Thattukada - Taste Of Kerala - Toddy Shop - Kallu Shappu in Northampton

For me it was my first time. Being Italian I really didn't know what to expect, but the food was spectacular. Not that much spicy, which is good. And I also tried the famous toddy. Sweet but not a lot, and very nice. I went there with my husband and some friends. The prices are also very affordable and their position in the city is also another strong point.

All items was tasty and all loved it.

This is the second time me and friends visit the restaurant with lot of expectations.But its spoiled , kappa biriyani (beef) its cost £11.50 ,and the portion of beef in kappa is very less , 2 ,3 very tiny pieces. And honestly I am not recommend the Kappa biriyani ! pacha malayalathil parajal Udaayippu !!!biriyani.

Very disappointed with the food . why the YouTubers are giving this much hype I don’t know. No cleanliness at all .try to clean the toilets at least once in a week.

Shop ambiance is very much.Food quality is very good.

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Its been a good experience and nice,i recommend all should visit

To be very honesty,in my opinion is quite disappointed with the Biriyani.the main problem is heavy price for Biriyani it’s like £8 and rice is not properly cooked,we actually picked chicken Biriyani.so in my very honest opinion is heavily disappointed.

Very good service and tasty food, recommend for eeveryone

Poor service had to wait long time felt like they prioritise poeple according to their nationality . Not worth it

Between travel to Leicester me with family enjoyed the lunch. Children especially like chicken biriyani.

I had a very wonderful experience at this place. The food and service was good.

Nice vibe enjoyed nadan kallu friends.. frog fry was delicious

Happy with the food and service

Kerala style rise, and non veg items are best for value for money. Parking opposite Argos (2hrs free). Good Ambiances. No need for a booking.

Highly recommended for authentic Kerala food. Went for lunch as a family and had lovely great food. Cool ambience, nice music, friendly staff and good service. Good value for the money.

Horrific. That is my experience summed up. We were not welcomed in and had to wait for a while to be given a seat. Also, the atmosphere and ambience was so bad including the seats which were extremely uncomfortable as they were hard wooden benches. Then onto the food it was not good at all it was very mediocre we ordered many things including seabrim fry which was the most disappointing of all. It had no flavour at all it just seemed the put the marinade on and fried it. Additionally, we drove over 4 hours it wasn't worth any of the hype at all.

Worst experience ever. We are from kerala and wanted to have some authentic kerala food. However all the dishes arrived at different times and everything was basically cold. We waited for atleast 1 hr and it ended up being a huge letdown. The quality was abysmal. I am a proud malayali and this is not how kerala food should be presented to the masses especially staples like porotta and appam. Thumps down.

Best food ever...especially fish

Good food,service and atmosphere !! Thank you

It was a wonderful experience. The food was amazing with good ambience.

Frog fry order cheytharnnu nothings to feel any spice

I visited Thattukada for the first time. The food was reasonable and felt a kind of home cooked taste. Kallu-Toddy, was okay too-mild taste with less fiz compared to the one in Kerala. But you can’t except the same here as they import. Still enjoyed. The biggest negative I felt was poor customer service. The time we visited was as not peak, not sure if it was that, but up on arrival there were a group of lads-waiters talking each other not even looking at us to welcome nor guiding where to sit . Shocked to see this kind of customer service in the UK. Cleanness is an issue in the toilet. Okay for a once in a life time visit.

Sooooo bad !!! Don’t have words to explain beware

I recently visited this restaurant and ordered appam, beef, ghee rice, and chicken curry. The experience was extremely disappointing, mainly due to the poor service and subpar food quality. First, the food was served completely cold. When I pointed this out, the server insisted it was warm, but when asked to feel it himself, he finally acknowledged the issue and promised to have it fixed. Unfortunately, nothing improved. While the appam was at least warm, the chicken curry was as cold as if it had come straight from the refrigerator, and the ghee rice was also cold and didn’t even taste like it was made with actual ghee. The butter or "ghee" topping was warm, but the rice itself was not. Worse, the chicken curry tasted stale and cold. When we gave feedback, the server didn’t show any concern or even acknowledge the comments. He seemed uninterested and dismissive, standing there with a smirk. Based on his interactions with other staff, he appeared to be the owner, which made his attitude even more disheartening. This place is far from offering authentic Kerala food—it felt like an insult to Kerala cuisine and other respectable Kerala restaurants. If they intend to focus on only serving alcohol (or prioritising customers who buy alcohol), they should be transparent about it with customers. Please do not waste your money here. The food is a disservice to your taste buds, and the experience is likely to leave you frustrated.

