Khansama, UB City

BJN Group's new offering to add to thier already impressive list is " Khansama". Khansama follows " Royal Indian Theme". So you can be rest assured for a royal treatment from BJN.

Location
The restaurant is located on Concorde Block, UB City, Vittal Mallya Road. What better location you can ask for? I dont think so I need to give any landmarks as UB City itself is a good enough landmark for the City itself.
Rating - 5/5



Parking
Not a problem at all. There is a MLCP ( Multi level Car Park) which charges Rs.30 for 2 hrs. But please avaoid the Valet parking. They charge Rs.100 for Valet parking. Pretty strange huh!!
Rating - 4/5

Format
This place has both Ala Carte as well as Buffet( Not sure about the nite).
Rating - 3.5/5

Ambience
Ambience is very fine. Attention has been given to evry possible detail. The Wall paintings are
awwsome. The furnitures have been precisely designed. I cannot recall the music in the
background. Sorry for that. You can also find few stuffed animals ( May be artificial) which is an added attraction. If you just run your eyes around you can see how well Royal Theme has been executed. After all it is BJN, master of theme restaurants.
Rating - 4.5/5

Food
The food is thrives on "Indian" cuisine. So you can expect lot of Tandoor and Mughlai dishes. I
went for a afternoon buffet here. So cannot comment much on Als Carte. Food is very decent.
They have also got a see through kitchen (The Girl in the pic was not intended) Like any typical Buffet they had 2 soups, few salads, 6 starters ( 3 veg,1 chicken, 1 fish and 1 lamb), Veg Biryani, 3 veg subzis, 1 dal, 1 chicken dish, plain rice and a bread basket. The Desert menu inclued Fruit Salad, Gulab Jamun, Cham Cham, Pastry, Vanilla and Strawbery Icecream and Chocolate sauce ( the chocalate sauce hardens on your icecream like a chocobar..yummy) The food is good but could have been better. But definitely the

ambience kind of covers up for the food.
Rating - 3.5/5

Pricing
The buffet was priced at 275+ 10% SC+ 12.5% VAT which comes upto Rs.330 which is pretty decent. I got a chance to look at the ala carte menu and it was kind on the higher side. To give you an fair sense of idea Non veg platter was priced at Rs.750.
Rating - 3.5/5

Overall, the ambience and the location of this restaurant is top class. The food can be made better infact a few more non veg dishes can be added to the spread. The Buffet would still be the best bet. The reservation is very important here as it is usually full in the afternoons.
Overall Rating - 3.5/5

New Shanti Sagar, Koramangala

New Shanti Sagar is a famous South Indian chain which is spread across Bangalore. They have

more than 10 outlets around Bangalore.
I have also heard that they have started thier outlets in Delhi. Today I will be reviewing New Shanti Sagar, Koramangala.

Location

Located on 80 Feet Road,7th Block, Koramangala. It is one of the busiest roads in Koramangala. It is located approx. 500 meters from Forum Mall. The famous landmarks are HDFC Bank, Airtel Customer Centre.

Rating: 4/5

Parking

This place doesnot have a Valet parking. But there is ample parking space available in front of the restaurant. But on a busy weekend evening you may not find a parking space right in front and you may to go hunting for a space. But there are lot of parking spaces in the vicinity.

Rating - 3/5

Format

Like most of Shanti Sagar's even this restaurant has 3 formats. Darshini - G Floor, Seating - G Floor, AC Seating - 1st Floor. They also have a party hall for functions. So you have got a lot of options down there.

Rating - 5/5

Ambience

The AC section has a very nice amience with decent interiors. Nothing much to speak about the other 2 formats.

Rating - 3/5

Food

Now coming to best part of NSS, "Food". The food is seriously amazing. My favorite Idly Vada Sambar. This one you only get in the Darshini Format. They pour the extremely tasty Sambar into Idly Vada unlike where you dip vada into sambar given in a bowl.

The Dosas are also simply amazing. You will also find some Costal Karnataka specialities like Goli Baje ( Mangaluru Bajji) and Mensinkayi Podi in the evenings. The Souh Indian Thali is available in the afternoons and it is very decent. The north Indian Food is extremely good considering this is a South Indian Chain. I simply love the Dal Fry out here. Chats are nothing great apart from Pav Bhaji which is a master class. Never tried the Chinnese dishes here and I would recommend not to try them also. Coffee

is something you can die for. Very well done. Ice creams and Fruit Juices are pretty average.

Rating - 4.5/5

Hygene

The hygene quotient is pretty decent here. You can see people walking around the kitchen with caps on thier head. Also I have not found any unwanted stuff in my food.

Rating - 3.5/5

Pricing

The pricing is very decent in Darshini and Seating formats but kind of on the higher side in AC format. Just to give you Guys an idea Idly Vada Sambar in Darshini costs Rs.18, Rs. 28 in Seating and Rs.35 in AC. "Quality never comes cheap"

Rating - 3.5/5

Overall it is a very nice restauarant with lots of choices. My Recommendations - Idly Vada Sambar, Paper Plain Dosa, Pav Bhaji, Dal Fry, Coffee.

Rating - 4/5

Bangalore Foodie - Opening Post

Hello Guys,

This blog is dedicated to all the foodies in Bangalore. Of late Bangalore has lost his "Pub City" glory due to the early night curfews but we have so many great restaurants down here. I will try to review the restaurants around Bangalore as in when I visit them. Happy Hogging!!

Chao.