KARIKAALA - indian & tamil cuisine in Lohmar

We were looking for an Indian restaurant and found this restaurant in Lohmar. At first I was skeptical as to whether it was such a good idea, but the atmosphere was good. Everything was explained clearly to us as newbies, all you can eat with a tray for 35 euros or with drinks for 55 euros is only worth it in my opinion if no one has to drive. A few glasses of wine and water can easily cost over 20 euros The choice of food is very good and simple. You can choose something new every 15 minutes. We had 5 rounds and at the end I thought I was going to burst. Everything was very tasty, not huge portions but you can eat your way through the Indian cuisine. Simply very good 👍🏽 and delicious. If you don't tolerate spicy food well, you should pay attention to the chili peppers, from 3 it's already hot 🔥 But that's part of it too. We'll definitely be back.

Super nice restaurant. All the employees were very, very friendly and accommodating. We think the opportunity to try everything as all you can is a great idea. The food tastes like in Sri Lanka! The ice cream is all homemade. We'll be back! 😌

An absolute dream of a restaurant. The restaurant is very nicely and discreetly furnished, soft background music makes even a long stay very relaxing. The food is fantastic, the selection is huge and the service is very friendly and personable. From mild to spicy, everything is there - exactly as it should be. Clear recommendation - the good reviews are more than justified!

I was there for dinner with my family. We took All you can Eat choice the price is 35 € for 1 person with out any drinks. I would say the food is ok. Not so bad or Not so good. The served food even soup is luke warm or cold food. Somasa , rolls, fish cutlet are full of potato mash instead of the meat fillings they mentioned on the menu. Service, atmosphere and ambience are good.

It was very tasty, I was here with my friend and we took the expirience for €35 and tried everything up and down. It was all very tasty. For my friend the spiciness was enough and for me it could have been a little more. So there is enough on the menu for people who can only eat slightly spicy food and there are also things for children!

Top restaurant, very nicely decorated, very friendly staff. Perfect place to discover something new. Food very tasty

The recession can be summed up in one word: WOW! Delicious food, great courteous service, nice atmosphere. We'd love to come back.

We tried their ‘All Inclusive’ and it was worth it and truly a unique way to taste asian cuisines! Love the food 🫶🏽and recommend 💯

Just because of a positive review from one of our friends,we travelled a long distance to reach this restaurant but our visit is terribly disappointing. You can't place the total order you want to eat. It's *limited that you need to wait after placing each order* around 15-20 minutes, which felt excessive. On top of that, the *portion sizes were surprisingly small* , making it unsuitable for those with a healthy appetite. "Not ideal for those quick eater or have a hearty appetite and prefer larger portions." "It seems more focused on presenting our traditional cuisine to foreign visitors rather than catering to locals who know and appreciate the authentic taste of our culture. (It's the best place for Indian & tamil who like to treat foreign colleagues with our delicious food) And lastly, I was disappointed with the service. The serving person was rude and did not respond properly. I understand that everyone has off days, but such behaviour is unacceptable in a hospitality setting. This experience left me feeling unwelcome and dissatisfied.

Very nice atmosphere, great service and very authentic tasty food.

The worst restaurant in the world

Tasty food and good ambience. Friendly Service. Recommend the place. Not much detour from Autobahn.Parking available.

We had dinner with you this evening with the whole family, big and small (12). It was great from start to finish. Great authentic food and great atmosphere!!! I don't rate anything else but it's important to me because it was really fun. The service also made us all feel at home. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Kind regards Gladly again. Marcel Kreutz

This is one of our favorite Indian restaurants because the food is amazing and authentic and the service outstanding! The idea to have a variety of small dishes is ingenious because most of the time you want to try multiple dishes. The opportunity to go for the All You Can Eat and order a diversity of dishes really contributes to an amazing culinary experience! Of course the butter chicken is one of the best dishes, but also the pumpkin coconut soup or the coconut appam are a delight! All the dishes are served in an aesthetic way and the food is really high-quality! The restaurant is always bursting of people although it is in some village, because people from everywhere come to eat here! The service is also very attentive and you feel very welcome!

Very tasty food + friendly service Everyone gets fed up here

Food was very tasty, service attentive and friendly. Nice offer for vegans too. Price-performance great. It was a very nice evening and we felt comfortable.