Not a good place to eat. Staff lazy and food is smelly and seems like they cooked it a week earlier. Chicken curry was finished at 7:PM Friday night. Looks like either the owner doesn’t care about what his restaurant is serving or the management is lazy. I believe this one will close soon. No stars, 3rd class restaurant with cheap vulgar songs playing in the background.

We visited this restaurant on 19/10/24. We ordered a variety of dishes, including vellayappam, but it didn’t feel fresh at all. When we inquired about it, the staff confirmed that it had been prepared earlier and kept in a casserole, heating it up as per order. We were very disappointed with the quality of the food as We felt that much of the food was not freshly cooked. Since we arrived quite late, many of the options were unavailable. We drove a long distance to get there, but we couldn’t order anything we really wanted to eat. We chose this restaurant after seeing several promotional videos, but we didn't experience any of the things they highlighted in the reels.

Extremely Disappointing Experience I was thoroughly disappointed with my recent visit. The cleanliness was subpar, warranting a 0/10.washrooms are a disaster. The high prices did not match the average quality of food. Unfortunately, I would not recommend this establishment and will not be returning.

It was a try as traveling to Heathrow Airport from Shrewsbury, not disappointed worth money and good taste..🍻🥘

It was a great experience here, a truly great time for malayalis!

Amazing Kerala food ! Went back to my Kerala travel memories. Thanks for the excellent service.

Delicious food with wonderful service

Ordered biriyani through Uber eats.. such a bad experience.. the worst biriyani ever had in my life.. very low quality. Will not order anymore from thattukada.

Ordered vegetable thali, you can't say its vegetable thali only with one vegetable that was cabbage. Other than that pickle, papadam and moru curry, nothing else. Not value for money at all. At least should have given sambar or dhal or some other vegetables also

Great Kerala food! Delicious, so far the best in NN1!

Very authentic tasting South Indian food. A welcome break from the generic "Indian" food found in most restaurants. Will go back again.

Not everyone in a family eats meat or fish. Please add few vegetarian options

Food is ok, fish tawa fry was excellent. Soda Sarbath should have been made with soda rather than sparkling water. Toddy was great and highly recommended.

Can’t believe how a restaurant with 4.3 stars can have such a service. Feels like the comments are faked. Today we drove 80miles (one way) to visit the shop after reading the boasted reviews. And to be honest we felt completely ripped off. A non-veg thali costing £15 has very little portion of chicken curry, beef fry and mussels fry along with basic cabbage, pickle and yogurt curry which is used to eat Rice. No desert provided which any Keralite would have expected. Being a Keralite, we know how our thali looks. A veg thali has only got the above basic costing a whooping £7. Chicken Biriyani was okay. They did not have a lot of dishes that I would have wanted to eat. I will never return to this one again and wont recommend to my friends eithers.

Great food. One of the best restaurants in Uk where you get authentic Kerala food

Ambience was super Food was alright

Food was below average. We saw the hype on social media and came here to try. We were so disappointed. We tried two types of kallu, chicken fry and beef roast. It was all so dry and not flavourful. Chicken biriyani was not tasty as well.

