Kochi Restaurants

Mango Tree lounge & cafe is located at princess street fort cochin above cafe cofee day. very famous for sea food grills,bistro,italian and continental foods.excellent indian tandoor also there. the major attraction is the presence of more than 70 years old Mango tree and rich heritage ambience in the restaurant.never miss the chance to sit under the mango tree with excellent music and tasty choice of dishes.worth visiting the restaurant.different experience
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Favorite Dish: grilled pomfret wrapped in banana leaves and traditional kerala appam. try it out hot.appam has got brown lace around and the grilled fish will give you a tempting aroma of banana leaves.

If you're just looking to stop for a quick snack on your way around Fort Kochi, this is quite a good place. Just a small hut with some tables outside, they do sandwiches, chips, cheese on toast etc for 40-80INR.

Although this is multi cuisine restaurant, you should try their Kerala food.

We ate appam, idiappam, fish molee, karimeen polichadhu and shrimps. Each dish had good flavours built in.

The ambience is real nice. However, be prepared to wait a bit as it tends to be crowded.

Favorite Dish: Karimeen polichadu - It is marinated pomfret fish that's wrapped in banana leaf and cooked.
Their appams and idiappams tasted amazing too. So did their fish molee.

I haven't been to this restaurant, but this was the place my brother wanted to take us first. Since it was shut, we ended up in Grand Pavilion. Hence, this is my brother's review.

He says that they serve even better food than Grand Pavilion. Their flavours are better. And they serve it at nearly half the price compared to Grand.

Favorite Dish: I would recommend the same things i tried at Grand. Karimeen Polichadhu, appam, idiappam, fish molee and shrimps.

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It is a great place to have a cuppa after walking around Fort Kochi and Jew Town. Must try their home-made cakes.

For those who like real coffee and have gotten tired of the sweet instant coffees that people usually serve up here, this place sells good coffee. My friends and i went in for the plunger. :-)

Also love this place because they don't sell water in plastic bottles. They sell water in sterilized glass bottles. I think they might be willing to refill your bottles. Not sure.

They also have an art gallery.

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A buffet dinner..
excellent curries from kerala and a smattering of north indian food but the food is Kerala Spice.. and you would be surprised to know that the chef is from Nepal.. he told me that most of the chefs in this part of the world are from Nepal.. I remember seeing Nepali people cooking at the Fort Cochin area as well.
Suresh took me and Sunil to Lunch. A sumptous lunch, cost us less than 8 usd for three... great value..

Good food and friendly service at reasonable price. Don't be scared by location or building, is really very good food, trust an Italian. Must try. Good French and Indian dishes.

Favorite Dish: Anything is good quality

The fish market offers a variety of fish and shell fish/ seafood etc. This is where the locals come to shop, and is a good place to stock up if you're self catering.

Local fishermen sell the fish here that has been caught recently, either by boat, or in the cantilevered nets.

A 'different dining experience' is to chose the fish you'd like to eat, wait for it to be weighed, agree on a price, then carry your purchase to the nearby grills, where your fish will be cooked and served.

I'm not sure if this is just grilled, or if your fish could be made into a hot, spicy dish.

I'm afraid that I didn't get the chance to do this, but hopefully one day I'll get the chance to return to Cochin, and try this out

Favorite Dish: All the fish looked very fresh, so it would have been hard to decide.