Kerala Cafe - Varanasi

I don’t understand the rave reviews. I’ve had far, far superior South Indian food in Paris, LA, New York, Berlin just about anywhere. I went and ordered the most obvious stuff a masala dosa and rasam idli. Yes, ok, fast service great. Not so great they served me a dosa that had clearly been sitting around for a while. The dosa should be light, crispy, and hot, not dense, crunchy, and tepid. This is like a gimme for a restaurant, and it was a fail. The idli were inedible. Again, they were obviously sitting around. Rasam was flat, flavorless, and again cold! It should be peppery, vinegary, punchy, and piping hot. I had one bite and told them it was no good. It wasn’t!! Of course I still had to pay. I guess at 2+ euros for food you get what you pay for. Strongly recommend avoiding this place. I give it one star for having servers on their feet. Edit: Corrected a typo. Updated from previous review on 2022 09 03

Lot of local people in that place, It's a good sign. The service is fast, the food from south india tasty, with large portions. Just, they did a mistake with the cold coffee : they served it with ice cream. I said them I wanted a simple cold coffee but they never remplace it .

I didn't find the taste to be authentically southern! But the place is definitely run by southerners and maybe they have just tweaked it to suit the people of Varanasi! Nevertheless a decent place to eat vegan/vegetarian food in Varanasi. Idli and Dosa are typically vegan everywhere, and it's better to ask them if they've used ghee/butter in any of their recipes. I doubt you'll find better southern food in Varanasi than this though. Updated from previous review on 2019-11-09

I have been visiting this place since my childhood...one of the oldest and most popular restaurant in town. Yes, they serve some awesome dosa and uttapams. A must have is the cold coffee with Ice-cream.

A very popular restaurant of Varanasi but ambience was boring and outdated which needs renovation. I visited with my family today on June 30th. There was only a big cooler and so many fans and family. The dosa was OK. Did not liked. Seemed as if Varanasi had no better options in south Indian food.