3/5 Vineet S. 5 years ago on Google
I
went
there
with
a
couple
of
my
friends
over
lunch.
I'd
heard
a
lot
about
the
ambiance
and
that
it
had
been
designed
by
Gauri
Khan
-
but
I
didn't
feel
it
was
that
special
-
not
that
I
didn't
think
it
was
good.
We
started
out
with
a
couple
of
small
plates
and
a
round
of
cocktails,
and
later
a
couple
of
large
plates,
and
another
round
of
cocktails
and
a
couple
of
desserts.
Overall,
the
food
was
decent
-
nothing
out
of
the
ordinary
-
nothing
of
a
culinary
experience
that
I
thought
it
would
be.
Even
the
service
could
have
been
a
lot
better,
at
best
it
was
mediocre
-
so
much
so
that
they
forgot
a
small
plate
that
we
ordered
and
brought
it
after
they
served
a
dessert.
It
was
a
funny
scene
-
my
friend
was
eating
chicken
chaap
and
cocoa
and
passion
fruit
ganache
at
the
same
time!
The
busser
didn't
bother
to
change
the
plates
between
courses,
pick
up
dirty
paper
napkins,
used
tableware,
or
even
empty
cocktail
glasses.
Each
time
we
told
him
to
clear
the
table,
he'd
just
clear
only
enough
to
make
space
of
the
next
dish
that
we
had
ordered!
Detailed
review
of
the
food
and
cocktails
that
I
tried:
The
Old
Smokey
was
a
scotch
whiskey
based
cocktail
mixed
with
tea
and
I
fused
with
cherry
wood
smoke
-
although
I
could
find
no
trace
or
flavour
of
smoke,
the
taste
of
the
cocktail
was
good.
The
Himalayan
Madhpey
was
a
gin
based
cocktail
mixed
with
bitter
apertif
and
quite
a
strong
and
lingering
aftertaste
of
turmeric.
I
tried
fish
charred,
which
was
a
preparation
of
char
grilled
fresh
water
fish
called
bhetki
served
in
lemon
butter
sauce,
and
topped
off
with
pineapple
caviar
(that's
what
the
attendant
said
while
the
menu
says
lemon
caviar
-
but
it
did
taste
like
pineapple,
which
baffles
me!)
and
activated
charcoal.
Mutton
kakori
kebab
were
way
too
soft
and
had
a
pasty
texture
and
yet
they
didn't
melt
in
the
mouth
-
it
was
like
an
unsuccessful
cross
over
of
kakori
and
Galouti
kebabs.
Moreover,
cinammon
overpowered
the
spicy
top
notes,
with
a
lingering
sweet
aftertaste
-
not
a
combination
that
I
would
have
liked.
Chicken
makhmali
sounded
quite
interesting
-
chicken
kebabs
served
with
fluffed
egg
whites
topped
with
black
truffle
pate.
The
black
truffle
pate
did
taste
quite
weird
on
the
fluffed
white
and
the
chicken
seemed
a
little
undercooked.
Patthar
ka
gosht
was
the
best
small
plate
that
I
tried
-
perfectly
cooked
meat
with
spicy
top
notes
and
slightly
sweet
undertones.
The
lingering
spiciness
of
ginger
and
the
flavour
of
garlic
made
the
entire
affair
even
more
delicious.
Chicken
chaap
-
well,
since
it
was
served
after
they
served
dessert,
it
didn't
look
too
appetising
to
me,
and
I
was
happy
to
miss
it.
Naga
Mushroom
Gilawat
tasted
extremely
sweet
-
perhaps
because
it
was
served
on
a
saffron
biscuit.
I
could
say
this
was
probably
the
first
time
I
didn't
like
a
mushroom
dish.
Deomali
-
it
was
a
mutton
dish
cooked
inside
a
bamboo
shoot
and
is
served
with
jasmine
rice.
They
served
it
in
the
same
bamboo
shoot
in
which
it
was
cooked
to
up
the
presentation
oomph.
However,
I
half
expected
it
to
be
on
the
spicy
side
-
but
even
the
had
strong
undertones
of
sweetness
along
with
the
weak
spicy,
peppery
top
notes,
which
was
quite
a
disappointment
for
me.
Grand
Trunk
Road
-
fancy
name
for
a
humble
dish
-
murgh
chholey.
I
could
try
them
hot
as
they
were
served
and
I
tried
them
after
more
than
45
mins
from
when
they
were
served
-
needless
to
say
I
didn't
like
it
too
much.
The
reason
I
didn't
eat
it
while
it
was
hot?
Well,
we
ordered
extra
Kulchas
which
didn't
turn
up
at
our
table
until
after
45
mins.
75%
cocoa
and
passionfruit
ganache
was
okayish
-
I
didn't
like
it
too
much.
Also,
we
had
to
ask
for
dessert
spoons
twice
and
had
to
wait
till
they
gave
it
to
us,
so
maybe
even
that
affected
the
fact
that
I
didn't
like
it
too
much.
Gosht
ka
halwa
-
well,
everything
aside,
all
waiting,
all
bad
service
on
one
side,
and
this
halwa
on
other
side.
The
halwa
was
so
good
that
I
gave
the
restaurant
a
4
star
just
for
this
halwa.