mantra india

excellent friday lunch buffet! it was a very good dining experience, nice ambience and too goodservicefor a indian restaurant.
unbelievably tasty food, starters included bhel, pav bhaji, moong dal salad(came with seafood), roasted chicken, veg pakoras and vada. curries included chicken, lamb and fish. chicken and lamb curries were done really well. even the veg curries - dal makkani, chana masala and paneer were good.

all of us had good time. will go again and again.

i was mislead to park balluchi due to the number of good reviews. i had a bad experience with the food. i went for the rose milk, aloo gobi and bread basket (alu kulcha, naan and lacha parata).

definitely none of the items were good.
order started with rose milk. it had way too much essence which made it super sugary and difficult to drink. then came the main course - bread basket had naan which was bit dry, lacha parata having minimum salt and the alu parata tasting a bit off. the aloo gobi was ok and didnt quite alleviate the taste problem coming from the other items.

even with all the issues, theserviceof the staff and general attitude is very good and they did a number of things. firstly, when i told about the lack of salt, they went to the kitchen and came back and told they dont add much salt in the lacha parata. they also apologized for the food and took 10% off my bill. that is good customer service. i still give it a lower rating as the food was not enjoyable.

rating:
food 2/5
ambience 4/5
value for money 3/5
service 5/5

extremely over-hyped place. visited it the second time in person after my takeout was bad, just to verify if that's actually the case. yes it is.
the food is average, the price is extremely above average,servicebelow average and ambiance good. the food in general is topped with more oil since spices are not enough i guess. (:p)
overall, if you're looking at trying out an indian restaurant, then don't do this. :)
the only upside- their carrot halwa is good.