The restaurant impresses with authentic, aromatic Indian dishes. The presentation of the dishes was consistently convincing and the taste of the cuisine was also outstanding. The deductions come about because you have to order food and drinks yourself via an iPad, which is probably not that easy for some people. In addition, the open facility contributed to a loud background noise.

Nice ambience, quick service and tasty food.

A great restaurant. Ordering the adventure with a tablet is good. The dishes are delicious and can be selected depending on the level of spiciness. We will recommend it to others.

Very nice service. Fast service even though it was quite busy. The food was originally South Indian and of very good quality. Clever ordering system with tablets. Nice, modern atmosphere.

Best Indian restaurant in town!! We loved it very much ❤️ the ambiance and the food was amazing, definitely will be back! Perfect for spicy lover like me, because they served real spicy food.

I had a disappointing experience last time. Most of the curries and some starters were overly salty. The "all you can eat" offer felt misleading, as portions were extremely small—just enough for a bite—and limited to four items per round, with a 15-minute wait between rounds. This forces you to order multiple rounds, stretching the meal to 1.5–2 hours, by which time you lose your appetite. To make things worse, drinks and some unique items are priced separately, and water costs €3 for just 300 ml. This you have to pay on top of €35 for the 'all you can eat' service. Overall, the experience felt poorly thought out and not worth the trouble.

Four of us ate here and were very satisfied. We had the all you can eat with drinks and everything was really delicious! The service was good and the food always came very quickly, always warm and fresh. Gladly again

Visiting this restaurant was a delicious, interesting and great experience. You choose the dishes based on photos on a small tablet. They are then brought to the table after a short time. Each dish had two sauces. We chose naan, lamb tikka and chicken tikka and were very satisfied. The portions were large and we would like to come back.

A great concept, all dishes can be eaten all you can eat at a fixed price in tapas size. This means you can enjoy the entire spectrum

Modern, attractive restaurant and above all delicious

Everything's great, only one thing that's not really cool is when you're there for the first time and order your drinks and then you have to wait another 15 minutes until you can order. So if you don't know that, it's disadvantageous, but otherwise everything is great

"Originally I was disappointed when I came to the restaurant on November 14th and found that it was closed despite a reservation. The shop was dark and no one was there. But a short time later the boss contacted me personally and apologized the misunderstanding and offered me compensation. I was very impressed by this gesture and the willingness to correct the mistake. Such customer orientation and friendliness cannot be taken for granted these days. Thank you for the great service – I will definitely be back!”

Very friendly and quick, the food is super tasty

Unfortunately the general food didn't taste delicious. So when it came to starters, only the salad and the naan bread were really good. In the main course, of all the dishes, only the butter chicken. Too bad. Drinks are not included in the “all you can eat” rate. For the price the ambience is very nice but I have tried much better Indian food in other restaurants. Almost 160€ for 4 people is TOO expensive for me. Nevertheless, thank you for the nice staff.

Food was good, but came to the table almost cold. The service felt overwhelmed and communication within the team seemed a bit confusing. Ambience was very good.

Nice ambience Short waiting times in the individual rounds. For €55 we thought we would get everything. Unfortunately, that's not how it is, even for the tea at the end you have to pay extra. The drinks always count as items, so you can only order something to drink every 15 minutes. The meat items are very small. Butter Chicken = pan with sauce and a small piece of meat. For the price of €55 per person we won't go there again. It was worth an experience but it was enough.

The overall concept of digitalized ordering without a classic menu didn't really create a cozy restaurant atmosphere for us. The concept is aimed exclusively at digital natives. People who have no affinity for app communication for various reasons (lack of interest, or lack of "digital competence", age, poor eyesight, etc.) are excluded here or are simply not the target group of the concept. It is very strange that it takes about 20 minutes here. sits in the restaurant without being asked for a drink order. But this ordering method is simply not intended. It is the exact opposite of the “Kölschen Köbes”. Even if you get involved with the digital concept, the implementation is unsatisfactory. Providing a group of 6 with only a small iPad for the "selection and ordering process" is no joy. Conclusion: - the food is good (otherwise I wouldn't be writing this review) - the personal service is virtually non-existent or as good or bad as the app. - the digital way to order is just annoying - A cozy meal with friends or family is (unfortunately) not possible for me here.

