One of the most famous Indian vegetarian restaurants in Singapore, Komala Vilas, has been closed for nearly two months. The restaurant is making news with intense speculation surrounding the future of the eatery in the Little India area. Read on to know more about the development.
Komala Vilas Restaurant Remains Shut For 2 Months
Komala Vilas Restaurant is a 75-year-old, Indian-origin business in Singapore. It became quite famous after hosting Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi back in 2015. The restaurant has been shut for nearly two months, citing renovation as the reason for closure.
Over the seven decades, the restaurant has become quite popular among residents and tourists for serving traditional South Indian meals on banana leaves. Social media users are now questioning whether the restaurant has permanently closed after it was closed for several months.
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Social Media Raises Concern Over Restaurant Closure
The Straits Times shared a Facebook post on Wednesday expressing their disappointment to discover Komala Vilas in Little India has been closed for renovations since January 19 but is listed as open on Apple Maps. Adding on to the same thread, another user wrote, “Sad to see the 70+-year-old iconic legendary South Indian vegetarian restaurant shut its doors after probably 4 generations of being family-owned and -operated.”
Additionally, daily customers have been commenting regularly on the restaurant’s Google review page, asking for the reopening update.
As per a report by the Singapore Daily, the restaurant posted a notice on its shutter saying, “We are temporarily closed for renovation starting Monday, January 19, 2026.” The sign had no further update on when the restaurant would reopen. The newspaper also reported that no signs of renovation work were visible at the site. However, there were no signs of any renovation works being carried out at the site, the newspaper added.
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Telangana Today reported that Murugiah Rajoo founded the Komala Vilas Vegetarian Restaurant in 1947. The restaurant is now run by Rajkumar Gunasekaran, who is the grandson of the founder.
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