Carretera Banquet Hall — Attraction in Pune

I am always apprehensive about trying out new restaurants as I have more often than not encountered poor tasting north Indian food in Pune. Before I went to pyaara... I was equally apprehensive. I looked at numerous reviews and was trying to figure out if I would be delighted or end up with a bad taste in my mouth. Ppl had spoken highly about the ambience and though there was mention of food and it's taste, I was diubtful. So here's what I felt:

I went on a weekday so the place was peaceful and service quick. But even apart from that I found the staff to be courteous and they understood how we wanted our food. We ordered vegetarian food and it tasted good. The baingan Bharata was the north Indian style which is not a common practice in Maharashtra. The portion size was also big which was more than enough to feed two people.

As far as the ambience is concerned, it was good too.

Overall a good experience with good food as well.

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Earn rantings, don't buy them. This unethical marketing gimmick of giving a free desert (probably one gulab jamun) over 5 star rating is not going to work. The waiter didn't even served the water too for half an hour. He served only after asking for it, that too only once. There were no water bottles or water pot kept on the table. We had ordered one full chicken handi, but looked like the pieces are not enough for full handi. So afterwards we ordered half chicken handi, and the waiter brought same amount of chicken. Only after asking him, he confessed that the previous order served was also half handi. Had we not ordered half handi, they would have charged us price for full handi. Although the food was tasty. The ambience is also good. They have sofa type seating arrangement which is grounded so that you can seat with your legs folded. Only need to...

Worst experience I ever have, the food is not good in taste as they are charging it not even 1 star. They are only charging for the ambiance, the price for even small things is 3 times the average price, this is not even 5 star hotel just a Dhaba but still the prices are so high, the Dhaba is in Pune high way not even in Mumbai or benglore type cities but still they are charging so high, there are other many options that you can have better food and taste so choose wisely after reading this review I am especially writing it for all of you guys who thinks every penny worth...