la kuchina - jehan numa palace

this place takes you to a different country. the moment i entered i was welcomed by this delicious smell of garlic and herbs and very warm aromatic ambience. the white walls, dim lights, simple furniture and large windows give you that feeling of being somewhere else.

service was just opposite of café chino. in fact the best service i have received anywhere in town.

coming to the most essential part: food. it goes like this:

1. strawberry ginger: great drink to quench your thirst. if you are a strawberry fan do order. stir it a lil bit or else taste settles down for the last sip. taste compliments anything you order.

2. smoked chicken, parmesan and semi dried tomatoes salad: a good option for salad. this place serves really good smoked chicken.

3. corn and spinach crispy : i don't know why this thing was ordered on the table. one may not like this if he doesn't like spinach. crispy enough but oily which i expected it to be.

4. black pepper and walnut crusted chicken tenders: i was disappointed. could be because i expected a lot out of it. my friends did like it. i loved that perfect crunch but it was too bland for my taste buds.

5. smoked chicken pasta: as said earlier they are good at smoked chicken.

6. risotto primavera: the best i had at big chill in delhi and next was here.

7. pizza: you can ask for two different choice of toppings in one pizza.

(a) smoked chicken, jalapeno and onion.
(b) all chicken
(c) bbq chicken, green pepper, spring onion.

love increased with the alphabets. smoked chicken compared to other two failed this time. there is tie between all chicken and bbq. had them at two different visits.

8. chicken ravioli: although removed from the menu you can ask them to serve it. it's their discretion. someone suggested me to try this out. it was good but i do not prefer red pasta so i didn't eat with much delight.

9. hunters lamb steak first steak of my life and i loved it. it was served with some sauce, probably with cheese, topped with baked eggs. delectable. with every bite i was on cloud nine.

10. grilled tiger prawn: here comes the best part. i love sea food and this dish was best. if you love that flavour of prawns you gonna love it and the crab meat risotto with creamy texture is such a soothing delight to those taste buds.

with respect to price, i found it a bit higher but the hole in the pocket won't pinch your heart for long because of the experience. it won't matter a lot because they serve really good food with equally good service and ambience

i ordered insalata caprese, and gnocchi.
salad was horrible, no taste no dressing...simply cut 4 slices of tomato and 3 slide of mozrella.

no dressing no taste... and quantity was like you will not realize when you started and when it is over. 😑😑😑

gnocchi was also very rubbery... at no point of time you realize that it is made of potato ..either restaurant make from floor instead of potato or so over noodles that potato tienes rubbery.

more over such preparation from a restaurant which enjoy 5/7 star catagory is not acceptable. at such places we yearn for perfection.

i visited this place after long time and very disappointed. due to crowd, the stweards and waiters were disorganized.....first they server salad along with main course...then for bills 1 need to wait for about 15 min.

bhopal is way behind in terms of food quality, taste, and hospital itu when compared to restaurants in indore.

this place still has no competitors in terms of the variety and authenticity of its offerings in bhopal, because italian food is still not all that common here. 

but their quality can vary greatly across dishes so its quite unpredictable. for e.g. what we ordered was hunter lamb steak, but what we got was a flavorless patty of minced lamb (which can never qualify as a steak). 

however they made a good pepperoni pizza for which i might forgive them their mess of a steak! the service and ambience are good, and i like their interior decor.

la kuchina is by far the best italian restaurant in bhopal and will be amongst the best in country. right from the time you enter the premises you are warmly welcomed and restaurant manager takes personal care of you. ambience is also very good and has open live kitchen. you can see and smell the food being prepared by team of chef and cooks.
i was there with my family and had ordered crispy fried black pepper chicken for starters along with beer and cucumber drink. the chicken was mildly flavoured and was good.
then we ordered peri peri veg pizza which was also good along with spicy primavera pasta which was outstanding. it tasted so
good as it is so cheesy and perfectly flavoured.i highly recommend la kuchina for being a out standing restaurant.

ambience:3.5/5
food. :4/5
service. :4/5
pricing. :5/5
our order was gnocchi and pizza along with watermelon lime martini .. the pizza was avg rest was delicious

one of my favourite places, server great italian food, good ambience. service can be slow sometimes, overall a good experience. best option for italian food in bhopal in my opinion.

there is a mystical bond between food and taste and if ones get it at a same place its like heaven ......jehan numa palace is a perfect example
every time i visit the place i fell in love with everything the restaurant ....the coffee shop or the heritage ambiance of the property

best and authentic italian food in town. we went with high hopes and la kuchina lived upto it. the ambience was great, service was prompt and courteous and the food was excellent. reasonably priced for the food, its quality , for the ambience and the service. the food reminded us the taste of tuscany. adding a pic of cannelloni. highly recommended and we look forward to visit again.

amazing italian restaurant at the palace​ loved the ambience,it was a busy saturday evening,but the order arrived on the table with bearable delay.the hunters lamb,with smashed potatoes and spinach is 5/5 don't miss it.the chargrilled salmon, missed was on the dry side,but the spaghetti accompanied with the same made up for the miss.they also serve you complimentary garlic bread​ , which you won't see in the pic as we finished the same,before i remembered to take a pic :)

la kuchina has a standard very high for bhopal. the gentry, the standard of the staff, the service, the food, the ambience, the interiors - everything is a class apart. la kuchina is one of a kind place in bhopal and in my opinion, the only place you can take your friends from out of town, and not be let down by the localised service. superb!

while to have found such stuff in bhopal is quite an achievement but still it's a long way to go.. we ordered chicken salad, garlic bread, grilled fish and in indian preparation we had paneer makhani..

salad was not really upto the mark with very small portion of chicken in it.. the lettuce were not properly done either..

rest of the dishes were still ok - i specially liked cheese garlic bread.. however fish could have been more juicy..

services were fine..

good ambience..

value for money - i don't mind paying premium price provided the dishes are worthy of it.. as i said immense scope of improvement in terms of preparation and then it's worth every penny spent.. so for me atleast at this point of time its way too highly priced..

la kuchina has simply the best italian cuisine in whole of central india. it's a complete experience thats just amazing, the service, the food, ambience, everything is par excellence. miss their chicken lasagna, and await it to be added on the menu again. their buffalo wings reminded me of the authentic buffalo wings, which i was looking for since years. the best and hats-off to that.

its is located in jehan numa palace. its a fine dine italian restaurant. i visited in afternoon so lights were dim. there was proper table setup on every table but it was very silent place, no music. i ordered chicken alfredo al forno, all chicken pizza and lemon ice tea. food taste and quality was unbelievable and amazing. chicken alfredo al forno pasta was one of the best pasta i ever had. beautifully presented. they serve garlic bread complimentary. overall it was very pleasant experience.

it was a great experience. the ambience is very welcoming and charming. amazing food and service. staff are extremely knowledgeable and make great recommendations.

la kuchina serves the best aglio olio. we ordered lamb shank as well, which was so tender and juicy, we loved it! also, the staff was really polite. i would recommend you to try the aglio olio and eggplant parmigiana.