We came and ordered and waited for 40 minutes and we did not order that much, food was okay bathroom was dirty we were not served water on arrival. Parking was tight
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Malabar Parotta
Madhu N
Best Kerala food!
All the dishes I tried were well cooked. I like the owner recommended banana sweet dish.
I will come back to try other menu items.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malabar Parotta, Appam
Abhinav Mathur
I ordered a chicken roast, malabar parantha and paneer. The chicken roast was sweet and malabar porota was extremely hard. This is not how Kerala chicken roast is.
Being pregnant and craving some home style food, my sweet husband drove 20 miles to karikk. We ordered beef cutlet, bananfry, beef peralan, idiyappam, karimeen masala and chai. Being from kuttanad, karimeen masala took me back to my childhood. The idiappam was fresh and beef tasted fantastic. We had biriyani , chicken peratiyathu, parotta to go. My only small problem was banana fry, the banana wasn't ripe enough and it felt that they made it a while ago. Rest everything was very satisfying. We will come back again to try other menu.
I visited this place. Food was ok ok, not impressive. Mutton was not well cooked. Nothing much extra ordinary. They have lot of tables but almost all were available.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
S P
We’ve been frequent visitors to this restaurant over the past few years. It used to be one of our favorite spots in Fremont, especially for their Talassery biryani, which was simply to die for. The food has always been great, and their staff used to be friendly and welcoming. Unfortunately, our recent experience (yesterday) has left us questioning whether we’ll be returning any time soon.
We called the restaurant around 7:15 PM to place our order in advance, hoping to avoid a wait since we had plans to be somewhere by 8:15 PM. Our order was simple—just a biryani and porotta—and the person on the phone assured us it wouldn’t be a problem. However, once we arrived around 7:30 PM, the situation took a disappointing turn.
The staff member wasn’t welcoming at all. Instead, he bluntly informed us that there was a one-hour wait for our food. I explained that we had already placed the order over the phone, but he responded in a dismissive tone, saying it didn’t matter—there would still be a one-hour wait. To make things worse, he didn’t even know what our order was, which shows a lack of coordination. At this point, the restaurant only had three or four families dining in, and yet they claimed they needed an hour to prepare just two dishes. That’s simply unacceptable for any restaurant, especially one we used to love.
We expressed our concern to the staff member and even asked for the owner to call us back, hoping to have our experience addressed. Sadly, no one has bothered to follow up. It’s clear that this restaurant is on a downhill trajectory, and if they don’t improve their service and staff management, they will continue to lose loyal customers like us.
Disappointed with our experience, we left the place and ended up going to a competition Restaurant instead. There, we received our biryani and porotta within 10 minutes of placing the order. The difference in service between the two places was night and day.
If this restaurant wants to regain its former reputation, they seriously need to reevaluate their staff and prioritize customer service. For now, we’ll be taking our business elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Krishnan Vaidyanathan
Consistently fresh and tasty food at a reasonable price point and service always with a smile.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Keerthana S
Tasty kerala food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
praveen suggala
I have been there for the first time as I recently experienced amazing Kerala food in Canada for the which was best that I had ever and I wanted to get similar experience but had my fears of losing the taste of what I experienced in Canada and Wihich I can say it’s out of the world. Canada folks if u travel Toronto Mississuaga stop by at Thanima kitchen or u are missing a lot.
So I ordered vegetable stew and appam and parotta and at the time only 8 customers were there and they were there before me waiting for their food. After 25 mins I got my small meal that I ordered. The taste was ok nothing exciting as the appam and parotta came cold even though it’s made fresh but curry was super hot.
I have eaten 1/2 bowl of curry and got more than 15 or more big pepper corns spread all over the curry and I got busy picking them to keep aside.
There is only one young boy serving the whole restaurant while there were 40 customers came for dine in while I was leaving.how difficult is that to handle by all him self at busy times. So I suggest them to have extra help and specially being weekend I think they need to invest in extra work force to take it forward.
This is not being negative but a honest feedback for them so they realize and improve. I want to tell the manager that vegetables in stew specially big size carrot pcs are not cooked fully but the potato is cooked super good. They need to cut the Veges to smaller size specially hard Veges like carrot. I am just ok satisfied because I was hungry after my workout. I wanted to show and give live feedback back to manager while I asked for him and waited extra minute but he seems busy inside the kitchen helping the staff.
