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Chennai · Guindy & Velachery
Cafés in Guindy & Velachery
Velachery's malls, lake and bypass, Guindy's metro interchange and coffee shops in Nanganallur and Madipakkam.
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Guindy and Velachery cover the south of the city, from Guindy National Park, one of the few national parks inside a metropolitan area, to Velachery's lake and its IT offices.12 Velachery was a village by the 9th century, with Chola inscriptions at its Selliamman and Dhandeeswaram temples, and it grew fast after the Velachery Bypass Road was widened to six lanes in 2005.2
Cafés here follow the traffic: on the Velachery Bypass and 100 Feet Road, along the Bazaar Main Road, around Phoenix Marketcity and the Grand Mall, and in the residential colonies of Madipakkam and Nanganallur. Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Cothas Coffee, PappaRoti and Café Coffee Day all have branches in the area.
Local tip: TeaTrance & Snack Boat in Balaji Nagar opens at 09:00, with air-conditioned and outdoor seats.
At a glance
16Cafés listed
1With opening hours
09:00Earliest opening
21:00Latest closing
- Opens earliest: TeaTrance & Snack Boat, from 09:00 (Daily 09:00–21:00).
- Most common features: outdoor seating (6%), air-con (6%), wi-fi (6%).
Boardgame Haven
CoffeeBee
Ice Cap Cafe
Luna cafe
MuMoTa Cafe and Beverage
Tea Boy
The 90 s
The FreshlyMade
House #22 Cafe
Lake View Cafe
thilak cafe
- Wi-Fi
Black Pekoe Tea
Cha Food & Beverage
De Retro Koffee
Karupatti Coffee Kadai
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Coffee chains in Guindy & Velachery
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PappaRoti
Guindy National Park and the metro
Guindy National Park covers 2.70 km² and was declared a national park in the late 1970s; its flagship animal, the blackbuck, was introduced in 1924, and a 2004 census counted 405, ten of them on the IIT campus.1 The Children's Park and the Snake Park, 22 acres recognized as a medium zoo in 1995, share its grounds, and part of the forest went to IIT Madras in 1958.1
Guindy metro station, an elevated stop on the Blue Line, opened on 21 September 2016 and connects with Guindy station on the suburban South Line.3 House #22 Cafe is on North Parade Road, and Boardgame Haven at 25/51 MMTC Colony Main Road.
Velachery's malls and the first Starbucks
The MRTS reached Velachery on 15 November 2007. Phoenix Marketcity opened in January 2013, and the Grand Mall the same year, near Velachery railway station.2 MuMoTa Cafe and Beverage is on 1st Main Road near the Grand Mall, beside Grand Square.
Starbucks opened its first Chennai store, its 50th in India, at Phoenix Marketcity on 8 July 2014, with red walls for the city's spice trade, a Kalamkari-style map of India's coffee belt and a pour-over set made for Chennai customers.4
The bypass, the lake and 100 Feet Road
TCS and Zoho have offices in Velachery.2 Velachery Lake once spread over about 910 hectares, and the old Selliamman and Narasimhar temples sit on its southern corner.2 Lake View Cafe is at 10 Marudupandi Street. thilak cafe on the Velachery Bypass Road has Wi-Fi, and Ice Cap Cafe is at 1, 100 Feet Road.
TeaTrance & Snack Boat, at 41 Balaji Nagar 1st Street, opens daily 09:00–21:00 with air-conditioning and outdoor seating. Tea Boy is at 92/A Bazaar Main Road, The 90 s at 2 Gandhi Road, and The FreshlyMade on Jawaharlal Nehru Salai.
Nanganallur, Madipakkam and the monsoon
Farther south, CoffeeBee is on 3rd Main Road in Thillai Ganga Nagar, Nanganallur, and Luna cafe on 8th Street, Iyyappa Nagar, Madipakkam. Karupatti Coffee Kadai is named after palm-jaggery coffee.
Low-lying streets around the lake flood in most Novembers when cyclonic rain arrives, and 2015 hit Velachery hard.2 A World Bank-funded storm-water drain along Taramani Link Road is meant to ease the flooding.2
Sources
- Guindy National Park, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Velachery, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Guindy metro station, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Tata Starbucks Ltd. celebrates 50 Starbucks stores in India with its foray into Chennai, Tata Consumer Products (July 9, 2014), accessed October 2026
FAQ
Guindy & Velachery cafés: questions
Where did Starbucks open its first store in Chennai?
Starbucks opened its first Chennai store, its 50th in India, at Phoenix Marketcity in Velachery on 8 July 2014. The store had red walls for the city's spice trade, a Kalamkari-style map of India's coffee belt and a pour-over set made for Chennai customers.
How big is Guindy National Park in Chennai?
Guindy National Park covers 2.70 km² and is one of the few national parks inside a metropolitan area. Its flagship animal is the blackbuck, introduced in 1924, and the Children's Park and Snake Park share its grounds. Guindy metro station, on the Blue Line, connects with the suburban railway.
Which cafés in Velachery, Chennai, have Wi-Fi or outdoor seating?
thilak cafe on the Velachery Bypass Road has Wi-Fi. TeaTrance & Snack Boat, at 41 Balaji Nagar 1st Street, has both air-conditioned and outdoor seating and opens daily from 09:00 to 21:00. MuMoTa Cafe and Beverage is near the Grand Mall.
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