Apaar Garden Open Restaurant — Restaurant in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

⭐ 1 Star

I visited Apaar Garden Restaurant (Diu) on 05/10/2025 during my trip and was shocked to see they charged 18% GST (CGST 9% + UTGST 9%) on my food bill.

👉 As per current Government of India rules, restaurant food bills should only have 5% GST (without ITC). But instead of 5%, they collected ₹100.67 + ₹100.67 = ₹201.34 in GST, which is 3.5 times higher than the legal amount!

When I politely questioned the staff, they responded rudely and refused to accept the mistake. This is not only unprofessional but also unethical and misleading to customers.

📢 My request to the management:

Update your billing system to comply with the 5% GST rule.

Refund the excess GST charged (₹145.41 extra collected beyond 5%).

Train your staff to behave respectfully when customers raise valid concerns.

⚠️ Tourists & visitors — please double-check your bill before paying! They are charging 18%...

The spot is on the main road near to the seafront & is just opposite of a paid parking lot.

The eatery is in a shed. Seeing the appearance, one may feel reluctant to visit at first glimpse. Nothing but, the owner has maintained the place fit.

Many visitors frequent the restaurant. Still, you can settle for a vacant table quickly.

Over here, one has a choice to avail either a thali or a-la-carte dishes. Service is swift. Taste is also agreeable.

Like so, Apar is an overall reasonable place to...

Terrible food. Please give it a pass if you can. We ordered chinese and it tasted like someone has dropped a bottle of vinegar in the food. Also ordered some indian cuisine and the chapatis were not of wheat flour but a mixture of refined wheat flour (maida) and whole wheat flour (atta). To top it, they had loaded the chapati with some form of vanaspati and not ghee or butter. Veg Biryaani was not a Biryaani but some poor form of yellow rice. Service and ambience were avearge at best. Complete...