Taste of Kerala Kitchen

I highly recommend dining here. The homemade taste is outstanding, and I believe all Malayalis should experience the delicious dishes offered here.

I don’t write below *** reviews at all, but I have to share this to let kerala kitchen know as they literally ignored my calls critics. As attached “Malabar Mutton Biryani” I don’t know where to start wasted $40 for nothing had just rice as mutton is not cooked neither marinated neither taste at all, worst thing eggs shells found as shown in picture. I would definitely take it down if they really care about quality food as price they charge. Thank You

Great portions. Everything was seasoned well & very flavorful. The meats were well-cooked. We had chicken biryani, mutton (goat) biryani & chilly chicken with parotha and complimentary yogurt (raitha) & amla pickle. Reasonable portions of meat in the biryani dishes. Plenty of seating in two large rooms, but could be more presentable (our room had large delivery boxes on the floor).

Serves the most "authentic"homestyle Kerala (South Indian) dishes served at a restaurant/catering establishment in the NY/NJ metro area. However, they can drastically improve on their customer service engagement and standards as well as restaurant cleanliness and update the decor.

Pretty good taste of curry chicken. One container enough for two of us. Not too spicy, the heat leaves in good time. Buffet on weekends only. But menu open Mon thru Fri. Parking on sidestreets. Resonable pricing.

Pothichoru - If u are having money. you can buy pothichoru from there. those who earn less. cant afford the food from there. now they charge $22 for a single pothichoru. before it used to be 12, then 15, then 18, then 20. now its $22. if you are a rich person, you can eat. those earning less and have to work two hours more for a meal from there. that's frustrating. suggest some new places where pothichoru is affordable for a normal person. Don't buy any other food from there. beef fry, chicken curry or even chicken biryani. it will taste raw..bad taste

Had ordered malabar chicken biryani and pothichrou. Pothichoru was tasty and malabar biriyani is not the malabar biriyani. I even asked before ordering that if it was malabar biriyani. He said yes. But the biriyani didn't have the taste of malabar biriyani. Please don't call it malabar biriyani it is just rice mixed with some sort of chicken curry. Please take down the name malabar biriyani from your menu or if you really want to have it in your list and quality food service please research on malabar biriyani and serve it.

I was charged $5 for empty plastic box to take my remaining food home(They didn’t tell me before) Yes I was definitely charged$5.00 for empty plastic container to take home my remaining food that I couldn’t finish. The middle aged Spanish looking gentleman charged me. I questioned him twice. He would definitely remember that. He didn’t give any bill I paid in cash. The nice tall ex military man would remember me. It was this past Wednesday at about 1:30 pm.

I'll never ever waste my money at this place again!!! I should have believed all the other reviews prior to me but I figured I'd takes a chance since everyone has their own opinions. When the reviews say they are not authentic I'd say they are correct. Not sure of any of them mention how much of a rip off they are and way over priced. I have had a South Indian roommate to which his family would always bring and send food, I have ate the best South Indian of my life in Bahrain, and I have ate at taste of Cochin down the road and they have all been insect and so the time!!!! Consistently!! I will never come back here if I crave it I'll go to Cochin for sure. So the briyani with chicken was bland and I don't know ho with all the docs Indian culture uses. The briyani with yuca I forgot the actual name was so dry, the bed was either fatty, or with not chewable texture. The fish fry was not bad but for such small pieces was complete rip off!!! And beef fry although the flavor is on point the meat quality was garbage. Chewy, fatty, and not how it should be for the prices they charge. I came for the chicken fry and they didn't have that at all but it's still on the menu.

Very high pricing. better find other place for good and quality food. they charge a pothichor for $22. thats too costly for simple person and have to work extra two hours to get that money for a food. very bad ambiance.

Ordered lunch. The food was cold. Tasted old. Never ordering again from here. I would rate this place a zero.

Kerala Kitchen has some of the best South Indian food I have ever had from a restaurant. My favorite dish is the beef fry.. Glad they are local and I'm able to enjoy it in the future.

Don't support this business. This restaurant runs of its good reputation it had years ago in the 90's and early 2000's. Many people in the community used to use them to cater to all types of functions. The last time I went there for a Birthday party held in there basement, the food was horrible. I've also had food in the restaurant and at house parties, and can say that the food is not what it once was.