Very nice restaurant with friendly service. The food was super tasty and the portions were reasonable! (All You Can Eat)

Wir waren heute das erste mal dort. Das Personal war sehr freundlich. Ich muss gestehen, dass ich leider überhaupt kein scharfes Essen essen kann/mag. Aber dennoch gab es auch für mich viele Gerichte, die mir sehr gut geschmeckt haben. Gerade die Auswahl an Desserts fand ich super. Mein Freund, der gerne scharf ist, hat einiges mehr probiert als ich und war auch rund um zufrieden. Die Atmosphäre in dem Lokal ist passend und angenehm. Die Wartezeiten zwischen den Bestellungen war auch vollkommen in Ordnung. Also wir können uns überhaupt nicht beschweren und kommen gerne wieder.

Very good ambience, huge variety and all dishes were great. Decent prices and friendly and fast service. They provide you with a tablet where you can make the orders directly yourself and they bring them to you! Great place! 👌🏻

Very tasty food, good ordering concept via tablet, highly recommended!!

Every dish was overly seasoned. I don't know if that's normal with Indian cuisine, but it wasn't for my taste. But the cocktails are an absolute joke. 4 sips and the cocktail was empty simply because there were more ice cubes than anything else that was supposed to be in the cocktail. And that for 9€. I find that really crazy...

Amazing food amazing ambience One of the classiest one in Germany

Authentic Tamil / Indian all you can eat in a chic atmosphere. The different naans are so good. Dosai was also great. The dessert selection is okay

The concept is brilliant, you can try a bit of everything at all you can eat. Everything was simply delicious 😋 You can simply order via your tablet. If you still have questions, there is always someone there to answer questions. We'll definitely be back. Sandra and Marco

The food is delicious and service is good too. However, I think it's really overpriced. We regularly go out for South Indian food in Frankfurt. We are familiar with Tamil cuisine. In Frankfurt we pay half the price for the same food and I think it's a bit tastier and more authentic.

The food is tasty. Unfortunately, the many small bones in the chicken pieces, which only become noticeable in the mouth, spoil the enjoyment. Searching and spitting out is more than unpleasant.

We waited up to 60 minutes for an order. No round came in under 20 minutes. We got about 5 laps in 3 hours, then we left out of frustration. Many of the dishes arrived cold. In each round at least 2 items were missing, we even had to explicitly ask for items that cost extra because they didn't come. The empty plates were always with us until the next order, sometimes 60 minutes. When asked and complained, an apology was made, but it didn't get any better. Even cold food that was returned came back cold or half dried out. Especially when it comes to chicken dishes, there are always pieces of bone in the food. In addition, many dishes were "sold out" (for example, only 3 out of 5 citizens were in stock).

The only good thing is the location, that's it. Waited 40 minutes per order. Food usually arrived cold and almost everything tasted the same. 2 overwhelmed waitresses, one nice, the other annoyed. Large all you can eat 55€, way too expensive not justified at all. We wanted to try something new, but that was the first and last time.

Disappointing experience at Karikaala Unfortunately our visit to Karikaala in Lohmar was a big disappointment. We had to wait over an hour for our food even though the restaurant wasn't particularly busy. When the food finally came, it was cold and unappetizing. The curry was lukewarm and the side dishes weren't heated through properly either. The service was friendly, but unfortunately that doesn't help much with such long waiting times and cold food. We were looking forward to a cozy evening with good food, but were disappointed. Overall, in my opinion the price-performance ratio was not justified and we will probably never come back!

A slightly different all you can eat concept.👌🏻😍 Very interesting. The food was consistently delicious I recommend the all inclusive package, which also includes a large selection of drinks. I would especially like to praise the unusual desserts, a completely new experience 🍧🍦 The dishes were all originally flavored and in a wonderful portion size. The staff was extremely quick and friendly. The premises were clean and the restaurant is beautifully and comfortably furnished.

The food is very tasty and something different. Unfortunately we waited almost 1 hour for the 1st round (all you can eat). The table was not cleared of the old containers and the ladies in service spoke so quickly that you could hardly understand anything. Dishes that were presented unusually were not “explained” about how to eat them. Still a nice experience.

