Food at marriott courtyard had some amazing food eight years back,after which this place struggled for the longest time Ambience: The location of your café is paramount to the kind of customer base you want to attract. The combination of natural light with café interior design is not stringent, but it can definitely enhance the overall look of the environment.Not only does it reinforce a well-ventilated, atmospheric outlook, it also makes the interior seem refreshing and spacious Chef:Under the current executive chef,he has taken this place by its horns and changed the food for good This place does have its hits and misses But gladly their were more hits then misses Food at marriott courtyard in brunch had these dishes:Steamrice,Singapore noodles,vegetable dumplings in hot garlic,Blackbean chicken,Murgh biryani,Missal pav,Curd rice,Dahiwada samosa chat,raita,Kandhari gosht,Methi murgh,Malwani fishcurry,Zaffrani pulao,Dal tadka,Paneer kundan kaliya,Veg palak kofta,Alu baigan,Dal paya shorbha,Hot n sour soup,Chicken tikka chaat,Tuna egg salad chicken roulade, Poached pears,Green pineapple with blueberry,Mix fruit punch panseared pineapple,Roasted fig with cream cheese,Papaya salad,Tomato mozarella cheese,Roasted bellpepper,Roasted eggplant with feta,Roasted zuchini,Roasted mushroom,Roasted pumpkin,Thai style fish salad,Chana rajma chaat,Apple walnut salad,Corn pepper salad,Toss salad,Hummus pita,Spinach ricotta canelloni,Mushroom stuffed crepes,Zaatar spiced marinated grill fish,Lamb stew,Fish manchurian,Veg tempura,Sambar,chutneys,chilla,Murgh malai tikka,Achari paneer tikka Foods we tried:In salads Poached pears: a classic French dessert.They are delightfully flavorful and very elegant and impressive.They have a great balance of sweet, spice and fruity flavors, and the deep red color turns this into a beautiful centerpiece dessert too. Apple walnut waldrof salad:This is true-blue classic.The salad was simply made with apples, walnuts and mayonnaise.Family Fav! Panseared pineapple:Made with brown sugar,cinnamon.Decadent Roasted fig with cream: This is a cool and refreshing treat that showcases fresh figs. Papaya salad:Sorry but this wasnt somtam at all.Texture and flavours have to be build up.No spice,lime,sugar at all. Hummus pita: This was super creamy and delicious Singapore noodles:These were tad salty,had no texture and flavours Veg dumplings in hot garlic sauce:The cornflour in the dumplings was over-powering and raw inside.This was missing(the hot garlic sauce is sweet, sour, spicy, hot and umami) Phad thai:This needs flavours,flavours,flavours. This was missing(Pad Thai is a Thai noodle stir fry with a sweet-savoury-sour sauce scattered with crushed peanuts) Paneer tikka:The paneer texture cud have been softer,with better marination.Again flavours Soya kheema with pav:This delectable recipe is prepared using soya granules,onion, ginger-garlic paste, and a melange of spices:Yumm! Eggless ravioli with ricotta and spinach filling: This amazing dish of pasta stuffed with spinach and ricotta.Labor-intensive but simple.The result were amazing delicious Grilled vegetables:They are the perfect side, or even a good veggie main course, and also make fabulous tossed in a bit of oil, and then voila — delicious, slighty-charred, caramelized vegetables Bhel:When one asks for geela bhel with thrice reptition of verbal words,khatta,meetha,teekha.I dont want to struggle with topping of salt and only sour flavours.Geela means geela Paanipuri:The water teekha and meetha need huge flavours to yet build up Samosa chat:This had been explained,no ragda.Wanted it with curd,meetha,teekha chutneys.This was bang-on Nachos:Ohh boy!I expected refried beans,not baked beans which are pre-made in can.Those sweet ones.Yess!Didnt work for me at all 3 Cheese Pizza:Total re-work required.From dough it should begin.Then the pizza sauce.Texture and flavours make or break a dish. The dishes that worked have praised them too Should u visit?Why not!If ur okie with all...