Food preparation oru kala aanu... Athu oru business aaki enthengilum koduthal customers ne kityilla... Oru abadham aarkum pattum. Enikkum family kum athu pattie.. First and last time aayirunnu njangalude visit.. Kurechu youtubers undu(ellarem kutta peduthilla) free allel ozhinu kiyyiyal nalla review idunnaver, avarude valayil pedathe ellarum sookshikkika. Food oru average matharam. Porotta frozen aanu avarudethu. Pinne oru food um hot alla... Fish thawa onnum parayanilla... Valare mosham. Beef polullathellam oru unakka steel plate il aakum tharuka.. 😬Kallu aanel try cheyyunnavar 1 glass vanghi ishtapettal veendum vanguka... Allell sugar shoot up aakum. Pinne ullathu long waiting food nu vendi... 😀 Sathyam parenjal aake kollamathu ah bar counter set up mathram. I really recommend Kerala hut 👌. Nalla food and friendly staff.

Found this quite randomly while walking around. Thought we'd try it out. Not a fancy indian restaurant but it really hits the spot. Great food. Great service. It was nice to find some old monk rum in northampton!

Tastes like real naadan shaappu curry

We were in such a excitement but it was totally flop. We order kappa, meen kari, potti fry, frog and quail fry plus one jar kallu. I asked them and the guy told they import from Sri Lanka and palm toddy fromGhana. However the appearance of toddy was bit different. Looks similar like gruel juice something. Very thick not any smell of normal toddy. However when it tasted I felt it was not original and it is fake. I sometimes try with cocunut water and add some sugar and yeast. It was the similar taste. So guys don’t go there to drink the toddy from Sri Lanka, the same you can make at home costing you £1 or £2 . One glass they cgarge £6.00! One jar consists of 4 glass would be £22.00?. The food except potti was below average. You wont get porotta fresh. They heat the frozen porotta!!. What a joke. I bought one bottle toddy for my friends. None of them liked it. I kept it one side and next day you can see some white and black colour something laying down the bottle. For commercial use they won’t get that much of cocunut water. They also not importing original toddy from Sri Lanka. May be importing palm toddy that can’t consider as cocunut toddy what we get back in Kerala. Next option is to mix with the powder and make it. This type toddy is selling in most toddy shops in Kerala. The original toddy from the cocunut tree is not available. These chemical is very dangerous and regular consumption would cause abdominal cancer. My request to the owner of thattukada please don’t cheat public and you have to tell them how do you prepare this toddy and statutory warning as well. You have to display the certificate from the council that you are selling pure toddy. Otherwise don’t make others fool. The frog and quail fry was not up to the mark. It was not properly cooked and the taste was ugly. They I think used deep fry and the meat was not cooked properly. I won’t recommend anyone visit this restaurant in the future. Sorry guys.

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Great food and authentic taste...

I visited thattukada with my friends today after seeing influencer reviews, eager to try some authentic Kerala cuisine. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the worst meal we've ever had. We ordered ayala fry, kingfish fry, beef roast, beef fry, and crab fry, but everything was really disappointing. The only dish we somewhat enjoyed was the crab masala, everything else was incredibly disappointing. The kallu was particularly disappointing. I hope the quality of the food and the ambiance of the place improves soon.

It was a waste of money. We traveled a long way to get to this hotel and bought almost everything on the menu. The palm wine just tasted like sugar water. While we loved the assistance from staff, the food was overhyped and not worth the expense. If there was an option to give zero stars, we would. We expected something better. They call it a toddy bar, but everything tasted like nothing.

I finally visited the restaurant today after being intrigued by Instagram videos and craving traditional Kerala cuisine. Unfortunately, the food was underwhelming and lacked the extraordinary flavors I expected. None of the dishes were served hot, and the boti was particularly disappointing. The service was also lacking, as the waiter didn't check on us once, which is standard practice. The restaurant was also quite warm. While it's an option for Kerala food, don't expect an exceptional culinary experience.

Our experience with Thattukada was quite disappointed. We are not satisfied with the quality of food and the taste of food.

Good place to hang out and have Kerala style dishes.

