Ground, not bought
Dosa and idli batter is ground in-house every night and left to ferment on its own time. No premix, no shortcuts, no yesterday.
Noida · Dwarka · Gajraula
Authentic South IndianGroundovernight.Griddledtoorder.
Crisp dosas off a cast-iron tawa, thatte idli steamed to order, medu vada straight from the fryer, and filter coffee poured the long way. Pure vegetarian, every kitchen.
- Guest rating
- 3.8 · 243 reviews
- Diet
- 100% pure vegetarian
- Hours
- 10:00 AM – 10:30 PM, all days
- Thatte Idli
- Benne Dosa
- Filter Coffee
- Medu Vada
- Kerala Parotta
- Rasam Shot
- Puliyogare
- Mysore Masala
- Ghee Paddu
- Kesari Bhath
Our story
Eight years of doing it the slow way
Dravidam started with one stubborn rule — the batter gets ground fresh and left alone to ferment on its own schedule. No premix, no accelerators, no cutting the wait short because the queue is long.
Everything else follows from that. Dosas hit the tawa when you order them. Vadas hit the oil when you order them. The coffee decoction drips at its own pace and gets poured between davara and tumbler until it froths. Three kitchens now — Noida, Dwarka and a highway café at Gajraula — all working from the same recipe book.
- Batter ground and fermented in-house, every night
- Cast-iron tawas, seasoned and never scrubbed clean
- Chutneys made three times a day, not once
- 100% pure vegetarian across all three kitchens
- Years of cooking
- 0+Years of cooking
- Outlets across NCR
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- Dishes on the menu
- 0+Dishes on the menu
- Pure vegetarian
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What to order
The four plates we’d put in front of you first
If it is your first visit, start here. These are the dishes the kitchen is judged on.
Signature₹250Dosas
Dravidam Special Dosa
Three ways, one dosa — garlic masala roast, pudina, or achari. Roasted dark, folded around potato palya, and cut at the table.
Bestseller₹120Idli
Ghee Pudi Thatte Idli
Wide plate idli, steamed to order, blanketed in molagapodi and nut-brown ghee. Served with coconut chutney and sambhar.
Bestseller₹120Vada & Bonda
Vada Sambhar Dip
Two medu vadas straight out of the fryer, a bowl of drumstick sambhar to dunk them in, and coconut chutney on the side.
- Signature₹100
Filter Coffee
Filter Coffee
Slow-dripped decoction, boiled milk, and the long pour between davara and tumbler. Also in jaggery and sugar-free.
The menu
Nine sections, 64 things to eat
Tiffin all day, from a 50-rupee rasam shot to a Kerala parotta with paneer ghee roast.
Dosas
Rice & lentil crêpes, griddled to order
15 itemsfrom ₹160
Healthy Menu
Lighter plates, same kitchen
3 itemsfrom ₹100
Idli
Steamed overnight-fermented rice cakes
10 itemsfrom ₹80
Vada & Bonda
Fried, crisp, best in the first two minutes
6 itemsfrom ₹100
Tiffin & Others
Uthappam, paddu, parotta, upma
7 itemsfrom ₹50
Rice
One-pot rice, South Indian style
4 itemsfrom ₹100
Filter Coffee
Brewed in a steel drip filter, poured by hand
4 itemsfrom ₹100
Sweet
To finish
3 itemsfrom ₹80
Beverages
Coolers, sodas and milk
12 itemsfrom ₹10
How we cook
Four things we refuse to rush or replace
None of this is clever. It is just the way a South Indian tiffin room has always worked, kept intact.
Pure vegetarian
Every outlet, every kitchen, every fryer. Nothing crosses over — the way a South Indian tiffin room has always worked.
Cooked to order
Dosas hit the tawa when you order, vadas hit the oil when you order. Nothing sits under a lamp waiting for you.
Coffee, properly
Steel drip filter, chicory blend, boiled milk, and the long pour between davara and tumbler. It takes longer. It is worth it.
Where to find us
Three kitchens, one batter recipe
Two malls in Delhi NCR and one highway café on the way to the hills. All open 10 AM to 10:30 PM, every day.
Flagship
Noida
Spectrum Metro Mall, Sector 75
Tower A, Unit No. 19A, 19B, 19C & 19D, Spectrum Metro Mall, Sector 75, Noida, Uttar Pradesh+91 92899 6640410:00 AM – 10:30 PM · All days
Since 2022
Dwarka
City Centre Mall, Sector 12
G-01 / G-02, City Centre Mall, Pocket 8, Block B, Sector 12, Dwarka, New Delhi, Delhi+91 99712 1106110:00 AM – 10:30 PM · All days
Highway café
Gajraula
NH-9, Nainital–Delhi Highway
KM Stone 114, NH-9, Nainital – Delhi Highway, Janakpuri, Gajraula, Gajraula, Uttar Pradesh+91 94580 8041410:00 AM – 10:30 PM · All daysIn the café
Steam, ghee and banana leaves
A look at what lands on the table, and the rooms it lands in.
Good to know
Questions we get most days
Anything else, call the outlet — someone in the kitchen will pick up.
Yes. Every outlet is 100% pure vegetarian. There is no meat, fish or egg anywhere in our kitchens, and no shared fryer or griddle to worry about.
Three outlets — Spectrum Metro Mall in Sector 75 Noida, City Centre Mall in Sector 12 Dwarka, and the NH-9 highway café at Gajraula. All three are open 10:00 AM to 10:30 PM, every day of the week.
For groups we do. Call the outlet directly or send us a request through the contact form and the manager will confirm by phone. For one or two people we usually seat you straight away, though weekend evenings after 7 PM can mean a short wait.
A ghee pudi thatte idli, a masala dosa and a filter coffee — that trio is the honest measure of any South Indian kitchen. If you want the one dish that is ours alone, order the Dravidam Special Dosa.
Most of the menu is mild to medium. The Mysore masala dosa, mirchi bhajji and pineapple chilli soda carry real heat. Tell the counter and the kitchen will dial the chutney down for you.
Yes — the Healthy Menu section. Steamed idli with neer chutney, a high-protein paneer-stuffed lentil dosa, and a smashed avocado dosa made without butter. Filter coffee is also available with jaggery or sugar-free.
We do office and house catering out of the Noida and Dwarka kitchens, with 48 hours notice. Use the contact form and pick "Catering" so it reaches the right person.
Menu prices are exclusive of GST at 5%, which is added to your bill.
10:00 AM – 10:30 PM, all days
Come for the dosa.
Stay for the coffee.
Walk in at any of our three cafés, or call ahead and we’ll have your order waiting. Large table? Give us a ring and we’ll hold one.