Sera the Tapas Bar

Chennai (Madras)


Where else in the world can you find DJs playing club music beneath bullfight posters next to TVs showing cricket? Sera is packed most nights with a young, fashionable crowd sipping sangria and cocktails. It's a good idea to book. Tapas include garlic prawns, fried calamari and aubergine dips; the tortilla española (potato omelette) is authentically good.


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