for us.
Lakshmi M.Family celebration

Contact

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Opening hours

When the stoves are lit

Tiffins are served all day; the banana-leaf meal runs from noon.

Monday7:00 am – 10:30 pm
Tuesday7:00 am – 10:30 pm
Wednesday7:00 am – 10:30 pm
Thursday7:00 am – 10:30 pm
Friday7:00 am – 11:30 pm
Saturday7:00 am – 11:30 pm
Sunday8:00 am – 11:00 pm

Open now · closes 10:30 pm today

  • Tiffin counterFresh batches every 30 minutes from 7 am
  • Banana-leaf mealFrom 12 noon, bottomless on Sundays
  • Last order30 minutes before closing
  • Festival hoursExtended timings during Sankranti and Ugadi