“As a South Indian, I really enjoyed Kanyakumari. Very authentic representation of regional South Indian meat dishes.”
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“As a South Indian, I really enjoyed Kanyakumari. Very authentic representation of regional South Indian meat dishes.”
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“I got the goat with rice which was incredible. Their South Indian version of naan they call it a flat bread I believe. It’s so flake and buttery get 2 of those. The prawns were just okay.”
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“The veggie stew tasted like canned soup. And the friend chicken was more oily than crispy. Maybe I went on a really off night but it was disappointing.”
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“The curries were cold and they just added way too many spices to coconut cream. The beef was good though. But the quality of fish, and even sides like appam was not good.”
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“Kanyakumari which opened last year has a fantastic, meat focused spread of regional South Indian food, but is on the pricier side.”
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“Kanyakumari I really liked but it’s pricey.”
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“If comparing overall flavor profiles, Kanyakumari is better than GupShup.”
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“Both are really good, but I’d say Gupshup is a bit more in line with what folks think of as Indian food here in the states, and Kanyakumari is definitely more unique and regional.”
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“Kanyakumari - has the best goat biriyani and malvani chicken curry. It’s $$ but definitely the best in the city.”
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“Kanyakumari is pretty good. I love their Vada pav.”
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“Kanyakumari has many good dishes, but what actually stuck with me for a long time was the curry leaf ice cream.”
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“semma, adda, musaafer and kanyakumari are better than any indian restaraunt in the bay area.”
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“Kanyakumari has a chicken malvani that is so bomb you'll forget chicken makhani”
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“better than other South Indian restaurants like Kanyakumari or Lungi”
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“Kanyakumari has solid hoppers”
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“I just had some amazing curry leaf and coconut flavored ice cream, and a kind of momo filled with halwa at kanyakumari.”
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“i'm obsessed with kanyakumari, highly recommend!! i'm vegetarian so don't have any recs on the meat dishes but the idli (one of my favorite indian dishes in the city), vada pav, and dosa are great”
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“Thought it was better than Semma”
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“The clam appetizer and the prawn entree”
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“Best Vada Pav is at Kanyakumari!”
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“Love that place but agree that that the desserts were a bit underwhelming there.”
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“I was born in Bombay and I had an Anton Ego Ratatouille moment here.”
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“Great service as well. Ordering was basically a full on conversation with the staff. Great experience and food.”
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“Loved this place - sat at the bar and had a good conversation with the bartender. The dosa was better than Semma”
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“I really liked Kanyakumari’s food. It’s high end South Indian cuisine so the prices reflect it. The most expensive idli I ever had but it was good!”
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“I'd say the best dosa is at Kanyakumari”
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“I highly recommend Kanyakumari. One of the only places that does a proper malvani chicken 🤤. Their beef and mussels dishes are really good too.”
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“Kanyakumari serves amazing refined regional dishes that are hard to find elsewhere like Kerala beef and Malvani Chicken. So I highly recommend it.”
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“The branzino (amma mess fish curry) at Kanyakumari is one of the best ones I’ve had recently”
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“have tried nearly everything on the menu and loved a lot. The beef dishes, the seafood dishes, the pumpkin curry dish, etc. sooooo good.”
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“When I went I tried the vada pav (excellent), the squid (excellent), the malvani chicken (not bad, but definitely skippable), and the parotha, which was very good with the sauce from the previous two dishes.”
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“2nd this, absolutely sleeper pick, focuses on Coastal Indian food which is already a sleeper genre of Indian food.”
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“it’s super flavorful and a bit more unique.”
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“Vada pav from kanyakumari.”
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“I just stumbled upon this post, and I'm just here to say that I thought Kanyakumari was great!”
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“The goat biryani at kanyakumari was pretty good”
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“11/10 for Dosa!”
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“I loved the Malabar beef, Goat Biryani, Fish Curry, Malvani Chicken, Gunpowder dosa, and Toddy duck roast, but didn't find anything to be bad”
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“Kanyakumari!”
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“Kanyakumari”
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“Easily the best Indian food I’ve had in the city.”
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“Top Tier - --------------- Hindu Temple Canteen Jackson Diner Kanyakumari Dhamaka Javitri Kebab aur Sharaab Jazba Junoon The Onion Tree Pizza Co Rowdy Rooster Moti Mahal Gupshup Bhatti Gazab Semma Tamarind Angel Indian Diner Lahore (Secaucus, NJ) Mejwani (New Brunswick, NJ) Kathiyawadi Kitchen (Sayreville, NJ) Indian Accent Adda Chola”
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“Kanyakumari is great but high end of course”
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“Kanyakumari is excellent”
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“for high end south indian i much prefer Kanyakumari”
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“Kanyakumari, Bungalow, Ishq.”
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“In Manhattan unique kanyakumari”
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“Kanyakumari first meal I had there was life changing. It was so well seasoned and delicious.”
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“I'm South Indian and would give it a 4.8/5 .... one of my top Indian restaurants in the city”
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“As a South Indian I really enjoyed Semma but did not like Kanyakumari.”
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