we visited this restaurant after 4 years and the first reaction of ours was to see this fully covered. what once was an al fresco restaurant literally under the mango tree, was now completely turned into fine dining restaurant and much to our disappointment, with the rains, even their arrangements of the al fresco set up on the first floor of the restaurant were closed. anyhow, since we were staying at the hotel, we chose to have dinner here anyway and the happiness and satisfaction started coming back with each dish we called for. the restaurant may have changed its set up but the punch of flavours it delivered back then is still the same.
without getting into appetizers, we straight away called for mains and our order was:
mirch baingan ka salan, methi kofta in palak gravy and lauki mussalam along with variety of kulchas, naans and rotis.
the two dishes that really stood out were lauki mussalam and the khameeri roti. we literally called for another portion of lauki, a vegetable we never prefer eating at home leave alone paying for and calling in a restaurant, however, the stuffing of that perfectly delicious paneer inside the discs of lauki and the rich cashew nut based gravy was just lip-smackingly good! also the khameeri roti, very native to bhopal was crisp and crusted with seeds on top. it was yeast added roti bread made fluffy on the inside and crispy on the outside with the baking in tandoor! surprisingly good!
we highly recommend this restaurant too, and if you can really then please take the open air set up to eat food! it's still beautiful!