
The late Captain CP Krishnan Nair used to say that when he opened the first Leela hotel he was sure that the guests would come -- if not for anything else -- because of the excellence of his wife, Leela's (after whom he named the chain) South Indian cuisine. Though this elegant pan-Indian restaurant serves lots of North Indian food, its primary claim to fame rests on the recipes that Mrs Leela Nair taught the cooks. It is entirely authentic Malayali food, cooked to the highest standards.