Kathakali, An Indian Eatery

11451 98th Ave NE, Kirkland - 98033
276 reviews
Indian Seafood
(425) 821-8188

I ordered Goat Biryanis and naan bread for lunch today. The food was ready on time to get picked up and the staff that was handling the orders pick up was very friendly.I opened the Biryanis container when I got home and I was shocked that they placed inside the hot food a plastic container with sauce in it. This was extremely disgusting as never in my life I have seen any restaurant does that. This is a health hazard. Who puts a plastic container in the middle of hot food ???Back to the food, the Biryani's was good. It was a large portion and there was so much meat too. So the food was good. The Naan bread was ok. I had better.I would have given them 4 stars if it was not for placing that plastic container inside the food container. You can see the picture. I am hoping that the owner takes care of this situation ASAP before they get someone sick. I through away that container in the garbage and I removed the food around it and put in the garbage too which was a waste.I will only go back if they stop putting the plastic containers in the middle of the hot food containers

Sigh! ?I love their food! Their Kerela dishes are true to their original flavors and is delicious!! The service was pretty good too.We tried the Nair Kada Chaya(Chai tea), Kappa & Chili Chutney (definitely try this!!), Kale Onion Cashew Pakora, Aappam(?), Chakka potato stew, mango pulisery(not my fav, but yummy still!), kasuri methi chicken, and finally Chakka ela ada for desserts!I loved all the vegetarian dishes and my friend loved his chicken curry!

Worst Indian food in town. I ordered spicy lamb kofta in the appetizer. Dry taste and not warm and poor quantity and not at all appealing. What spice? It seemed like it was opened from a refrigerator and heated in microwave before served. Order 2 dosas, and it came with lukewarm samber and fermented chutney. Samber quantity was so little that you can't even have 1/4 dosa with it. Not to mention, an additional samber is another $0.99. Ordered chicken tikka masala, the chicken was almost pitiful and more like bowlful of coconut gravy. Hopeless. Kerela place doesn't have filter coffee. Finally, there is an automatic 18% gratuity for 4 people+ with such pathetic service and food. Asked them for a separate check they can't do it. The only thing that was decent was Naan. We will never go again. Save the pain.

Nice place with lots of parking. We took tea and really liked it. One of the best I have had in a while. But it was not masala tea so I do not want to mislead anyone. It was a simple and strong milk tea ?. I tried the masala Dosa which had a good serving size and well balanced flavors. A bit too oily for me though. My wife took the spinach basil masala Dosa and that was way better than mine. Would recommend you all to try that. We also took the tandoori murg Malai and I liked it. It was soft and tasty not too spicy and came with a side of green chutney and the Tikka gravy I think. All in all this is a nice Indian place and would come back again.

Have been to this place several times and have tried variety of dishes, every dish has unique and traditional flavors. Love their appam, goal curry and malabar paratha!

Good South Indian food. We tried gun powder dosa and mushroom pepper, but mushroom pepper was not as good.All their non vegetarian curries are very good, especially with Malabar Parantha.Their pista lassi is interesting! Do try their chakka ela Ada! Very authentic!!

Food was awesome but the service was slow, probably because we were at peak hours. Lavender Coconut Lemonade and Vegetable briyani were awesome.

Place has nice and cozy ambiance. They have wait times but they allow you to order while you wait so food arrives as soon as you get the table.We ordered coco paneer and payolli chicken for appetizers, pepper mushroom dosa, gunpowder dosa and kerela meen curry with Malabar parotta for main course. Everything tasted authentic and yummy except for pepper mushroom dosa which was very average.

Visited the place on Friday, it was super busy-all tables occupied and a very long line of people waiting for take outs. They don’t check vaccination cards for dine-in clients.The food didn’t taste fresh and was completely lacking flavor and taste.Malabar parotta looked really great, just like in pics, that’s why I ordered it, but was dry and very greasy, tasted like if it was microwaved, the pepper mushroom dosa had a soggy bottom and mushrooms were just hot, lacking any other tastes.The fried bananas had nice flavors, but were dry and chewy (again tasted very badly microwaved) and a side of ice cream wasn’t creamy, having chunks of ice in it.The only ok dish from what we ordered was coco paneer, still super dry inside.It was a weird experience visiting a place that crowded in COVID times, looks like it is very popular, but the food was lacking taste. The service wasn’t friendly either, but it is understandable because it was so busy.

Food is absolute delicious ?.Very authentic...but waiting was crazy.Togo is best option. Don't forget to try lavender lemonade ?