BEIJING BITES (HARLUR, SARJAPURA) — Restaurant in Bengaluru

We had a huge craving for Chinese food yesterday, when we decided to look for an authentic restaurant in the vicinity of our house. We were happy to find a franchise of ‘Beijing Bites’ (which needs no introduction in Bangalore, with a large number of franchise outlets spread through the city) at just a few minutes drive from our place and decided to immediately head for it.

The ‘Beijing Bites’ outlet in Sarjapur is a newly built franchise at Harlur Road, just about half a kilometre off Sarjapur Road. Overlooking the Harlur road, it has a very nice and cozy ambience. With paintings of Chinese monuments, sculptures and dragons, in a dimly light setup, the restaurant looks very vibrant and authentic.

We couldn’t miss noticing the hospitality of the courteous staff at ‘Beijing Bites’. The moment we entered the restaurant, we were warmly greeted by manager ‘Satya’, who assigned ‘Mohan’ as in-charge to our table. We quickly scanned the menu, which is very exhaustive and spoils you for choices. We decided to start with an order of Spring Rolls, which were served in no time. They were delicious and reminded me of the spring rolls served in weddings in North-India with spicy flavours to suit the Indian palette. This was followed with an order of ’Butter Garlic Fried Rice’ with ‘Veg Balls in Hot Garlic Sauce’. The combination was suggested by the manager himself and it tasted awesome. The helpings were good enough for two of us and we were hardly left with appetite to order anything more. But, decided to order ‘Date Dried Pan-Cake with Ice Cream’, which was very unique dessert and delicious and a perfect dish to call it a day.

We were certainly overwhelmed with the warm hospitality and yummy Indian-Chinese served at Beijing Bites and will certainly...

One of the better Beijing Bites I've been to, Located on the 2nd floor, the restaurant has a soothing ambience and overlooks the Harlur Main Road. It's reasonable in terms of space and you might have to wait for a table on weekends/Holidays.

Among the dishes we ordered, the first to arrive was the Crispy Peking Chicken, this was by far the best of all the items we had ordered. Thin, spicy, crispy chicken strips which have a heavenly taste, specially if you like spicy food. Next on the table were the Chicken Spring Rolls which tasted way better than our expectations. It has the right balance of chicken mixed with veggies in the filling and the outer crust has the perfect crispiness.

Next among the dishes was the Dim Sim Chilli Chicken, now this is sort of semi gravy with medium sized chicken wings coated in a thick external layer. Has a slight sweet taste, but we still liked it and were happy.

In the main course we ordered the Chilli Garlic Chowmein. This dish has the right mix of veggies/egg sprinkling along with pieces of chicken among the noodles. Was the perfect item to finish our meal on.

Service is quick and upto the mark while the staff is courteous as well.

Price wise it is worth every penny for the tasty, yummy food that...

Decent place to dine with family or friends. We ordered Chicken Pepper Soup, Drums of Heaven, Golden Fried Prawns, Fish Fingers and Steamer Chicken Momos for two. Turns out it's too much starters for just the two of us and we could not finish everything that's already on the table, so pretty much skipped the main course and dessert. Food is yum as always (we usually order for delivery on Zomato) and more so when it's piping hot. Just make sure you understand the larger than average portion size and order slowly, else you'll end up with excess food on the table like us. The service is pretty fast and waiters are attentive, so you don't have to wait for long either. Ambience is only fair but it's getting old and may need some fresh work/ polish but the place is clean. Just getting old is all. Budget friendly joint considering the quantity vs. price + ongoing offers from Swiggy DineOut & Zomato Gold Carnival which give flat 50% off menu wide, only thing to remember is that beverages including water is charged at MRP and you'll get a separate bill but it's only fair to do that because they literally charge whatever is on the bottle (Rs.20 for a litre of even brand cold...