Komala's Restaurants

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Komala's Restaurants is a Singapore-based restaurant-chain serving Indian vegetarian cuisine. The group has restaurants overseas in India, Thailand, Indonesia and Canada. Started in 1947 by Murugiah Rajoo in Singapore, the restaurant became known for the low priced high quality Indian food. The restaurant is popular with all walks of life, and its part of the Komala's Group. Komala's introduced an Indian vegetarian fast food restaurant in July 1995 at Little India in a Western-style environment. A year later, it opened a high end Indian restaurant known as The Gangzes and in 1997, it formed Komala's Group to be the parent company of Komala's Restaurants. Two Komala's restaurants opened in 1998 in the city centre, one at Scotts Shopping Centre at the prime Orchard Road shopping belt and the other at Peninsula Plaza in Downtown Core.

In 1999, Komala's opened a franchise pilot outlet cum cooking school in Chennai, India, and there was a launch of Komala's franchise. The Gangzes was launced in Chennai in the year 2000, and a franchise outlet opened at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It later opened a number of franchise outlets overseas, but most eventually closed. In 2002, it opened a fast food restaurant at Marine Cove at East Coast Park and a franchise outlet opened in Bangkok, Thailand a few months later. The year 2003 saw Komala's launching delivery service for its fast food. Komala's opened an outlet at Serangoon Plaza and a franchise outlet in Indonesia in 2004, The Gangzes also opened at Serangoon Plaza that year. Between 2004 and 2005, Komala's opened three new restaurants in Singapore, which has since closed. In 2006, Komala's made foray into the North American market with its first restaurant in Scarborough, Toronto, Canada.