Casserole Restaurant- Calicut

Casserole Restaurant- Calicut

Date of visit: Sunday, March 1, 2015

Phone: 0495 605 5505 

Address:  Calicut NH bypass, Near SBT, Pantheerankavu, Calicut, Kerala

​​     I reached the restaurant at around 2:15 PM. Since it was afternoon and lunch time over, the restaurant was literally empty. I was accompanied to the first floor by a waiter, which was the air-conditioned section of it. Within no time, I was attended by a pleasantly looking waiter and taken the order of  hot and sour chicken soup as starter, Kerala chicken Biriyani and Chicken Mandi as main course. Without much delay, I was served with the soup but it resembled Rasam (a south –indian curry with pepper and tomato as main ingredients) made up of chicken stock. Pepper was added excessively to the soup and I struggled to finish it. Finally I comforted myself by recalling moms’ advice “pepper is good for stomach and digestion”.

 The waiters were attentive and they brought Chicken biriyani and chicken mandi as soon as I finished the soup. Unfortunately,  Chicken mandi  was in lukewarm condition and in short, mandi looked like boiled chicken in fried rice. The taste of chicken Biriyani seemed to be cosmopolitan since it didn’t have the taste of any of the varieties of Biriyanis available in India, instead, it was the blended taste of all Biriyanis available in India.  In other words, Casserole restaurant may not be a good place to people who travel to taste the authentic taste of Kozikkodan Biriyani. The parking space was ample since majority of the vehicles (including mine) were parking besides the road though the restaurant has a parking lot. 

Evaluation Card

Genre	Non-Veg/ Indian/Chineese / Arabic
Reservation:	Not needed
AC/Non-AC	Both sections are available.
Water for drinking	Default choice-  Bottled water (Chargeable)/ boiled treated water (free)
Sanitary facility for customers	Available - Maintained clean
Service	9/10
Hygiene	9/10
Parking Space	10/10
Value for money	6/10
Average wait time	less than 10 minutes
Price Affordability	Economy
Ambiance	7/10
Payment options	Cash only
Location (Ease of access)	10/10
Overall Rating	6/10