Editing - we are very disappointed with thanima and I’m lowering their stars for this particular reason- They promised us sadya for onam and until last min, made us wait and finally stopped picking up calls. We had invited over 20 people and was dependent on sadya from them. But they completely ghosted us. They didn’t care to even apologize about this incident. Ever since this, we do not prefer to support the restaurant as we don’t find them dependable and honest. Their food might be good. But they cannot cater to many people and do not like to acknowledge it. The restaurant “Indian Palace” came to our last min rescue with great sadya for our guest.Their sadya was great!
About their food- We heard of this restaurant from our friend in Dallas and thought we would check it out as we’re not very satisfied with the Kerala restaurants around here...
Thanima is a quaint restaurant, very neat.
On our first visit, we had meals, chicken biryani, Porotta and beef fry; we were mind blown by the authenticity of the food.... The Porotta is extremely fresh, soft and flaky. So is the pal appam- flawless and delicious! We have been visiting Thanima almost every weekend now even though we are 50mins away from the restaurant. The food is rich, authentic and absolutely delicious!
The stuff you MUST TRY here- pal appam, chicken curry, porotta- beef fry, kappa/chakka puzhukku and fish curry...
Read moreIt was our first time being here and found the place randomly. We had a friendly service. Just got surprised when we paid for the bill. We had lunch for two people and we had a bill for $60 before tips. Water and desert were brought by the host / we didn’t order but we were charged for. When I was trying to match what I had with then price on menu, I just found that there are no prices on the menu in this restaurant. When I asked for the detailed bill, everything was listed but a lot of items were called as open item and just had a price for it. Food was okay, but will...
Read moreWe tried to order 3 curries, 1 for each person. The boss said chicken was not ready so he recommended mutter. He did not explain it was a rice dish instead of a curry.
When I repeated what we ordered, which were one beef stew, one fish curry, and one mutter dish he recommended, he replied that's correct.
He ended up brought up 3 mutter rich dishes to us and claimed I ordered 3.
The food is not bad but this...
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