Taste of Kerala in Croydon

Love the food here, amazing appams and prawn masala. Also love the sardine fry and flaky parotas. Newly refurbished with backwater-beach cafe vibes 🌴☀️

The taste has gone down. Maybe the chefs have changed. The heating was not good. Shivered all the way

The delicious food, impeccable service, and charming ambiance made for a memorable experience

Food was average. Ambience is pretty decent though

If you want to try authentic Kerala food at really good price,try visiting this place. Great hospitality and great food

Amazing food.... Amazing pricing!!! Really worth it....

Ooooo it was super 👌 affordable Cutomer service is awesome.... Good ambience... kerala style wall pic and traditional interior make a feel of nostalgic feeling...

Homely experience, nice food and ambience

Delicious food and excellent service. Definitely recommend and will return if am in the area.

I am your regular customer, the food is really tasty and authentic, but the dishes looks and tastes different during different visits. As I am a Restaurant Manager, I noticed that the mallu waiter with glasses was doing really good job there during the busy period than the other staff and I noticed he was really hardworking, hats off to you. The atmosphere is good for families and friends.

Very nice food and good hospitality really recommend Special thanks to chef Gokul

Amazing food!! Best service by Maria! We'll be back👍

I just watched the video and there is nothing like beef biryani. There are other shops in Croydon that serve this well.

amazing quality Must try chatti choir and bamboo poratha.💯

Good food and filled the heart and tummy with tasty and delicious food , thanks Gokul and basil for the great chatti chore

Good food ,wort of every penny, thanks Gokul and basil for the tasty food

Very welcoming place , felt like home specifically with the flavour and aroma

Good customer service and great food! Will sure come back. Much love

Very tasty food and nice service. Spicy dishes and lovely traditional bread called appam! 😃👍

Delicious food, especially Duck Mappas. Have refurbished the restaurant, good ambience now and good staff!

Nice food and prividing excellent customer service.

Food is very authentic , service is excellent, place is very clean. After long time felt like being in Kerala. Keep rocking guys

Our popular restaurent. We had many takeaways ,sometimes delay to get order but overall we love Briyani, masala dosa etc and Goan lady speak to us very simple and soft words on food no complain at all

Family meal, lovely staff, food was amazing and food was made to how spicy or mild you wanted it, would definitely come back, price for food was amazing and good quality

Nice Service. 3 course catering service at the Thornton Heath bus garage Christmas Party and long service Award ceremony

Works long service awards and Christmas party

Taste of Kerala provided the food for our staff Christmas party. From start to finish the food was delicious and the service was exceptional. Thoroughly recommended.

amazing food must try: Kerala Chicken Fry, squid fry and the meen pollichathu. decent potions and total value for money!

A hidden gem with amazing Kerala food!!

Must try and the food is really good.

Amazinggg food!! Great service! A must try!

About the taste of kerala , the food really took me straight to kerala ,pure nostalgia … the authenticity of flavour were actually great . Its a great place for a food dates or just casual dinners or any meals. Specially the kanthari Mandi is a must try. Must visit 😊

Exceptional service by Pranav and good value for money.

10/10 food, great staff and atmosphere, ordered the chilli chicken

This is my favourite restaurant . I always come here with my friends to enjoy drinks with delicious starters and mains. Parotta super, chattichoru super and Kanthari mandi is amazing.

Teast of Kerala is a must-visit for authentic Kerala cuisine! The Express Meal is the star, featuring delicious Kerala Fish Curry and Sambar, all for just £7.99! Their Porotta and Beef are full of flavor, and the Masala Dosa is delightfully crispy. A truly amazing spot to enjoy the taste of Kerala!