A shop that is located exactly between Cologne and Bonn. As a rule, you always have to make a reservation here because the store is usually packed. As Tamils ​​we were surprised at how authentic the food was. There wasn't a good parking situation so we just parked at Lidl on Sunday. All buffet orders are placed via tablet. Once you order, it takes less than 15 minutes for the food to arrive.

Were there for the first time. The atmosphere is very nice when you sit downstairs and there is a canteen atmosphere on the upper floor. We had the all you can eat menu for 55 each. Price performance is not right at all. Food 90% cold or max. lukewarm. Portions are all mini and you can order a maximum of 4 portions at once. Plus waiting times of up to an hour between orders. Quality for the appetizers is mediocre and many dishes are based on the same basis. Total rip off for me!

Good place with delicious food ..Highly recommended

Worst service. Pani puri is scam. 3 pieces for 8€, that too not the traditional Indian one. Waited more than an hour after ordering food

We had the all-you-can-eat for €35. With drinks for two we paid €84. The atmosphere is nice and the waiters are friendly. Unfortunately we waited a total of 1 hour and 30 minutes for our first two rounds of food. After that, the rounds came more quickly, but of course you already ordered 4 rounds without trying anything. This was a bit annoying. This restaurant is NOT for people who don't like caraway seeds. However, there are many vegetarian dishes. Since we didn't have the all-you-can-eat for €55, almost all dishes were included and otherwise you only had to pay a little extra. We were here from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and towards the end of the meal we unfortunately had the feeling that the quality, even of the same dishes, was decreasing. All in all we really liked it, you definitely have to have a lot of time

The food was cold, the briyani doesn't taste like briyani. I wouldn't suggest this restaurant. I don't know where these so called "countless" positive reviews came from! Culinary traditions? Serving food cold to the guests?

Great food..., great service..., it just has a relatively high price...!!! However, highly recommended..., although not too often because of the prices...!!!! Best regards...Sascha T. Cramer...!!!

Karikaala is a modern, yet cozy restaurant. Anyone looking for new and extraordinary dining experiences will not be disappointed here. The service was always friendly and courteous and the food was always fresh and very tasty. We particularly like the large selection of vegetarian and vegan dishes. The concept with the tablet is great because it gives you the opportunity to try out a lot. We also like the variety of cocktails, as these are also highly recommended. We always love coming back!

From the delicious food to the super friendly service, everything was just perfect. We had the all you can eat and every single dish was a poem. I have never invested €30 so well.

It was my second visit to KARIKAALA and this time also my last. First of all: The ambience is great and really cozy, stylish and lovingly furnished. The wait staff is quite young and therefore a bit clumsy, but you can't blame anyone for that. The food is average at best. With some main courses you can notice that the same base is used, just seasoned differently. Ultimately it's a subjective perception, but I've eaten much better Indian/Tamil food. My main criticism: price/performance ratio. We had the large menu for €55 and can now say that it is absolutely not worth it. The portions are tiny (meat dishes are served with a cube of meat), the process means you quickly get full and can't eat much, and most of the drinks are not included in the price. And then you have to pay €2 for a dish that you don't finish (be it because it's too spicy or you don't like it...). Although we didn't end up in this situation, I think it's steep given the basic price of €55. Wanting to combine all you can eat with sustainability is nice, but in my opinion it is difficult to implement and cannot be passed on to the customer. We paid €110 for a therefore mediocre experience.

Nice atmosphere, nice staff, but we still had to wait a long time for our food. The other tables were not cleared and unfortunately most of the food was lukewarm to cold.

We were in this restaurant for the first and unfortunately last time. Having heard so many good reviews about KIRIKAALA, we were really disappointed. We took the "large" all you can eat and were rather dissatisfied with the selection of drinks that were included. For the fact that you pay €20 more than for the normal all you can eat, there was only a small selection of drinks, many were required you pay extra. You order the individual dishes using a tablet; you can choose 4 dishes per person. The drinks are included, which means if you choose a drink you only have 3 dishes to choose from. Since you can only order every 15 minutes, you tend to stay thirsty in the evening. We have found that you have to wait quite a long time for your food. The food arrived lukewarm to cold, rarely hot. When we ordered our third round, only half of the order arrived. We waited 30 minutes until we contacted the waiter to ask where our food was. At that time we had already ordered the 4th round. Unfortunately, the waiter didn't really understand our request (slight language barrier), but he tried to correct the error and ask about the food in the kitchen. In the end our 4th round came and we never got the food from the 3rd round. Very unfortunate.