This place has hands down the best Kerala food I've had in a while. The fish fry reminded me of the fish fry my mum used to make back home. Really good. The place itself isn't any fancy restaurant and has a really villagey look to it but the food more than makes up for it. Great restaurant totally will go again Items ordered: fish fry Fish curry Chicken biryani Malabar Porota

I ordered food last night and it was HORRIBLE. This was the worst KERALA food I have ever had before. I would never visit this place again. The food was soaked in oil. It had no taste. I end up trashing the whole food because it was hurting my stomach. Someone should report them to Dept of Health.

This was the weirdest restaurant experience in the United States I've ever had. I have many friends from the Kerala region so I have had an opportunity to taste the cuisine. Sadly this cuisine is almost never featured in any Indian restaurant especially those in Manhattan. Bottom line is go there with no expectations other than a very large portion of food for an equivalent price tag. I don't expect to have anything on the menu but rather ask them what they have. That said, hopefully it will be understood because literally nobody spoke proper English. The food was ok but didn't have dishes I wanted. The service was horrible and I'm pretty sure the prices were made up on the fly.

One of the big 2 Kerala cuisines this side of the Hudson. The only difference between this and the other, is that the taste is more sharper and spicier. If you are looking for that 'mallu jolt' on your taste buds, this is the place. Chef Col. Wilson has done a remarkable job of satisfying Malayalee nostalgia with his consistent performance!

Disclaimer : I am a malayalee so everything I say here is cuz of my tastebuds and nothing else . I don't care for the service or the lack of it or for the manager who doesn't know how to talk to customers or for the plastic plates and spoons , cuz the food here is the best Kerala food I have tasted in a long long time. TBH there are no Kerala restaurants in NYC but this one is a gem . The buffet had everything - from parota , chicken curry , fish curry to kappa and beef fry , to Kerala rice , avial , moru curry and kootu. They also had ada payasam , imagine my luck . I can't wait to go back and savor all of it again . Gives u a nostalgic feel like u are in the interiors or Kerala . If all u want is Yummy authentic Kerala food and nothing else matters , then this is ur place to be . Don't go ordering anything other than Kerala dishes cuz they suck .

The jury was out a while on this establishment and may still want to reexamine the evidence... Unusual experience on a Saturday early afternoon. Being an Indian restaurant, we figured there would be a buffet, so we walked in and there it was: a long line of serving trays atop bunsen burners, several occupied tables (all the occupants were undoubtedly of Indian extraction - a good sign) but not an employee in sight. Eventually I kind of looked around the side of the counter, into the kitchen area saying "Helllooooo? New customers!" A gentleman appeared, smiled but didn't speak; he made a flourishing gracious gesture towards the food which clearly said "help yourself." So we did. As others mentioned, the tableware is plastic and styrofoam, the tables didn't have cloths and are a bit dinged up; and only about half of the 10+ food stations were labeled in English. So several items were a mystery. Some could have been a little hotter, temperature wise. Some I found a bit too heavily spiced, but others were quite good. The "kappa" which I thought was potatoes turned out to be yucca. That was excellent, as were both the chicken curry and chili chicken (the latter kind of resembled tandoor style). The very unique round, flat, soft flaky bread was amazingly good. One or more of the other meat dishes (the beef, I am pretty sure) contained chunks of liver along with the fleshmeat, which really grossed me out, so be careful if you are not a liver fan. (My husband happily consumed it.) Before we sat, I asked if there's something to drink; then I had to pantomine it as there was a total language barrier going on. Our host brought a pitcher of ice cold water and two plastic cups. There was a cooler that appeared to have sodas, but we decided to just stick with the ice water. We refilled a couple of times and after I got brave I found another employee who spoke more English and learned the final itemin the line was a "sweet" - I'm sorry I don't remember the name but it was quite good, kind of like a cinnamony bread pudding. I am pretty sure this place would be considered very authentic. It is not Americanized at all. If you took a trip to southern India and stopped in a small neighborhood eatery, it would probably be a lot like this. Don't assume everyone speaks English. Just come in, grab a plate, start eating, then go up and pay. Speaking of which, there was nothing posted to indicate the price of the buffet. We found out at the end it was $12, which I thought was a wee bit on the high side considering the lack of ambiance. If you noticed, I did mention beef above, which you normally never see in an Indian restaurant, right? This is Southern Indian food -- apparently very rare in these parts. These folks follow the Christian religion and so there's no religious prohibition on beef. In fact, the dishes on offer included beef, pork, chicken, lamb ("mutton") AND fish. Plus at least three vegetable dishes. Hmm, maybe that $12 was not too bad after all? It was not clear if you can only get buffet at this time of the day, or if they have a regular menu to order from. There's a board on the wall listing scores of dishes, none of which had prices listed; there was a smaller board, handwritten with 'daily' specials -- again no prices. :) Up at the counter, after we paid, we saw several unlabeled trays with assorted items - a couple of kinds of meat pies, a sort of donut, and fried banana. These were available for an additional charge so my husband got a donut for $1 and I got a fried banana for 60c. It was so good! There was another room which you could see had many nicely appointed tables. Reserved for parties only, or opened up for table service at other times? We will want to scope this place out again one day, during the dinner hour to gather further data. Might not qualify as date night, but an adventure.

