Restaurants
1200/-
Pricey
Review posted more than 6 month ago
The buffet dinner at Zambar (Phoenix City) last night was disappointing to say the least. We had dined at its sister restaurant, Fresc Co (in Amanora), and had high expectations. The evening started well with delicious glasses of lassi and rasam as we commented on the restaurant's tasteful decor. Unfortunately, there wasn't much to cheer about from that point on. The non-veg starters were tasty but finding any meat on the bones was a struggle. This pretty much set the trend for the rest of the buffet. The mutton and chicken mains should have been renamed mutton bone and chicken bone curries. I have never been to a restaurant that is so blatantly intent on saving money on non-veg items. There was plenty of fish though, full of fine bones and floating in a gravy that had more fish bones. I threw the portion of fish I had on my plate and then decided to change my plate to prevent getting injured. The appam was far too oily and the sweet dishes far too sweet. The lemon rice and curd rice were the highlights of the buffet, but would you spend Rs 600+ (incl of taxes) on these? Also note that buying a bottle of Aquafina water, which actually costs Rs 16, will set you back by Rs 75 in this restaurant. What a rip off in every respect!
The manager was uncommunicative and clearly lacks basic hospitality skills (unlike his counterpart in Fresc Co). The rest of the staff were amiable but somewhat untrained. One nearly removed my cutlery from my side plate when I requested him to clear the dinner plate and another tried to remove the plate of starters while we were still eating.
All in all, this place is highly avoidable. We won't be back and certainly won't be recommending it to anyone.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
The buffet dinner at Zambar (Phoenix City) last night was disappointing to say the least. We had dined at its sister restaurant, Fresc Co (in Amanora), and had high expectations. The evening started well with delicious glasses of lassi and rasam as we commented on the restaurant's tasteful decor. Unfortunately, there wasn't much to cheer about from that point on. The non-veg starters were tasty but finding any meat on the bones was a struggle. This pretty much set the trend for the rest of the buffet. The mutton and chicken mains should have been renamed mutton bone and chicken bone curries. I have never been to a restaurant that is so blatantly intent on saving money on non-veg items. There was plenty of fish though, full of fine bones and floating in a gravy that had more fish bones. I threw the portion of fish I had on my plate and then decided to change my plate to prevent getting injured. The appam was far too oily and the sweet dishes far too sweet. The lemon rice and curd rice were the highlights of the buffet, but would you spend Rs 600+ (incl of taxes) on these? Also note that buying a bottle of Aquafina water, which actually costs Rs 16, will set you back by Rs 75 in this restaurant. What a rip off in every respect!
The manager was uncommunicative and clearly lacks basic hospitality skills (unlike his counterpart in Fresc Co). The rest of the staff were amiable but somewhat untrained. One nearly removed my cutlery from my side plate when I requested him to clear the dinner plate and another tried to remove the plate of starters while we were still eating.
All in all, this place is highly avoidable. We won't be back and certainly won't be recommending it to anyone.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
My overall experience about the place was an average one. Their food was ok types with options in south Indian cuisines. Service staff was also o with nothing so special ion their service. Still, I found the place to be bearable.
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