Here's your review in English: "The food was very delicious, and the value for money was excellent. However, the service definitely needs improvement. Despite there being few customers, we had to wait a long time for a server to attend to us. After finishing our meal, it took about 20 minutes for someone to clear our table."

Very great food, nice atmosphere, really highly recommended 😊

Danger! Food poisoning! We went to the hospital and informed the health department.

Mega delicious Tamil Indian food. You feel totally comfortable inside. Great service would recommend everyone to eat there. Because it's definitely worth it.👌🏾

The food is very good. You have to get involved in the ordering concept. The service is very friendly and accommodating.

Great, there could be more variations

Very tasty food, especially the all you can eat with ordering via tablet is fun! It's a little more expensive, but worth the money. We will definitely come back! Only the lassi was too firm and too sweet for us. And it's a shame that soft drinks are only available in small 0.2l bottles and not in large glasses.

I was very excited about the concept and atmosphere. 35€ for the all you can eat “light” is overall too high for what is on offer. Unfortunately the chicken lollipop wasn't cooked properly or was raw as you can see in the picture. When this was brought up, the service staff simply acknowledged it. Some of the dishes on offer were already “sold out” at 6 p.m. on a Saturday. Overall, as I said, the price/performance ratio (almost €100 for 2 people) doesn't fit and that's why we won't be coming back.

Very nice local, friendly staff, very tasty food. The concept with different buffet variants and ordering via tablet is very interesting and definitely recommended.

Today I celebrated our wedding anniversary and his birthday with my husband at Karikaala. The food was fantastic. Every single dish was well seasoned, warm and beautifully presented. The food and drinks were served quickly. Unfortunately it was quite loud in the restaurant. Therefore, the service person who explained the concept to us was quite difficult to understand and we were a bit confused at the beginning. But this went away after the first round of orders. A great plus point: when I made the reservation I was asked about the event. There was a dessert with a candle for his birthday and a glass of champagne for his wedding anniversary. We were also congratulated upon arrival. The service is generally very friendly and attentive.

Karikaala has been our regular restaurant for a few years and we have always been satisfied. Recently we were asked by a nice waiter if we could leave a review and We were happy about that because we had been meaning to do this for a long time. We have also read some negative reviews that we cannot understand at all, Because with every visit we were always very satisfied with our dishes and were always treated courteously. The attention to detail in preparing the small dishes alone is admirable. There are also so many different dishes for different tastes. For example, my husband only eats meat, while I only eat vegetarian. Nevertheless, there is so much there from starters to desserts. We particularly praise the homemade ice cream flavors (e.g. mango ice cream). The boss and the staff were always friendly to us. Even when there was sometimes a lot going on, you always responded to our wishes. Above all, you can see that the boss himself regularly asks us or other guests whether everything is OK. This cannot be said about other restaurants. We have recommended Karikaala to our family and friends and will continue to do so. So please keep it up!

For the first time there, we decided on the €55 all you can eat. A good choice, the food is excellent and drinks are partly included in the price. The service was courteous. A bit noisy due to the open room design.

Great place, beautifully decorated, lots of class. The all you can eat was very good. Service was also A1. Little tip. Be careful with sugar when it comes to sweets and watch out for salt when it comes to salty foods. Otherwise almost perfect. We'll be back! Coming here from Leverkusen was absolutely worth it. Thank you for the friendliness and service as well as the great food.

We have been visiting this restaurant for several years and appreciate the delicious food, the good service and the ambience. However, during our visit on August 17, 2024, we were very disappointed - not by the technical difficulties that can sometimes affect every store, but by the management of the store that evening. More than an hour passed between ordering and delivery (you order in several rounds with a minimum distance between them). This didn't change even after the problem was supposedly fixed, even though we were promised that it would now work faster. The (still friendly and pitiful) waitress was let down with unreliable information. She obviously didn't even have permission for a discount or anything like that. We had to pay the full buffet price, even though we had to cut the stay short due to lack of time and ordered less than we wanted. This is v. a. humanly poor!

