Bund Garden Road

The sheer variety of parathas or better still, the combinations are huge. But nothing outlandish.
Single filling for abt Rs 81 and Double filling abt 92. they also have a basket of mini parathas 4", 4 in number for Rs. 200-270. You can also have your own combination with upto 4 filings.(Rs. 104) and also Low Cal Tandoor paratha. But then, why will anyone go for an oil-free paratha ?

As, for starters, they have the regular chaat stuff and tandoor . So, we ordered a mini platter (Rs. 162) which had 2 pieces of 4 types, i.e. 8 in all.It was pretty ok, Paneer, Gobi, Potato. Also, some Mocktails. (Rs. 99 each). Now, the one I ordered, Honey Bunch was, simply unpalatable. Too sweet. It was suppose to be with vanilla icecream, which i could never see or taste.
I was kind of surprised at the size of the parathas. They were smaller than the ones I had at similar joints. The parathas are served with dal, chana masala, raita, onions and achaar. We had ordered 3 parathas of mix combinations and managed to sample all 3. But, as I found out, nothing exquisite about them. The chana was too salty, the stuffings were less than filling. The parathas in themselves would have been insufficient if we had not had the tandoor platter earlier and the mocktails.

The ambience is nice, spacious and well lit. The service decent. Surprisingly, no finger bowls. Now, you are eating parathas, not pizzas. Got to use fingers, else it wont taste the same. So finger bowls should have been there.

Meal for 3 would cost in range of 600-800, including taxes.

Finally, as I said earlier, the size of the parathas was dis-appointing and so was the filling, (tastewise and quantitywise). So, what else is there in a paratha ? The tandoor platter, i believe, was highly priced and mocktails unpleasant.

In all, a below par experience.

Now, I am comparing this with one I had at Real Parathas, Nr. Vasant Vihar, Thane(W). That is what I would call a real north indian paratha experience. There would be very few people daring to beyond 1 paratha, and yet the taste so enchanting that it would tempt them to do so. Thats what keeps people bring them back there.

Rohit
http://thepunefoodie.blogspot.com/

This place went from flop to superhit to super flop.

1.) The soup we ordered was pathetic. Too sodaish. Left half of that.

2.) The tandoori was salty outside. But because it was well marinated, it was highly succulent inside.

3.) The mutton biryani was tasting great until I found a HAIRY PIECE OF MUTTON inside. Yes it was HAIRY. I gave up eating that biryani thinking I'll puke or something.

Showed the stuff to the waiter, who showed it to the manager, who showed it to the galle-wala (er, cashier or probably the seth). They came back with a half-baked explanation. The client wanted to argue about it. I didn't. So I asked for the bill. They offered to get another biryani but I was not very inclined to eat anything there.

Infact it will be hard getting me back there again but considering the popularity of the place with the client, eddd, etc. I may just get dragged back there. Actually, no I won't, I may puke or something.