Keralam in Southend-on-Sea

Food was fantastic, highly recommend.

Very bad experience overall, food & staff both not great.

The quantity was very very low and the food also wasn't that tasty

Good food for the price. Service was good.

Brilliant food as always! The crab masala, tarka dal, and chana masala were spot on. The garlic naan was lovely too :)

I went with two other people, we were charged £4.50 for pickles that go with the poppadoms. One of the meals didn't have hardly any flavour and another did not taste authentic and the Keema naan was too salty. But the welcome and the service was good 👍

Not much choice for food in Southend on a Sunday night, so we ended up here. Food was just about OK. Cobra beer was nicely cold.

I enjoy this dish, but I was disappointed because the fish was not properly contained, causing it to leak onto other food and into the bag, resulting in a mess in my kitchen. It is not just this outlet, but when I they going to realise that hot food sweats in a plastic bag. Please next time put the fish in an appropriate container

I ordered from this restaurant on Just Eat and while the biryani was good, I was disappointed with the tapioca and fish curry as they lacked flavor. Additionally, despite ordering squid fry, we received a different item altogether. Overall, the experience fell short of expectations.

Great food with a different menu to the usual choice I see from other restaurants

They want you to leave the table by coming to your table again and again saying sir/ma'am are done or not if you don't have the big order of food. We ordered 4 Indian snacks plus the main but they wanted us to leave the table for white people. Not recommended.

Absolutely delicious. Service was fantastic. Highly recommend!

It’s horrible…. Just horrible food I don’t know how a chef can prepare a such horrible fish curry and beef curry. 🙏🙏🙏

Though the name of restaurant is keralam, the food tastes extremely different from authentic kerala flavour. Not at all satisfied with taste.

Very poor quality and quantity of food. Ordered fish biriyani beef dry fry with Porotta.. Biriyani was not good at all.. Taste and quantity.. Served it in a small portion and that too in a plastic bowl. Never seen that before in any restaurant.. Porotta looks dry and bit cold. Beef is served on the top of cut lettuce with a very small portion. Going for the very first time. Personally don't want to visit again. So disappointed.. Not happy at all as a customer. Expected the authentic taste of Kerala cuisine. But totally disappointed.

Ended up coming here after learning that the Amina had shut down after many years. The restaurant itself is tired looking but that wasn’t the end of the world most are. Service was pretty slow with the staff standing around at the back on their phones. However, once we did get served the waiter was friendly and chatty. I think the biggest let down was the food though. It was extremely bland didn’t have any real depth of flavour to the point where we left half of it. We’ve tried it but won’t be going back.

Quantity is less. Taste is good.

Beautiful authentic food great vegan options staff really friendly 😁 will recommend and return monthly

Keralam in Southend on Sea is an absolute gem! The vegetarian food here is nothing short of extraordinary. Every bite was a burst of authentic Kerala flavours, and the presentation was impeccable. Adil and his team have created a warm and inviting ambience; their attention to detail is evident throughout. The staff's hospitality and Adil's personal touch make this restaurant a must-visit. I can't wait to return and explore more of their tantalizing menu.

We 6 people on Sunday 10 September 2023 went to this restaurant, though the restaurant was not full and asked 2 times to Shabbir and chacha (staff) to take orders but had to wait almost hour and no one turns up to take order.. Though Chacha was having good times on his phone. After that as we were very hungry we decided to leave Resturants and to our surprise shabbir looked very happy and even didn’t ask us for the reason for leaving.. he adjusted the table for some one else.. sorry to say but honestly the staff need to have some lesson In hospitality..

Worst biriyani i ever ate in my life

Absolutly delicious food. Friendly staff. Was beter than I thought it was going to be.

Really nice food and good value.

Superb S Indian food. I had a masala Dosa and Chicken Jalfezi both superb as was the poppadom starter.

If you are visiting Southend on Sea and looking for authentic Kerala food near to the city centre, then Keralam restaurant should be your first choice. It is a family run hotel that serves Kerala food for almost 20years. It is just 10 minutes walk from Adventure Island. The staff is very friendly. The food is cooked only after you place the order so you always will get fresh hot food. We tried Biriyani and it was really delicious. There is good space for multiple families to sit together. Highly recommended!!!