Karikaala, well what can you say about that. Absolute disaster!!!! And above all, rip-offs are no longer possible!! So first of all we're getting ripped off like no other. We were 3 people at lunchtime, otherwise there wasn't a single customer in the restaurant, we were told that you can't eat ala carte on one table and all you can eat on the other table/that's absolute bullshit. Then we were told that there was something new and that we could order all you can eat and pay €10 per person and €3-4 for each item we order, so with drinks it was €84 plus the €30 = €114 We have never spent € this much for 3 people. We were so dissatisfied with the food we ordered arrived lukewarm and honestly a small piece of meat per bowl is very poor. Everything didn't taste good at all and we are absolute lovers of Indian cuisine and really enjoy eating Indian food and know our stuff! Rs tasted absolutely nothing. Above all, I had to eat separately from my family because they actually wanted to eat ala cart, so honestly we've never experienced anything like that before. The boss was there and he didn't even say hello to us, the only guests there were at least as we walked past, a little hello would have been enough. Then he stood at the door as we sat outside because it wasn't air conditioned inside and was very warm. So he stood there and looked really angry at you. We advise everyone not to go there. We absolutely cannot understand the supposedly good reviews on Google. Instead, check out the reviews on TripAdvisor. At least they tell the truth about this store. We drove an extra 100km there and never went to this restaurant again.

I went to the restaurant for the first time with my girlfriend. We both decided on the €35 all-you-can-eat package P.P. Starters were delicious, 70% of the food was lukewarm or unfortunately cold :( We tried to order the Garlic Naan 3 times and always received the Butter Naan. Some of the curries were such small portions that you had to order them 4-5 times, which was unfortunately very annoying… Drinks were fine! Service was super nice! Conclusion: Unfortunately it's not worth a second visit for us because, in our opinion, the price-performance ratio is unfortunately not right :(

Very cool and yet absolutely cozy atmosphere. The service is super nice and accommodating! The concept is explained in detail at the beginning and the note about the spiciness of the dishes was also very helpful ;) It was my first experience with Indian cuisine, so I can't judge how authentic the dishes are, but they were definitely delicious!

We were there with a fairly large group, which turned out to be a mistake, I have to say. But first the positive: The food is really, really tasty and the ambience looks great too. BUT The concept of the restaurant is just bad for all cou can eat. The dishes are incredibly small - often only two tablespoons in size. But we waited an extremely long time. The first meal came almost 45 minutes after ordering, which is really sobering given the small portion. The service was nice, but very overwhelmed with all the dishes and the many small orders that the concept brings with you. We also had two tablets at one table, which often didn't differentiate between operation. Since you lose track of your own orders (everyone orders 4 tiny dishes at the same time), in the end no one knows whose food it is. This also causes constant unrest at the table and therefore stress and interruptions in conversation. So if you eat here, eat from the menu to avoid stress. The restaurant should simply make the dishes about 3 times as large and then they have solved a huge problem. The food itself tastes excellent! Just give me more of it! Then I'll come back again.

The food is always delicious and the service is good. It's just often way too loud there. But the store can't do anything about it. That's up to the guests

Very good drinks and creative especially nalli with ice cream. Very good panipuri 😋.

Excellent service, very hospitable and welcoming place, very tasty dishes, very creative and refreshing drinks.

Great food. Amazing treat. happiness

There were two of us here. I found everything tasty and appealing. My daughter (experienced India and Sri Lanka) was completely thrilled. Very nice staff, great modern ordering system via tray and authentic food.

The food itself is delicious, but you wait ages for it and when it comes it is at most lukewarm. Unfortunately, the tablet we used to order didn't work well.

We booked the buffet including drinks. The ambience and service were great. Ordering via tablet went smoothly. The food was mostly okay, although many dishes were only lukewarm. Unfortunately, the sharpness didn't really come across even at the higher levels of spiciness. Unfortunately, the price-performance ratio wasn't right for us today.

