Nandhini Deluxe

This is the one on ESI Hospital Road and not the one next to the Domlur Flyover.

For starters, the restaurant has shifted to the next building and the building in which this restaurant was located now strangely has Bhagini (another multi cuisine Andhra restaurant).

Food - I had a full meals and some guntur chicken.  The rice was hot and there was ghee on offer.  You have 'gonkura chutney', 'avvakai mango pickle', salt and the lentil mix at the table.  There was a chutney (onion based) which was very sour.  The sambar was sour and did not stand out.  There was yellow dal - which was also slightly sour.  I did not risk trying the rasam as I felt that would be an explosion of sourness too. 

The vegetable sides was a potato dish that had some onion and was pepper based.  It was actually a nothing dish.

The meals also had the usual curds and butter milk.  Fried salted dry chili (Mor Molaga in Tamil) was served at the table - which was good.

The guntur chicken was a semi dry preparation that was wonderfully spicy and aromatic - not too hot, the sad part was the chicken was under cooked.

The carrot 65 was a batter fried sliced carrot - also sour - was again a nothing dish.

Service - very poor...had to wait for the rice, they almost forgot the carrot 65....had to ask at least thrice before the second rounds of the lentils, the chutney and the vegetables.

Ambiance - basic, air conditioned - but was probably switched off as I felt it was warmer inside the restaurant than outside.

Damages - Full Meals - Rs.96/-, Guntur Chicken - Rs.135/-, Mutton Biriyani - Rs.130/-, Veg Biriyani - Rs.95/-, Carrot 65 - Rs.90/-. (I have commented on only those items that I tasted).

Summary - Food - Ordinary, Service - Poor, Ambiance - Nothing, Cost - Reasonable (matches quality of food / service / ambiance).

Reco - I will not go there again in the near future!!

Terminology - Yellow Dal (lentil - Tur dal - pigeon pea)