A SO-SO PLACE | PANCHAVATI GAURAV THALI

This mother’s day (I noe I am way late with this post ;)), I and my sister decided to take our mother out for a lovely meal at Panchavati Gaurav Thali. Although my mom do dig in most of the cuisines, her most favorites are the traditional authentic Indian cuisines like Rajasthani, Guajarati and few others.

Turns out this place isn’t that great after all. A whooping 3.2 rating on Zomato is justifiable.

As far as I remember, the service was slow, food was average and the number of dishes was again average; they do serve Jain food: but their menu is completely different.

Flagging points:

11. Aam-ras was excellent, an instant hit among us.

  2. The teeny-tiny fluffy roti’s again were noteworthy.

  3.Aloo and Mutter ki sabji again was commendable.

A little more effort on their menu and a tad bit better service can put them in the race amongst the other Rajasthani food joints.

PANCHAVATI GAURAV THALI

Address: 6th Floor, Bangalore Central, Outer Ring Road, Bellandur, Bangalore

Contact No: 080 66835804

GOOD FOOD BAD SERVICE | RIVERSIDE BAR & KITCHEN

It is quite ironic when a place is named as Riverside Bar and Kitchen, but doesn’t serve alcohol or for that matter even wine. I completely agree with the riverside concept given that they forte (or atleast they claim to) in the sea food genre, but bar? I am still left pondering!

The moment “Riverside Bar and Kitchen” hoarding was put up with a signboard of “opening shortly”, I was waiting for an opportunity to try out this place. Situated right on the Whitefield main road at a mere km walk from Forum Value Mall, this place did manage to gain attention of various foodies that travel this road, me being one from the lot. What got my attention? Well, they do have a fabulous interior, a little sober but attractive one, with lamps hanging from the ceiling and fluorescent sign board at the entrance. One can enjoy the fresh breeze or rain from the seating area if you are lucky enough with the weather. Also this is quite a place to enjoy a romantic dinner with you loved one’s.

I could go on and on describing about their ambience but I am afraid that’s all I can brag about when it comes to Riverside as a whole. If they had worked on everything else just the way they did with their looks this could be one of the best places to go dine at, in Bangalore. Unfortunately they do need to work a lot harder to enter the race.

We ordered for a Tandoori Dum aloo as our starter followed by Vegetable Dum Biryani as our entrée. Dum aloo was perfectly cooked and mixed well with the green, red and pink chatni. Dum Biryani also was commendable. They did manage to capture the biryani aroma and when tasted, the spices seemed to have done their jobs quite well.

Now you must be wondering what went wrong here. Well to start with, they dint serve wine which was quite a disappointment as both of us were looking forward on enjoying a glass of wine. Secondly their service and staff members are quite ignorant and badly managed. It took them a zillion year to get the orders straight and to serve them. We almost waited 30 min to get the attention of one staff member just to place the order, again another 30min to get our starter and then another 30 min to get the Biryani.

A bad service with good food is absolutely not an option if you have to survive in Bangalore. So if the management could try to work on this part, they might do a better job.

When it comes to the VFM, I have absolutely no complaints in the Veg section. But non-veg section, especially the sea food side, the food seems extremely expensive with every dish ranging from 700-800.


RIVERSIDE BAR AND KITCHEN:
ADDRESS: 101 & 45, Main Road,Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
CONTACT NO: 080 49653309

A DISAPPOINTMENT | XPLODE - REST BAR

Yet another disappointment in Sarjapur, Xplode. Definitely makes me wanna Xplode with frustration. 

I wonder how these places are still functioning when customers dont turn up. 

We ended up at this place as Sarjapur as we dint have much of an option anyways other than Big Brewsky. The interiors were confusing with photos of , Angelina Jolie, Michael Jackson, Jimmy Hendrix, Tom hanks, David Beckham etc. up on their walls, trying to make a point i guess, which was too cliche.

Initially we were seated on the ground floor, but had to run upstairs with our food as it started raining profusely. After too much of an effort we did manage to reach upstairs and what we find is the rain following us their. After 15 min struggle between the staff trying to keep up with the rain and trying to close the shutters on all the sides they did manage to full proof the place against rain. But by the end of the it, the tissues were scattered, the menus were on the floors, the food mats were wet and the place was a complete mess.

Although i was disappointed with such carelessness, we had no option but to continue our meal there. We places our orders and waited for it to arrive. As we chit chatted around describing our days, the dishes made their way to our table one by one. I wasnt quite impressed with the presentation and had not much hopes on the taste as well. But to my surprise the food was quite decent, but nothing to be awe'ed about. 

Will i go here again? Probably not! A one time experience is good enough. Although i i feel this pplace is meant for those folks who enjoy drinking beer while listening to music.



XPLODE:
ADDRESS:70, Kaikondrahalli,Sarjapur Road, Bangalore
CONTACT: 080 49652759

COUPLE OF DRINKS | HARRY'S

Been here with a friend of my for a couple of drinks. Ended up ordering Long island ice tea and another drink that was rum based. A great place to enjoy a glass of drink with a friend with some good music playing in background. One can also try on the pool table if interested. 

But kindly note this is an expensive place and we ended up paying 2k plus for 4 drinks and a plate of mushroom starters.

HARRY'S

ADDRESS: 1, SJR Primus, 1st Floor, Adjacent Raheja Arcade, Koramangala Opposite Forum Mall Signal

CONTACT: 9620813000

VERY BAD EXPERIENCE | CIRRUS

Under any normal circumstance i do not go to places that are rated 2.5 or below in any of the food sites. but this was an exception. Cirrus had arranged a DJ on this particular day with a dance floor and my friend was very keen on going here. As much as i dint want to go, i had no choice and somewhere deep down i knew it would be a disaster, which is exactly what it was.

Not only did they have a dance floor up until 11 pm in the night, their food sucked as well. Most of the food we ordered was kg's of salt in it or the food was too greasy to be tasted. 

We ordered quite a lot of things, but sadly all of it turned out to be a disaster. We even returned a dish because of its salt level and the replaced dish again had the same outcome. The service was poor and i got this feeling that they do not care on what the customer thinks. We ended up paying 5k for an experience that is not even worth mentioning.

A big NO to this food joint.


CIRRUS:
ADDRESS: Reid & Taylor Building,765, 5th Floor, 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar, Near Sony Center
CONTACT: +91 9986035778, +91 9731154784 

A MUST VISIT PLACE IN KORAMANGALA | GILLYS

If you that kinda person who wants to enjoy a glass of drink with some amazing loud music playing in background, trying to unwind the tension out and just enjoy a couple of drinks with some friends then this is the place. I have been here so many times, that i have lost count of it. 

I always wind up here when i want to enjoy my drinks with some of my fav music playing in the background. They even have xbox with them if u like to play on it.

I have tried their wine sangaria, cosmopolitan, colada, Daiquiris. Although their is nothing like an awe factor on their cocktails i would keep going back for the environment and music.

GILLY'S

ADDRESS: #91, Jyoti Nivas College Road, 5th Block, Kormangala Industrial Layout,Koramangala Next to City Union Bank

CONTACT:  +91 99014 10088, +91 81052 31584