Alwarpet is a diverse inhabited region in central Chennai. It is an impressive housing region and encloses the two best housing colonies of Chennai, specifically the Boat Club and the Poes Garden. As on 2010, this still continues the costliest housing region of Chennai. Previous it was a merely housing area of Chennai engaged mostly by Brahmins, but at the present great shopping complexes and eateries for example Bananaa leaf Restaurant have emerge. Alwarpet can also be described as a part and extension of the superior Mylapore region