Salkaara - Cardiff

Having read the reviews was expecting more. The menu is somewhat different than your usual curry house offering. A great selection of fish dishes but none of the traditional dishes you would expect. The starter of beef chilli fry was small but nevertheless full of flavour as was the lamb trio. We had a basket of poppadoms which came with the tiniest spoon size dishes of dips costing £3.95. The lamb shank was also a small portion served in a bowl of curry sauce. The tandoori salmon was the easily the best dish both in quantity and flavour. The restaurant was extremely quiet and the service was slow. I was surprised to see that a 10% service card had been added to the bill automatically. Had I noticed that at the time I would not have paid it.

We think this is the best curry in Cardiff by far. Interesting dishes, love the Thoran vegetables, Goan pork amazing, naan bread superb

The Keralan curries at this restaurant are wonderfully creative and delicious. Don't miss out on the lamb shanks, the Dabba Murgh Indian road curry, the mango vegan dish, and more. The friendly young ladies working there greet customers with warm smiles and patiently assist them in choosing their meals. Be sure to try the fig and coriander naan as well.

Firstly the reviewers who complained about the lack of biryani and tikka masala should read, learn and expand their narrow cultural knowledge and horizons they may learn to love life a bit more Secondly please don’t come here expecting to find your ‘traditional’ curry house menu Finally do come here if you appreciate amazingly cooked food The first time I tried Kerala cuisine was at the famous Tharavadu restaurant in Leeds so good I went back in the same week I was there So, I couldn’t believe it when I saw we had a Kerala restaurant in my home city And it did not let me down I admire the fact they offered tasting menu’s as it’s clear people aren’t accustomed to this type of cooking it’s a good move All the guys I was with (the traditional Korma, Bhuna, Tandoori eating types) were completely blown away by it Im not going to spend time complimenting the tenderness of the chicken dish, the succulent seafood plate or the ridiculous dessert Because I want you to try it for yourself We had Taster Menu 2, because my brother heinously doesn’t like lamb But I have full intentions of returning to try their Tasting Menu 1 and of course the individual mains Oh…the decor is cozy and modern and the staff were brilliant too

Called in on a Saturday without booking and the lovely lady fitted us in … Poppadum with dips to start then an amazing prawn biryani for me and goat curry for him !! Washed down with a bottle of white … all reasonably priced and faultless Will definitely be back