Taste of Kerala Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Delicious Indian food. Definitely one of the best places to eat in Croydon."
• "The chicken fry in the takeaway reminded me of chicken fry from back home."
• "Very Tasty and Authentic Kerala food, with proper spices."
• "The food was absolutely delicious, and each dish was cooked to perfection."
• "Food was prepared in authentic Kerala style and tasted great."
• "Everything I have tasted here has been a riot in my mouth."
• "The food is from God's own country. The spice is perfect and the taste is something worth traveling for."

Cons:

• "Do not go. Dirty, food is full of chillies, no taste."
• "Worst Indian restaurant.. the fish curry they gave was not Kerala style.. the food taste was not good…"
• "The worst biriyani I ever eat from London."
• "The food before was lovely and now has no taste and is not worth the money."
• "Food tastes okay. But I have stomach trouble after having the food from the restaurant."
• "One of the worst Biriyani I ever had in my life."
• "The food quality was very poor and very oily food the Masala Dosa was very oily."

Service

Pros:

• "From the moment I stepped foot into the restaurant, I was greeted with warm hospitality and a soothing ambiance that transported me straight to the beautiful landscapes of Kerala."
• "The service is good you will see this Goan aunty always welcoming you with a smile."
• "The service and the staff was very respectful and overall I enjoyed well."
• "The service from Noble bro was really appreciatable."
• "Staff were very kind and recommended some great dishes."
• "The staff is always ready to help, the premises are extremely clean, the atmosphere is lovely."
• "The staff and service were amazing too, very friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Food was okay but service was worst especially the lady who shows attitude and doesn't respect customers."
• "Wouldn't recommend to anyone. Slow service, food wasn't great or reflective of the price we paid and it was a very disappointing visit."
• "Horrible service waited for over 15 minutes for service and when asked for Raitha was made to wait for over 10 minutes."
• "Very bad experience, they don't have enough staff and kept us waiting for 1hour and 30min to get our takeaway."
• "The service was very bad please avoid this place waste of money and the waitress are very rude."
• "It's the waiting time that absolutely killed me. 1 hr and 5 minutes to get the food that I ordered."
• "Today when we visited there was a new guy in the reception he was a bit rude to us."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Where in London except maybe in some supermarket can you get to sit and eat biryani for 3 pounds, that too in stomach filling quantities."
• "The prices are simply the best for authentic dishes."
• "Try the chicken biryani made like it is made in Kerala in good quantity, just for some £ 3.00"
• "The prices are unbelievably cheap and the food tastes amazing."
• "Value for money and Clean interiors."
• "Price wise is very good."
• "Really amazing food and extremely reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Expensive to get the butter chicken itself alone, without any sides, just a small container, leaking oil."
• "Not worth it."
• "Wouldn't recommend to anyone. Slow service, food wasn't great or reflective of the price we paid and it was a very disappointing visit."
• "I bought mutton biriyani today, there was only three small pieces of mutton... They charged £5.50, but the biriyani itself was not worth for the money."
• "It’s not worth of any penny."
• "The food before was lovely and now has no taste and is not worth the money."
• "Today I bought Kerala Fish Curry (Mackerel and Kerala Parotta) and I asked them I need extra fish gravy they said it’s £2.30 I paid them when I was reached home once’s I check it it’s like one spoon of fish gravy ... they charge 2.30 for that it’s not fair at all....."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "From the moment I stepped foot into the restaurant, I was greeted with warm hospitality and a soothing ambiance that transported me straight to the beautiful landscapes of Kerala."
• "Nice and cozy place."
• "Authentic South Indian restaurant. Super Ambience, Service and Food."
• "Authentic atmosphere and although not the most polished restaurant around it felt genuine and was a lovely evening."
• "The staff is always ready to help, the premises are extremely clean, the atmosphere is lovely."
• "One of the best restaurants serving traditional cuisine from the Indian state Kerala."
• "The staff and service were amazing too, very friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Super basic decor and the service is glacial so be prepared to wait."
• "Food was good. The ambience non existent."
• "Although I would not recommend it for a highly romantic date or a place where you want to impress someone by ambience...!!"
• "Awful presentation, food was packaged unprofessionally in crumpled foil boxes leaking with oil."
• "The overall lack of attentive service, the failure to manage orders efficiently, and the unimpressive food quality all contribute to an incredibly disappointing dining experience."
• "The only drawback I found in this restaurant is that space is very less (not a large space)."
• "Horrible place to go to. The staff and the owners come from a very unprofessional background."