Hi foodies, today I’ll be doing a food review of an artistic café near Vikas Cine Mall, Indira Nagar. They are known for their lively and colorful ambience, elaborate menu & Continental Food.
Come, let’s take a closer look!
Location
24, Ground Floor, opposite Vikas Cine Mall, Vasant Vihar, Indra Nagar Colony, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006
Even though the parking space available to them is not the biggest, there is still ample parking space available in and around the café and it’s premises for both two-wheelers and four-wheelers alike, hence finding a good parking spot should not be an issue here at all.
Service Options
Dine-in – Takeaway – Delivery
Timings
Mon–Sun: 12 PM – 11 PM
Cuisines Offered
Burger, Pizza, Sandwich, Fast-Food, Street Food, Dessert, Beverages & Shakes
Average Cost For 2 (Exclusive of Taxes & Other Charges)
Rs. 450/- approx.
Zomato Rating
Menu
Ambience
The ambience of the café was lively, colorful, and super vibrant. The overall area of the restaurant was quite spacious, extremely hygienic, and looked very well maintained.
The colorful seating arrangements used in the dining area, along with the various colorful, eye-catching wall art designs and peppy music, added a charming, pleasant vibe to the overall feel of the café.
Quality Of Food (Taste, Service & Presentation)
The service of the restaurant was quick and efficient. All the dishes that I had ordered were prepared in good time and although I liked the way they had presented the dishes, I would still like to see the restaurant fine-tune and improve upon their presentation skills a bit more as there is definitely some scope for improvement.
The service staff was in the restaurant’s trademark uniform which gave them a very professional look. Moreover, I found them to be super warm and courteous, especially Mr. Rahul, who was always on hand to take care of any of my queries.
Dishes Ordered
From their beverages section, I ordered one of their best varieties of shakes, the Peanut Butter Milkshake.
For my main course, I ordered one of their most popular varieties of steaks, the Grilled Cottage Cheese Steak.
Peanut Butter Milkshake
First up came one of their best varieties of shakes, the peanut butter shake.
The shake was served full to the brim in a tall glass, topped off with a generous amount of whipped cream, and garnished with decorative edible color sprinkles. A paper straw, as well as a dessert spoon, were provided with the shake for the convenience of the customer.
The Peanut Butter shake was super rich and creamy in texture and tasted absolutely delicious. It was not overly sweet and one could clearly get the distinct sweet and salty taste of the rich variety of peanut butter they had used in the shake.
Furthermore, the sweetness and saltiness of the rich peanut butter shake were complimented wonderfully by the added sweetness and creamy texture of the delectable whipped cream that they had used to garnish the shake, which not only made the shake creamier but also added a unique and premium flavor to the overall taste of the drink as well.
Although the decorative edible color sprinkles didn’t add much in terms of taste, they did, however, provide a slight crunch in every bite, and even added some much-needed color to the overall presentation of the shake.
Grilled Cottage Cheese Steak
Next up came one of their best varieties of steaks, the Grilled Cottage Cheese Steak.
The grilled cottage cheese steak was served on a designer-dotted ceramic plate, garnished with a slightly runny, dark sauce. Moreover, a modest portion of sauteed vegetables was served alongside the steak as well, to complete the dish.
Starting with the grilled cottage cheese steak itself, it was quite flavorful, very well grilled, and melt-in-mouth soft. The steak was seasoned with aromatic continental herbs like oregano and thyme and was grilled to such an extent that it had developed a nice, charred texture on the exteriors which not only added a more sumptuous smokey flavor to it but also gave the steak a delectable, premium taste, while still keeping the insides of the steak super moist and soft.
Furthermore, the slightly runny, dark sauce that they had garnished the plate with, complimented the steak very well. Although the steak was flavorful enough in itself, the dark sauce was intended to add some much-needed flavor to it to enhance its overall taste, and it did exactly that, as, without the sauce, the steak tasted a bit plain in comparison.
As I thoroughly enjoyed the combination of the steak and the sauce very much, I was slightly taken aback by the quantity of the sauce that they had provided, as I found it to be quite less in proportion to the steak, and although it wasn’t a big issue, I wish they had provided me with more sauce in a bowl separately to help me enjoy my meal that much more.
Lastly, the only side dish served with the grilled steak, is the sauteed vegetables. The vegetables added a nice freshness to the overall taste of the dish and provided a great contrast in flavor to the charred taste of the steak. It contained a combination of quite a few fresh vegetables like finely sliced carrots, pieces of French beans, small florets of broccoli, and segments of button mushrooms, which were all well-seasoned with the help of continental herbs like thyme and oregano to give them more flavor.
Moreover, I was mightily impressed by the way they had handled the cooking of the vegetables as they had tossed and cooked them to perfection in such a way that even though they were completely cooked through, they still had a bite to them, thereby giving them a delicious, crunchy texture.
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To Eat or Not?
To Eat, for sure!
With its pleasant and vibrant ambiance, artistic décor, delicious food, and courteous and efficient service, I found this café to be right up there with some of the city’s top cafes to visit today if you’re either looking for a place to simply hang out & chill with your friends or to spend some quality time with your family while enjoying a delectable array of dishes from their elaborate & well-curated menu.
Although I immensely enjoyed my visit to this café, I did find a couple of aspects I feel they can definitely improve upon like, firstly, fine-tuning the overall presentation of some of their dishes, as I found it to be slightly clumsy, and secondly, providing more sauce with their steaks to help complement the dish better and to truly justify their price.
It’s nice to see that they have quickly become one of the favorite go-to cafés for people living on this side of the city already, and the sky is the limit for them if they continue to impress and improve in this fashion on a daily basis.
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Value For Money
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