kesar da dhaba

kesar da dhaba ., an iconic food place in amritsar, all the food is very good quality , the parathas , nan and the chole ,paneeretc . the dal is you ask them tadkewale , expect it to have extra inches of ghee .. so be careful about that . the hype of the restaurant was quite a lot from all those who i had reached out to .. though i liked the food , i felt it to bit overrated .. might be they were having an average day ..

order 2 sahaipaneer3 dall . 2 shahi panner don't available in order 1 will pay 500 rupes. its not good

amazing and must have experience when you travel to amritsar. very close to golden temple. serves only veg food but what an amazing veg food. loved every bit of it.
ordered dal,paneerand palak with chur chur lacha paratha and lassi & raita. the dishes and paratha were so rich in taste and butter.
an alert: please finish one parath and order for the next after finishing it only. the food is very heavy and rich so if you order thinking we will complete it, trust me you will be leaving a lot.
try to reach before 8pm as after this the waiting increases to 30 mins or more.

it's my second day in amritsar and i love the city more & more with my visit. a newly made friend of mine who hails from amritsar only, guided us to this 100+ year old dhaba located in the midst of amritsar market where your car can't reach. if you crave for something, u will have to get it wit efforts and we have to walk around 1 - 1.5 kms to reach the place. it pretty looked like 100 year old dhaba , though interiors have been renovated and open kitchen is as big as the seating area. we grabbed a seat in the corner and was going through the menu, but then i had a sudden thought, y to put so much efforts when my friend is there and we went ahead with his recommendation. we ordered 4 lacche parathe, dal makhani and kadhaipaneer(added my me 😛 which was jst okaish). the items were served in around 10 mins. paratha was looking amazing and as soon he served it, he squeezed the paratha, i understand the reason of doing it is getting the makhan infused in it. we distributed the items in small bowls served wit it. laccha paratha was super delicious and when i had the bite of dal makhani, it was out of the world, putting a word to it won't be enough so i jst leave it as described - a taste which i cn never forget. dal makhani was having bhar bhar ke ghee and i think the tadka that was put along with the preparation is itself making it amazing. we ordered another plate of dal. while writing this, i cn still feel the taste of dal makhani. if anyone ask me to visit here again for dal makhani, i will be more than just happy to travel.
how can a meal be complete, without having a sweet. so, we ordered phirni and it turned out to the best decision. served in a plate of clay and bit chilled. amazing taste for closure. all this for a very reasonable or i would say at much low price.

the quantity of palakpaneerwas not satisfactory rest the taste of everything was amazing

full plate shahipaneerwas not in order and i paid in full

palakpaneerand lacha pranthas taste wise very worst....very bad experience from this iconic place.

shahipaneerwaa stale and sourt, rest of all is good

paneer was not the usual one. too much liquid & oil. other wise we have always liked thepaneersubzi.

yeh lala kesar mal ka taste nhi hai palakpaneerka thik karo bhai

chapati is like rubber there is no ghee seen in chapatipaneeris so so and dal has like sweet dish after all not good food 😭

unexpectedly very hard rottis andpaneerhad no taste at all

worst shahipaneerever. swaad to tha hi nhi bas pani or namak or paneer, kesar is so renowned in amritsar for their food but the shahipaneerwas a total waste of money today. spoilt the excitement and appetite.

shahipaneermain gravy hi nhi onlypaneerpaneer aur pranthe very hard

well, after recommendations by everyone in amritsar we went there. unfortunately, will have to say that better and yummy daal makhani can be made at home. infact if you are from delhi or north india, the taste would be sub-par. atleast, it was that for me. not at all tasty, there was no flavour of creamy daal makhani that i relate to always. it was just ghee tadka and bland daal.. palakpaneerwas also regular, just oily much. overall disappointed with the dhaba, not at all upto expectation. maybe the food would be popular years ago, as then only limited restaurants were there. i would suggest not to go there and find better tasty food elsewhere.