A beautiful Indian cuisine restaurant,extremely high quality service off the men, beautiful food and excellent value for money,would highly recommend if you are in Southend on sea 👍

I recently dined at Keralam restaurant and unfortunately, the experience did not live up to the authentic flavors of Kerala cuisine. Ordered Beef and squid curry, the food quality was quite disappointing, and it didn't capture the essence of the rich and flavorful dishes that Kerala is known for. The flavors were lacking, and the overall taste fell short of my expectations. While the ambiance and service were okay, the heart of any Kerala restaurant should be its ability to deliver the true taste of Kerala cuisine, and in this case, it was a letdown.

Worst South Indian restaurant in United kingdom Never recommend to anyone.

The curries doesn't match their name. Decent taste.

We travelled from London to the Southend on holiday,so once we ordered prawn biriyani and pappadom; I was very impressed when I tried the food. It truly compliments the taste of God’s own country. great service.

We had ordered quite a few dishes as we were craving for South Indian Food since being away from home for a long time. Apart from two starters all the other food which was served had a raw taste to it especially the prawns masala and the king fish fry. We had really expected more from this place as the menu is a bit expensive and also they serve below standard food and named the restaurant " Keralam " Being a keralite I think its a disgrace for us malayalees.

This is just the place for someone craving South Indian food. The flavoring and delicacy is just unmatchable. I recommend this to any Indian and local in Southend looking for some delicate cuisine. The server and staff is also very kind and nice, and the food is super fresh out of the kitchen, I went here again and had idli sambhar and as an Indian, this makes me proud, I recommend you go here if you ever visit Southend.

Really didn’t like this and threw it in the bin. Chicken was like cardboard and the prawns were so overcooked they were inedible. Probably one of the worst meals I have ever had.

Worst food ever. I ordered for plain dosa. It came with stale coconut chutney and very very sour watery sambar. What could I eat the dosa with? Also, ordered fish curry for my husband. It also didn’t taste good. I will never visit this restaurant again. Worst food.

I was disappointed with the quality of the korma sauce which, although it tasted fine, was very thin and runny, and not what I am used to.

Worst food I had From United Kingdom … This is my experience from today …I am a South Indian especially keralite… How can you name a Rest as Keralam and Provide such a Horrible food.. which defnitely ruins the identity of the place … Food quality is absolutely underrated … I never such a Horrible South Indian food ever in my life …the presentation of my Biriyani was 0/5 … onion bhaji don’t have onion in it it was a dough fried of gram flour ….. even the raita was disgusting 🤮… When we complained about this to the guy in reception His reply was we were doing the same for past 26 years … Oh My God …. Guys please don’t even go near this premises ……

Full vegan menu ....very tasty ...staff could not be more helpful

If you want REAL Indian food, this is the place to come to. The pickle selection with the poppadoms was like nothing I've tasted or had before. One was Apricot, sweet and taste bud burstingly tasty. My colleague ordered the rice flour stuffed with spiced potato. I went for chicken as a starter and a prawn curry as mains. Was a little hotter than I'm used to, but still scoffed nearly all of it because the taste was amazing. I highly recommend. Staff were also really friendly and took pride in their food. So they should! Pictures don't include mains as I couldn't wait before eating it to take a picture 😅

Food was not so tasty and quantity is too less for the price,,very much disappointed

worst experience. Terrible Taste.

Dissappointing !Never would reccomend this place to anyone whom want to try kerala dishes We got the food which was prepared like 2-3 days and what they do is just heat them and supply Chicken ordered was very hard feels like ages ago,same happened with friedrice and vada we ordered .And the taste is not great.very bad experience

Food is not so good,it’s too oily and it’s not biryani but it’s just like chicken mixed with rice.

A really nice Indian restaurant owned by Mr. Sadiq.

Food was fantastic! The waiter was friendly and knowledgeable and helped us choose what to have. Definitely will be coming back here often.

The only thing which tasted good was Idli. There is a lot of scope for improvement in taste.

It's been over 12 hours. I still didn't get the delivery. App shows delivered and I lost my money.

Absolutely disgusting food which I ended up throwing away. I ordered a chicken korma which is supposed to have a thick, creamy sauce. The sauce was oily and had a thinner consistency than milk. It was vile. The raita was cheap and nasty. The pilau rice had no flavour and even the naan wasn’t cooked well. I will never order here again.

Not the usual selection of curries. Really nice food. Thanks.

Lovely fresh tasting food, arrived on time and pleasant delivery driver, very hot, would order again.

