Palm India Restaurant — Restaurant in Carrollton

I have really mixed experience about this place

Wait times : ideally wait times should not me more than 15-20 minutes “for items that’s on your daily menu” - 45 minutes is really unacceptable . This may be okay if you call in advance and then come pick up later

Very chaotic , you can see too many people around but not only a few that are really doing something

Food Kerala porotta - If you are expecting fresh made kerala porotta - then you will be disappointed - the porotta is reheated - the owners should at least know that most ,Alayna Lisa are used to eating frozen porotta and would easily be able to make out a frozen v/s a freshly made one

Chilly beef - felt a bit nostalgic and so ordered it and was badly disappointed - beef was as dry as a jerky and the gravy was okay ( even though it could have been a little less sweet )

Fried rice - this was good - mostly it tastes like the fried rice made by caterers in kerala weddings ( not a typical indo Chinese where there is a bit of soy sauce and some burned/caramelized taste from the high flame cooking - this was good

Chicken curry - this was good (bit oily like catering type chicken curry ) I liked it

They had kerala chicken fry on the menu but we were told that it will take 1.5 hours to make so I did not order it

I am sure there may be other things on their menu that may be good , they had a few pre packaged curries , like fish peera , moru curry etc , that may have been good , which I did not try Unfortunately the dishes I tried turned out to be disappointment But I still think I should go back a few more times and try a few more things before I make up my mind about this place .

They should try buffet and it may work — they could also do catering if you order an hour ahead , but to go to the restaurant and order is a bad idea due to extremely...

We were planning on going to this restaurant for a week and anticipation was growing. I had heard great things and wanted to experience this first hand. It is a quaint spot with a lot of charm. There is nostalgia found in the old Hindi movie posters. I mean any place that has a poster for Sholay (classic Amitabh Bachan film) is already winning. We ordered the Kerala Chicken Fry, Beef Fry, Kingfish Curry, and Porotta.

If you have never been to Kerala in India this meal will stamp your passport and take you there instantly. When the food arrived it was fresh and hot. The Kerala Chicken Fry had this amazing marinade and was fried perfectly. When you have your first bite there is a wonderful interplay of crispy outer skin and tender chicken leg on the inside. The portion was also very generous.

Rice comes with the curries and I must say that they give a healthy enough portion to where two people could eat from one serving easily. Now for the moment I was waiting for....... THE KINGFISH CURRY! This curry was cooked very well, and the fish really soaked in all of the spices. I will not tell my mom this, but it was almost comparable to my mother's fish curry. The curry itself is super flavorful and the portion is really worth the price.

The beef fry and porotta was next on our journey through God's Own Kerala! The gravy was rich, thick and had a great blend of spices and flavors. It was definitely a fiesta in your mouth. The beef itself was very tender and had captured all of spices very well. Lastly was the porotta. This porotta was absolutely fantastic!!! It was buttery, soft, flaky, with just the slightest crispiness to the outside layer.

My friend and I were very well fed and happy that we were able to experience Palm India !!

Thank you Palm for keeping it real real...

This place does not allow you to order individual Porottas as extras or sides after you place your order, especially if you're buying them for your children. My 2 kids do not like curries in general but they do like Porotta from Kerala restaurants. On our last visit, my wife and I ordered 2 separate south Indian thali meals offered on Sunday, 16 dollars approx each, and wanted to order 3 porottas on the side. The waiter lady refused, said porottas can only be ordered if you get a minimum curry with it, no individual purchases allowed. What kind of restaurant imposes a rule for "no side dish" purchase? If you're concerned about people coming in and only ordering "porottas", then have a minimum Order $ amount rule, rather than restricting items to purchase. I ended up buying a Stew to get the "porottas", and ended up being fully wasteful, because who eats stew with Thali meals? The owners seem to be greedy, rather than accommodating. Also, the restaurant workers do not seem friendly at all, they got this take it or leave it attitude. I get better service from BayLeaf and Sabus, and that's really a low bar if you know what I'm talking about. Curry leaf in mesquite is by far the best service in in DFW area and good Quality food, so I won't be coming back to Palm and will also let enough ppl know about...