Category: Features

Night Dine-outs

More eateries are being opened and almost all of them stay open (relatively) late into night. Commuters will be gone by then, roads will be drive-able and the air will be cooler. Not all fun ends with the sun.

Favorite Pizzeria (Till 10 pm)
200 meters from Kanjikuzhy on the Puthuppally road.
Pizzas, Pastas, Sandwiches
0481 2573501, 949 519 5362
Favorite was recently featured by The Hindu – Read the article.

Chicking (11 pm)
Between The Windsor Castle and Manorama printing unit, Kodimatha.
Near “more”, Kalathilpady.
Fried Chicken
0481 326 2323

Thir3d Place (11 pm)
Manorama Junction – Chelliyozhukkam Road
Gelato, Semifreddo
0481 2565614

DFC – Dallas Food Court (11 pm)
[View some photos]
Adjacent Hotel Aida
Fried Chicken and Arabic Grill
0481 60 66 66 2

12 to 12 Barbeque & Fries (12 am)
Shastri Road

Arabian (01:00 am)
Opp. Kalpaka Super Market, adjacent Municipal Office Complex
Multi-cuisine

Wheels (11 pm)
Plantation Corporation Junction, Kanjikuzhy
0481 2578145

Bar-be-que-inn
Kanjikuzhy and S.H. Mount

Anand (09: 30pm)
Central Junction
Vegetarian

KenChik Fried Chicken (11 pm)
Kalathilpady
0481 3242520
Also Near Matha Hospital/Caritas/101 Kavala.

PizzaMax (12 am)
Adjacent to Oxygen and Frankfinn Institute

Qube (11 pm)
Above Royal Bajaj, Kodimatha

Golden Chimney (10 pm)
Near DC Books, Good Shepard Road

KFC Kottayam
Manjoorans Tower, in between Oxygen Service Centre & Reliance WebWorld, Kanjikkuzhy.

 

Naalumanikkaattu – A Promising Place to be at

Naalumanikkaattu is an in-house tourism project by the Manarcad-Ettumanoor Bypass Residents’ with technical support from Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences (the same people behind the Butterfly Garden). A stretch of the bypass has been worked upon and transformed into something like an open park. Benches are placed along one side with tress planted in between. Paddy fields extend to both sides. The already-wonderful landscape will get even greater once the trees grow up. This is indeed a great start.
Also read: Inspired by Naalumanikkaattu, two more similar projects at Kolladu and Mutholy

Location: 2.5 kms from Manarcad Junction (on the Manarcad-Ettumanoor bypass)
(View on map)

Movie-Going Getting Revamped

Yet Another Update

(10/11/11)

The Dhanya Remya twin theatres at Kottayam will open on 11th Nov. 2011 at 11 am.
View the location on map
Dhanya Remya Booking/Reservation phone number: 0481 – 2563615
Also read: The all-new Anand theatre

Dhanya – Remya Show Timings
Dhanya: 11:00 am, 2:00 pm,  6:00 pm,  9:00 pm
Remya – 11:15 am,  2:15 pm,  6:15 pm,  9:15 pm

New 5-shows timing
10:00 am,  12:30 pm,  3:30 pm,  6.30 pm,  9.30 pm

Updated Info

(08/09/11)

In the past few months, there have been a lot of changes in the online ticket booking situation. This update addresses those changes.

  • The ticket-booking site mentioned in the original post – HousefullCinema.com – appears to have stopped functioning.
  • Online ticket reservation for the all-new, renovated Anand theatre, Abhilash and Asha are available at TicketNew.com
    (thanks to Sakthivel Palaniyappan for tipping about the new site in the comments)
  • The twin-theatre mentioned below isn’t open yet, but is expected to launch this year (2011) itself.

–Original Post–

Twin Theatre Complex

The new twin theatre complex by Mini Muthoot near Govt. Ayurveda Hospital, adjacent to the BSNL Administrative office at Vayaskarakkunnu is nearing completion. The base structure is almost completed. It’s expected to be opened by Christmas / New Year (note: It will open at 11th Nov, 2011 as given in the update).

A view from Govt. Model High School

The view through a window at Anupama Theatre

Online & Mobile Ticket Reservations

This is great stuff. All our five theatres now support Online & Mobile ticket reservations. Out of them, Abhilash, Asha, Anand & Anashwara are powered by HouseFullCinema.com (Read more about HouseFullCinema.com and the procedure/working here and here). It was such a breeze to be in for the First-Day-First-Show of Anwar at Abhilash!
Update: HouseFullCinema.com’s services for Kottayam theatres are paused for the time being. It’s expected to be back in action by next month (April 2011) or so.

Anupama Theatre is maintaining their own reservation system.
It’s currently through SMS. The format and details are given below:

UPDATE: HousefullCinema.com now provides online reservation for Anupama theatre too.

  • HouseFullCinema.com supports online payment via Credit Card / Debit Card / Netbanking.
  • Anupama Theatre’s system doesn’t include payment. Payment is to be done at the counter.

Louis Philippe and Van Heusen opened. Town expands.

Factory outlets of Louis Philippe and Van Heusen are now open.

Location:
Left, road side, Thannickalpady. (Just before St. Antony’s Motors on the way to Vadavathoor)

Being a direct factory outlet, fresh stock and frequent offers are expected. Talking of offers, they’re running big launch offers on everything. Here’s the breakdown –

Louis Philippe

  • 30% off – 1 item
  • 40% off – 2 items
  • 50% off – 3 items and more
  • Flat 70% off on Suits/Blazers above Rs.5000/-
    (which means, you pay just Rs. 6300 for a suit worth Rs. 21000)

Van Heusen

  • Buy 1 Get 1 Free
  • Varied other offers upto 50% off
  • Flat 60% off on Suits
  • Flat 50% off on Blazers

They will be having offers throughout the year.

Even though the new municipal town limits haven’t expanded along the K.K. Road (it’s expanded along the M.C. Road, towards Ettumanoor side and Chingavanam side) the business landscape of Kottayam is already expanding along the K.K. Road side too. These outlets are the first among the very-possible multitude of commercial centers.