Assal Malabari Restaurant - Kodakara - Restaurant in Kodakara - Thrissur, India

AMAZING FOOD - Good Snacks, awesome Shawarma and magical Biriyani A must visit kidilan malabari style restaurant for those travelling on Kochi-Thrissur National Highway (only in 2 min deroute). I stopped here following Google Maps suggestion just to have a tea. Ordered tea and seeing their snacks counter, ordered 'kadi' unnakkai and kaipola. The tea and kadi were really good. My brother ordered 'Whole Meat Cheesy' shawarma in Rumali; which I took a bite and found to be awesome without overloading of mayonnaise. The filling was cheesy, meaty and really very tasty. The pickles were good too, as it wasnt too salty. Seeing our food love and enthusiasm, they suggested us to try their biriyani and assured that we won't regret it. Though I sensed it as their marketing strategy, i cudnt say no to biriyani, as it's my all time favourite. Parcelled a beef biriyani and a chicken biriyani each (Rs. 140 each). Both the biryanis parcelled were well packed and was warm even after 1 hour drive. The biriyani had nice aroma and the pieces were well cooked with apt quantity of masala that was not too much, nor too less! Out of the two awesome biryanis, the BEEF BIRIYANI was really MAGICAL! Since it is malabar style biriyani, there was no boiled egg and papad in it... which, as a thrissurkaran, I love to see in every biriyani :) Also, i found the salad to be a little watery. Though the place wasn't crowded at the time of our visit in the evening time (around 6pm), the seating arrangement inside seemed to be a little clumsy. OVERALL EXPERIENCE: My visit to this restaurant for just only a cup of tea ended up with a lot of great food and awesome experience. The SULAIMANI they serve is another great thing to try. SULAIMANI is given complimentary with the biriyani, just like the real Thalassery/ Kannur style. Will visit again for sure to have more biriyani and to tatse their Al Faham.

I had Thalassery biriyani from this place. It's nice. It's a really good restaurant. The only problem in here is limited dining area. Sometimes people has to wait to get the table. This place is known for tasty and variety food around kodakara. Some rarely available snacks are available here. Most items are available at moderate cost. Interior and exterior is decorated nicely. Parking area is short. Not too spacious for cars. Mobile payments are accepted. Delivery is also there upto limited distance.

One of the best restaurants I have ever visited. The service we received was so amazing.They have wide variety of dishes. Everything that I tried was really tasty, especially their biriyani. A must visit place.

Chicken biriyani was good. They provide you with flies (iicc) for you to slap and kill em. Enjoy slapping !

Thalassery foods available here, it's good! Must Try out snacks. Restaurants staff and management providing great service. shawarma roll worthless for the price(150/-), very small quantity, Rotty over toasted and over masala, now outdoor dining avaliable for 4 persons.

Good and tasty food. Catering services available here. Party orders available here .. super tasty food. Special Malabar snacks available here

It's always comforting to have a reliable restaurant that you can trust for excellent food and service. I personally enjoy the Mandi and Thalasseri Biriyani which we tried this time, and the Porotta beef is definitely a must-try.

The name of the restaurant is 'Assal' but food is 'Arakum' *This is the worst porotta I have ever had in my life- cold and hard. When complained, they gave they own lame reasons. *Zero hygiene- the floors and tables were cleaned while we were having food. The fan was also switched on only later. * The food was below average- the curry was watery with half cooked vegetables. * The burger and porotta was already cooked and kept. Not fresh made Will never ever visit this restaurant as we walked away eating only half food. Zero star