Top 20 Places to Have Biriyani at Fort Kochi

Biriyani is a popular food item that most people enjoy. Biryani is a mixed rice dish that contains spices and meat. It originated among Indian Muslims. This article includes the top 20 restaurants in Fort Kochi where you can have biriyani. Fort Kochi is a seaside area in the Ernakulam district in Kerala. It is a prominent foreign tourist attraction area.

🗓️ Last updated: July 2026

1. Kayees Rahmathulla Cafe

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Kayees is the number one biriyani shop in Kochi. They provide beef, chicken, and mutton biryani, as well as veg biryani. The biriyani served is so tasty and juicy. Mutton biriyani is the most preferred one. The Kayees hotel is famous for having celebrities as customers. The quality and quantity of biriyani provided are satisfactory and worth the money provided. It is also known as Kayikka’s biriyani shop. Kayikka, a former chef at a British military base in Bombay, established this eatery. His culinary talent made him famous. In 1948, he opened a restaurant called Hotel Rahmatulla. He passed away years back. Now his son and grandson run the business. They do not provide a parking facility, and the road is too busy, so you can’t park on the roadside.

2. Jeff Biryani & Catering service

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Jeff Biriyani is a leading biriyani seller in Kochi. They are famous for the taste, flavor,  and quality of the biriyani they provide. They serve chicken, mutton, and beef biriyani. Mutton is the most preferred one. The price is a little high, but still, people prefer Jeff Biriyani because of the taste. They only provide a takeaway facility, No dine-in or delivery facility. They are open from 12 pm to 4 pm.

3. B For Biriyani

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It is one of the restaurants in Kochi serving biriyani.  It is rated to be the most preferred biriyani spot after Kayees. They provide chicken and beef biriyani. Beef biriyani is the most preferred one. They provide Mattancherry special kind of Dum biriyani. The perfect blend of spices, not over-flavored. The quality and quality provided are worth the price. They don’t offer a parking facility. The cost of the biriyani is comparatively low and affordable. They provide less dine-in space and are too crowded during lunchtime. From 11:30 am to 3 pm, they are open.

4. Hotel Topform

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This restaurant is known for serving Chinese and Mughlai cuisines. The biriyani provided is tasty. They provide chicken, beef biriyani, chicken liver, fish, egg, mutton biriyani, prawns, mushroom biriyani, and paneer biriyani. The most preferred ones are chicken, beef, mutton, and veg biriyani. They are open from 11 am to 11 pm.

5.Kaasa Kitchen

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Kaasa Kitchen is a restaurant in Kochi that provide varieties of options. They provide chicken biriyani. It is worth the price, and if good taste and flavor. They do not provide a parking facility, but the road in front is too wide can park on the roadside with no interruption. The staffs are so good and patient, behaves well. They help us to choose dishes. They are open from 12 pm to 10 pm.

6. Pandari’s Biriyani

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 Pandari’s biriyani is a restaurant serving varieties of biriyani. They provide chicken biriyani, beef biriyani, mutton, egg, and veg biriyani. The biriyani served contains long-grained rice. The sweet pickle that they provide with the biriyani is the game-changer. Prices are comparatively low. They do not offer parking and washroom facility. From 11:30 am to 9 pm, they are open.

7.Hotel Arafa

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Hotel Arafa is a fast food cuisine-based restaurant. It serves chicken, beef, and fish biriyani. Fish biriyani is seasonal, only available for a particular season. They provide dine-in, takeaway as well as delivery services. They do not offer a parking facility. And are open from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm.

8. The Salt Restaurant

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Salt Restaurant is a multi-cuisine restaurant. It is suitable for the food they provide as well as the ambiance. The restaurant has a lake frontage.  Customers could have food with a great view. They provide dine-in, takeaway, and delivery services. They provide chicken biriyani, beef biriyani, mutton biriyani, fish biriyani, Prawns biriyani, and veg biriyani. It is a crowded place for lunchtime and dinner, so it takes some time for the ordered food to get served. They provide a parking facility. They have a vast dining area suitable for group meetings and family dine-out. If you are looking for a family dine-out or friends meeting, this place could be the best. Open from 12 pm to 11 pm.

9. Rasoi Fort Kochi

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Rasoi is a North Indian Restaurant situated at the heart of Kochi. It serves chicken biriyani. They provide juicy and tasty biriyani, but the quantity supplied is less than the price. The restaurant offers a pleasing ambiance. They provide excellent service. The staff is well-behaving and nice. They provide exceptional services for kids like high chairs and separate washbasins. But there is not enough car parking facility provided.

