Coal-Fired Restaurant in Pondy Bazaar, Chennai

Eating out in Pondy Bazaar

A day around the pedestrian plaza, Panagal Park and Usman Road builds a serious appetite. Hibachi Coal House sits just off the main drag on Sivagnanam Street — close enough to reach on foot between shops, tucked away from the loudest stretch of the market.

The kitchen is built around live charcoal. Kababs, tikkas and barbecue chicken come off the coal to order, so the smoke and char you taste comes from a grill that is actually running, not a sauce imitating it.

Signature dishes near Pondy Bazaar

First-time guests usually start with the tandoor and kabab section — chicken tikka, tangri kabab, hariyali, malai or reshmi kababs — or a tandoori chicken in original, hariyali or hibachi marinades. The barbecue specials are the plates people come back for: peri peri barbecue chicken and al faham style barbecue chicken, both served with roti, fries and salad.

Beyond the grill, the menu covers soups, veg and non-veg starters, fried rice, noodles, main-course gravies, fresh tandoor breads, burritos, quesadillas, sandwiches, combos and desserts like rose milk tres leches. Vegetarian guests get a full parallel menu rather than an afterthought.

Lunch, dinner and takeaway in the market

We are open every day from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for lunch and 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM for dinner. Combos are the quickest lunch if you are eating between errands; dinner is when the grill is at its busiest and the room fills with families.

Takeaway is available throughout opening hours and is packed to hold its heat — handy if you are collecting dinner on the way home through the market. Call the order through first to skip the wait.

Finding us from Pondy Bazaar

From Panagal Park, walk into the pedestrian plaza and Sivagnanam Street is a minute or two away. From Mambalam Railway Station it is a short auto ride. Use the Get Directions button on this page — it opens the exact restaurant location in Google Maps rather than a pin somewhere in the market.