Must-see restaurants in Varkala

  • Soul Food Cafe

    Varkala

    Fresh local ingredients fuel inspired, artfully prepared dishes at the beautifully located clifftop garden cafe at Soul & Surf. Here zingy mezze platters…

  • ABBA

    Varkala

    Halfway along the North Cliff, this relaxed and welcoming terrace spot with a handy book exchange remains firmly popular for its inventive salads (perhaps…

  • Darjeeling Cafe

    Varkala

    With giant dreamcatchers and tiered candlelit tables strewn with flower petals, Darjeeling is always packed with travellers. Snappy, cheerful service…

  • Coffee Temple

    Varkala

    At the southern end of the North Cliff trail, this leafy terrace cafe-restaurant remains a firm favourite for your morning coffee fix. Freshly ground…

  • Trattorias

    Varkala

    Trattorias sounds Italian and does indeed rustle up decent pastas, pizzas and European breakfasts, but the menu is equally pan-Asian and Indian (with…

  • God's Own Country Kitchen

    Varkala

    This fun place doesn't really need to play on the Kerala Tourism tagline – the Indian-international food is good (including spiced fish wrapped in banana…

  • Juice Shack

    Varkala

    Relocated to less shack-like premises (after the original burnt down), the Juice Shack turns out creative, health-focused tropical juices and smoothies in…

  • Café del Mar

    Varkala

    A low-key, long-running cafe-restaurant with candlelit tables that keeps busy thanks to its efficient service, decent coffee and reliably good food, from…

  • Sreepadman

    Varkala

    For authentic, fairly priced Kerala cooking – appam (rice pancakes), dosas, thalis, lunchtime biryanis – not far from the beach, pull up a seat at…

  • Suprabhatham

    Varkala

    Keralan-style meals, masala dosa and uttapam topped with onion, coconut or tomato are the expertly spiced stars at this bustling pure-veg South Indian…