Food is good. But service is subpar. Their Beef Fry is good enough for me to always call to order and pick up. Nothing else to say. It's just mehhhh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Giving this rating due to today's order. Ordered fish curry, thooran and avil. The food seemed like it came straight out of the fridge. I called them and the guy said oh we give it cold, Which is BS because I've ordered this before and it wasn't like this. Tip for the restaurant- if your taking your food for people straight out of the fridge, heat it up first so it looks like it was just made.

Good for Kerala food Typical Kerala food Don't expect service or anything just the food good Kerala food

Queens is a freaking massive borough. It's amazing to think that the long ride to the last stop on the F train only gets you maybe 60% of the way to the border with Long Island. To get to places like Floral Park, a painstaking bus transfer is necessary in a land where people mostly have their own vehicles. Kerala kitchen is located one and a half blocks west of the border between 718 and 516, a place no longer known as New York City, but on these blocks at least, no different at all. After our long journey (which in this case was actually by car but still seemed arduous), it would have been nice to arrive with warm greetings and smiles, but we seemed to be disturbing them more than anything, despite the fact that the place was 95% empty. On this frigid evening though, the tropical balminess and backwater attitude of the state of Kerala in southern India did not seem to register. I could not help but think I was in a hair salon with all the rounded shiny domes of the lunch buffet table in a row along the wall. I wanted old ladies in curlers to be sitting under them the whole time we dined. Regardless of the general feeling of intrusion, the most disappointing part about the restaurant was the lack of many dishes on the menu, and no way to know what was actually available. A friend who recently visited Kerala was looking for a few specific things but found them all to be unavailable this day. What we did eat though, was delicious, and made the trip worth the time. We ordered many different types of breads to accompany our dishes, the first of which was the padavalanga ($8) which somehow translated to "snake gourd" in English. Listed in the vegetarian section, it still came with fish within, so don't say you haven't been warned. The soupy mixture was the most flavorful of our selections, and was the best item to use the bread on. The blend of spices and peppers got us off and running. The beef deep fry ($10) looked like it would be dry and possibly tough, but the pieces were both juicy and tender, topped with raw onions, and sufficient enough for the five of us all to have a few bites. The porotha bread worked even better than a fork and spoon for shoveling it in. The fish curry ($10) was also full of flavor, spice, and richness. A few bones were scattered here and there, but for the most part it was entirely meaty, almost to the point of seeming like something more on land than at sea. The table also ordered Chicken 65 ($10) despite my warnings of it coming from another distinctly different subgroup of Indian cuisine. It was unsurprisingly boring, quite a bit overcooked, but did come with tasty cashews and white raisins, something I had never seen before from this bright red dish. The love-it-or-hate-it dessert payasam also was served, a sweet pudding with thin noodles and ginger that has a very creamy consistency. I find it a very refreshing palate cleanser, but not everyone at the table enjoyed it. The moral of the story for any Keralan food connoisseur is to call ahead and ask what is on offer each day, but for the layman such as myself, the meal was completely satisfying. I would love to go back again and try more, especially a fish thoran and some mango curry.

This place is the worst. We ordered a egg roast, chicken biriyani and a Kerala meals. Except the Kerala meal everything sucked. I could see oil on top of all dishes. Soon after I got back home, my stomach started hurting. Would highly recommend anyone NOT to go to this place.

So, the 3 stars are for the food...no ambiance, no Americanized service standard, styrofoam plates and plastic forks. But delicious food. But be prepared, it is not made for you...it appears that it is premade, then heated up for you. But frankly, that doesn't bother me at all. Most curries taste better a couple of days after they are made. And the curries here are delicious and authentic South Indian. I ordered the fish curry..the fish was mediocre, the curry (or the gravy as Indians would say) was incredible...I want to go back and try other meat curries. Also the kappa ( mashed yucca with spices -curry leaves, and mustard seeds) was lip smackingly yummy, especially with the gravy.... Also although the waiter didn't want to clean the table, he's the one that helped decide what goes with what..and even suggested that I get a half order because a full order would be too much. All in all the food is totally worth the cost and the trip.

