[2] Gurutharan, an immigrant to Canada from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, cites his grandmother as his 'kitchen mentor' for the dishes served by the restaurant.

[3] It serves an exclusively vegetarian menu of South Indian staples, including idli, sambhar, and uttapam.

[2] In accordance with South Indian culinary traditions, many of the dishes served at the restaurant are designed to be eaten by hand.

[5] A Bib Gourmand recognition is awarded to restaurants who offer "exceptionally good food at moderate prices."

[5] Food critic Chris Nuttall-Smith, writing for Maclean's, called the restaurant "one of the suburbs’ toughest reservations.