Coconut Grove

They serve food in copper vessels and charge as if it was gold vessels. Good for those foreigners, who may not care a damn about rates.

Had gone once and the food was average and the cost was pretty high for that.

One of the oldest surviving restaurants on Church Street, Coconut Grove dates back from before Church Street became Bangalore's defacto 'Restaurant Row'. Along with it's competitor across the road, Palms, it was justly famous for it's Kerela fish curries and it's appam & stew. While the better of the two, imo, was Palms (on the rooftop of Highgates Hotel), Coconut Grove proved to be the survivor.

The food is moderately good, the price is somewhat high (about 400 a head without drinks) but it remains popular with the tourists and some locals. On a pleasant evening, it's semi-outdoors setting is a distinct advantage. Although not up to the standard of the Karavali, it isn't a total write off either.

Please do not mistake the puerile load of god-knows-what they serve here for authentic Kerala cuisine. Please give the cuisine another chance at some place better. If a mallu friend took you to this place, you can be very sure that he really really hates you.

Food is ok. Not really appealing to a big extent. Service is good. Parkiing is a issue.