earl's secret

actually this is a over hyped restaurant in ooty,we get food only after an hour,very late service,and views aregoodbut not that much food is over expensive to what they served...

the ambience of this place was to die for! we were seated inside for dinner. with bookshelves and fireplace, this kind of reminds you of the gryffindor common room! we ordered the earl's roast lamb and mee-goreng. i liked the mee-goreng a lot, the meat, the noodles, the sauce, the veggies all complemented each other. the portion is also enough for two people. the roast lamb was a disappointment. i quite didn't like the flavor of the sauce... felt that there was too much of a particular spice that ruined the taste. the panna cotta was sogoodthat i just wanted more and more. it would have been amazing if the food didn't take long.

earl’s secret

genuinely one restaurant which stands out in ooty.
multi cuisine restaurant which is a bit hard to locate and reach as its on top of a cliff but it’s worth going.
amazing service and ambience and beautiful scenery.
fish and chips weregoodas well. the dip served with it is really good.

the nasi goreng is a piece of art.
with the perfect balance of flavours, the nasi goreng is a must have!

butter naan was made so well and cooked to perfection. best eaten with the butter chicken which is the perfect complement.

earls secret white brownie dessert is a must have.
the perfect end to agoodmeal.

this is a must visit place when in ooty. wonderful location, the view is mind blowing. the restaurant is very colonial and the staff are very courteous and helpful. you can have a chat with the hotel manager mr daniel who is very friendly and professional. one can dine in the glass gazebo outside or within the old colonial bungalow. we sat inside as it was sunny. the menu comprises of continental to indian dishes.
we ordered for a mushroom soup which was served in a wide bowl and was creamy and delicious. we had crispy veggies in schezwan sauce and veg momos. the crispy veggies was well made, but the momos were a bit over cooked. we had veg biryani served with raita gravy and papad. the spices were mild and tasted good.
the dal khichdi, pastas and desserts are verygoodhere. the prices are a bit exorbitant but totally worth it.

nice ambient with a verygoodfood. i had tried these dishes which turned out to be verygoodfor us and would like to visit here again for trying different varieties.

the place isgoodonly to click a few pictures but that would be true for other gardens in ooty. the menu is extremely limited and in that too they don’t have half of the things … in pannacota (apparently their signature dish) they don’t have fruits available which they don’t bother to inform until the dish is served. overall very disappointing experience. staff is courteous but that really doesn’t make up for the substandard services.
p.s. actual food prices are much higher than what has been updated on zomato.

we sawgoodreviews on everywhere on google for this place, so we decided to have our dinner earl's secret. god knows whats the secret behind the pathetic food we got served. we started with soups and they were out of my understanding. they served some leftover onion curry in the name of soup! we ordered mushroom starters and it had no taste even after dipping it into mayo. then comes the main course! not even joking but the portions were shocking and we couldn’t believe our eyes. the taste and portion size both were unbelievable. for this horrible food they are charging bomb! its not just us but people sitting on other tables started complaining about cold and tasteless food. onlygoodthing was ambience which fooled us and of course google reviews. please never think about going to this place.
18-12-2021

just one word 'amazing', the taste of the food was really good, the service wasgoodand it had great ambience, would really recommend this place.

great location, views, gardens and an old world charm. friendly staff withgoodservice. the food hasgoodportion size and authentic taste. it's agoodplace to spend time with family and get a glimpse of ooty

located on the top of havelock road, earl's secret has a very nice ambience to it, especially the glass room, which is where we were seated.

the restaurant serves, indian, continental and south east asian, and most of what we ordered was from the latter two cuisines. with the hype and high rating of this restaurant, i must say that the food in general was a disappointment.

in the starters, we ordered the paneer tikka, vietnamese spring rolls, bruschetta, double decker mushroom and the crispy potato. the paneer seemed slightly undercooked, and was not tender, which is how it should be. the spring rolls were not made uniformly, some were bland while some were very spicy. the double decker mushtroom seemed to be something out of an ametur cook's kitchen rather than a restaurant that has a rating of 4.9/5. bruschetta was the onlygoodstarter.

in the nain course, we ordered the spaghetti in pesto sauce and mee goreng. the spaghetti was good, although not great but the mee goreng was just wrong as dish, there was nothing specific that made it bad but everything about it was like that.

if you are planning to go to this restaurant, i would suggest going with the indian, which i believe is fantastic. however, having not tried any of the indian dishes other than the paneer tikka, i cannot vouch for the same.

considering the location and the overall standard of dishes, i would say that if you are in ooty just for a few days, you can give this place a miss. you won't be missing out on anything.

be prepared to spend your 3 -4hrs here waiting for food . the food wasgoodin taste but was served cold .bad experience

the place has a verygoodambience and that's the only rrason they get crowd
however the service is pathetic
they took almost an hour to get the soup
these people dont ever have the audacity to listen
bringing one dish in every 30-40 mins then everyone is waiting hungry for the next dish
worst ever experience
this place spoiled our mood & 3+ hours.
i don't recommend this place to anyone and will highlight the issues in social media too
u can't just fool people because u got agoodlocation

one thing i would always suggest ppl visiting ooty is "never visit this place ever" u will end up wasting your time, mood & money

it is a nice place with verygoodambience. very high quality non-veg food. staff is also very fast and sincere.

the theme and the ambience was very good!! undid not live upto the expectations!! french onion soup was lukewarm and did not have cheese which it mandates!! the chicken roulade hardly had any cheese and spinach!! fish and. chips weregoodespecially the aoili!!

place isgoodasthetically
but food and customer service is below average
dont ever order whiste sauce pasta, received uncooked food taste was very very bland
other food was also okayish

place is worth the hype but food is not