Restaurants, bars, cafes and hotels in Chennai: 41,000+
Dashmote counts 41,000+ on-premise outlets in the Chennai metro area, within 25 km of the centre (an outlet between two listed cities counts only for the nearer one); that is 2% of all outlets in India. Open on-premise outlets (restaurants, cafes, quick service, bars and pubs, hotels), one record per public map listing.
Delhi has the most outlets in India
- Delhi
- Bengaluru
- Hyderabad
- Mumbai
- Chennai
Where Chennai stands
Chennai ranks sixth for the number of outlets among metro areas in India
Open on-premise outlets per metro area in India, ranked
By outlet type
| Outlet type | Share |
|---|---|
| Restaurants | 53% |
| Hotels | 16% |
| Quick service and fast food | 15% |
| Cafes and coffee shops | 14% |
| Bars and pubs | 2% |
Chennai has far fewer hotels than India as a whole
Share of outlets by type, Chennai (bar) against all of India (tick)
Outlet profile
| Measure | Chennai | All outlets in India |
|---|---|---|
| Independent | 95% | 97% |
| Listed on a delivery app | 23% | 12% |
| Website listed | 17% | 13% |
| 100+ public reviews | 17% | 14% |
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What the numbers show
Chennai is the sixth largest metro area in India.
The nearest metro area in India with its own page, Bengaluru, is 290 km away, so within India Chennai works as a territory of its own.
Put these numbers to work
Start from the delivery menus
23% of outlets in Chennai are on a delivery app, against 12% across India; their delivery menus show what they list before the first visit.
Frequently asked questions
How many restaurants and bars are there in Chennai?
34,000+ restaurants, cafes, quick-service outlets, bars and pubs, hotels excluded (22,000+ restaurants, 6,100+ quick-service and fast-food outlets, 5,800+ cafes and coffee shops and 800+ bars and pubs); with 6,400+ hotels, 41,000+ on-premise outlets in the Chennai metro area.