trip to 'uruka' was much awaited as i had heard about the outlet from many people including my mom. so this time, on my brief visit to guwahati i decided to try out the place.
the entrance to the restaurant was really nice with motion sensor doors , followed by a warm greeting from the staff which is 90 % female. these are two unique things which you don't generally come across a restaurant and that too in guwahati. we had the privilege of the meeting the owner miss priyanka who was very warm and curteos throughout the whole evening.
the ambience of the restaurant was a mix of modern and ethnic, with the concept of a live grill on the table and a buffet spread. the concept too was a unique one in terms of traditional assamese restaurants. the cutlery was of kaanh in assamese i.e. bell metal and was well polished.
coming to the food for starters they had mixed sweet corn , prawn cutlet, deep fried paneer tikka , deep fried chicken tikka , small fish fry. the fish and the chicken were served on the live grill and the rest were served normally. also these were served with one mustard chutney and pudina chutney.
for the main course they had plain rice, yellow dal, mix veg , baingan bharta, fried brinjal, small potato fry, matar paneer, black dal, chicken curry with potatoes, fish in bhedailota saag. there were various other condiments like dry fish cutney, salad, mahor guri, bambooshoot pickled in bhootjolokia oil etc
overall i would say it's a decent place i.e. above average. the concept is good but a lot can be worked on in terms of food. an alacarte should be introduced with other variants of assamese food items as not everyone would prefer a buffet always. also in buffet we could have few more variety in terms of starters and specially in veg. also the pricing should vary i.e. for veg and non veg accordingly, people would prefer that.
all and all it's a good start and i would wish team uruka all the very best for their journey in the food sector. looking forward to new changes as well.
cheers !!