I would rather give this place a zero. I just moved to the neighborhood but always wanted to try Kerala food. The guy/manager said he couldn't explain what was in the dish because I was not Maliali. So, I wasn't entirely sure what to order instead of guiding me, he kept telling me He cpuldnt explain it. So, I walked out and He shrugged his shoulders like, so what. He lost so much money. The rudeness. I ended up driving in the opposite direction to Taste of India. I will drive by the Kerala restaurant without taking a second look.

I am pretty sure this is the only Kerala restaurant in all of NYC (this is in NYC, right, and not LI - hard to tell ?!)....anyway, the food is amazing - many dishes and preparations that you cannot get at any other restaurant in NYC.....I went w/ someone who's father's family is from Kerala, and they said that the food tasted just like her grandmother's cooking growing up....this place is a bit off the beaten path, so I don't get there much, but this place is def. up there in my top 5 fav. restaurants in NYC.....Kerala is a coastal state, so get any seafood dish & prepare to be happy!

Great place for South Indian food, especially food from Kerala. Food's authentic and the Kerala lunch thali is delicious (also good value for 11$)

I came all the way here because I read a review saying they had 100% authentic Kerala food. The food was inedible!! The fish smelled like it was sitting around for days. The rice was mushy and had no taste. The beef we hard and disgusting. To top it all off the place was very dirty. The only thing that was good was the Malabar porotha ( the bread). They gave me plenty of food for the money but it was disgusting I had to throw it out. Usually I would never thrown out food. I would give it to the animals outside but I wanted to spare them. A complete waste of a night going all the way there. The man was nice to me unlike what I read in other reviews.

Been ordering from here for years! If you want a taste of South Indian cuisine, check this place out. Try the fish dishes!

I used to love eating here because the food was really authentic and true to southern Indian cooking. I had to stop coming however when they started skimping on quality. I found out that they freeze large fully prepared batches of dishes at the start of the week and then reheat them to order. How do I know this? They mistakingly gave me a frozen portion of curry without reheating it. When I complained to the manager and said he should try making food reasonably fresh, he brushed me off and didn't care. He said that's just the way the business works. Sorry sir, but that's no way to respond to customer or to prepare food at a restearaunt.

I usually do take out so my review is strictly about take out. It's definitely not the cleanest looking restaurant. They don't really speak English so if you don't speak Malayalam you are out of luck. The food is pretty good. Their fish curry is the best. My first complaint is that the food takes forever and when it does come out it's cold. My second complaint is that the prices are ridiculous. $22 for a container of fish curry.

Warning: come here for take out or beware of the styrofoam plates. Now...that being said, being Malayalee or Keralite, the food here is amazing! It is so rare to have a restaurant that caters to the Malayalee palate, so you can expect that I will be planning many a trip from Brooklyn to get this food again! If you like Indian food and love the naan and creamy curries that aren't spicy--this is a way different cuisine, so be prepared. AND, BRANCH OUT! This is real home cooking! This is the food I wish I could eat and cook regularly! It reminds me of my ammachi (grandma) and it just made it nostalgically tasty. I got the kappa biriyani. It is one of my most favorite meals in the WORLD! It's basically smashed spiced yucca with spicy beef mixed in. My husband got the mutton biriyani (yum!) my sister the beef olayathu and fried king fish. AMAZING! Seriously, go there. Be hungry. The portion sizes are huge and the price is amazing. I definitely plan on putting their kids through college through my stomach. :) GO GO GO!!!!!!

Please don't go here for the sake of your stomach. I saw flies buzzing around, the food tasted stale and I sat on the ceramic throne for a day afterwards. You've been warned!