This is hands down my favorite foodie spot in London! They have been serving authentic Kerala cuisine for over 17 years in Croydon, and it’s no surprise why they’ve stood the test of time. Their budget-friendly menu is absolutely worth it, and the express meal has become a local favorite. The highlight for me is the beef ulathiyathu—it’s simply mouthwatering! Oh my goodness, the flavors are unforgettable. Beyond the incredible food, the management and staff are exceptionally kind and friendly, always making you feel welcome. While many restaurants have come and gone, this gem remains the number one choice in Croydon. A must-visit for anyone craving genuine Kerala flavors!

I like the food and the service everything was good.. Perfect experience

Wow , food is delicious and the service as well thank you

I cannot recommend this place enough. Maria was our server and am glad she was. Her recommendation was top notch. Will definitely come back with family.

We decided to visit this Kerala restaurant in Croydon yesterday, drawn in by its glowing 4.1-star rating and nostalgic promises of “authentic” food from home. Spoiler: the only authentic thing here was our regret. We ordered 3 Kizhi Porotta with Beef – their special of the day – and 5 appams with Fish Molly. The service started off well; a sweet Malayali lady greeted us warmly and made us feel welcome. But that’s where the good part ends. The food took forever to arrive, and when it did, we realized patience doesn’t always pay off. The beef in the Kizhi Porotta was clearly cooked from frozen – rubbery, thick, and the complete opposite of what you’d call “fresh.” The porottas? Burned. All three plates. For a dish labeled as their special, it felt more like an afterthought. Here’s a suggestion for the management: if you’re going to serve frozen meat, at least have the decency to inform your customers beforehand. When people come to an “authentic” Kerala restaurant, they’re hoping for fresh, well-prepared food, not something that’s been defrosted and overcooked. Transparency matters, especially when you’re trading on nostalgia. We gave our feedback to the waiter, who was genuinely understanding and even offered us a discount. Kudos to her for handling it so well, but we paid in full and asked her to pass the message to the kitchen. Hopefully, they listen. And to top it all off? Today, all of us are dealing with stomach issues. Make of that what you will. If you’re considering this place, my advice: ask about the freshness of the ingredients before you order. Or better yet, just go somewhere else.

Nice food and services. I recommend this place.

Beautiful service, tasty food and friendly staff. A great place to hang out with friends after a busy day

Super itz not yesterday, itz today. So grab your best combo(porotta beefroast)

Porata and beef combo was fantastic. Really good.

Good food, great service, and a nice atmosphere. Would recommend!

Great food, particularly the starters. Service was good and the staff were friendly

Top notch starters! Good price!

The food was amazing! Highly recommended!

Certainly the best authentic kerala restaurant I've tried in the UK. It isn't a fine dine restaurant but who cares as long as food is delicious. I can't rate less than 5*s for the authenticity of this restaurant. Staff are good and efficient but lack communication skills. Fish thali, parata, appam and chicken biryani are my favorites. Food is lot cheaper than other restaurants and it's real value for money. I've tried this place many times and would certainly recommend.

Best Kerala porrota in London. Perfect with beef roast. Tastes like home.

Ambiance is really good. We always love kerala parata here. The fish fry is excellent! Great atmosphere. Do recommend

The food was very delicious. Nice place to eat peacefully and the staff were nice too. Recommend for everyone

Absolutely enjoyed the food. Exceptional service and staff. The Mutton Biryani and the Chatti parota were stunning. Definitely coming again.

Tried the Chatti parotta today, must try dish. Beautiful interior and great customer service. Mulakku Bhaji and Chaya super.

Food was amazing. Price is very reasonable. Delivery was prompt. I definitely recommend this place.

Boli and Palpayasam available only here in UK it was good

Tried Chattichoru. it was nice and customer service is good.

Great mallu food tastes like back in country Reasonable prices Attached Pranav shows great hospitality

Food was lovely and great service! Thank you

I had Fish Express meal from here. A very budget friendly meal which costs only 7.99 and includes fish fry, fish curry, cabbage thoran, rice, sambar, puliseri and salad. 😊

Excellent food and service - Really good at price point. We randomly tried porotta, egg roast and pazhampozhi - Everything on point - Our first time was amazing, will keep visiting. Thanks!