Bring more help on busy days please . Will be back again and take another chance. But for sure every one had to wait too long.
Please take this as just a suggestive feedback and I am sure I will change to 5 start if I see the changes in next time.
If you’re looking to savor authentic Kerala cuisine, Karikku Cafe in Fremont is a must-visit. We tried the Kerala parotta, which was perfectly soft, fluffy, and not overly oily, alongside Appam that paired beautifully with the rich Chicken Varuthara gravy. The highlight was the Karimeen masala, which was packed with flavor and complemented the other dishes wonderfully. The service was quick and efficient, making the overall dining experience delightful. Highly recommend this place for anyone craving traditional Kerala flavors!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malabar Parotta, Appam, Chicken Curry, Fish Fry, Fish Masala
Sachin
I have ordered from Karikku Cafe multiple times, and I’ve noticed a decline in the quality of the food. My recent order included parotta, chicken roast, and biryani. The parotta was dry, the chicken roast had an overwhelming amount of unnecessary spices, and the biryani was average and didn’t come with salad or pickle. I hope the restaurant takes this feedback to improve.
Excellent food.. But the coffee and tea sucks big time. Please fix the coffee and tea. Make it authentic with less water.
After porota and beef.. I had to drink a good tea and then what??
GIBIN M GEORGE
If u are looking for a great quality malayali restaurant in the bay area, then this is a must visit place. The food is really awesome and especially when it's about authentic Kerala cuisines you should definitely give a try. Today I've got 2 onam sadhya and it's quantity was really good with a variety of dishes and it's worth every penny.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Fry, Malabar Parotta, Appam, Mutton Biryani, Chicken 65, Beef Roast, Ghee Rice, Malabar Fish Curry, Chicken Curry, Kappa, Fish Fry, Pothichoru, Beef Curry, Chicken Roast, Beef Peralan, Fish Masala
S R
Bad sadya. All Curry's with curd are spoiled. Quantity for all curry is minimal. Not worth any penny. Took pickup at 1:10 and ate sadya at 1:30.
Don't do sadya if you cant pull it off. It's the one feast that matters for every malayali.
We came and ordered and waited for 40 minutes and we did not order that much, food was okay bathroom was dirty we were not served water on arrival. Parking was tight
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Malabar Parotta
Best Kerala food!
All the dishes I tried were well cooked. I like the owner recommended banana sweet dish.
I will come back to try other menu items.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malabar Parotta, Appam
I ordered a chicken roast, malabar parantha and paneer. The chicken roast was sweet and malabar porota was extremely hard. This is not how Kerala chicken roast is.
Food: 2
Recommended dishes: Paneer Tikka Masala, Malabar Parotta, Chicken Roast
Being pregnant and craving some home style food, my sweet husband drove 20 miles to karikk. We ordered beef cutlet, bananfry, beef peralan, idiyappam, karimeen masala and chai. Being from kuttanad, karimeen masala took me back to my childhood. The idiappam was fresh and beef tasted fantastic. We had biriyani , chicken peratiyathu, parotta to go. My only small problem was banana fry, the banana wasn't ripe enough and it felt that they made it a while ago. Rest everything was very satisfying. We will come back again to try other menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Fry, Malabar Parotta, Appam, Beef Peralan
I visited this place. Food was ok ok, not impressive. Mutton was not well cooked. Nothing much extra ordinary. They have lot of tables but almost all were available.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
We’ve been frequent visitors to this restaurant over the past few years. It used to be one of our favorite spots in Fremont, especially for their Talassery biryani, which was simply to die for. The food has always been great, and their staff used to be friendly and welcoming. Unfortunately, our recent experience (yesterday) has left us questioning whether we’ll be returning any time soon.
We called the restaurant around 7:15 PM to place our order in advance, hoping to avoid a wait since we had plans to be somewhere by 8:15 PM. Our order was simple—just a biryani and porotta—and the person on the phone assured us it wouldn’t be a problem. However, once we arrived around 7:30 PM, the situation took a disappointing turn.
The staff member wasn’t welcoming at all. Instead, he bluntly informed us that there was a one-hour wait for our food. I explained that we had already placed the order over the phone, but he responded in a dismissive tone, saying it didn’t matter—there would still be a one-hour wait. To make things worse, he didn’t even know what our order was, which shows a lack of coordination. At this point, the restaurant only had three or four families dining in, and yet they claimed they needed an hour to prepare just two dishes. That’s simply unacceptable for any restaurant, especially one we used to love.
