rooftop places have always been people's favorite and this one in particular has been in my bookmarks ever since it opened at the terrace of vr mall. after a long day of shopping, we decided to treat ourselves at this iconic place.
ambience :
theplacebeing a rooftop one, welcomes you with a gush of cold breeze. located on the 8th floor, this gives a very beautiful view of the surrounding areas especially at night. they have a long bar in the middle in front of which there is a very comfortable couch seating available. towards the left side, there is a very romantic kind of seating available which is done in a bed-cum-tent shape. one has to remove their shoes, a wooden tray will be kept in front of you, where one can enjoy a dreamy candle light dinner with their loved ones. towards the right side of theplacethere is a huge infinity pool, on sides of which high tables are there covered with umbrella sheds, this will be a perfectplacefor brunches. theplaceis dimly lit, with a continuously burning gas-torch kinda thing in the middle, which although looks really exotic but is definitely a wastage of fuel.
food and beverages:
coming to food, they have a very limited menu, and especially very few options if you are a vegetarian. they mostly have bar bites in the options, being a drinking only place.
we started with championes portobello romesco which was basically a cutlet of parmesan stuffed baked portobello mushrooms served with catalonia red pepper sauce. the dish was tasty but very messy to eat, as it was getting disintegrated while picking, probably not set properly.
my company tried turkiye murgh-e-potli and chicken ariash dishes and found these to be really good.
for drinks, we tried la passion and berry excited cocktails. la passion was a sparkling wine and gin based cocktail mixed with passion fruit and grapefruit bitter. it was mildly concentrated and the quantity was bit disappointing. berry excited was a vodka based drink with cranberry and orange campari foam. this was alcoholic in the right amount and had a a really good sweet and sour flavor. this is a must try here.
for mains, i had to try the only option i had - truffled macaroni fondue which was basically a mac and cheese pasta, combination of three cheese and served with small breadlets which were sweet. initially, the pasta tasted fine, but gradually it became sweeter and sweeter, especially the after taste. the waiters were kind enough to get us some real garlic bread for me to fight with the over-sweetness, but it failed miserably. then the most unfortunate thing happened, i started feeling pukish as i kept on having the pasta. i tried to control, and i started feeling sick on the way back. finally, when i reached home, it all came out and i got really sick for the next full day as well. i feel pasta was the culprit here, either the over sweetness or there was something in it. the rating is purely based on this unfortunate thing that happened to me. they should really check up on their ingredients i feel.
service and costing:
the staff is humble and friendly and addressed our grievances really well. theplaceis medium expensive for food while the drinks are pretty expensive than the general norms.
all in all, a goodplaceto have a luxurious splurging night, though i will avoid it because of the incident.