ingredients

saturday brunch - love edition at ingredients - anantara

it was our first time to try and it was fabulous. a very spacious, relaxed and laid back brunch. there’s a lovely live singer and the place was filled with valentines decor.

food was delicious. they have pad thai, pizza, turkey, salmon wellington, lamb.

they can also grill for you as per your request.sushistation, and epic cocktails drinks of your choice.

i love the vibes plus you get to enjoy the mangroves view.

one of the best places in abu dhabi... the international buffet had lot of varieties... thesushiwas simply delicious.. staff were very friendly ...

had gone there for an office dinner for around 30 people, on wednesday's they have a seafood night, the seafood was fresh and there's a wide variety available. as someone who doesn't have alot of seafood i was stuck to very limited items (besides the normal food items which are available which i can have from anywhere) i enjoyed thesushialot, the salads were delicious and the service was very lovely. the lamb steak they had was flavourful but very dry and hence was a disappointment. the dessert selection was amazing, the panna cotta and tiramisu was absolutely delicious. also, felt like the alcohol selections weren't up to the mark. but overall the experience was quite good and will recommend it for something like a group lunch or dinner as they tend to have something for all :)

we recently went for the iftar buffet and we did have extremely high expectations after seeing a few reviews but we were highly disappointed as the food served was not at all warm(forget hot) which was a big turn down. also, when asked for drinks we were told that the orange juice is over and the drinks service was also quite slow.

the only best thing about the buffet was thesushiand desserts! there was a wide spread of amazing and fresh desserts!

gosushipromotion that is currently running daily from 7.00 – 11.00 pm, offering guests a wide selection of signature rolls for aed 99 net/person and 199aed with wine at ingredients, anantara eastern mangroves abu dhabi hotel. the ambiance is really nice and the staff is very welcoming and accommodating. i love the interior of the restaurant, very spacious , its a family friendly restaurant and perfect for having a good dinner with friends.

had been to ingredients for their friday brunch. the cocktails are a good mix of being strong and fun at the same time. the brunch spread is pretty impressive, with wide selection of pizzas (my favourite), seafood grill, thai,sushi(another favourite) and more. though i feel they should up their game in their variety aspect of it, but it is well compensated with their dessert— chocolate pie, mousse, macaroons, arabic sweets, umm ali, chocolate, ice cream, crepes, waffles!
with samarth shetty

and now they’re experimenting with a limited, exclusive, even almost intimate livesushiexperience whereby two couples sit directly at the livesushistation!. close to the natural mangroves, ingredients restaurant is famous for its weekend brunches, wheresushiand other live-cooking stations entertain the palates of the fortunate diners – but thesushistation serves as part of the immense buffet – now, instead, the luckiest of the fortunate can actually interact directly with thesushichefs and enjoy an evening of customizedsushidelights made just for you.

werewolves this is your home, this is where your cravings will be supplied!!
we all know anantara so very well located! valet service is fast and smart (someone finally understood that the weather is becoming hot and turned the ac on making the car cold and comfortable).
once inside you notice the beautiful colors of all the sweets, very well displayed, and you say "mmm see you soon sugar ;)"
they have plenty to choose from!
will not talk much about the stations, they have steak/sushi/ mexican / thai / grills and the salads...
i can not talk enough about the steak cuts i've had! just great.
thesushiwas sublime
the mexican was bad did not like what they served at all.
the grills are very good as well, had some jumbo shrimps & felt those beasts were going to retaliate biting my head off!
in short, it was war between stations fighting for first place.
finally they had a beautiful live music band of 2.
this is definitely worth the money and definitely a must try. enjoy

after we got settled in our table, mark and i started to check the buffet spread. the desserts section, strategically located just right after the entrance of the restaurant, was a perfect concept as it allures guests to crave more for what the big brunch has to offer.

it's as if the choices are endless. there's a wide selection of desserts from candies, chocolates, and cakes, to macarons, chocolate fondue, and traditional pastries and sweets. the kid in me got overjoyed upon seeing this sweet exhibition!

the big brunch features international flavors from five show kitchens specializing in thai, chinese, arabic, and italian cuisine. guests can start off with a selection of freshly baked breads, and a variety of cheese and wines, then explore the wide range of organic salads and antipasti. guests may also choose to devour the freshness of food at the livesushistation before delving into an assortment of roasts at the carvery station. there's also a section where you can choose fresh meat and seafood and have them cooked according to the chef's specialties.

