Varnam Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in Kerala

I wish to share our horrible experience at this hotel on Saturday,17th. My son and I went to lunch to this place. A bald head,decent looking man posing as the owner, took orders. My son ordered chicken biryani and myself lunch. He asked if we want any fish speciality,and with lot of coaxing ,i ordered a fish roast. He said ,it's big , but we did not realise how 'big' this was. The food came, minus the fish . And only when i was half way through the lunch , the huge fish came all decorated in tonns of masala. I asked him what fish is this ,and he said it's pomfret.

The moment i took one bite, i knew it is not fresh, because how much ever one decorates, it, the pungent smell & taste of rotten fish will strike the taste buds. Immediately,i intimated him, and he swore that it is fresh. (My mistake is , i should've made him taste the fish, which i didn't ) In any case, i hardly ate even half. The bill was brough in. For a meal of rs.80/- he charged rs.1000/- for the fish !! And asking for an additional tip ,seperately. I did call him and ask what is this billing?.It didn't look nice to further argue after eating,so we silently left. When leaving he said something like sorry , inaudibly. I didn't know why then, but i knew as soon as I reached home.

Because from that day, till this morning, I am having a heavy loose motion!! In a hurry to leave the place we forgot to even take the bill.

My request to all is ,kindly never buy fish item fron here, for they will kill us by serving rotten fish ! As for the other food, i honestly think, for a hotel capable of doing this day time robbery, they will serve only bad...

VERY DISAPPOINTING. After our visit to the Museum, we searched Google Maps for a suitable restaurant with good reviews / ratings. One from the suggested list was this restaurant. We decided to give it a try.

The first impression wasn't great. The non- a/c seating area has some cheap looking plastic chairs. We went to the A /C dining hall. One of the tables is situated very close to the washrooms: not ideal.

We ordered Chicken Biryani and Vattamkanni pollichathu. The waiter had his fingers inside the bowls of biryani. That itself put us off. Secondly, we noticed a live cockroach underneath our table. My wife noticed yet another one in the handwashing area. Obviously they don't seem to be bothered about cleanliness / hygiene.

Neither of the ordered dishes was impressive. The biryani lacked any real flavours, was rather dry (minimal masala) and the chicken was way too tough (possibly an old one).

The fish didn't taste fresh and the pollichathu gravy was nowhere near as good as some of the ones I've had from other restaurants like Kettuvallam in Kochi. The INR600 we spent solely on the pollichathu was a colossal waste.

Last but not least, the liquid soap dispenser in the washroom dispenses just water. They have diluted the original stuff so much that it literally felt like washing one's hands with plain water. Pathetic!

This place doesn't even deserve 1 star actually. I'll never eat here again and neither will I recommend it to anyone...

Located in an easily accessible part of Thiruvananthapuram, the restaurant was very busy when we reached. The restaurant has airconditioned section in addition to one without air conditioning with adequate tables to cater to the crowd. One would expect a delightful meal with the bustle at the restaurant but unfortunately that was not to be. Since our first choice of Biriyani was not available we opted for the fish curry meals along with fried pearl spot and fried pomfret. The rice that was served was cold and undercooked and the sides served with the meal could not make up for it. The greater disappointment was that the deep fried pomfret smelt and tasted spoilt . The pearl spot was fresh but bland without salt and the marinade left much to be desired and we left with a bad taste in the mouth (No pun intended). And the final question.. would I visit this restaurant again? Certainly not .I would give it...