The atmosphere is wonderful, and the food is super tasty and authentic. There is a wide variety of dishes with unforgettable flavors, all offered at a reasonable price. The options are plentiful, especially when it comes to traditional Tamil Indian food with its wide range of tastes. This is an experience you should have at least once in your lifetime, and you won't forget it. You'll absolutely love the magic that happens here, where the magical taste of dishes delights your senses."

Food is very tasty and optimal portion size.

A big compliment to Elina and Arlinda (?) from the service team who were very friendly and attentive. The food was also great. 👍🏽

The food was really very tasty. Everything tasted great and was perfect. Unfortunately, the staff often brought us the wrong dishes or some not at all (we ate all you can eat via tablet). At some point we felt uncomfortable saying that over and over again. Then the waiter tipped over a glass of drink and our bag and the seat got wet. All in all, the food was delicious, but the team should be trained better.

Something completely different, order via tablet and eat deliciously as usual.

After a colleague recommended the restaurant to me, I had dinner there with my wife yesterday and I have to say it was very tasty, I mean I'm open to food from all over the world anyway, my wife is rather skeptical and only knows what she knows, but She really liked the food too 💯💯💯 Large selection and tastes fantastic 🚀💯😄

Best Indian restaurant in the area. Excellent food and first class cocktails.

The KARIKAALA restaurant in Lohmar offers an interesting selection of Tamil dishes that give an insight into the diverse cuisine of South India. Overall my visit there was pleasant, however there are some aspects that could be improved. The ambience of the restaurant is inviting and cozy, which contributes to a pleasant dining experience. The menu is varied and offers a good selection of traditional Tamil dishes. However, I was a bit disappointed with the spiciness of the food. As a fan of Tamil cuisine, I would have liked more intensity and spice. Although the dishes were balanced in terms of taste, they lacked the spiciness typical of this cuisine, which tickles the palate and makes the meal exciting. However, I would particularly like to highlight the dessert offering. The ice cream and appam were excellent and made the visit to KARIKAALA a special experience. The ice cream was creamy and rich in flavors while the appam was perfectly cooked - crispy on the edge and soft in the middle. The service at KARIKAALA was friendly and attentive, which rounded off the positive overall impression. All in all, my visit to KARIKAALA was okay. However, with a little more spiciness in the main dishes, the restaurant could still score significantly and completely convince lovers of Tamil cuisine.

We ate here and everything was just GREAT!!!! We had all you can eat. When people rate this place with 1 star because they got sick from the food, I just find it sad. First of all, you don't get the effects of food poisoning when you eat, but a few hours to days later. To then claim that it 100% comes from here..... BULLSHIT You can also get food poisoning from a vacuum-packed slice of sausage from the supermarket. So......Didn't you eat anything that day and the day before??? We can recommend this restaurant 300%!! I don't know any better Indians, and I know many. Unfortunately we live too far away to come here often.

We have been there several times and are always very satisfied. The service is different if you get involved with it, great! Courteous, thoughtful waiters. The food tastes A1! We will be back …

It was great unexpected surprise for us . Ambience and food was excellent. Price was reasonable. Car parking is at open ground opposite to hotel/lidl. Very homely and authentic. Must visit to try authentic Indian Tamil food. Highly recommended.

*FOOD POISONING* We actually enjoyed the visit and the food was tasty. Unfortunately, we got food poisoning at 3 a.m. that night. Both my partner and I were affected, although our symptoms began with a delay of around 10 minutes. My partner had brief nausea and hot flashes while eating. We were there with a group of eight people, two of whom also had stomach problems during the night. I've never had food poisoning before, and there's no way we got it somewhere else. It's a shame because we actually enjoyed the visit. I don't understand how something like this can happen in a food processing plant. Similar incidents have also been reported in previous reviews. Apart from the good 120 euros that literally ended up in the toilet, the whole thing is simply disappointing and damaging to the reputation of the entire catering industry.

A true experience, great concept, very nice, competent service and incredibly delicious food. Happy again at any time and absolutely recommended!

Great food , great taste, great ambience. My search for Indian restaurant in Germany accomplished. 👌👌👌

Unreservedly recommended! The food is simply awesome, the ambience is really nice and the service is also very good. All in all, an absolute recommendation!