Eating, drinking and dancing
We've tracked down the best cafés for people-watching, the bars with the coolest cocktails, the most accomplished restaurants and the liveliest local nightlife in Kerala. All you have to do is make sure you've packed your favourite threads…
Restaurants
Fort Kochi
The ultimate destination for seafood lovers. The bamboo-furnished setting feels suitably coastal even though you are in fact in a hotel complex, and it's surprisingly romantic. The made-fresh-for-you dishes such as lobster or crab are utterly melt-in-the-mouth.
Casino Hotel, Willingdon Island, Kerala
(+91 (0)484 266 8221)
Cafés
Kashi Art Café
This quirky coffee-stop combines a contemporary art gallery in a restored colonial house with a cute café at the back where sophisticated locals and discerning travellers gather to enjoy a cheap-and-cheerful continental breakfast or soup-and-sandwich lunches. Open 8.30am until 7.30pm.
Burgher Street, Fort Cochin, 682001
(+91 (0)484 221 5769)
Bars and clubs
Loungevity
A modern minimalist cocktail bar, where female visitors get two drinks on the house on Wednesday nights.
Avenue Regent Hotel, 39/2026, M.G Road, Cochin, Kerala
(+91 (0)484 237 7977)