We ordered very basic chor moru cabbage thoran pickle and papadum , the quantity of the curry is not sufficient for that portion of rice. The server just came to take orders and give the food. Never checked again if needed anything or enquire how the food was. The ambience is very average and does not give feel of a toddy shop. However , we also ordered the king fish fry and appam which was good. Not worth the hype

I had mainly frog fry and duck curry.awesome food,nice service and good ambience

We had Chicken Biriyani , porotta and beef. The prices are affordable, porotta is small , but it is priced only £1.50. Beef roast was lovely priced at £8.50. Comparing to other Indian restaurants in Scotland, Kallu shappu has reasonable prices and the food was also okay. I didn’t like the biriyani very much as we can cook better biriyani from home. The beef roast and porotta was exceptional. Idk , We felt it exceptional may be because we came all the way from Inverness and were hungry a bit.

Most lovely place to go, so welcoming

The food is tasty and is plenty for four people. The fish is fresh and spicy, which we wanted. Mutton and chicken need more spice. Plain Kallu is good. Munthiri Kallu is a rip-off. They just added Munthiri flavour to normal Kallu. £1 more for the flavour is a rip-off. It would have been the same price. Friendly staff. The walking area was spacious, though the restaurant was full. Not a place for Vegetarians. They won't provide anything other than the items from the menu. The toilet can be more clean. The total bill for food for four, four glasses of Kallu and a bear, was £120. Not a restaurant for vegetarians. Zero options on the menu,

Awesome food.Must try crab roast

Kappa and fish curry were great. The beef fry was good and the appam felt rather sweet. Lot of Kerala cultural references in food and interior. They even have the manavatti liquor (didn't try it though). Vegetarians beware, I could find any vegetarian options in the menu. Something the management can improve upon.

Good food, good music. Must try.

The toddy, prawn biryani and fried frog legs were exceptional, and the afternoon overall was lovely. However, the biggest letdown of the afternoon was the parking availablity. There was no parking in front of the shop and the nearest location where we could park was quite far from the actual shop.

neil is a great waiter he deserves a raise

I went there with high expectations after seeing lots of insta promo videos. But the dine in experience was quite disappointing. An average kerala restaurant. I don't think they are really putting any efforts to satisfy customer expectations. Anyway may be in coming years, they might improve.

Authentic Kerala cuisine. Quick service, friendly staff and delicious food!

The most worst experience in the UK restaurant.the attitude service food and cleanliness everything is totally worst. I don’t know how the YouTubers and content creators are giving good review to this hotel.

Food was good , brought memories of Kerala in a very monotonous UK We travelled far to this place , it was quiet surprisingly on a Friday evening

Nice food and good customer service 😊, like it

Awesome food!! Prawns biriyani is definitely recommended. Every food items had the authentic Kerala masala which felt just like home♥️

Food was really tasty.. Staff was very kind and polite..

Very poor service. There was not enough choice. Food was cold as if they reheated from frozen. Staff also had very bad attittude. Table was very dirty. Wash basin was blocked and was overflowing.

Food is just ok service is very poor

Good service Must try food items 😋😋😋

We visited Thattikada this month with parents. Travelled all the way from London , but totally disappointed. Kerala Porotta tasted like frozen porotta - 3/5 Beef varattiyath was literally full of oil - 2/5. Appam was too sweet, lots of sugar - 2/5 Kappa had a pale taste and less quantity - 2/5 We were so excited to order Crab - but that was the worst preparation - Tasted like rotten crab.1/5. We had given order for biriyani and after waiting for 30 minutes, saying Biriyani is finished . Atleast should be aware what’s available in the kitchen before taking the order. The only good thing about this place is the ambience. Kerala Hut is far better this one. So would give total of 2 star out of 5.

Quite disappointed from the fact that, we took extra effort to add a stop at Northampton to visit this place following the reviews by the bloggers. It wasn’t worth it. Little to offer on the menu, not even a single vegetarian curry option for a family who compromised to visit this place for rest of the non veg eaters. Chicken fry lacked any flavours even though was fried deep. The chicken biriyani seemed average- good. Nothing special to comment. Not worth a drive from far south or north of the UK.

A very good "typical" kerala themed and styled Thattu kada (street side small shop). All foods on the menu are South Indian. They also have Kallu or toddy. Mallus will understand it 😉 Service was quick as well.

