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Artisanal gelato, French pâtisserie & coffee worth staying for.

Churned every morning, baked every day, poured without hurry — in Austin Nagar, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai.

A double scoop of chocolate gelato with honeycomb crumble, held up in a waffle cone inside the café

A little about us

“Les amis” — the friends.

Les Amis began the way the best evenings do — friends around a table, one more scoop, one more coffee, nobody ready to leave. We brought that table to Chennai: French technique, homegrown warmth, and gelato worth staying late for.

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Golden evening light falling across the café staircase through a paned window

A cosy corner of the café — patterned armchairs, a leafy plant and warm lamplight beside the window

Gelato

Fresh this morning, gone by night.

Churned in-house every morning in small batches — dense, cold and gone by evening. Scoops, tubs, cones pressed with our own mark.

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A hand holding a green ceramic cup of red-velvet gelato by the window

Fresh gelato ribboning out of the batch freezer, dense and cold

A team member polishing the glass gelato counter under warm pendant lights, colourful popsicles glowing in the display fridge behind

Coffee

The brew bar takes its time.

A brew bar that refuses to hurry — single-origin espresso, slow pours, and matcha whisked to order. Golden hour lasts all day at the counter.

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A barista working the grinder in deep golden-hour light, the menu board glowing behind

A rosetta poured into a flat white, served on ceramic atop the Les Amis wooden tray

Espresso streaming from the portafilter into a speckled ceramic cup, steam curling around the machine

Pâtisserie

Built like little architecture.

Entremets, tarts and celebration cakes — French technique, homegrown fruit, finished like little architecture in the display case.

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A mirror-glazed chocolate entremet edged with roasted nuts and topped with macarons

The rose–pistachio cake — piped petals of pink and pistachio cream dusted with crushed nuts

Slices of caramel chocolate tart stacked on a ceramic plate — shortbread, soft caramel and piped dark chocolate

Beyond the counter

Learn it, or let us cater it.

The Les Amis kitchen team at work under the pass lights

Learn with us

Kids' gelato workshop

They churn a batch themselves, scoop and garnish it, and take a tub home. Public dates at the counter — private sessions run any day of the week.

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The mint-green Les Amis gelato cart with its scalloped canopy at an outdoor event

Events & catering

Bring Les Amis to your table

Dessert tables, the gelato cart at your reception, high teas and corporate spreads — tell us the occasion, we build the sweet part.

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The menu

Something for every hour.

All-day plates, sandos and bakes; a gelato counter that changes with the season; and a slow, serious brew bar.

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Brioche french toast piled with cream, berries and toasted almonds, dusted with icing sugar

A matcha latte with delicate art on a white saucer, the café menu blurred behind

In season

On the counter now

A short list that changes with what's good this week. Ask what's fresh today.

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Cajun Spiced Prawn₹495
Tropical Espresso Tonic₹345
Jalapeño Guava Fizz₹345
Zucchini Fritte₹325

From the floor

Warm light, good company.

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Window bar seating with cushioned stools, framed awards on the wall and greenery outside

A whole cheesecake in golden light, sliced and finished with strawberries, blueberries and edible flowers

A pastry chef pouring rocher glaze over a chocolate cake on a wire rack

A watermelon–lychee spritzer with basil, iced and skewered, on a warm yellow table

The full Les Amis team gathered in the café

Order ahead

Skip the queue, not the gelato.

Message us on WhatsApp and pick up at the counter in Austin Nagar, Raja Annamalaipuram — boxed cold, ready when you are. Celebration cakes are ordered and paid for online; give us a little notice.

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The patisserie display case — entremets, tea cakes and tarts lined up under glass

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Find us

Austin Nagar, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai

New 83, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Rd

Hours

Monday – Sunday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 AM

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