We expressed our concern to the staff member and even asked for the owner to call us back, hoping to have our experience addressed. Sadly, no one has bothered to follow up. It’s clear that this restaurant is on a downhill trajectory, and if they don’t improve their service and staff management, they will continue to lose loyal customers like us.
Disappointed with our experience, we left the place and ended up going to a competition Restaurant instead. There, we received our biryani and porotta within 10 minutes of placing the order. The difference in service between the two places was night and day.
If this restaurant wants to regain its former reputation, they seriously need to reevaluate their staff and prioritize customer service. For now, we’ll be taking our business elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Consistently fresh and tasty food at a reasonable price point and service always with a smile.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Tasty kerala food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
I have been there for the first time as I recently experienced amazing Kerala food in Canada for the which was best that I had ever and I wanted to get similar experience but had my fears of losing the taste of what I experienced in Canada and Wihich I can say it’s out of the world.
Canada folks if u travel Toronto Mississuaga stop by at Thanima kitchen or u are missing a lot.
So I ordered vegetable stew and appam and parotta and at the time only 8 customers were there and they were there before me waiting for their food.
After 25 mins I got my small meal that I ordered.
The taste was ok nothing exciting as the appam and parotta came cold even though it’s made fresh but curry was super hot.
I have eaten 1/2 bowl of curry and got more than 15 or more big pepper corns spread all over the curry and I got busy picking them to keep aside.
There is only one young boy serving the whole restaurant while there were 40 customers came for dine in while I was leaving.how difficult is that to handle by all him self at busy times.
So I suggest them to have extra help and specially being weekend I think they need to invest in extra work force to take it forward.
This is not being negative but a honest feedback for them so they realize and improve.
I want to tell the manager that vegetables in stew specially big size carrot pcs are not cooked fully but the potato is cooked super good.
They need to cut the Veges to smaller size specially hard Veges like carrot.
I am just ok satisfied because I was hungry after my workout.
I wanted to show and give live feedback back to manager while I asked for him and waited extra minute but he seems busy inside the kitchen helping the staff.
Bring more help on busy days please . Will be back again and take another chance. But for sure every one had to wait too long.
Please take this as just a suggestive feedback and I am sure I will change to 5 start if I see the changes in next time.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Malabar Parotta, Mix Veg Stew, Appam
We have ordered sadya from here and it has been good.
Food: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
If you’re looking to savor authentic Kerala cuisine, Karikku Cafe in Fremont is a must-visit. We tried the Kerala parotta, which was perfectly soft, fluffy, and not overly oily, alongside Appam that paired beautifully with the rich Chicken Varuthara gravy. The highlight was the Karimeen masala, which was packed with flavor and complemented the other dishes wonderfully. The service was quick and efficient, making the overall dining experience delightful. Highly recommend this place for anyone craving traditional Kerala flavors!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malabar Parotta, Appam, Chicken Curry, Fish Fry, Fish Masala
I have ordered from Karikku Cafe multiple times, and I’ve noticed a decline in the quality of the food. My recent order included parotta, chicken roast, and biryani. The parotta was dry, the chicken roast had an overwhelming amount of unnecessary spices, and the biryani was average and didn’t come with salad or pickle. I hope the restaurant takes this feedback to improve.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Malabar Parotta, Chicken Roast
Excellent food..
But the coffee and tea sucks big time.
Please fix the coffee and tea. Make it authentic with less water.
After porota and beef.. I had to drink a good tea and then what??
If u are looking for a great quality malayali restaurant in the bay area, then this is a must visit place.
The food is really awesome and especially when it's about authentic Kerala cuisines you should definitely give a try.
Today I've got 2 onam sadhya and it's quantity was really good with a variety of dishes and it's worth every penny.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Fry, Malabar Parotta, Appam, Mutton Biryani, Chicken 65, Beef Roast, Ghee Rice, Malabar Fish Curry, Chicken Curry, Kappa, Fish Fry, Pothichoru, Beef Curry, Chicken Roast, Beef Peralan, Fish Masala
Bad sadya. All Curry's with curd are spoiled.
Quantity for all curry is minimal. Not worth any penny.
Took pickup at 1:10 and ate sadya at 1:30.
Don't do sadya if you cant pull it off. It's the one feast that matters for every malayali.
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