5 places to dine out on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day dinner
Valentine's Day dinner. Photo: Istock

Go out of your way to make this valentine's dinner so memorable that you will have this day imprinted on her mind forever. And yeah, although candlelight is common, it will add to the aura of romance. Here are the five places that you can go out with your loved one: [**Cafe Papaya**](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/eatouts/cafe-papaya-kochi.html) Music to ears, literally, and great bites of delicious grub with Mocha. That's the idea for this Valentine's Day? Cut those extra hours at work, grab your bags, call it a day, zoom your way out to pick up your sweetheart for an evening at Cafe Papaya in Kochi. Co-owned by Papaya team and movie director Aashiq Abu, it could be your haven this evening. [**Tonico's Cafe**](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/hangouts/tonico-cafe.html) Prefer an open sit-out to sip on a delicious blue glacier, engrossed in an animated conversation with the one you want to spend this evening with, all the while thinking along the lines of Vladimir Nabokov, when you think “it was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight”! Head to Tonico's cafe in Kottayam, for that cosy evening-out. [**Smoke House**](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/hangouts/smoke-house.html) So you didn't think this through! Your day is extra busy, your boss seems extra annoyed and your working shift might just not end at a good time. Horrors! Well, no worries, there's still some saving grace. Plan for a midnight meal at Smoke House, Kochi and make your time with your loved one surprisingly special! And psst, there's even a Valentine's room among others to make up for the lousy day! Mind you, we said, make up! [**Villa Maya**](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/eatouts/travel-eatouts-villa-maya-thiruvananthapuram.html) In love, spur of the moment splurging is absolutely fine; so, if you're in the mood for a scenic setting in regal ambience, then don't think twice, Villa Maya in Thiruvananthapuram is your destination this Valentine's evening. What you've signed up for is fine dining in a three-storyed restored 300-year-old Dutch manor. Fancy! [**Cocoa Tree**](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/eatouts/travel-eatouts-kochi-cocoa-tree.html) How can any Valentine's day pass you by without plunging your noses into a hot chocolate sizzler, or greedily lapping up the chocolicious cuppas in one swift motion for that delicious cocoa high! 'Nuff said, get to Cocoa Tree in Kochi, the one stop station for everything chocolate! Also read: [Veg restaurants](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/eatouts/five-vegetarian-restaurants-in-kochi.html) [Five restaurants to have beef](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/eatouts/five-good-restaurants-to-have-beef-in-kottayam.html) [Five places to have beef](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/eatouts/five-good-restaurants-to-have-beef-in-kottayam.html) [Celebrity owned restaurants](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/eatouts/five-eatouts-kochi-celebrity-connect-papaya-cafe-waffle-street-dhe-puttu.html) [Five places to have thali meals](http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/eatouts/five-places-to-have-thali-meals-in-kottayam-city.html)

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