Thai

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The hoardings tempt you. "GRASS"... the name sounds like a vegetarian paradise.. it was a flop show.

Dare not use their washroom/loo-s, especially after eating. The horror of the place might make you lose your lunch/supper.

Nice place, interiors.. Grrreat potential.. these guys (who are running it) are just RUINING it.. :-(

We (spouse & self) were the only 2 people eating there at 10 pm on a Thursday nite.. That pretty much sums up things.

Some lousy movie was on the wall projection cable TV. We requested the waiter to change it to any Eng News channel, the reply came back, All Eng News channel are paid channels and we have not renewed our payments !!

They have pizza in their menu. When we enquired the waiter about it, he said it was a nine inch 'pijja'. Thank you very much !

The prices are very expensive for what they serve. They slap a VAT of 12.5% but it is not mentioned anywhere on the menu. Further there is no Mah. ST/ CST Regn. no. on the bill. God knows where the VAT goes.. (to fund their VAT-69s.. I guess)

Six tiny pieces of mushrooms with two tb-spoonfuls of a gaudy red sauce - The starter - was INR130.. a big flop

I suspect they dump the sauces/ketchups used by the road-side sandwich-wallas inti their gravies.. you get tha unmistakeable (dis)taste in your mouth.

That sums up the experience of "Eggplant-in-Hot-Garlic-Sauce" (INR115). It would have helped if the dish had even traces of garlic.

The steam rice (INR50 per small bowl) was woefully under-cooked.

The tragedy that followed was the Green Thai curry (INR130). It tasted like paint. The texture of the curry was terrible.
The basil leaves were burnt (literally). The curry was loaded with just small pieces of cauliflower and carrots (aaaaarrghh !!)

However hard we tried, pushing the stuff down the throat was becoming a task that was getting more painful by the minute.

(Packing that and giving it away to the needy on the streets would have brought us their curses; not blessings!)

Couple of tables away, the waiting staff were sitting with legs on the chairs, slurping some drinks and noisily gossiping. Every three minutes a staffer comes to your table to ask whether he could remove the plates, even while you were eating !!!

The hotel management is JUST NOT SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. It is amply clear.

Considering that we were the ONLY diners in that hall, they took an AWFULLY long time to serve the food !!!

INRs-525 spent on a flop dinner show.

Maybe my review is based on only their Oriental cuisine. Its a case of first impressio is always the best (here - worst) impression !!

As a rule, We are great supporters of pure veg restaurants; but this one was abominable.

Stay CLEAR of GRASS.

Like the great Ivan Lendl once remarked "Grass is for cows"

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The Bombay Kitchen is a delivery place that delivers amazing gourmet food at home. There is more non vegetarian food than vegetarian, but there is still a large selection of veg food. We tried the malaysian veg curry which was amazing, coconut rice, waterchestnuts in spicy sauce and malaysian noodles. all of it was great. the food is served in very cute containers, but it's all very expensive.
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Beijing Bites - Its a Thai Restaurant.

Its a Limited choice and worth experimenting, medium priced. Check out the Chicken staters.nice ones...

You can easily locate this joint. Take Indira Nagar 80 feet road. You need take a right for Jeevanbhima Nagar at the end of the road and you can find this joint in the right hand corner. Just opp. to Fresh@Indiranagar and the Telecom Office.

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Since, I am very sceptical at ordering Chinese at new places, but was also bored eating the same Schezwan-Manchurian, decided to try something new.
The menu certainly did offer a lot of varities and option, Starters, Soups, Veg, Chicken, Lamb. ( I even saw Squid mentioned somewhere !) Many varities of Rice and Noodles. And not the regular Schezwan-Manchurian-Singapore-HongKong types. Did not feel like experiementing too much so ordered Orange Chicken with Broccoli (Rs. 150) and Thai Chicken Friend Rice(Rs. 120)and a couple of cold drinks.

The food arrived pretty much in time. The Orange chicken was plateful of glazed chicken pieces in orange sauce, and thankfully, more chicken than brocolli. It was a different dish than usual and I liked it. As expected, it was sweet and tangy to taste and you could see orange pulp in the gravy. Thai Fried Rice, on the other hand, was a bit disappointing. It was more like Fried Rice I have tasted everywhere, but less spicy. But, went well with Orange Chicken, once you added a bit of Schezwan Sauce and Chilli Vinegar.

