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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"

If you are visiting Sydney , out of the aquarium and want to halt for some good food , Sumac is a great pick.

We had ordered breads with mix dips plate, a pizza, stuffed vegetables and greek salad along with some drinks.

First the food, all the dips were perfect if not very distinct since i thought the eggplant dip would have a different taste. The hummus was brilliant! Eating them with some great variety of breads , the quantity looked like a disappointment!

The stuffed veggies had potato,tomato and capsicum with rice and couscous. Both the tomato and capsicum stuffings were yummy but potato combination with couscous was a little flavor-less.

The pizza was the most liked with again the bread base scoring high and the topping was ideal! The greek salad was as good(nothing different although).

I did not try the seafood but am assuming that going by the look of the things and what other people were being served , it would be worth a try. Funnily, some female waitress dropped the tray while serving lobsters and even those dropped creatures looked exotic and edible!

Coming to drinks, since my other companions had ordered normal juices which were good , i just thought of asking if they had any mock tails since it was not listed. They asked me to name it and they will make it. I hit a blind shot with 'Virgin Pinacolada' and it came perfectly made on my table.

The ambience and decor was eye catchy as well and with the coastline location of the place,the cuisine, some arabic music was all appetising :)

- The food costs are in AUD
- The official website

The food is great, the alcohol is affordable and the service is excellent. What more does one want from a "Bar and Restaurant"?

The lighting is a bit dim for my tastes (i prefer well lit bars) but then one can't have everything.

Since I wasn't very hungry, I had a few bites of Sholay Chicken (good stuff), Onion Pakodas (also good) and Biryani (EXCELLENT!).

They make this awesome green chutney which people take away as parcel (it's that good).

Very shady bar at the Brigade Residency Junction. Used to be open till late in the night earlier but nowadays only gives parcels at all times of the night.

Cheap booze, bad food, dirty ambiance, rowdy crowd. That's about it.

One of the few decent eating joints in the stretch from Pune to Kolhapur on the Pune-Bangalore highway.

Standard multi-cuisine menus. The spicy dishes are really spicy since it's Satara. So Beware.

We had a Mahendra Special Veg which consists of one spicy and one non spicy dry veg gravy. I liked the spicy gravy.

On our first visit we had chapatis but the next visit they said they claimed not to serve chappatis and we had to remind them that they served us a couple of days ago. Then they cribbed about chappatis taking a long time to make before finally getting them.

The Dal Tadka, Rotis, etc were also good.

The service is a bit poor which is probably a result of them being the only decent restaurant around that area.

One of the better hotels in Kolhapur but now seems to be going down in service levels and mostly living off the name it's created.

It has a couple of restaurants, a Pub/Bar, a Coffee Shop + Swimming Pool area and a discotheque.

Stayed there for 2 days but only had the breakfast buffet at the Coffee Shop which was just ok, decent food to start off your day but nothing to write home about.

Room service was quick and efficient but the air conditioning was poor. Everything else was at acceptable levels.

Well with the room rates around those of a budget hotel in Bombay, it's a pretty decent deal but most people I spoke to suggested Hotel Pearl as the better and cheaper alternative.

Overpriced and avoidable Indian-Chinese restaurant. Only the fried rice and the beer was decent.

We tried various chicken, prawn and fish preparations all of which can only be called 'edible' at best.

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.

Formerly a dance bar. I don't like this place although I end up going there due to a friends preference for it.

In my opinion it's overpriced, has a shady ambiance, bad food and pathetic service.

Good clean ambiance. I have this preference for well lit bars with white decor and clean ambiance. Too old for the shady bars now I guess. This one suits me just fine.

40 bucks for a peg of Old Monk, 60 for Smirnoff. Service is prompt and efficient.

The food isn't anything to write about but some of the chinese stuff is edible enough to serve as good accompaniments with drinks.