Grameen, Koramangala, Bangalore

Dishes out North Indian vegetarian fare, with the option of Jain food if requested. The aloo paratha was quite good, but the other parathas had a bit too much of masala, thereby masking the taste of the vegetable(s) filling.

The side dishes, especially the veg koftha was very tasty. The grameen biriyani predominantly tasted of the curry leaf masala used. The curd rice was sour and probably, they had used the left over rice from morning. Among the beverages, the sweet lassi was nice and so was the 'kokum' soda. They served only gulab jamuns for dessert and this was a let down.

Interiors are designed to reflect a villiage atmosphere, but is quite cramped for space. Service is not too fast, considering they take the order even as you wait outside to be seated.

Meal for three comes to around INR 360/-. 

The set-meal lunch is recommended. As regards other items, some are really good, while others are less than ordinary - give it a shot!

The Tasty Tangles, UB City, Bangalore

Having walked out of Toscano as they do not serve alcohol, I went to a restaurant on the other side of the terrace.  It looked quite appealing from outside with a fairly large area with tables both outside on the terrace (covered) and an airconditioned area.  The name was also quite intriguing - Tasty Tangles.

I was ushered in bu a courteous lady and seated.  I ordered for two starters - one veg - Chayote salad - it was plain cut vegetables in a sauce that had no taste - an absolutely bland dish and one non-veg - Fried Calamari Rings - It was batter fried calamari rings and was not bad.  Does not deserve any special mention though.

The Tom yum soup did not have any lemon grass - had a few pieces of jumbo prawns that were nice and juicy - but tom yum without lemon grass is unpardonable.  The 'small' portion of this soup that we had ordered was in itself a bit of a large serving.

Having tanked up in so many starters, we went for just one main course and a side dish to accompany.  We ordered some Singapore noodles - vegetarian - it was glass noodles with veggies in a soya sauce and was not bad.  The side dish was a kong pong prawns - The serving size was good.  There were quite a few pieces of jumbo prawns.  But it was not very flavourful.  It was a semi gravy with soya sauce overpowering the taste of the other spices and the bell pepper that the dish had.

The service - less said of this the better.  When we asked the waiter to serve the main course and the gravy - pat  came the reply that as a policy they do not serve.  The dishes are just left on the table and the patrons are expected to serve themselves.  Considering there is a 10% service charge on the total bill this is atrocious.

The bill for the aforementioned dishes came to around 1400 + service charge + taxes - around INR 1800. ( I had a couple of drinks -RC Whiskey- too and with the drinks the bill came to around INR 2300.)

When I saw the charge slip later, I realized that the amount was charged to 'Noodle House' - a place that I do not dig much.  Had I known this earlier, I might have thought twice about going to this joint.

Ordinary food and poor service - I would certainly not go there again.