Hurray! We will be in the 2011-edition of the new Lonely Planet:
Gecko Café MULTICUISINE $$ (www.gecko-web.com; off Othavadai Cross St; mains ₹100-200) Two friendly brothers run this cute little spot on a thatch-covered rooftop above the family home. The menu choices and prices aren’t that diff erent to other tourist-oriented spots, but there’s more love put into the cooking here, and the decor is fun: we liked the wall of goddesses, with Laxmi hanging next to the Virgin and Child. There’s internet and a book exchange downstairs.
Now it is fresh and ready for the new season, awaiting old friends and new guests. The new fridge filled.
The roof in the Gecko Cafe need to be rebuild and once it was removed, we decided to liften up the entrance way. Now the former low shoe-parking is an acceptable way.