A small place in the busy bylanes of Vile Parle on Nehru road off branch that is Nanda Patkar road, the facade of Kohinoor hotel that is residential in nature...proximity to the old airport of Mumbai (Hotel Sahara Star that was earlier one of the Hotel Centaur (the other one is in Juhu) and sold off during NDA government days in early 2000s when late Arun Shourie was the finance minister) is hardly a few hundred metres away and there are plenty of hotels still in the business from the hey days though the action is shifting towards other parts more now..also, the food scene of Mumbai, chiefly the small veg eateries, is dominated by Shetty's from Karnataka who pioneered the Udupi culture here..this is another of those holes-in-the-walls eating places for families that transformed with time, offering Punjabi dal tadka to Manchurian noodles and everything in between while the specialties viz. Southern cuisines got lost in translation somehow..however, on the positive side, clean and hygienic with plenty of choices satisfying all palates..serving staff are very courteous and seating managers are polite enough to offer genuine smile and try to accommodate all guests groups despite jostle in prime time..on the flip side, food is way too ordinary (we tried Chinese) and lacks basic taste or does not leave nay lingering memoir.. honesty, even Ramakrishna near Vile Parle station does a much fabulous job despite being a popular idli dosa eatery..the restaurant would do well to put its house in order by enhancing the taste as also portion sizes which are another big disappointment...they have regular patrons who probably are a little nostalgic about the place from yesteryears or probably their nort/south delicacies must be too good.. worth a try if you fancy a pocket friendly budget place which is good on hygiene, variety offered and best, the staff who are way too courteous and polite from downtown Mumbai standard...also, it would be better to talk to your serving staff beforehand and make him understand your point of view (we had to eat all ric and noodles without vegetables as they started serving them in the beginning itself and hungry that we were we devoured it all in no...
Read moreLast week I visited the famous chain of restaurants Aditi fast food in Vile Parle East. They are very well known for their fast food like dosas, idlis, pav Bhaji and pizzas. However, this restaurant serves all types of cuisines and has lot of options in Jain varieties as well. We tried crispy potato in the starters along with chatpata Paneer and crispy scezwhan pizza. For the mains we did try Paneer butter masala and veg Kolhapuri along with butter roti and we also had fried rice and Dal khichadi. I generally wanted to have more of the starters hence, I called for they are veg platter which consisted of Paneer tikka, Hara Bhara kebab, baby corn tikka, veg seekh kebab, Gobi tikka, Aloo tikka. They also serve mushroom in it but I don’t eat mushroom and hence replaced it with Paneer and they happily did that there was also Paneer Pudina Tikka in it. The presentation was good but the taste of the platter was very very average and I did not enjoy a lot of items on it. Clearly it was quite disappointing for me but can be ordered when a lot of people are enjoying the food on the table. The staff was very good but the quality and the portions were not up to the mark and the chat Patta Paneer was just a tasteless item on the table and it spoil the whole mood of the dinner. On complaining the staff acknowledge the feedback and also gave us an additional 10% discount on the total bill which was a good gesture. Will be trying out once more and see if things come out with flying colours at this restaurant as the expectations were quite high. All in all it is a good place to visit with the family for a quick...
Read moreOurs was a group of 30 from kids to super senior citizens.Every body enjoyed various items from South,North, Continental,Chinese etc.Service was fast and excellent with all items served hot and fresh. Staff was very friendly and all dishes suggested by them turned out to be very good. Thanks to very helpful team.... Thanks Aditi Team for making our time spent memorable. Will not hesitate to recommend to our friends/ relatives to visit to Aditi and enjoy good food. We also would love to repeat our visits. Thanks once again for good food and memorable...
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