the lamb shank was divine! it was succulent and fork-tender. it's bursting with flavors in every bite. the lamb chop didn't pale into comparison. the tarts and chocolates were heavenly!

i've been to a number of restaurants serving buffets, but this has got to be the best and the most extensive buffet spread that i have ever seen and experienced. the big brunch wasn't just called 'big' for nothing! it is indeed the best place for an awesome degustation. and i must say that all other buffets will have a hard time in dethroning the big brunch at eastern mangroves in my top buffet list!

i was surprise when i saw ingredients popping up as the list of restaurants that i have rated but not written a review on coz i remember clearly writing a very detailed review on ingredients right after i visited them (which is now months back). i have no clue how it got deleted from zomato! however, since ingredients is one of those rare places which gives you lifelong memories, it isn’t hard to rake my head to write about them again.

i have had the pleasure to stay at anatara eastern mangroves a couple of times. i would recommend this hotel to anyone who is interested for a getaway in uae as more than the ambiance (which is out of this world offcourse), the staff here treat you like royalty. the rooms are huge, the pool is amazing, the staff perfect and ingredients? just the best. i should admit that ingredients was one of the major reasons my stay at eastern mangroves hits a 100 on 100!

i don’t know if i should call their breakfast spread as just breakfast or brunch. when i entered the restaurant for my breakfast i was pleasantly surprised at the spread. there were counters everywhere. i know what one would say – that’s how a breakfast spread looks at any star hotel. but let me correct you right there – you couldn’t be more wrong. their spread was unlike any i have seen before! they had counters for asian (which had a wide variety of noodles, dimsums, and rice including sticky rice), sushi, arabic breakfast, cold cuts, hot appetizers, cheese counters, seafood section, salads, a pancakes & waffles station, an egg station along with the droolworthy dessert station to top the fruits and juice bars. it was a food paradise. a special mention has to be made on the food quality here too because quantity can never beat quality – the pancakes were soft and delicious, thesushiperfect, the eggs fluffy and every dish i tasted topped the previous one. love!

the restaurant is very spacious and this helps in creating an air of freshness around you. it overlooks the mangroves and this makes your breakfast experience even more special.

i would recommend ingredients and eastern mangroves for anyone who is looking for a change from the usual crowded hotels. the staff is extremely friendly, the ambiance great and food spectacular.

i had the pleasure of checking out the ingredients restaurant for lunch a couple of days back as i attended a conference and i had a great time. i had the feeling of spaciousness when i entered the hotel lobby as it was not "cluttered" looking as any other hotel lobby with their fixtures quite minimal - which gave the hotel of a very relaxed ambiance. the little "falls" as i call it smack at the center of the waiting area with beautiful flowers adorning it is just very calming with the soft trickle of water being heard. the big glass windows that lets you glimpse the mangroves on the other side, the bright blue skies and the calm water is just a picture perfect for relaxation.

ingredients is a kitchen packed with a lot of choices and flavor. upon entering the restaurant, it would be the beverage section where bottled water of your liking is there, then a few steps from it will be sweets section which is strategically placed as it is the first thing you see and you just want to jump to dessert immediately. across the room is the little japanese section - with a few choices ofsushiand maki, which i hope they could have like an "order station" where you can ask whatever roll you might want (i, for one, was looking for a dragon and firecracker roll which sadly they do not have). that corner also has the oyster and mussles as well as big shrimps and crab legs for those who might want to have a challenge. :)

moving along, they have this one area where they have all kinds of sea salt on display and i think this area is the arabic section - which sadly i did not have the time to taste any.

of course, no buffet is without the chinese/asian cuisine, which is at this time flocked by dimsum and noodle lovers. their soups are fantastic - as you get to almost create your own with their chicken broth and their choices of noodles, mushroom, spring onion, fried garlic to combine it with. the staple of manchurian chicken, sweet and sour fish and some other favorite chinese goodies are there which i all loved. their dimsums are also fantastic as they just steam them when you get to order them - or maybe yet i was the last in line and have to wait for mine to be steamed. then again, the dough is soft, the fillings are tasty enough and big enough to satisfy that craving. they have this skewered seafood too and other meat that you could ask to be grilled on the spot.

the dining space is cool enough - but what made this cooler is that they those tables prepped outside for that al fresco dining overlooking the mangroves and the brightly colored kayaks against the blue waters. with the great weather now, eating outside with that fantastic background just makes the dining her fantabulous.