The stuffed parathas were tasty but very spicy. Next time, please make them Mild with No chillies. The Raita was also a bit spicy. Perhaps you had given onions, chillies and ginger. We wanted Raita with only cucumber and coriander. Next time, please Read the order note.

First time trying kerelan food, lovely food, great service, definitely be going back

Very tasty, high quality food. Excellent value. Highly recommended.

The Sambar Box at the bottom of the Bag couldn't take the load of the items above and hence everything was leaking from it as the white cover lid had given way. Next time, either spread the weight of the items in 2-3 bags so that the food boxes don't get squashed or use better quality strong and sturdy food containers with leakproof Lids. We feel sad when food gets wasted as you cook it and we pay for it. We'll be ordering again as your Sambar is tasty.

Absolutely love the food and staff here. First authentic Indian restaurant I’ve been to in Southend. Haven’t been back to India in 6 years so whenever we crave masala dosa we always go here. Highly recommend!!!

Forget your average curry. Our first time with South Indian food.... simply delicious from this family run business. I couldn't think of finding a more flavoursome meal in Southend on sea. 5 stars from a 17 year ex pub landlord👍

We ordered 6 Aloo Parathas. Not much Aloo in the Parathas and some of them were black and burnt. Next time, please send these stuffed Parathas with a good amount of Aloo (potato) filling and please ensure they are well-baked but not burnt.

Food was not good..Sambar was so watery , tasted like vegetables in resam and no sign of dal. Chutney was cold and salty, vada was hard and batter was not well cooked. Masala dosa was also not well cooked on the edges and sour.

Keralam are always a treat! The crab masala is superb

Excellent food ,the normal host was unavailable so the father took over ,what a host Sadiqe was amazing with his knowledge and friendliness thanks ,we will be returning 😀

Never go to this place… Poor quality food without any taste and charging high price. He didn’t even gave us a receipt. I went with my family last week and very much disappointed. I believe they prepared that food some days before and tasted very bad. Their drinks are horrible.

Extremely tasty Indian food, fresh and full of flavour, good portion size, best Indian food in Southend.

Biriyani takeaway..good to see Kerala restaurant in UK

Great food, genuinely friendly staff. Felt like home- cooking in a good way.

Nice food but was forced to buy water because of COVID-19???? I mean what the hell kind of a scam is that !! And pretty sure that illegal too. Sadly, won't be going back.....

Went for the first time. We love Indian food. But I won't be going back to this place. The chicken tasted like it was processed. Staff really lovely. Really friendly. Food let it down.

Worst food I have eaten in a restaurant. Overpriced food tastes like you are are served garbage. Such a shame it is named after Kerala!!

Average quality food and portion not worth money We visited the place yesterday with much expectation of having some Kerala food. We were thinking of ordering starters first however the person who took our order warned us it will be busier later and hurry up with our order. Neither did we see the shop get busier later nor we got the food within anticipated time. After so much of waiting we got cold and stale malabar parathas which looked like previous day’s considering the shop opened only 1 hour before our arrival. Appam and mini masala dosas were hot, good and tasty. Chicken and beef curry were not top notch. Poori was a full disaster, it did not look like poori or chapathi and was thick, not fluffy and not even hot. We ordered beef dry fry from mains which costs 10.85 however the portion of beef we got was very small like a starter which was very disappointing and taste wise also it did not outperform. Will not recommend

Very different from your usual Indian cuisine wasn't the best I've had. Was quite exspensive and someone took a dump in the urinal whilst I was there on my visit was not nice to see. Told the staff and they took an age to sort it

Food was okay-ish. Only 2 pieces of chicken in 'Chicken Jalfezi' simply is not enough Disappointing. 1 hour 55 minutes from ordering time to delivery- on a Tuesday. My usual takeaway was shut tonight so thought I would give these guys a try.........

The worst experience of Indian food and customer service.Please make sure what you eat is precooked and cold. No one will bother to pay more for better food than eating rubbish. Beautiful pic in the menu and Facebook but the reality will make you sick

This was one of the worst experience ever I had from south Indian restaurant. The tandoori chicken we had is too cold kind of straight from refrigerator and I never had such kind of tandoori masala on chicken ever in my life. Biriyani was average.

Where to start! amazing food, service and great music/decor. the food is rich with flavour and the spice dishes have the option to be slightly milder. all in all, amazing 10/10 definitely recommend it.

