canton royale restaurant - hotel surya

enjoy live music in the lawn with amazing food. we had tandoori chicken and fish tikka, both of which were incredible. bhuna mutton and butter chicken were also good. had an awesome experience.

mughlai and chinese food especially delicious. hands down the best kebab platter and dal makhani i've had so far. service staff not organized and parking can be an issue sometimes. definitely a hidden gem in varanasi. ambiance and the property is spacious.

royal, luxurious and delicious. great place to sit in the palace and dine. located inside surya kaiser palace. definitely try the sunhari tikki and palak dahi ke kebabs. service and food both were amazing.

one in a kind place in varanasi. this restaurant is actually in a real palace, and serves great indian food. perfect to visit with your friends and family. service is good and the ambience itself is never experienced before. very busy with the locals on the weekend so weekdays are ideal to visit. hands down, we had a great experience.

ambience is really nice, during our stay at hotel surya we went to this restaurant in the hotel premises. food was really nice, service do have a place for improvement but overall experience was nice.

decor and ambience suits the name of the restaurant..food is also good but the service is very poor and slow... waiter's tend to avoid sometimes and are not at all friendly..overall a good experience with family and friends

bhardwaj ria
restaurant to palace this place floats between these range. i mean the amount you pay is for regular restaurant but the ambience and service makes you feel like some royal guest...
if you don't want to have road side food of varanasi and want to have something filling then this is the place you must try...

we went on a dinner few days back.

first of all, they lack hospitality. their staff doesn't know how to welcome the guests, how to greet. they don't even know how to take orders, explain dishes and post serving follow up. they don't even serve you; they just get the food and drop on your table; after that you have to look after yourself. staff is messily dressed up and they keep running in the restaurant like confused souls. we had to request for giving dining cloth while having soup as they had forgotten to put it on table. there seems to be a disconnect between management, restaurant staff and chefs.

nevertheless, all these can still be ignored if food is good.

we had ordered italian garbanzo bean soup which completely lacked taste and spice. we had to return it for re-cooking for making it eatable. without taking more chance, we ordered paneer shashlik sizzler which was very very average in taste. better sizzlers can be cooked at home. it just had rice, piece of paneer in red gravy, some diced onions and capsicum. extremely average dish. poor.

nothing great about ambience as well, in my opinion. when you go to such a place thinking of its heritage history, you expect a lot in terms of both service and quality of food.

not recommended at all.

a must place to visit. food is exotic, although they took some time to serve but that was worth waiting. ambience was grandeur. need to add some more varieties of beverages.

my rating sheet!
ambiance - 4.5/5
service - 3/5 (during peak hours)
hospitality-4/5
quality of food - 4.5/5
taste of food-3.5/5
worth-3.5/5

overall it was good experience! it is suitable for veg, non veg, drinkers and everyone!
you can visit one time. i mentioned one time jus because, it is costly! depend on your taste, you may or may not like it! hence i can't tell you, will get best food here!! also but must tell you will be impressed by creative garnishing of dish!!
i ordered -
veg maharaja thali - 4/5
veg maharani thali - 4/5
paneer tikka masala - 4.5/5
dal makkhani - 4.5/5
tomato soup - 2.5/5
veg kolhapuri - 3.5/5





ps- i only tried veg!

visited this place for brunch. well first of all, the place and ambience was nice, it wasn't great but not bad either. the order was served within 15 mins and as one can guess, crispy babycorn lacked in its taste. there was too much salt in there making it hard to eat and above all it wasn't crispy at all. i will not say that it was a bad experience, just not up to the mark with other popular restaurant near by.

food is good. but service is terribly slow. am writing this review while sitting in the restaurant and waiting for my food and it's still not here. have been waiting for over 30 mins and getting annoyed!

recently while visiting varanasi we stayed at the lovely surya - kaiser palace. we had a few of our meals at canton royale, all of which were most enjoyable. the menu is extensive and great care has been put into including  options which are gluten free. we tried the bengali fish sandwich and the eggplant falafel burger which were delicious. the portions were huge! soft big buns filled with hot patties and topped with cheese, served with a big basket of fries. perfect with a chilled beer on a warm afternoon. on another occasion we tried the bhutta methi palak and the dal fry along with fish tikka for starters. probably the favourite meal of our stay.

also must try the many salad and soup options. the mulligatawny and pumpkin soups are heavenly.

the staff was warm and efficient. they don't have roomali roti on the menu but when we requested them they specially made some for us! now that's what you call five star treatment.

wholly recommended.

food 5/5
service 4.5/5
ambience 4.5/5

we have ordered two types of thali only maharaja thali and banarasi thali, both were good looking. the quality of a thali is enough for two people but the quality of naan and roti is not sufficient for one person. so we have to order extra naan which is not good if having a thali.

all the dishes in the thali were good but the sweet was below average and was not fresh at all, this was not expected if you are spending rs.550 + tax on a thali.

interiors are good and are in retro style but wires and decay wall papers can easily noticed.

overall a good place with few minor floes

food 3/5
ambiance 3/5
service 3/5

its strange to see such less reviews of this place. surya hotel,one of the best in cantonment. this is one of its in house restaurant which gives a royal feeling. its quite calm place to dine in with your family. you will find in this place occupied with lots of foreigners.
have been here many times.like its interiors,its different. the food is good too,as per its price. paneer khurchan,dal makhni, spinach cheese ,paneer sizzlers,dal fry and naans. these are my favourite from here .one of the decent places for dining in varanasi with family.
tried desserts also,they are not upto expectations. except desserts everything is superb here. love its royalty :)