We travel 270 miles to get there Unfortunately worst food Also we ask the staff to make it hot Fish thala was served cold Disappointed

Worst Dining experience. Spend nearly £30 for food cooked from frozen specially Appam. Traditional Appam should be thin and crispy around the edges with soft fluffy center. The Appam you served was so fluffy around the edges and not even warm. Competition???? I don't even live/work in Northampton.With such terrible attitude and service I don't think you need any competitor. You quality of food speak for itself.

Indeed had a home away from home experience and also one of the best one of this year .

Good tasty Kerala food in Northampton. Tried the ghee rice and beef curry and it tasted amazing ! Would love to come back for more!

Terrible experience. 3/5 people who went there ended up with horrible stomach issues (all three ate same food) We travelled from London to try this new restaurant but most items on menu were unavailable at 6pm. Food was cold and very less quantity for the price charged.

We visited this place and we are so disappointed with the visit.The only attracting factor was the availability of Toddy.The food was of very below average standard.Customer service was really good, but it cannot be compensated by the quality of food.They served frozen crab in the crab roast and never bothered to come back to us when we reported to them.I will never visit this place again and I will not recommend this place to any of my friends.

Delicious food and excellent service

The Staff is very unwelcoming. I dont want to comment more specific about the food which is below than average. You could buy some ready-made Kerala masalas and cook even better than them.

Food is below average. Most items are too salty. Frog legs are miniature, and the place stinks of urine. Hand wash inside restroom is just water, no soap. Hygiene outside is bad. Could the kitchen be a disaster?

we had a very nice evening in Thattukada with delicious food and great service the staffs was extremely friendly and in the end the price very reasonable. I would recommended Thattukada

Right in the middle of the town .. amazing food .. quantity and quality brilliant .. for authentic kerala food with some good kerala booze .. place to go .. visited with family and all enjoyed it .. will visit again

Very delicious food. Really happy with the service and quality of the food. Highly recommended.

Just another overrated restaurant in the UK, where the service varies between British and non-British customers!

Very delicious food and good pleasant services. will come again

Many things are very expensive. For example 6.50 for two spoonfuls of kappa. At the same time, biryani costs only 8.50. So buy biryani and skip the rest of the items. Tofu is very sweet. That too can be avoided

Very tasty, homely food with great service

Bought 3 portta take away, and given warmed frozen protta.. avoid at any cost.

Delicious Biriyani, Idi-irachi-poli, Chicken Curry: extremely delicious. We are pleased with their service and spacious setting.

Had the normal kerala rice with fish fry. Kerala rice comes with Cabbage, Moruchar & Pappadom. Fish fry was the Indian Mackerel. The lunch was great and fish fry had the authentic spices and tasted like home.

I recently dined at Thattukada - Kallu Shappu, and I must say, it was an exceptional experience! From the moment I walked in, I was greeted with warm hospitality and a vibrant ambiance that instantly made me feel at home. What truly sets Thattukada apart is the attention to detail and commitment to quality. The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and always ready to recommend dishes or accommodate special requests. The service was prompt and attentive, ensuring that my dining experience was smooth and enjoyable. The prices are reasonable, especially considering the quality and portion sizes of the dishes. The restaurant is clean, well-maintained, and has a cozy, inviting atmosphere that makes it perfect for both casual dining and special occasions. I have tasted MANAVATTY - nadan vattu so good and refreshing. Overall, Thattukada Restaurant offers an authentic taste of Kerala cuisine with excellent service and a welcoming environment. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to enjoy delicious, traditional dishes in a friendly and relaxed setting. I will definitely be returning soon!

I went to thattukada to taste the newly launched alcohol brand manavatty. I tried their spiced rum first and as the name suggest it was an explosion of flavor. I also tried their pale ale along with deer kanthari. It was amazing and I should definitely say the deer kanthari was exquisite. It's a must try a long with other items on the weekend menu.

Very nice food . After a long felt the real kerala taste from a restaurant.

It is the first time in UK I had a really delicious food

“Overall, dining at this restaurant was a delight from start to finish. ... it was nice experience delicious food especially seafood thali and biriyani and friendly services adipowli... Thank u for your services and treat. #thattukada highly recommended