Oudh 1590 Saltlake — Restaurant in Bidhannagar

In spite of so many star rating this restaurant is absolutely not at all a professional one and also considering portion and pricing.

The more highlighting fact is I have faced a big trouble with these guys while making the final bill payment for a table booking for lunch.

Trouble: Mismatch in bill payment happened all because of improper/no provision of pre-check been done by your staff end when I already told them that I have a booking for 5 people in my name through swiggy dine out. They took this very casually and reserved seat and didn't checked my pre-booking been done for 5 members at this outlet actually exists or not, as a result when there was no booking been reserved at your outlet/branch in actual at all and the real problem strated post finishing if food and raising and post bill payment when it is found the same been reserved for some other outlets related to some other 'Awadh' restaurant at salt Lake the spelling being mispelled. If the staff would have checked and validated my the booking being done in my name and mobile number this harrassement would not have taken place and I would have smoothly gone for processing this payment online.

As a result of this I have to make a double bill payment I.e. twice paying the same bill to swiggy as well as directly to restaurant and also I have just missed a bill payment offer of pre booking and also credit card offer that could have been availed on a pre booking and making a high value bill payment through modes like swiggy dine out, zomato or easy dinner. I actually have made a loss coming here paying double for the same order and swiggy didn't refund me the first paid amount in full. All if this happened because of the staffs at the restaurant who is the main cause of this.

Moreover in terms of food taste I can say it is not really awesome as others say but ok ok, so so. I had better ghost galauti kebab earlier than here. Although food quality is nice but what lacks here is the portion of food per plate, if I compare the other similar cuisines offer more portion at the mentioned priced category. A must to mention is the restaurant uses lot of sugar content in almost every drink. I had soda shikanji and fresh lime soda here, the staffs didn't even bother to ask whether it would be sweet or sour and instead bought a sweetness full of drink with heavy sugar added. None of the mocktails works out here.

Concerning the taste of mocktails and billing service issue happened recently with me I would not recommend and advice anybody to visit here at least this outlet at salt...

Cheated Meal. No I'm not talking about the cheat meal that you have without telling your dietician. Oudh serves one of the worst, overpriced, overhyped Biryani in Kolkata and it was the worst among all the Biryani I've tried till date. I consider it to be cheated and fooled by them.

Oudh is one of the most popular name in Biryani then why I'm criticizing it? Believe me now a days its not very hard to gain popularity. By spending some money on social media marketing and so called influencers you can easily achieve what they've done and many restaurant are doing the same.

Oudh 1590 Special Raan Biryani @ Rs.480 (1/5) Just after opening the container we understood we've been cheated. They delivered the Biryani in a 1500ml container where only half were filled. Pictures are attached. Basically only 750ml Biryani, what most other ordinary restaurant serves under Rs.150 they served it for 3 times of the price.

We thought one will be sufficient for 2 people and 3 plate will be sufficient for 5. But guess what, it was only for a single person.

Coming to the Biryani, I can't really call it Biryani. I've tried Biryani from several reputed places but they've completely changed the definition of Biryani. It was just ghee bhaat with some added color, no spices whatsoever absolutely tasteless worthless and meaningless.

By Awadhi Biryani they only knew to remove potato and that they removed. Minced mutton rolled were cooked separately and tasted tangy and disgusting, seemed not fresh.

Murgh Awadhi Handi Biryani @ Rs.395 (1/5) Delivered in a clay handi for showoff. exactly same rice, no specialty, 2 eggs and Chicken. Basically the rice was same and didn't liked it at all same as Raan Biryani.

I called Oudh immediately after finding container was half filled and my god the behavior of their staff was so rude. I wish I could attach the call recording here with the review for public. Disgusting behavior, they don't even know officially what they're serving, at last they said that's Oudh's Original Biryani.

If all the Biryani restaurant in the city becomes unavailable then also I'll never ever get back to them. Worthless robbers opened up a restaurant with money power and now making money by fooling people. Karma will eat their...

Address: Plot No, 86, 2nd Avenue, CD Block, Sector 1, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064 Visting Hours: Daily from 12pm to 10pm Service options: Dine-in, Take-out, No-Reservation, No Contact Delivery.

The name "Oudh" comes from Awadhi Culture of Lucknow (then known as Awadh). The ambience is totally 'Mughlai' and a slow music (mostly Ghazal) keeps playing in the background which gives a soothing effect.

Before coming to the review, I would to highlight that the place is very popular and crowded mostly. On any random day and random time it might require you to wait for minimum of 30 mins to dine-in and for special occasion you can guess it.

Coming to the food, we have ordered Gosht Awadhi Handi Biryani, Murgh Bhuna and Lucknowi Paratha under Main Course and Phirni under Desert. The biryani was decent, two-eggs, two-mutton pieces with flavors of saffron and cardamom in the rice. The price was Rs.445 and it will normally be sufficient for two people depending on the intake-capacity obviously. The Murgh Bhuna, was juicy and full of spices, four-pieces of Chicken which costed for Rs.330. Lucknowi Paratha was decent, cut into four pieces which costed for Rs.70 each. The phirni is almost similar to Kheer but a bit more solid and tastes quite similar.

Now coming to the review, The Biryani was Good and Price is reasonable too, as compare to the quantity and quality. The Murgh Bhuna was undoubtedly Delicious but Over-Priced as it was only four medium-small pieces of Chicken with some Gravy. The Lucknowi Paratha was more-like normal paratha cut into four pieces, a bit over-priced. The Phirni tasted Average and judging by the quality and quantity, it was over-priced too.

In a nutshell, the food was decent but a bit over-priced. Not to mention you are paying for the Ambience too, which is like totally unique as they create a totally different Atmosphere.

N.B: I would have rated this place 3 stars but based on the Ambience, I have rated it 4 stars. Once you get your table and start ordering, the waiting time is very long, so make sure to order everything at once rather than one by one. Also, once you get a table, no strangers will share the table, it will only be either you, your friends or your family. The sanitary facilities are...