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Monday 9am - 9pm Tuesday 9am - 9pm Wednesday 9am - 9pm Thursday 9am - 9pm Friday 9am - 10pm Saturday 9am - 10pm Sunday 9am - 10pm

Pondicheri

inventive, sumptuous pairing of indian flavors and locally-sourced ingredients
(1630)

08/26/2026

The Saffron Cookie, a sugar cookie suffused with cooling saffron is the latest in our daily baking rotation.👩🏽‍🍳 Saffron is sprinkled through many parts of our menu ~ the Golden Soda, buried inside the chocolate covered Gulab Jamun and soon to be on the new Kashmiri Chicken Kebabs launching next month! 🎉

08/23/2026

August 24th to August 30th, 2026 Specials

Tuesday, August 25th - Fried Chicken - $18 | $26
Ghee fried chicken (2 or 4 pieces), Pondi salad, pickles & biscuit.

Friday, August 28th - Fish Special
Saffron Fish Stew $32 (Gluten-free, Diary-free)
A delicate stew with local fish and shrimp ~ bathed in a saffron sauce. Chili can overpower saffron, so this one is mild.

Sunday, August 30th – Araam Thali $22 | $27
Potato curry, pooris & semolina halwa. Your choice of lamb keema or butter chicken (only available in-house).

Sunday, August 30th - Biryani
Saffron Chicken Biryani $27 (Gluten-free)
The chicken is sauted with onions and such with a touch of chile. Folded with saffron rice, almonds and currants, it makes for a satisfying biryani.

08/19/2026

When we launched our summer ☀️ menu, I knew the Mango 🥭 Melon 🍈 Salad 🥗 was going to be a hit. Knowing it was summer, I wanted to keep it light and tight. So, if you have not had it yet, time to make a trip to Pondi! Roughly two weeks left before we flip the menu for the fall. 👩🏽‍🍳

08/16/2026

August 17th to August 23rd, 2026 Specials

Tuesday, August 18th - Fried Chicken - $18 | $26
Ghee fried chicken (2 or 4 pieces), Pondi salad, pickles & biscuit.

Friday, August 21st - Fish Special
Shrimp Pakora Pongal Salad $26 (Dairy-free)
Yes, the shrimp are battered and fried, but when tossed with tangy greens, coconut, beets and so much more, it makes for a wonderful meal especially when served over pongal, a South Indian savory rice and lentil stew with cashews.

Sunday, August 23rd – Araam Thali $22 | $27
Potato curry, pooris & semolina halwa. Your choice of lamb keema or butter chicken (only available in-house).

Sunday, August 23rd - Biryani
Green Salad Biryani $26 (Gluten-free, contains almonds)
Salad and biryani may not belong together but wait till you taste this! More home cooking than restaurant ~ rice tossed with a bunch of farm greens, vegetables and nuts. It will be served warm to room temperature. Thinly sliced chicken is added, feel free to leave it out or replace with paneer.

08/13/2026

This week will be dedicated to kids. Our weekly fish 🐟 & biryani specials are simple and kid friendly and hopefully a chance for your kids to taste something new! ✨
As for anyone who avoids bringing their kids to restaurants because they can be loud or rowdy, the unspoken rule is to bring kids early. Let them color 🖍️ with our India 🇮🇳 inspired coloring sheets, roam around our plants 🪴, go up and down the escalators a million times (Lion’s 🦁 favorite), run up to the Bake Lab for a sweet bite and enjoy the thrill of being at Pondicheri. 💕

08/09/2026

August 10th to August 16th, 2026 Specials

Tuesday, August 11th - Fried Chicken - $18 | $26
Ghee fried chicken (2 or 4 pieces), Pondi salad, pickles & biscuit.

Friday, August 14th- Fish Special
Ghee Poached Fish GF - $30
This week we bring you a fish dish that kids will eat and is good for them. Feel free to eat from their bowl…Poached in ghee and topped with Ocean masala (not spicy) paired with baby saag and desi fries (with salt only).

Sunday, August 16th – Araam Thali $22 | $27
Potato curry, pooris & semolina halwa. Your choice of lamb keema or butter chicken (only available in-house).

Sunday, August 16th - Biryani
Lion King Chicken Pilaf GF NF - $25
This rice dish has no onions! Yet it packs a punch of flavors…with green peas and rice. Your kids will love it and you might too.

08/04/2026

A love letter to our ice cream~ 💌 We have small batch unique & delicious ice cream available at the Bake Lab & in pints if you want to take it home with you! And this week only (from now - Sunday), come for our dessert special at the restaurant: a cardamom ice cream slab with local blackberries & pistachios 🍦❣️

08/02/2026

August 3rd to August 9th, 2026 Specials

Monday, August 3rd to Sunday, August 9th - Dessert Special
Cardamom, Local Blackberry & Pistachio Ice Cream Slab $12

Tuesday, August 4th - Fried Chicken - $18 | $26
Ghee fried chicken (2 or 4 pieces), Pondi salad, pickles & biscuit.

Friday, August 7th - Fish Special
Shrimp Balchao $22 (Gluten Free)
Jumbo Shrimp butterflied and cooked in a tangy tomato, ginger sweet and sour Goan inspired sauce…

Sunday, August 9th – Araam Thali $22 | $27
Potato curry, pooris & semolina halwa. Your choice of lamb keema or butter chicken (only available in-house).

Sunday, August 9th - Biryani
Butter Chicken Biryani $26 (Gluten Free)
A classic you all love so we’ll say no more!

07/29/2026

What does summer taste like for you? ☀️ For us, summer is the epitome of street foods from India called Chaat…Chaat simply means ’finger licking good or to lick”. 😋 They could include anything from crunchy fritters to potato chips, lentil dumplings, roasted corn, garbanzo beans, lentils, chutneys, yogurt, tamarind, pomegranate, mango and so on…Since we’re not in India, we can certainly create the tastes of summer for everyone here at Pondicheri and you can create them at home too with our Chaat Masala Tin! 😎

07/27/2026

We are closed today due to maintenance! We will be open tomorrow with regular hours!

Address

2800 Kirby Drive
Houston, TX
77098

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 9pm
Tuesday	9am - 9pm
Wednesday	9am - 9pm
Thursday	9am - 9pm
Friday	9am - 10pm
Saturday	9am - 10pm
Sunday	9am - 10pm

Website

http://www.pondicheri.com/, https://linktr.ee/pondicheri

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