Soft, flaky layered Parotta. Best parotta I've ever eaten in London. 😍

I ordered Chatti Porotta and fish pollichathu they were soo good 😍.

Food is good and good customer service

Biryani rice and Appam was not cooked well. Gobi 65 was like garam masala Gobi. Egg bajji batter was tasting sweet. Worst beef roast ever had. Fishmolie, kappa and porotta were good. Food prices are reasonable.

We've been to Taste of Kerala on 3 occasions. The first time we had fish meals and parota & beef roast. The fish in the curry was stale. The second time we had mutton biryani and chicken meals, the mutton biryani was bland. On the third occasion on Saturday, we has puttu & kadla curry and chicken meals, the coconut milk in the kadla curry was past its due date, had terrible stomach cramps later in the day and chicken meals was bland. Changing my review from 4-stars to 2. I wouldn't go back in again.

Authentic Kerala preparations !

I've been coming to Taste of Kerala for the last couple of years and it's a local gem. Hands down the most authentic Keralan restaurant in probably the whole of London.

Excellent food and good ambience. Friendly service.

Amazing soft flaky parotta 😋. Good customer service.

All food we ordered were amazing. Thank you Chef and front staff

Nice food , nice service and overall a must try

Budget friendly, great food and our special thanks to Pranav and Aiswarya who made the experience even more memorable, because they kept the shop open for us even it was nearing closing time. Even it was their shift time getting over, they served us without any hesitation or negative expressions, and their attentiveness was commendable, all with beautiful smile . Which really made our day.

Food not tasty at all. Rubbish food

Worst experience in Taste of Kerala Croydon .we ordered fish moli ,gobi manchurian both were worthless and too too bad . Parota was also a disaster .we have been here before but fish moli appam was our fav one .sorry to say ഒന്നും ഇഷ്ടമായില്ല Very disappointed

Authentic and delicious Kerala cuisine with a warm, homely ambiance featuring Kerala-themed decor. Exceptional service—staff were friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable, offering great recommendations and accommodating special requests. Highly recommend!

Didn't expect “Kappa Biriyani” to be in its fullest form of native Kottayam Style with all spices reaching to the point of perfection. Recommended for authentic Kerala taste lovers.🫰

My favourite places to have kerala food. Good atmosphere and good service from the front of house team. Must try their seafood dishes.

Had a great dining experience! The fried rice was perfectly seasoned, and the Chicken 65 was crispy and flavorful— definitely a must-try🤤

I had high hopes for Taste of Kerala, but my experience was a disaster. The chicken biryani was bland and poorly seasoned, while the kappa beef biryani and chicken fry were even worse. The flavors were off, and the beef was tough. I've had better meals from street vendors. Instead of running a restaurant, they should consider other ventures. This was easily the worst dining experience I've had in London. I won't be coming back.

We have been coming here for around 5 years all the way from London just to experience the joy of Kerala thali which now has been discontinued and replaced by meals instead.We are vegetarian therefore we loved the dishes.The meal items are now half in variety which was disappointing as paying nearly the same price. Maybe the owners are trying the cost effective strategy since they renovated but keeping up the same menu mostly rewards Or else you loose some customers too.

I had a bad experience form taste of kerala, my sister cane to the UK recently and my friends recommend me to have a meal from there. I ordered pazhampori and meat roll which took more than 45 min. The main course I ordered was 4 porotta and 1 beef ulathi dish which took 1 hr too reach the table. When I complained this to the staff they apologized to me, which didn't make my order come in early. So disappointed in how long I had to wait, this was a first experience for me. Starters and meant as early as possible we wouldn't call it a starter if it takes this long compared to the main dish. Never gonna recommend to people who doesn't have the patience to wait for hours to get their food better try somewhere else.

