my rating is low purely due to the asymmetric information about product ingredients between customers and management. to elaborate, the restaurantmenuis carefully divided into three sections: regular (brown pages), jain (white pages) and vegan (green pages), the latter listing items suitable for vegans i.e., dairy-meat-honey free. being a vegan, my eyes instantly darted to the green menu, specially curated for the likes of me. curious about the differences between the regular and veganmenu(and hungry for dimsums), i begin reviewing both. the carbon dimsums that come with black bean sauce, listed in both the regular and vegan menus, catch my fancy, but there appears to be no explicit difference b/w the ingredients listed, except the price- the regularmenuquotes a price of 360, while the veganmenuquotes a price of 480...confused, i call upon the waiter, who tells me that the the same dimsums on the regularmenucontain "cream or a milk". i queried further, when he tells me that the regular black bean sauce is creamy. while i've never heard of a dairy-based black bean sauce, and being cognizant of the fact that preparation styles vary with restaurants, i requested him to double-check with the chef. he comes back, and tells me that the regular dimsums are already vegan, and they can prepare them the way that they regularly do. to be sure, i specifically point to the lower-priced item in the main menu, and confirm with him whether that's the price that i'll be charged. he confirms the same, and brings me my order (which did make for a pleasant meal, i must admit!) now, it's possible that he or i may have mis-heard, given that my initial bill charged me rs. 480 (*sigh, after clarifying they did edit the amount to 360), but the episode lead me to closely comparing differences between both menus...i observe that several of the same items printed in both menus are more expensive in the vegan menu, and i note many discrepancies that leave me feeling utterly befuddled..to provide examples, the vegan raw buddha bowl, which is printed as-is in both menus, is 540 in the regular menu, while 580 in the vegan menu. the tofu ratatouille bowl, again marked as vegan in the regularmenu(priced 480) which is up-marked to 560 on the green pages of vegan items! the hummus/hommus is also priced higher in the green menu, while my understanding was that traditional hummus was automatically vegan! what were they adding to the "vegan" hummus/hommus that made it 40 rupees costlier? again, it's possible that restaurants have different preparation styles, but leaving the customer feeling mysterious about ingredients that are potentially causing price differences is a terrible strategy; i left the restaurant feeling that something was amiss, and that it had found some way to exploit followers of veganism. even if it hadn't, it needed to make itsmenuclearer- a suggestion would be to keep the regularmenuand mark items as "vegan"/"can be made vegan", and if there's an additional item that makes it vegan, such as plant-based mylk or tofu, clearly state the difference in price! or at least train waiters better on ingredients so customers can make informed decisions. contrary to popular belief, vegan items can actually be more affordable since many dishes involve leaving out dairy products, instead of substituting them with more expensive alternatives..curious if sante spa is adding these more expensive alternatives to all its vegan dishes that make them considerably more expensive. i would have spoken to the manager, but left in a hurry- here's hoping they see it!