Gypsy Baba - The Grill House — Restaurant in Goa

TL;DR: Recommend going for the Kebab festival.

Taylor's Version: Yeah so I went there with a couple of friends from college, all of us had received glowing recommendations from Instagram as well as from acquaintances. Like what they have done with the place, it's got a nice "vibe" as the kids say. The Kebab festival "unlimited" buffet package consisted of 1 drink, 1Chicken Biryani, 1 Dessert and Unlimited servings of Kebabs on order till the end of offer timings which was 11:00 PM. The Kebab platter had only vegetarian and chicken dishes. No mutton The Biryani was a let down, however the only one. It was seemingly doused in Rosewater which we were told is how "Awadhi" Chicken Biryani is supposed to be, when we raised our contempt. Dessert was beetroot halwa which was amazeballs So coming to the main attractions, the selection of Kebabs. They were all amazing and I would highly recommended going to the Kebab festival while it's on. Having said that I wouldn't see a reason to go to this place after the festival period. Yeah so I'll rate the individual items in the platter relative to themselves. Oh yeah didn't like the seekh kebab unfortunately, was a skip Hara bhara 5/5 Soya chops kebab thingy 5/5 Roasted cauliflower thingy 5/5 Seekh Kebab 2/5 Malai Kebad 4/5 Chicken Tikka kebab? 4/5 Chicken Galoti Kebab 5/5 There were more items too that I can't recall rn, I think The veg items on offer tasting as good as the chicken items was a pleasant surprise You could repeat the whole platter or just one type of Kebab as many times as you would like the only caveat was that everything was made on order so there was the time delay between each round. Also they asked us to write a review atleast 4 times. Service was nice too I have only this one badly clicked photo of the Beetroot halwa cuz my friend hasn't sent me the kebab pics yet but yeah...

As the name suggests, this place is very "gypsy"... We decided to visit this place yesterday on 15 December 2023 at around 1:50 pm... There were two hosts who were ready to serve us.... One seemed like a Goan and spoke Konkani and another one who knew Hindi and was not a native.... They seemed to be newly joined.....

We ordered some Paneer Lababdar and Butter Chicken.... Both of these main dishes were pretty average to me.... The Paneer was slightly above regarding it's taste... The quantity was very sufficient.....

Butter chicken portions were very poor.... The curry taste was nice and good... Price too seemed reasonable.... Also their Butter Naans are a good try... But beware, it seemed to me like as we kept on ordering Naans (6 actually) the quantity decreased...

The ambience of this place is the absolute worst I've every faced so far in any restaurant in Goa.... Too much loud Bollywood & Punjabi music is blasted here unless you request them to slow it down a little... Yet after telling them it was loud.... I will not recommend this place for families or couples.... It's okay to have a small bite.....

The service of the hosts was a little uncomfortable... While we we were having our food we were constantly stared by both the servers.... Something that is very annoying as well.... I'll recommend the management to train their staff well before they face customers....

Their washrooms too don't have any tissue or dryers available... you'll have to rush your way to the dining table to search for tissues..... Parking too is not ample.... Will not visit this...

Really loved our dining experience at Cafe Gypsy Baba. Located on the Pilerne-Candolim Road, you will spot this beautiful white Goan house when driving by. The house/restaurant interiors are pretty bare, but have interesting paintings on the walls - the best artwork being the 3 'babas' at the back. The good thing is that the restaurant is air-conditioned and is quite cool, especially in the first room as you enter. The outdoor garden seating would be nice in the nighttime, provided there are no mosquitos, but during the day it would be too hot for comfort.

We ordered the Malai Mushroom, Galouti Kebabs and Afgani Chicken kebabs - all cooked to perfection and super tasty! For mains we ordered Chicken Kofta with Roomali Roti, and Mutton Biryani which were both good. True to Awadhi style cooking, the biryani was mild and fragrant, without any overpowering spices and gravy. We ordered phirni for dessert but the portion was extremely tiny. We ordered 3 of them and the quantity was different in each one, which was strange - as if it was quickly put together at the last moment.

The service was quick, but the staff could be better acquainted with the menu. They seemed very unsure when we asked them to suggest starters, and the owner told us what the specials were, much later. The staff didn't know. Will definitely return for their...