In all, it was good experience, though I found some shredded lime peel in the chicken dish,which added to the aroma but tasted bitter. Hope, it was a part of the dish, but I dont know if we were suppose to eat it.!!

In all, a filling experience. The above was sufficient for 2 people. Next time, which I would visit definetly, I would like to try Nasi Goreng. The service was prompt. Of course, nothing would beat Mainland China, its way too ahead, but Imperial China, this is a reasonably good option, at a reasonable price, at a reasonable location, if you want to try something different than you usual chinese stuff.

Rohit
http://thepunefoodie.blogspot.com/

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Very nice decor and ambience. The place was very clean with no paint smell renting the air. Attentive staff.

This place calls itself a VEG RESTOBAR. Pure Vegetarian Resto and a Bar.

The BAR part is best avoided. The bloody mary was barely a gulpful; so was the screwdriver.

The RESTO part is decent. The quantity of the dishes was surprisingly filling and a bit more. (We had to request the waiter to pack some leftovers !) Not something I have come across in many restaurants, where the portions are measly.

Do try the hariyali pulav and the guj/marwari kadhi. It is a satisfying experience.

Order 2 dishes and 3 people can eat heartily.

The loo-s and washrooms (both ladies/gents) were very CLEAN. kudos.

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Koregaon Park is known for its sprinkling of speciality restaurants. This one is not to be missed.

The interiors are very cozy and intimate. The service is excellent. They have a sort of lounge on the upper storey - but I have never eaten there.

The food is simply superb! I have tried Chinese and Thai here - and have never been disappointed. I find the experience and food quality better than Mainland China.

The place is a bit expensive - so go there on some occasion...

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Truly the best Thai in town. You can never ever have a bad meal at this place. No liquor license, but they have a cool lemongrassy mocktail that to counter the heat from the food.
Everything we ordered was outstanding, especially the green curry and som tum. Service is friendly and informed. The ambience is beautiful.
Only downside being it's a popular place, so you have to wait for a while for a table. But worth it.

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Designed like Indigo Deli an enjoyable place, you feel like you might be in Brooklyn by the looks of it.

They have a decent selection of soups but i got a medit sandwich. Falafal was kind of hard, the hummus was tasty, the whole package worked well. Unfortunately the size isnt nearly filling.

They serve overnbaked potato as a side. However it is not the kind served in steakhouses or Arbys Stateside. It is chopped potato with spices on it. Which was super dissapointing.

The pasta was the same as the one i had last time, but i forgot to ask them to hold the olives, which dropped the taste down a few notches. It was still quite tasty but not near as heavenly as last time. The bread on the side continues to be the onion laced focaccia. I would much prefer a bread basket.

The Damage was around 800.

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Thai Ban is a small Thai Place which can seat around 40 people. Its nestled between the much bigger Bandra boys (Papa Pancho & Cafe Basilico)

The decor is generic and the seating a bit tight, privacy is at a premium here. The food is nothing new, a very normal thai menu (som tam, pad thai noodles, curries and rice)

Our soup was the Tom Yum which was very well made. For appetizers we had the baby corn and mushroom satay which was excellent and the schezuan potato which was disgustingly spicy.

The Entree was the Green Curry with White Rice which was pretty good.

All in all its a good thai place more or less staples and most of the items turned out allright.

The pricing is quite on the lower side 700 bucks(for 1 soup , 2 appetizers, 1 main course + rice and 3 Lime sodas)

Description: The place is crowded on weekends. You might actually have to wait a few minutes before you get a table. Serves Chinese and Thai food. Beer (Castle/Kingfisher) available. We ordered Chinese Wontons for starters. Not very great. I love Thai food, and that's what I basically wanted to try. We ordered Parthai noodles, steamed rice and Thai green curry. The noodles were just okay, nothing great. As for the green curry, well, I haven't had worse Thai food before. The green curry actually had starch in it. I should probably try the Chinese stuff here someday, but I don't feel like going there again. Somehow, loads of people come here.