The [V] Spot Cafe Bar - Setting Trends

The [V] Spot Cafe Bar

G-02, Salcon Ras Vilas Mall, District Centre, Behind Select Citywalk Mall, Saket, New Delhi

If foodie's heaven at all exists in Delhi-NCR, it is situated behind Select City Mall - the area around Salcon Ras Vilas Mall. This area has seriously got some top notch restaurants and hang-outs. Among them is the [V] Spot Cafe Bar. It is simply fantastic place with some exciting dishes and drinks on the menu.

We went on a Saturday and had to do a little bit of searching for the place. We found the place in less than a couple of minutes though. Warmly greeted by the staffs at the entrance we entered in a full mood. We got ourselves comfortable on stylish cushioned chairs. Quite a funky place with some groovalicious music to kick your mood higher than the sky. In very short time we were attended by a staff with smile on his face. He presented us the bright and expressive menu. The best part about the menu is that it has got a wide variety and whatever you'd look for - it has surely got. Pizza, pasta, burgers, wraps, sandwiches, soups, desserts and everything else you can find on the menu. 

For the food we ordered the famous items on the menu - Chickibum Bum, Butter Chicken Pizza and From Russia With Love (Pasta). Suggestion on a serious note for the people who are going there - please do try these three things and then go for anything else. These are the trademark dishes of this place. Butter Chicken Pizza was simply ambrosial. A different kind of pizza with ocean of white butter on the top giving it a great look and amazing taste. The pasta was also quite delicious. Chickibum Bum is a great successful coupling done between Chicken and Spinach. A dish one of its kind. We enjoyed it a lot. Foods here say it that they are cooked by people of some high culinary merit.

Let's talk about other things. The crowd was nice with young people humming to each other's ears and singing to the songs they played. Very less noise this place has got except the music they play. The service was really good. I did not find any issue anywhere. They were right there whenever we asked for anything and always carried a smile. Never served any item late or cold. The price is a really pleasant factor which leaves a smile on your face in the last. When you compare what all you had to what you paid, you'd certainly be very happy and make a promise to yourself that you'd certainly visit the place very soon. I am surely going to visit this place once again, may be more times or may be even countless visits I will have.

My Ratings - 
Food - 5/5
Service - 4/5
Ambience - 4/5
Overall - 4/5

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Veda - An Utter Disappointment

Veda

307 & 308, DLF Promenade Mall, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

The place if extraordinarily decorated and designed by the whosoever will not help you until you get what you pay for. You do not pay for viewing the interiors, for that purpose we have places like some art houses, galleries and museums. In a restaurant its the food and only the food that can keep you happy. And if there are some issues along with the food itself then the place is a hell. That's what sums up my visit to Veda, the excessively hoaxed restaurant in the capital.

The very limited numbers of dishes on the menu was the first thing that disturbed me. I ordered a starter - a creamy Kebab, which was not that great. For the main course I had Handi Laziz Chicken Curry as suggested by the staff, was such a basic Chicken curry. Nothing great, just basic. A nan and a fresh lime soda- all costing me Rs. 1600. Money is never an issue but it still hurts. I now rethink and blame myself for being such a jerk for wasting my money. I should have chosen some other place.

If I start complaining about this place it will be an endless list. First of all, the AC was not working. A few people even complained and they left away, but who cares. The main door was open all the time which was seriously ruining the inner's calmness. The whole presentation was if the place were not being maintained at all. And that's a truth. If this is a scene they show you on a Saturday when they expect a good decent crowd I wonder what would be the scenes on weekdays.

I do not complain about the service. I found it rather okay. The staff, though pretending not to listen to my calls, were not that bad. I was not there to befriend them. Just some service I required and I was contented with that. They did advise me about the food but the food itself was not that great. What worse would happen?

Thanks to my all who created such hocus pocus about this place. And it turned out that this place is not worth visiting twice. There are a lot of other great places. So, I would suggest my friends not to brag about this place or some other as if Rohit Bal or some chef were your close friend or something. Give a clear picture of what you feel. Nothing more and nothing less.

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Spice Market: A heaven for foodies

Spice Market 
GF18, D2, Southern Park, Behind Select Citywalk, District Centre, Saket, New Delhi 

Very recently me and my girl friend decided to hunt down some good restaurants in NCR. We started with Spice Market. God, we were blown over by this one. So much to eat and without burning a hole in your pocket.

I had already peeked into some sites and Zomato, of course, regrading what this place had to offer. I was really excited to have heard all good responses form everywhere. We decided to go for the Lunch Buffet. A small place with nice, cozy and soothing ambiance. I gave it half my ratings then only. We were produced the buffet menu. A single paged menu with some food items scarcely written on it. I was confused about whether the menu would suffice the gluttony me. But, all the wonderful things come wrapped in simplicity. 

We went for the heavier buffet (a choice between two kinds where the heavier contains the drinks and starters). Always go for the heavier one, otherwise you will kill yourself if you come to know what you missed. The menu contains specifically these items.

1. Starters - I got to taste three kinds of non-veg items. Bhuna Chicken, Mutton Seekh Kebab and Hariyaali Murg. All tasting divine. The Mutton Seekh Kebab was the best of its kind that I have ever tasted in my life. 

2. Main Course - Starters are always a main course killer. But I had some space reserved for the main course too. You have a choice between Nan and Rice. We had Chicken Tikka Biryani. Rogan Josh, Chettinaad Chicken and some veg item were also available. All tasting beyond divinity. 

3. Desserts - And when you already had this much, you think lets finish it, they will smash on your face some nice desserts. Where will you hide? Phirni, Gulab Jaamun and the untasted Custard for me had me bowed against the magnanimity the place offered. Nothing else would you want. Seriously. 

Final words - If you want to visit some place where your every penny gets complemented with some decent food, this is the place. 

For more details about this place visit Zomato.

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