Now New Kerala Kitchen, one door to the right of (old) Kerala Kitchen. Same address (267-05 Hillside Avenue). I came here for lunch on a Friday with a group of 7; although the website and menu offers a daily buffet, we were informed that buffets were a weekend-only affair. I guess they're not getting enough business to support a daily buffet as there were no other diners there during our meal. I ordered the fish thoran, which kinda looked like a rice biryani studded with miniature shrimp and chiles, but the predominant flavor was shredded coconut. An interesting dish that I've never encountered at an Indian restaurant before, but one that you'll probably want to order as a side to share. Other dishes that I sampled off of other people: Thali (assorted platter): There were a few chunks of beef deeply burnished with spices. Quite yummy. There was also a sad piece of fish sitting in a pool of curry that was quite forgettable. I don't remember much about the two vegetable sides other than that they were also dishes that I hadn't encountered before. I'll probably try this myself the next time I go. Chicken Tikka Masala: Not bad. Not great. Chicken Masala: Not great. Not terrible. Definitely leaning in a direction other than good. Dosa Masala: It was a beautiful color and looked really good but I didn't try it. The rice was interesting too as it wasn't the standard long-grained basmati. It was a lot puffier and I think it had really low starch content. I'll probably be back out of curiosity. The menu is promising and quite extensive but somehow I get the feeling a lot of it is unavailable on weekdays. I mean, there was venison(!) on the daily specials board. Mutton and rabbit too. Mmmm....rabbit. And mutton. (oh yeah, the waiter wasn't particularly helpful and communication was a bit difficult. Difficult as in hard-to-order-a-diet-coke difficult.)

I went to them tonight for the first time, look and the menu on the wall and them the take out menu, the prices were different. Maybe the board or printed menu were out of date, not too sure. No service, two guys dressed in their coats talking like customers, after 10 minutes waiting they asked what I wanted. Didn't even know they worked there... Prices All the dishes seem priced a bit higher than other local places but the reviews on yelp are good. So I asked about a few dishes to see what came with it, nothing! Sorry, had to leave; between the lack of service and price combine with what didn't feel right from these guys jerking me around, I had to leave. They yelp reviews are what brought me here, but the service basically killed it for me and I didn't even get to try their food.

Decided to venture out to the burbs for a food hunt with some friends last week at New Kerala Kitchen. We tried some things we couldn't find in other Indian restaurants (in Manhattan). The kappa briyani was very different as it has no rice. The jackfruit seed curry was on the sour side but refreshing and enjoyable. Duck curry was just ok. The duck had no meat. Don't expect any service or ambiance. It is true that you will have to eat with styrofoam plates. BYOW - Bring Your Own Water.

Being Keralite this place was a few pegs less than what my mom cooks, which is saying a lot. Granted, you kind of need to know what you are getting yourself into. First off let me start by saying if you are expecting a classy atmosphere this is not the place for you. I don't know of many Keralite restaurants and part of the reason may be that we don't really care to share our food in a business setting, or the simple fact that preparation of these dishes can take many hours (as I've witnessed first hand from my Mom's amazing cooking). I brought my fiancé, who is Punjabi, but also loves my mom's cooking as well as two newcomers to Keralite food, an Iraqi and Colombian who were familiar with North Indian cooking. My Iraqi friend stuck to the Chicken Tikka Masala, which he said he enjoyed (wasn't the best, naturally), but was thoroughly impressed with the amount of chicken he received. He has a pretty massive appetite and was only able to finish about half the curry along with 2 naans, 1/2 basmati rice, and 1 paratha. His wife ordered the goat curry (keralite style), and was pretty happy with it as it was the least spicy thing on the menu (as long as you avoid biting into the fresh green chilis). Again she was only able to finish about half the dish. Their total meal cost them about 25$ which is an excellent deal considering that they had enough for lunch or dinner the next day. My fiancé and I decided to go with the beef ulatha (which roughly translates to fried beef, not to be confused with "beef deep fry" also on the menu), avial (a diverse vegetarian dish which is filling, yet healthy) and the traditional par boiled rice. We also asked for some mango pachady on the side and more curry (pronounced more-uh and is a must!!!), both of which was provided at no extra cost. The food was delicious (not quite my mom's level, but definitely the same idea) and again the amount given greatly exceeded our expectations. Our total came to around 20$ (without tip), and again provided 2 extra meals later on. Bear in mind that Keralite food is also coconut or mango based, so if you are not a fan of those things don't come here (even the beef was fried with chunks of coconut). Other things that I would recommend to new comers is the appam(if they have it) with goat curry and any kind of thorin, but always the beef as it is a staple of Keralite Christian cooking. If you can't have the beef, the veg dishes are also very good and not as buttery or cream based as North Indian cooking, though usually cooked in coconut oil (medium chain fatty acids can be very good for you). Also one of my favorites as well as my fiancé is my mom's shrimp curries, which we were unable to try at the restaurant, but I can't imagine being all that bad. Anyhow, I recommend coming here with a Keralite friend, or if you need any other recommendations or advice just let ask!

We went on a Sunday night. There was no wait. We ordered kerala paratha, avial and nadan chicken curry. We loved the paratha and avial and the portions were generous. Chicken curry was not bad. Will definitely recommend this place for authentic malayali food.

