This place was highly recommended. Located in a converted house on Wood Street, off Richmond road - it is in a blink and you miss kind of place. Seating is available indoors - air-conditioned) and outside in the garden. I chose to sit in the garden as the weather was pleasant.
The bar which is indoors looks out into the garden too. Nothing great about the ambiance but it is pleasing.
The wild mushroom soup was a creamy soup and was good. A bread basket with various varieties of bread is served 'on the house' along with a cream dip - nothing special about either the bread or the dip - you do not even get the aroma of fresh bake when this is served.
The sea food salad was awesome. Had quite a few pieces of salmon, jumbo prawns, fish and some crab meat tossed with a light vinaigrette dressing and with some lettuce thrown in. The 8 hour lamb is something that should not be missed if you happen to eat here. The meat was just falling off from the bones, waiting to be eaten and was served with mashed potato.
The smoked chicken and pesto pizza, while being flavourful was a disappointment. The crust was thin - no issues with that, however it was not soft as a pizza crust ought to be. It was crisp and biscuity. And the 'Lavazza' espresso was more of an Americano - very light.
Service was not bad - nothing special.
The bill for the above amounted to INR 2100. They charge service charges @ 10% on top of this. A pint of beer would cost around INR 160/- and a small of domestic whiskey would cost as much too.
And there is a mandatory donation of INR10 towards some Charity - I did not bother to ask about it as it was getting late by the time we were done with the food - but they ought to inform guests that such collections are being billed and what they are for.
I went with very high expectations. While some of the dishes lived upto the expectations, I was not fully satisfied.
Reco - give it a shot - not a must visit type of a place
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