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Chennai Express

South Indian cooking on Wote Street: dosas, biryani and street-food dishes offer a change from the usual town-centre curry-house choices.

💷 Restaurant pricing varies by dish; check the current Basingstoke menu.⏱️ Around 1–2 hours for a meal
Chennai Express restaurant shopfront on Wote Street, Basingstoke

Photo: Basingstoke Local

Chennai Express opened in Basingstoke in November 2018 and built its menu around South Indian food. That is a useful distinction if your mental list of Indian restaurants currently consists of the same few familiar curry orders.

The restaurant highlights masala dosa, Hyderabadi dum biryani and street-food dishes alongside a wider selection of Indian and Indo-Chinese options. The Basingstoke branch is at 19 Wote Street, RG21 7NE.

Why it earns a place here

It gives the town centre a more specific choice than simply “go for a curry”. A dosa or a biryani makes a rather good reason to choose a restaurant on purpose instead of walking into the first place with an empty table.

Browse the Basingstoke menu and booking options before going. The business also has a Fleet branch, and it is easy to click the wrong location if you are moving quickly.

Location

Where is it?

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