Read moreI have visited lot of times. Below contains reviews ans pictures taken multiple times. Holi - The festival of colors. The same resembles to the food we eat. On this festive fervor, I stepped in to enjoy this magnificent colorful Holi Brunch. As soon as you stepped @courtyardmumbai you will see huge dessert counter. But today my eyes captured all authentic glossy, classy, looking desserts and I was so amazed. Everything was looking stunningly colorful. I started my Brunch with Khow Suey and varieties of starters. I love the Ragda Patis Chaat, Chhole Kulche, specially Chhole was made up with nice Punjabi style. Litti Choka was absolutely delicious. The sourness, spiciness and hint gave the perfect tongue twister. Potato Cheese balls were crispy and went well with green chatni. Ditto with Paneer, mashroom and babycorn Satay. In main course I had various varieties amongst that Hyderabadi Biryani was delicious. Curd was not at all sour. The vegetables cooked with appropriate spices. Paneer Lababdar was definitely winner here. Now my favorite part during the Brunch which, was Dessert. As I said I couldn't refrain myself from eating desserts at the earliest. I again selected Indian desserts and it was WOW!. Each and every dessert was made in uniquely. Different types of Gujiyas, Meetha Samosa were so delicious ditto with Jalebi and Laddu which was packed with lot of Ghee. The Coconut Rasgulla won my heart too. Meetha Paan was stuffed with dry fruits and had a Gulkand flavor to it. Very rare I see this unique dessert. I wish there couldn't have been any disease called Diabetes to repeat all those desserts multiple times. 😅 To accompany my meal I had Pina Colada (complimentary given) and Fresh Lime Soda. I had those to bring my taste buds back from the colorful food. Service was great and I never had any complaints about service here. Everyone is on the tows ensuring there shouldn't be any delay. So, I had a great Holi themed Brunch. Varieties of food but massive traditional dessert preparations bought more colors on my Brunch.
Dinner Time! I love dinner on weekend specially on Saturday that gives ample time to relax and eat everything on the table. And if I have such an amazing spread like this which offered @courtyardmumbai then it should be an elevating experience. Starting from soup till the dessert I couldn't found even a single dish that was lacking spice. Starting with soup and starter, this time Tomato Shorba was not thick but had spice to it. Chat platter was delicious and the curd used was not at all sour. Rest starters were good how ever I didn't eat Paneer Tikka more cos I had to save space for later course. 😅 I loved Punjabi Kadhi though gave a perfect spice along with aloo palak dry sabji. Veg Dum Biryani was packed with lot of flavors and for me it was spicy but the taste can be managed by adding curd. I didn't ordered roti this time I finished everything with plain rice and Biryani. How can I miss desserts. I specially saved some space to grab those desserts. Balushai was so amazing ditto with Bengali sweet which topped with pomegranate and chocolate cream and dry fruits. Western desserts were good but I love the Indian desserts more. At last I had fresh lime water to wash it down again it was not sour and bitter. Was rightly made balancing sweetness. Alright, I enjoyed the dinner but being honest what I enjoyed more was main course and Desserts. Service was excellent and I never waited so long to get the dish on the table. I never had service issues @courtyardmumbai which made my overall experience more...
Read moreDropped in here for lunch on the weekend, to avail their Buffet on Buffet scheme. I was impressed by the vast spread on offer, from starters to chaat to desserts there was a plethora of options. Before beginning our lunch, we went round all the counters to figure out which foods to attack first, since it was not possible to sample all of it we had to prioritise. The starters were brought at the table (except for paani puri which had it's own service counter), and while the nonveg ones were quite good, the surprise package was the chaat menu. Both the bhel puri and the sev puri were excellent, as good as, if not better than, any chaat I've had in any restaurant (though street chaat still remains unmatched, I feel). The veg options were quite good too, especially the pattice/cutlet. I ordered a cocktail (charged separately), Shade Aide, which was Bacardi, Malibu, cranberry and orange put together. It turned out be a little too fruity for my liking, as I barely felt any of the rum in it. With the first round of starters over, our pizza arrived. Thin crusted, plenty of sauce and a little bit of meat on it, we liked it enough to repeat it, along with the nonveg starters (which included chicken and basa) as well as the chaat items. We then turned our attention to the paani puri counter, and this was the only chaat item which was disappointing. The water was chilled, which was fine by me, but there was no real taste to it, and neither to the ragda. My next drink was The Last One, a heady mix of Absolut, Bacardi, jagermeister, Red Bull, cointreau, gin and tequila, and I really enjoyed it. Upon my request it was made strong, and gave a light buzz as well, I highly recommend this one. Now we tried to squeeze in some of the mains, while reserving some space in our tummies for desserts. From noodles to meat to fish to biryani, we nibbled at all of them. Most of them were quite good, but the chicken biryani and the peri peri fish were a letdown. Overall my pick would be the Chicken Stroganoff and Roast Chicken. The latter was simply fantastic, an absolute must have. At last, it was time for the final attraction, the desserts. From mango barfi to strawberry pastry to Swiss roll, they were all worth having, though of course just one round was never going to be enough. All this was followed by ice creams, and I found chocolate to be the best of them. With that done, we left with tummies stuffed with food and hearts full of satisfaction. To sum up then, Momos Cafe is a place I recommend highly, there's something for everyone. While there are many less expensive buffets around, this one provides a big bang for your buck with its sheer variety, most of which is lip smacking. And since we availed the Buffet on Buffet scheme, it was tremendous...
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