Alwarpet is a mixed residential zone in central Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

. It is a prestigious residential area and contains the two best residential colonies of Chennai, namely the Boat Club and the Poes Garden. As on 2010, this still remains the costliest residential area of Chennai. Earlier it was a purely residential locality of Chennai occupied predominantly by Brahmins, but now large shopping complexes and eatries such as Bananaa leaf Restaurant have come out. Alwarpet can also be called as a part and extension of the larger Mylapore area. The Alwarpet area also contains one of the five star hotels, namely The Park Sheraton, Chola Sheraton, The Woodlands

The Woodlands

The Woodlands may refer to:in Canada*The Woodlands School , a junior high and high school in Mississauga, Ontarioin the United States*The Woodlands , dog and horse racing track in Kansas City, Kansas...

, Savera Hotel. There are many shopping centres located on the T.T.K road stretch, which falls within Alwarpet area. There are notable concert halls, including Music Academy

Madras Music Academy

Madras Music Academy, or simply Music Academy, is one of the premier and early Music Academies in the South Indian city of Madras, now Chennai. It plays an important role in encouraging and promoting primarily the Carnatic Music south Indian art form. It also played an important role in revival of...

, Narada Ghana Sabha and CP Arts Centre named after C. P. Ramaswami Iyer in Alwarpet making it as the hub of carnatic music along with nearby Mylapore

Mylapore

Mylapore is a cultural hub and neighborhood in the southern part of the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. Earlier, Mylapore used to be called Vedapuri....

 famous for hosting the yearly Carnatic Music

Carnatic music

Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...

 concerts in the Madras Music Season

Madras Music Season

Madras Music Season is an event hosted every December–January in the present-day south Indian metropol of Chennai. Spanning some six weeks, a number of large and small kutcheris are performed by highly competent musicians...

. There are numerous schools for Western Classical Music, Carnatic Music

Carnatic music

Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...

, Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam

Bharata Natyam or Chadhir Attam, is a classical dance form from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, practiced predominantly in modern times by women. The dance is usually accompanied by classical Carnatic music...

, Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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, Vedas

Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism....

 and Contemporary Art

Contemporary art

Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...

, apart from centers for foreign languages in Alwarpet and Mylapore locality.

Shopping Centers

Shops In Alwarpet, Chennai

1. eZone (Electronics Store)
2. Dominoe's Pizza
3. Amma Naana (Departmental Stores)
4. Univercell

Eateries in Alwarpet, Chennai

1. The Terabite Multi Cuisine Restaurant& Banquet Hall
at 32. K.B.DASAN ROAD, ALWARPET, Near SIET Collage, Chennai 18,
Banquet Hall specialty for up to 125 people. Also does outdoor catering for parties and functions

2. The Banana Leaf
3. The Duchess
4. The Benjarong
5. The Mainland China
6. Kabul
7. The Amaravathi
8. The China Town
9. The Woodlands
10. The Savera
11. Maris

Anjaneyar Temple - City famous temple
Nageswara Rao Park