Sunday, August 2, 2009

Barista Cafe, Garuda Mall, Bangalore

Nothing different about this Barista from any of their other mid sized outlets. It can seat around 100 pax with a few couches and a lot more chairs placed around tables.
The air conditioning is not good - probably a problem with the mall.
The service is quite bad considering the place is bustling as it is one of the better places to catch a cuppa in that area. (Certainly better than what is available in Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle or Bangalore Central.)
They have some items for those who want to look after their waist - microwaved fries without oil - was not bad at all @ around INR 80/-.
A couple of coffees + a doughnut + the fries came to around INR 300/- , probably a tad expensive.
Reco - best coffee in that area, you have to put up with the Air conditioning and the poor service.

2 comments:

E Y said...

I do not understand why you are complaining about service. What do you expect in a Cafe in a shopping mall. I just visited few days ago after being in India for 10 days and coffeeless. It was ok. service people was polite and nice.
so explain the poor service in your terms.

Siv said...

There are quite a few waiters in the cafe'. Many of them can be found either chatting at the counter or viewing the TV in the cafe'. So if you try to catch their eye by looking towards them or at times even signalling by hand, you may not be able to catch their eye.
It makes the least difference that they are in a mall - it is not a self service cafe unlike many other cafes located at malls.