one of the very few cafes in agra - much needed in the city full of tourists!
truly a great ambience - especially the terrace seating. personally, for me, it is an amazing lunch place.
good music (youtube playlist though, but a good one).
a lot of flies around the table though. we had to cover our order with napkins to keep them away.
one quite peculiar and extremely innovative thought was that the tables were fit with a remote for service. there were button to call the waiter, bill and service! impressive !
coming to food, we ordered:
oreo shake, corona beer, veg pasta, khas seekh kebab and hukka
oreo shake - it was good, more of chocolate flavour than oreo, a lil too sweet for me. but the staff was kind enough to add more milk to normalise the sugar.
beer - the beer was not chilled, though the staff tried to get the coldest of the lot. yet it wasn't as chilled as expected!
veg pasta (pink sauce) - the penne pasta is well cooked.. nice italian flavours more on the arrabiata side. good though! (y)
khas seekh kebab - these are mutton and cheese kebabs as on menu - great on flavours but a lil too hard for kebabs (i did not expect the karim's level, but a lil more softness would make them perfect) 👌🏼
hukka - this was the best thing on table. we ordered paan raas - my all time fav ! it was perfect! the service remote also ensured that we get the coals instantly! kudos to that! 👍🏼
the only spoiler was the bill time! so here's the bummer -
on zomato, the restaurant mentions 15% off on axis bank credit n debit cards. however, the manager seems to be unaware of any such thing. they started cooking up silly stories (like its valid for axis bank employees and that the discount is offered by zomato, not chapter 1) to cover up their ignorance.
this really spoiled the experience overall as the manager was simply unaware of what's put up on his own zomato page. quite amusing though.
having said that, the manager gave some courtesy discount after a good 15-minute long explanation (though totally in vain)
this has dropped my rating from 4 to 3, otherwise the restaurant deserves a visit.
hopefully it would be taken care of, by the chapter 1 team in future.