The Shack @ The Park Visakhapatnam — Restaurant in Andhra Pradesh

Went here for our New Year lunch and it was the worst way to begin the year. I had horrible experience with the service and this literally ruined my new year. Firstly there were around 50 people dining and there was 2 staff to take the orders and 1 person to serve. Nobody To take your order or bring your water or serve you food. Our entrees took 40 minutes to come and main course took 75 minutes. Tell me, is there anything more frustrating than unreasonably slow service? Then the waitress literally asked me to serve my own food because they are low on staff and when I was disappointed at the service she brought in the watchman from the gate to serve us food. Our entire party was shocked. Only vegetarian food on the menu was Paneer . Give credit where its due due - the taste of the food was good. Maybe it was because we were too hungry by the time it reached, i don’t know. Then we asked for the egg curry and we got uncooked egg. Upon calling the chef he said half boil egg!!!!! Isnt that something any chef with half a brain should consult the customers for? All in all horrible experience, the staff couldn’t care less about the feedback.

TLDR: If you are like me where bad service and response ruins your meal, please don’t go here not even if its the only restaurant...

The Shack at Park is closest to the replica of Goan shacks and they've done it well. With live music, amply and aesthetically lit background, the place is a beauty. Like most other places, the prices are high for the quantity being served, but that is a typical 3/5 star hotel.

We ordered honey glazed chestnut, achari mushrooms and steamed rice with tofu in yellow Thai curry. Food was good but the portions are not sufficient vis-a-vis their prices. One had to constantly look for eye contact with the staff to request for service. I strongly recommend that the place could introduce calling bells/ table light markers, etc for this purpose. The Shack is spread largely over the place, hence to keep requesting for service was challenging. All in all a decent place. Parking...

I give this place two stars only for the location and because the staff is very polite.

Apart from those two things, the nicest thing on our table was the water. The prawns butter garlic were flavourless over cooked and rubbery and were served with 6 pieces of bland steamed veggies.

The menu explains the gin cocktail as gin with cucumber, thyme, basil etc. What is actually is, is gin & tonic with finely chopped cucumber and dry pizza seasoning. #facepalm the whole point of botanicals in gin is so they can infuse some flavour. Dried herbs don't really impart flavour unless heated.

We decided not to order anything else. Would not recommend this place for food...