Hotel Apala Samadhan — Restaurant in Mumbai

After ages we ( my family) decieded to head out together for a meal. After short listing a couple of places, we chose the nearest one- Aple Samadhan ( which specialises in Malvani cuisine) even though we traditionally hail from the Kokan region and consume Malvani food almost daily.

Located on the main crossroad. Technically it is so strategically located that you can't miss. But somehow because of the exteriors many people do.

The hoarding say " Ekda chakun paha( taste it once)". (Honestly, ekda is more than enough)

They have both Ac and non AC arrangement. As we entered in we were rushed to sit inside but we wanted to sit out.

When we reached there, just 1 other table was occupied. We ordered #bombilfry and 4 #samadhanspecialthalis. ~The boneless bombil fry came in after 15 mins. Crisp, perfectly fried with an equally delicious chutney. After 30 mins the thalis came in. The only difference in the thalis was that 2 were chicken gravy and the other 2 were mutton but the rest was the same. ~ The Samadhan thali consisted of- •Chicken masala- Tasted more like chicken in fish gravy with some pieces cooked well while the others half cooked. •Mutton masala- Not the tradition mutton curry. But it was still ok. Again the same issue remained some pieces were well done while some weren't •The mushi masala (baby shark curry)- One essential part of fish gravy is pre marination of the fish but when that does happen or isn't done right the flavour of the curry changes and that's exactly what happened with this one. ~ All the 3 gravies tasted quiet similar with slight differences. Each one had 2 pieces only. •Javla fry- Cooked well but lacked the intense flavours. •kolambi chutney- Well made. •Surmai fry- good but lacked flavour. •Solkadi- Comparatively good. A little more kokum and coriander would have made it perfect. • Prawn rice- The biggest disappointment. It was prawn curry mixed with rice. Had to parcel it home cause none of us could have it. •The green chutney- Beautifully made. Perfect texture and taste •The onion and piece of lemon

Service- While 4 people manned the Ac section just 1 was handling the outside area with occasional help of another. We had to wait for water for over...

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This place is near to my home and i have visited this place many times in past but recently two days back when i visited it was complete disappointment, first it was waiting of 20 mins to get the table later 15 mins to take the order , while taking order we came to know King fish , Bombay duck, Crabs are not available , this was not disclose during our waiting time, i would have left the hotel . Later attitude of order taking guy have completely changed , he was frustrated when asked when we can get our food he was like 20 mins more and he can’t do anything until n unless kitchen support doesn’t make the thalis ready , we were not happy with the way he was handling customers.

All thalis came were cold, ordered bhakari came with chapati , when asked for chapati waiter said Bhakari will take time, when we raised our voice counter guy came and asked waiter to deliver bhakari immediately, and actually it came in less than minute which was surprising. We ordered Special chicken thali , guy forgot to delivered Chicken pakoda and boiled egg when raised the issue he said sir i ll get for you or else i will parcel it for you. He brought that later that too cold egg n pakoda too.

Experience was frustrating this time ,food quality and service were quite better when i visited two months back but now pathetic .

Google must keep zero rating options, have to give one star , this hotel is not worth...