They have a buffet with 10 different items + 2 deserts for only $12! And it's all kerala cuisine - which I love. I have ordered from the menu in the past and it was amazing. The buffet is good but ordering direct from the menu is even better! Come by if you are familiar with and enjoy the cuisine of Kerala. Otherwise you might be turned off by the simple self-service and the unfamiliar palate.

So my husband & I had heard good things about this restaurant and decided to order out from them. We ordered the chicken and beef curry. There was so much spice in these two curries that my husband actually got sick and we ended up throwing away the uneaten portion. As Keralites, we've tried different variations of both chicken and beef curries but this was just careless combinations of whatever spice they got their hands on, that day. Would never order from here again & would not recommend. Def not authentic South Indian cuisine.

Got there with my girlfriend at 12:05 PM. The door was open but not a sole in sight and all chairs were on top of the tables. The place was empty so we headed back towards the kitchen where a guy peeped out and told us they were open! I was trying to figure out just how I was going to sit on one of those upside down chairs. A bit perplexed, we headed out the door to one off the other local Indian restaurants with chairs that I could sit on. Very strange...and very disappointed because we drove quite a distance to check out what I read was a very authentic South Indian meal.

Don't miss this restaurant if you love seafood and do not order anything other than seafood :-). If possible, get the paper from the waiter and try to write down the orders yourself, the waiter messed up the order even after explaining him clearly.

Tasty food with the essence of south India captured still, not to forget is the spicy fish curry and fish fry which I loved the most. Waiters were good and the manager was kind enuf to extend the lunch buffet timing specially for us as we were late and hungry by the time we reached up!

I see the place has average reviews. Decided to try it out since it's local and always looking to try something different. If you like typical indian food with naan, chicken tikki masala, etc that's not even spicy enough for someone like me, this isn't it. It's authentic south asian food so just know what to expect. I see some hit or misses here with what to order, so I ordered the kappa biriyani based on a prior review and what i was in the mood for. It hit the spot. The owner's son came in around the same time I was getting ready to leave. He greeted me. I think he said his name is Shawn. He said he helps his father with deliveries and catering, so it must be a family business.

This is "THE PLACE" to go if you are Keralite (Mallu) and miss mum's food! Absolutely delicious! Their thali which is non-vegetarian (i dont think they serve a veg thali) consists of red fish curry, beef fry, avial and thoran served with rice, sambar, puliserry, a small serving of pachadi and pickle simply priced under $10 is my absolute favorite!

Strongly recommended only for Indians who know the south indian spicy non vegeterian dishes. Vegeterians may not like it a lot. do try the chilli chicken and chicken curry they wer gr8. mutton stew and fish curry were good.. other curries were beef and pork and typical kerala dishes.. so unless you know them dont go or try them. instead get ala carte or take out order of chicken curries.

Good food for good price. The place is very neat also and people are nice.

This spot has great Kerala food. I had to take away a star for customer service. Kuppa biryani, vegetable curries (thoran), chicken biryani, beef fry (5*), pork fry (also 5*). Everything was great. They even have buffet which you rarely see for Kerala food. Too bad they closed down!

My friends, when you come here you will get delicious mouth watering South Indian Food. Please try the deep fried beef and duck curry, amazing.

We heard a few okay comments about their food, but I didn't find them any good. Chicken biriyani was disappointing and over priced. Other items were just okay. Overall, not a good experience.

Unfortunately, it a very bad experience at Kerala Kitchen last Saturday night that spurred me on to write this review. Having gone to this restaurant on couple of occasions before, my husband & I felt that it would be better if we ordered take-out instead of a sit-down dinner at the restaurant since they serve authentic Kerala food but the ambience & the service is unremarkable. The sign on the door said "Open" but there was not a single customer and the two employees at the desk were busy jotting somethings on paper. From their demeanor it felt like we were disturbing something important. When asked about what was available for take-out one of the men at the counter, seemingly annoyed at being disturbed passed the menu to me. When I asked about 3 chicken dishes in the menu he said they were not available & curtly asked if I wanted fish or beef. Since nothing that I wanted from the menu was available I finally settled for one entree among the limited choices he then verbally offered. I then enquired if they offer rice with the entree & the man rudely said that nothing was offered with the curry and that I'd have to 'pay' if I needed rice. When the food arrived he did not even have the courtesy of giving it to us but instead placed it on of the tables and declared 'here's the food'. I am still reeling from that experience...it was utterly insulting & condescending.