The Hebbal Café — Restaurant in Bengaluru

This was my first experience at The Hebbal Cafe - Courtyard by Marriott and I must say Marriott never fails to impress me. I was hosted for the ongoing Rajasthani Food Festival. Staff are extremely courteous and friendly. What I like about marriott is the efforts in everything they do, I have been to few of their food festivals it's always very authentic, Marriott hotels source all the ingredients from the region itself for every festival they host.

They have even appointed Chefs from Pushkar Rajasthan specially for this festival. We were treated to some traditional heirloom dishes. Some dishes we tasted are from the queens cookbook that were incredibly delicious, the laal maas (mutton curry) cooked with mathania chillies, murgh shekhawati (chicken curry) so creamy simmered in a coriander based sauce and thickened with millets. Mawa pulao cooked with milk and aromatic spices, dahi wada so creamy and refreshing these were some favorites picks and popular from the tasting session.

Here is what I got to taste: Drinks: Bajre ki Raab (fermented millet drink for summer) Kantalupa (musk melon with hint of lime) Pommes cup (pomegranate with hint of jaljeera)

Starters: Maas ke sule (marinated in kacchri/dessert cucumber, cloves, red chillies and yogurt) Pichola Macchi (burnt garlic batter fried fish fillets)

Appetizer: Shekhawati Dahi Wada (melt in your mouth lentil wada, creamy yogurt, garlic chutney and mint chutney for heat and topped with sev)

Mains: (served in a thali) Laal Mass (from meat to mathania chillies sourced from rajasthan, simmered and cooked to perfection )

Murgh Shekhawati (tender morsels of chicken simmered in dessert spices and cooked in a millet based gravy garnished with fresh coriander)

Paneer Mircha (creamy chunks of cottage cheese cooked in cashew and tomato gravy)

Ker Sanger (dessert sour berries and dessert beans soaked and stir fried in a mango based masala)

Jodhpuri bharwan gatte (my favorite chickpea flour dumplings stuffed with khoya and simmered in a fenugreek gravy, this recipe is from the queens cook book)

Dal Batti Churma (this was so delicious wheat roundle cakes baked and soaked in a pool of ghee and served with panchmel dhal and garlic chutney )

Mawa Pulao (Long grain rice cooked in milk and milk solids and dry fruits)

Makai aur Bajra ki Roti ( Corn and Millet flat bread for gravies )

No meal is complete without kachumber, ker achar, mirchi achar, lasooni achar and masala papad

Dessert: Malai Ghewar (Honeycomb pastry with saffron and cardamom custard) Malpua Rabri (semolina pancakes cooked in ghee and served in a almond based custard)

I thoroughly enjoyed the dhal batti churma, laal maas and mawa paulo, every dish tasted so good. I must compliment the chefs the entire menu was personalized and authentic, there was no rush in service. very pleasant ambience...

‘The Hebbal Café’ at Courtyard by Marriott Hebbal has come up with an interesting festival this time to celebrate the essence of Rajasthan – ‘Royal flavors of Rajasthan’. I was interested to check out this festival as this is one state which I always wanted to explore for its rich traditions, culture and distinct cuisines. I am so fond of colors and Rajasthan is all about vibrant colors and that is another reason which connects me to this beautiful state.

The Executive Chef Lakhbir Singh along with the visiting Chef from The Westin Pushkar, Chef Laxmi Narayan Das, and the Marriott team has created a ‘Royal feast’ for us. Trust me, this time it was more close to my heart as the Chef created all the dishes with the right ingredients and sourced everything from the land of Rajputs.

Though there was a buffet option, we got a chance to experience the Thali. The wonderful afternoon started with three summer coolers – Bajre ki raab (millet drink), Pomme’s cup and a Muskmelon drink.

For appetizers, I had Pichola Macchi (deep fried fish with burned garlic flavor) and Maas ke sule (smoked and grilled lamb with a handful of spices). These two appetizers were so good.

Rajasthani food is much more than Dal-bati-Churma and Laal Maas, yet we can’t skip these two amazing dishes when it comes to Thali. The Laal Maas was totally different from what I have tried before in Bangalore, and that’s simply because of the main ingredient they have used is Mathania chilies, which makes this a great dish. It also adds a bright red color which is far better than the color of Kashmiri chillies.

Other than Laal Maas, I enjoyed Ker Sangri (a delicious dish made of Shrub berry (Ker) and dried Beans (Sangri), Jodhpuri Bharwaan Gatte, Paneer Mircha, Murgh Shekhawati, Mawa Pulao, Makai Roti, three types of pickles and my favorite Dal-Bati-Churma.

For desserts, we had the beautifully done Malai Ghewar, Malpua and some Orange flavored Churma and that was truly the best-chosen desserts for the finishing touch to our lunch.

Overall I enjoyed this grand Royal Rajasthani flavors and also gives me a reminder to visit this beautiful land sometime soon. If you want to experience a glimpse of flavors of the royal kitchens of Rajasthan, then head to The Hebbal Café at Courtyard Marriott, Hebbal. The festival is on till...

This is the review you are looking for First things first it is located into a five star hotel so we have high expectations from this restaurant but it won't live up to your expectations it will only and only disappoint you in all the possible ways . 2 people for 2600 rupees including taxes 1 Food - this restaurant doesn't even have a basic taste for the food , if you eat from a normal roadside shop will taste better than this restaurant I will only give one star for the food because of its variety it holds a chat section a starter section a main course section , cold cuts , soup and desert section . Food is All bland because foreigners staying in the hotel don't like spicy food ( my opinion) Below average food and when we complaint about it they were like try our ala carte menu . I was very disappointed . 2 ambience - nothing special about this as well . all the foreigners and the people staying in the hotel eats in this place ambience is pretty decent . 3 service - it is pretty basic nothing special about it. Yes they have all the chefs doing all the cooking thing in front of you mostly they will serve you cold food or very very bad tasting food . NOT WORTH IT WE WENT FOR A BIRTHDAY BUT NOTHING FELT LIKE A BIRTHDAY THERE The taste was so bad that the next day we went to barbeque Nation to get some good food I will never recommend you to go to this place . I'll give 2 ⭐ for this place If you want to spend your money spend on something...