Opium Den

Opium Den is the bar at The Oberoi and its quite a weak property. The place is done up quite well and the decor can be private but its not really suited to crowds ( we were a party of 20 out for a celebration)

the scene was sorta dead considering it was Sat night and there was no room to stand at Geoffreys (marine plaza) or at henry tham. the service was friggin slow, we had like one waiter for the 20 people and i must have gone up to the bar to order my drinks.

now the chap was quite a pleasant and hard working fellow but the overall experience with the bar was def weak.

4/10 for service and the damage was around 30k for a party of 20.

Pan Asian

Rest : Pan Asian
Meal : Late Lunch
Date : 7/2/2007
Location :ITC Grand Maratha, Airport
Company : Ze Wife

Experience- the best decored restaurant at the grand maratha easily. nice wide bodied place with windows as well as dim corners. The staff is friendly and service prompt.

Drink :Water

Food : tom Yum soup which was top notch. not taste heavy on any elements ,plenty of balance. the dim sum was of cottage cheese and mushrooms (juliened) went very well with the hot garlic sauce and the soya sauce. the entrees were veggies in an obonga sauce (which is a brown soy based sauce) the noodles were pad thai noodles, thai style with peanuts.

On the whole the meal was excellent, the tastes were rich and varied, the service was quick and efficient. only problem is the hotel is too far from the city to every become a regular haunt. the prices as well are quite nicely 5 star

Food 9/10 Service 9/10
Damage : 2100($35)

Moti Mahal - Nariman Point

Rest : Moti Mahal
Meal : Dinner
Date : 1st Feb & 10th Feb 2007
Location :INOX & CR2
Company : Hector, Edie, Leo, Gautam, Wife, Arti, Rahul, Rishab, Sam

Experience- Dim lit, classy ambience, minimalist yet functional. this facility is comfortable and the experience can be easily very private due to the psuedo booth set up.

Drink :Kingfisher, Heineken

Food : We stuck to the basics both times, dahi kebab (too dry) paneer tikka (excellent) stuffed potato (eeek) the main course was dal makhani (good) paneer kadai (excellent) malai kofta (very good) navratan korma (good) along with some garlic naans, their pulao is very different and extremely tasty.

I must also say that the food dosent hurt your stomach the next day, appraently because the spices used are from their own kitchen.

The point was to take my friends from new york and london on for a good indian meal and it worked well as they were all very happy with the food.
The staff is fairly accomodating and pleasant if slightly scatter brained.

Food 8/10 Service 8/10
Damage : first time meal for 4 (2000) second time meal for 7 (4900)