There are suddenly a lot of fast food places in Chennai. In Adyar itself, there’s Pizza Corner at the start of LB Road, with bad pizza but I believe with some specials which include bottomless Pepsi, Pizza Hut (yes, the original) with nice ordinary and pan pizza, a salad bar, spaghetti and so on but fairly high prices for a fast food joint - around Rs. 300 for two. However they occasionally have special deals advertised in newspapers and those are good value for money. It’s located along Kamaraj Avenue wherein you turn right from Sardar Patel Road at the Ceebros Arcade on the Kasturba Nagar side.
Further down is Domino’s (yes, again the original) whose pizzas are far better than those of the home grown variety and, in fact, better than Domino’s own pizzas in the US!! Also cheaper than Pizza Hut (a regular with 3 toppings is Rs. 79)
A new place on Greenways Road near Music College Time called Coffee? is a coffee parlour inspired, no doubt, by Starbucks and offers other than the usual vegetarian snack items, a wide variety of coffees from around the world - Thai, Italian, Colombian, Turkish - you name it. All of them cost Rs. 30 and it’s a popular hangout for the (very) young yuppie crowd - on the whole a nice and cheerful place, run by a couple of very friendly young guys.
They even have a few books and tank tops on display and sale!! In the same vein, there is a very yuppie joint called Qwicky’s in T. Nagar on G. N. Chetty Road. Coming from Panagal Park, pass the Vani Mahal Circle and it’s almost immediately on your right. They have numerous brands of coffee and snacks and is a favorite hang out for college goers. If you are on the wrong side of 30, you are going to feel like a grandpa/grandma, in there!! There is now a Qwicky’s in Adyar, not far from the Bata shop at Adyar Circle.
There is also a Pizza Hut in the Gee Gee Emerald complex on Nugambakkam High Road where also, opposite the Landmark bookstore is the Ispahani shopping complex. This has Marry Brown, they have now expanded their menu with some good Malaysian stuff which is rather good and filling (makes a nice lunch)
Among the better fast food places in Chennai in this class. Just above on the first floor is the Coffee Day coffee parlor - good coffee, nice ambience and a pleasant view from the large glass plate windows.
Not much to eat though and the noise, both from the chattering yuppies and the loud music can get on your nerves!!!;-)