10. Zesti Arabia

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Zesti Arabia is a multi-cuisine restaurant. They serve chicken biriyani. The quality and quality of the product are worth the price.  They provide a parking facility. The service they deliver is exemplary. staffs are patient and have good behavior.

11.Salkara Grills

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Salkara Grills is a multi-cuisine restaurant. It serves veg biriyani, egg biriyani, and chicken biriyani. Chicken biriyani is the most preferred one.  They provide dine-in, takeaway, and delivery services. They have a wide area of dine-in space. They also offer a parking facility.

12. Rozario’s Bakers & Caterers

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Rozario Bakers and caters serves chicken and beef biriyani. They provide dine-in, takeaway, and delivery services. They have only limited seats for dine-in and do not provide a parking facility. It’s better to choose takeaway. The biriyani provided is of good quality and quantity. They are open from 8 am to 10 pm.

13. Malabar Grill’s Restaurant

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Malar Grills is a multi-cuisine restaurant. It serves chicken, beef, egg, and veg biriyani. Chicken biriyani is the most preferred one. They have vast dine-in spaces and also provide an enormous parking facility. If you are looking for a family dine-out, this place could be the best.

14. Ifthar Hotels

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Ifthar is a Malabar restaurant providing vast choices of biriyani in Kochi. It serves chicken, beef, mutton, egg, fish, prawns, and veg biriyani. It offers dine-in, takeaway, and delivery services. They provide a parking facility. If you want to have a Malabar kind of biriyani, Ifthar would be the best preference.

15. Old Lighthouse Bristow Hotel – Seaview Heritage Hotel

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Bristow hotel is a seafood restaurant in Fort Kochi. They have foreign tourists as their customers. They serve Fried chicken, mutton, Seafood, and veg biriyani. They also provide a unique combination of biriyani named Kappa beef biriyani. Tapioca and beef biriyani served with gravy. The price is a little high in comparison with the quantity served. The service provided is best, the staffs are patient and well-behaving. They provide a parking facility too. The restaurant has a perfect ambiance. It also reflects the heritage of the city. If you visit this place, it would be a good experience.

16. Al-Falah Biriyani Hut Kochi

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Al-Falah biriyani Hut is a fast food restaurant in Kochi. They provide dine-in, takeaway, and delivery services. They serve beef biriyani and chicken biriyani. Does not provide any vegetarian options. They provide Halal chicken. A long slender-grained basmati rice biriyani is offered. The price and quantity of biriyani are satisfactory. They provide only limited space for dine-in, Better to choose takeaway.

17. Nooriya Hotel (Aneefkante Biriyani Kada)

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Nooriya Hotel is a biriyani shop in Kochi. They do not offer a pleasant atmosphere or other amenities. The biriyani, on the other hand, is excellent. They provide dine-in and takeaway services. It is locally known as Aneefkante biriyani kada. The price of biriyani is low compared to other restaurants and the quantity supplied. A long slender-grained basmati rice biriyani is offered. If you are looking for a restaurant offering biriyani at a low price, you should visit this restaurant. From 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, they are open. It’s better to come before 1 pm, or biriyani may get over.

18. Ginger House Restaurant

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Ginger House Restaurant is a seafood restaurant. They cater primarily to international tourists.  They provide dine-in and takeaway services.  No delivery service was provided. This restaurant has a Kerala backwater frontage, where people can enjoy the dishes with a beautiful view. This restaurant contains antique furniture and pieces. They provide outdoor seating as well. They serve egg, veg, and chicken biriyani. This restaurant is well known for the aesthetics and ambiance it provides. They provide a parking facility. Unique services for children is also offered. This restaurant would be the best option if you are looking for a great ambiance.

19. Hotel Seagull

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Hotel Seagull is one of the famous restaurants in Fort Kochi. It serves varieties of biriyani including chicken, prawns, fish, veg and Seagull special biriyani. Hotel Seagull is open from 10 am to 11 pm. They provide dine-in and takeaway services. No delivery service offered. A parking facility provided. The price is a little high. The restaurant offers a pleasing ambiance, and Kochi backwater frontage.

20. Seafood Harbour Family Restaurant

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Seafood Harbour Family Restaurant is one of the famous restaurants in Fort Kochi. The ambiance they provide attracts consumers. The restaurant serves chicken, fish, and Prawns biriyani. The biriyani is of great taste and good quality. The price is a little high. They provide a parking facility and the services provided are so good. The staff is well behaving and caring. They provide outdoor eating services.