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The best Atho in Chennai

Also spelt athho, Burmese atho, atho noodles and mohinga. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Shahul Atho Kadai (Second Line Beach Road)

    Mannady, Parry's Corner Sowcarpet & George Town

    Open
    3pm to 11.30pm, every day
    Where
    No. 5, Second Line Beach Road, MRV Complex, Parrys, Mannady, George Town, Chennai 600001

    Ask for the fried atho, the Indian invention on this menu, with a boiled egg beside it. There is no seating, you eat standing, and the queue thickens once nearby offices empty.

    What to orderFried atho with boiled egg

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  2. Number 2.Ajees Atho Stall (Errabalu Chetty Street)

    George Town, off Rajaji Salai Sowcarpet & George Town

    Open
    4pm to 11pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    1, Errabalu Chetty Street (written Arrababu Street in places), off Rajaji Salai, George Town, Chennai 600001

    Order the egg atho and take the hot plantain stem soup alongside; the balance is in the mixing, not a secret masala. It shuts on Sundays, and the cart only starts around four.

    What to orderEgg atho with plantain stem soup

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  3. Number 3.Burma Atho Kadai (Ashok Nagar police station signal)

    Ashok Nagar T Nagar & Nungambakkam

    Open
    4.30pm to 10pm, every day
    Where
    Shop 7, Corporation Building, Mullai Complex, near the police station signal, R3 Ashok Nagar, Chennai 600083

    Of the several Burma Atho Kadai boards around town, the one by the R3 Ashok Nagar police station signal is the one people mean. Order chicken atho. There is no seating, and nothing is served before half past four.

    What to orderChicken atho

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  4. Ibrahim Atho Shop (Parry's Corner)

    Parry's Corner, behind the GPO Sowcarpet & George Town

    Open
    3pm to 11pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    2nd Line Beach Road, behind the General Post Office, opposite Central Bank of India, Parrys Corner, George Town, Chennai 600001

    Chicken atho here, with a bowl of soup to pour over halfway through. It closes on Sundays, which catches people out, and nothing is mixed before three in the afternoon.

    What to orderChicken atho with egg bejo

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  5. Burma Atho Shop (Second Line Beach Road, by the GPO)

    Parry's Corner Sowcarpet & George Town

    Open
    Evenings only, carts set up about 4pm
    Where
    107, A-Bazaar, opposite the General Post Office, Second Line Beach Road, Parrys, George Town, Chennai 600001

    Rahamathulla mixes each plate to order, so say how hot you want it; vegetable atho is the one he is proudest of. Carts appear around dusk and there is nowhere to sit.

    What to orderVegetable atho with vegetable soup

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  6. OK Burma Atho Kadai (Moolakadai bridge)

    Moolakadai, Perambur Purasawalkam & Kilpauk

    Open
    6pm to 10.30pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    8, Sathyavani Muthu Street, under the Moolakadai bridge, GNT Road, Moolakadai, Perambur, Chennai 600112

    Second generation family under the Moolakadai bridge; get the prawn vada with your atho. Six in the evening is the earliest, it shuts Sundays, and delivery riders clog the pavement.

    What to orderBurma atho with a prawn vada

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  7. Thalapakatti Atho Kadai (150 Feet Bypass Road

    Lakshmi Nagar, Velachery Velachery & Guindy

    Open
    5pm to 10pm daily
    Where
    Survey No 465/2, Old 150 Feet Bypass Road, next to Agarwal Eye Hospital, Lakshmi Nagar, Velachery, Chennai 600042

    A bypass road cart that draws a crowd after dark; the mixed atho is what to ask for. Hours are unpublished, parking is awkward on the 150 Feet Road, and it is evenings only.

    What to orderMixed atho

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  8. Ammachi Burma Kadai (Madambakkam)

    Madambakkam Velachery & Guindy

    Open
    4pm to 10pm, every day
    Where
    38, Gandhi Nagar, Madambakkam Main Road, Madambakkam, Chennai 600126

    Santhosh went back to his family's trade in 2020 and cooks eighteen dishes; the egg atho is the one. Four in the afternoon to ten, and it is a long ride from town.

    What to orderEgg atho

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  9. Krishika Sree Atho Shop (Sharma Nagar)

    Sharma Nagar, Vyasarpadi Purasawalkam & Kilpauk

    Where
    TVK Link Road, Sharma Nagar, Vyasarpadi, Chennai 600039

    Forty odd years in Sharma Nagar, the colony where Chennai's atho trade began. Take the plain atho rather than the fried one. Hours are not published, so ring ahead or ask locally before you set out.

    What to orderPlain atho

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  10. Raj Atho Kadai (Burma Nagar

    Burma Nagar, Ennore

    Where
    Opposite Peelikaan Munishwarar Temple, Burma Nagar, Ennore, Chennai 600057

    Plain atho with the banana stem soup, because the Burma Nagar version tastes unlike the George Town one. It is a stall opposite the Peelikaan Munishwarar temple with no published hours, so go in the evening and ask around.

    What to orderAtho with banana stem soup

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  11. DM Burma Atho Kadai (Mettuppalayam

    Mettuppalayam, Ashok Nagar T Nagar & Nungambakkam

    Open
    4:30pm to 10pm, Monday to Saturday
    Where
    11th Avenue, Mettuppalayam, Ashok Nagar, Chennai 600083

    A second Ashok Nagar stall on 11th Avenue, away from the better known one at the police station signal. Egg atho with soup is the order. Hours are unconfirmed, roughly half past four to ten, Monday to Saturday.

    What to orderEgg atho

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