Karikku Cafe

Kerala cuisine (state in India). You can order from the QR code menu at the table and pay as well. We ordered the Malabar fish curry, Prawn masala, parotta, matar paneer, baby corn Manchurian.Baby corn Manchurian, prawn masala and Malabar parotta were good. Malabar fish wasn't spicy enough.Will try their other curries later.

Honestly one of the few dishes I was able to eat during my 1st trimester was from Karikku cafe. We ordered the idiyappam and kerala style chicken curry. It was delicious and I enjoyed this meal a lot. Hubby had it with parota and loved how flaky and delicious the food was.This years Onam Sadhya hosted by Sangama also served most delicious and authentic kerala Sadhya food by Karikku cafe. Can't wait to try out other amazing dishes at this restaurant.

Excellent Kerala food in the bay. We tried a whole bunch of vegetarian dishes and everything was delicious. Their Aapam & Ulli Theeyal were outstanding and I would definitely be ordering them everytime we visit. Gobi Manchurian was in that perfect in-between consistency of dry and gravy which I looved! Parotta and Mushroom Roast (w coconut milk) was yummyyy, I really have no complaints. Everything was fantastic and I can't wait to be back to try the other items.

Neighborhood Kerala Place- Decided to order an entree for an evening dinner. Wanted to do an egg gravy; there were two options to choose from: Egg Roast and Egg curry - ordered Roast as it sounded more promising; felt like they are going to put some effort. We were utterly Disappointed with the outcome- it was blend of boiled eggs in tomato & onion gravy; tasted below average. Didn't feel like it was coming out of restaurant; some amateur putting it together. While I would love to try their Mappas and Thalassery biryani, a little hesitant after first experience. Ambiance is actually decent for an Indian Dine-in in South Bay (Hence the 3 stars).

There are few authentic kerela restaurants in the Bay Area and Karikku is one of them. The beef Peralan was spicy and delicious but slightly overcooked. The porotta was fresh and yummy.

One of the best Kerala food in Santa Clara,Malabar meen curry, porotta, Appam must try from their menu.

Everything we ordered was really good. Plenty of meat, tender, no bones to pick through, and flavors were strong and delicious. The lunch combo is well worth it with 2 parottas.

Tried biriyani, Pothichor and kerala porotta Porotta was really good. Beef was okay. Biriyani was average and Pothichor lacked flavors .

The biryani wasn't the usual andhra style and not too spicy. Chicken 65 was amazing and everything was authentic and fresh.

It's been a long time since I had great food from Kerala and Karikku ticked off all the boxes. You know it's authentic when the Kerala parotta is soft and flaky while the appam has the perfect lace around it. The beef fry and mutton curry were on the spicier side and that's how it should be!The only reason I gave 4/5 for service is that the time for the food to arrive was a bit slow. But they had a ton of pickup and delivery orders so maybe it's a good sign that the service is slow due to popular demand.As I don't live close to the restaurant, I ordered additional appam, parotta , chemeen and even some thoran to remind me of the good old times.Highly recommend it to those who want to taste a different side of the Indian cuisine.