Good food and good customer service

Best of kerala food🤍 No words 🤤

I was tried before the tea,today its like water and more brown color its not taste like tea ,we told them to replace it they tell you will always get like this tea,very disappointed and fed up The staff told me if you wanna good tea you have to put review on google😂 i dont know why?

unfriendly service ordered chicken curry and fish curry. both curries were not cooked properly. got an allergy after eating food. the hygiene is poor i guess in the kitchen. food health & safety should visit this restaurant as soon as possible

Writing this review with tummy ache. Visited restaurant today to experience renovated place. Ordered porotta Beef it was not tasty and now tummy aches. We also ordered dosa which was cold and felt like chutney served straight from freezer! Very very poor quality food. Extremely disappointed!!

I recently had a disappointing experience at Taste Kerala restaurant in Croydon and cannot recommend it. The food quality was lacking; the beef and mutton roasts tasted almost identical, as if they were merely different names for the same dish. The chattichoru was a major letdown, with the chicken and sardine fries served cold, indicating they had been frozen and reheated. The chili chicken was overly spicy but lacked real flavor.The beef and mutton were excessively spicy and not representative of authentic Kerala cuisine—it's more like the worst of Croydon. While the customer service was attentive and friendly, it couldn’t compensate for the poor food quality. Overall, it was not worth the money, and we won’t be returning. This experience clearly showed that the restaurant fails to meet expectations.

They were great when I tried it for the first time a few months ago. Today I visited the place again and booked Kingfish Pollichathu and Tilapia Pollichathu. Tbh both were so dull. Tasted like tomato curry covered over fish fry. You can call it anything, but that was not fish pollichathu.

Have tried their food many times in past and were really good.But it was not the same when we tries yesterday.We rdered beef frey kappa biriyani and lamp curry,leave alone kerala taste it has no taste at all.very spicy and no taste.Somthing really has changed.ambience is good now but food quality has gone down .dont want to return just for the ambience

The worst South Indian food I ever had. Had their signature chatti choru, everything was frozen. Water was oozing and dripping out from the food as it was defreezing on my plate. Please avoid this place at any cost

It was just amazing experience definitely will come back again

Ordered kerala porotta and beef roast, beef was old and heated up with lot of cardamom, cloves and cinnamon sticks, more than beef chunks you can find alot of cardamom and all above spices, ordered egg masala again, the same found 5 cardamom, 3 cloves and 2 big cinnamon sticks, waste of money.... Kerala fish meals seems to be OK, the customer service was outstanding.. Please don't eat beef roast, it is really old and just heating it up when we order 🤮.

Authentic Kerala food and absolutely delicious. Everything on the menu is worth a try. The reason for a 4 is because the Kerala meal items are always served cold, only the rice is warm. Service is a bit slow, tissues are never given unless asked for, and once we have finished our meals and ordered desserts, the plates are never taken away. Could be better if tables are cleared before desserts are served.

Amazing food, all absolutely delicious! The paratha is the best I’ve ever had, and the gobi Manchurian is out of this world. Will be back very soon! Great staff too!

Amazing food, you can’t choose badly and lovely staff. Amazing value for money also, win win, you might need a doggy bag 😊

The food is not good....expecially beef... quality......i got food infection.

First visit to the restaurant, Ordered the veggie lunch express and food was good. I totally recommend this place if you are in the area. Thanks

We recently visited your restaurant and, unfortunately, had a very disappointing experience. We tried five dishes, and sadly, every one of them was unpleasant, lacking freshness and flavor. The food tasted stale and poorly prepared, which left us quite disheartened. While you are serving food to customers, there’s an expectation that it will be done with care and quality. With the same ingredients and spices, delicious dishes can be made, so it's frustrating to see this potential wasted. Running any business, especially in the food industry, requires a sense of responsibility and humanity. Customers come in with the expectation of enjoying a good meal, especially in a country where food plays such an important cultural role. Unfortunately, it felt like you were merely taking advantage of the opportunity without delivering on quality. Given the prices you're charging, it's only fair to expect better standards in the quality of food and service. I hope you will take this feedback seriously and improve in the future.