Always delighted with the food from Kerelam. A huge fan of Kerelan cuisine and not been disappointed so far!!

This is my favourite Indian restaurant! I've been going here for years and they keep getting better for each visit. The staff is amazingly friendly and I love the food. They have a separate vegan menu as big as the non-vegan menu. Highly recommended!!! Update May 2022: I've come back and again the food was amazing and the pineapple chutney is a taste and texture sensation! My recommendation is instead of ordering coconut rice, try the vellayappam (rice and coconut flat bread).

Liked it here food was nice service was good left with smile

There was some sauces missing and one of the veg curry that comes with the byriani was missing too

Authentic Kerala cuisine is at play here. The food was fresh and delicious. Surprising to see them maintain the authenticity despite being outside London. Would recommend as one of the must eats in Southend.

Had a family dinner here and we all loved our food. Fresh, tasty, all really good! Also reasonably priced.

Lovely food and very attentive service! Unusual dishes which is nice to see. More people need to go here!

Great food, very friendly staff, cosy atmosphere.

An excellent restaurant best South Indian ever.

Delicious food with just the right amount of flavor and spice, would definitely recommend 😄

Welcoming and friendly restaurant. Delighted to find karalan food. On the whole fresh and tasty. More attention to cleanliness required: menus were dirty, table was dirty. The chicken in my jalfrazzi was a overcooked. Dosa superb. We will return

Ever had a worst food. Literally vomitted after eating the egg biryani. Bought fish curry which the taste was very very very bad. Overall waste of money.

Very proper, with a very good choice. Not fatty, to my delight! I normally avoid Indian restaurants for reasons of oiliness but here: no bloating, no drama. Recommended.

Iv been coming here since it opened. Best food in the world. 100%

Would I order from them again . DEFINITELY NO. Food arrived after an hourand 20 minutes and a 2nd call. Gave specific delivery instructions but we ended up walking the streets trying to find him. Food was cold and had to go in the microwave. 2 out of the 3 dips were the same and not much taste. No naan bread . Called the restaurant either didn't or pretended not to understand me. Did get a new hot naan bread that's what the 1 star was for . Not sure if the food would have been nice if arrived hot but it didn't and it wasn't that nice.

Food Not nice at all nothing like chicken tikka massala

Took a little longer than first indicated, but totally worth the wait. Great flavours. Really enjoyed the meal.

Unfortunately food was just OK The nan bread was very dry and hard. Charging £1 for a pompadom then you only get half of one is slightly wrong. Unfortunately the food was cold.

Really great and authentic food with a wide varying menu. Staff were incredibly nice!

I really hate to leave reviews like this but I felt I had to. The food was really awful! As someone from Kerala myself I know what to expect. The masala dosa was really hard, my teeth was hurting eating it, it was clearly not freshly made and must have been there from earlier in the day, the Tandoori chicken was so salty and as I have high blood pressure I couldn’t eat it, the biriyani was bland and just like the rest of the order, sub-standard! So disappointing, I had such high hopes! The only positive was that the food arrived on time,.

I have had great experience. I have been there couple of times and tried some starters. Taste is so good. Please try wada,idly,puri masala and utapam.

Great service. Great food. Less greasy than a usual Indian meal but just as good.

This was the worst Indian takeaway to date ! Thought I would try somewhere different checked the reviews so thought would be ok. Ordered Lamb masala Onion bhaji , Bombay potatoes , peshawari Nan , veg rice poppadums and dips . The main reason for writing this was the lamb masala wasn't edible the meat was so over cooked and hard tried even giving it to the cat but she was struggling to chew it Thought I'd cut it up for her only to find it was full of tough sinews so in the end I binned it , that eventually put me off the whole lot , the sauce was not what I imagined a masala to be too . The rest was possibly edible but nowhere as good as my usual takeaway , using cheap meat just put me off everything I just put the lot in the dustbin . I would not recommend anyone go here and can't believe the good reviews that I read Definitely cross ❌ this one off the list !

Delicious and authentic South Indian food

I am glad we got a taxi to this South Indian restaurant. It is well worth sitting in this slightly outdated restaurant because the food is outstanding and the service is so friendly. Extremely reasonably priced for authentic South Indian dishes. (Takeaway available too) Thank you.

Absolutely amazing food and customer service 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

The chicken in briyani was spoiled. The raitha smell was bad

Meat tough undercooked Not nice