The Tasting Room by DIVA — Restaurant in Mumbai

Be ready to be transported back in time when you visit The Tasting Room in Lower Parel. High Ceilings, glass chandeliers, handworked crockery are all packed into this restaurant's ambience. The food and ambience blend together to create a magical experience.

Food: The menu is mainly continental. The plating and presentation are top notch. Although the name might suggest that the portions are small, we found that the food portions were both good and satisfying.

Starter: Thin Sliced Parma Ham - Flat Bread. We started our meal with a tasting plate (starter) called Thin Sliced Parma Ham - Flat Bread. This dish consisted of flat bread (thin cracker pieces) covered in chevre (which is a type of goat's cheese) and ham, along with strips of apple and hazelnuts. Both savory and sweet with the ham and apple flavors blending well together.

Soup: smoked chicken broth The tasting room offers a mini soup bowl, basically 1 by 2 which allowed us to share this amazing broth, which is the perfect remedy for a cold rainy day. The soup consisted of a boiled egg, chicken strips, vegetables which included radish, cucumber and spinach. All in all, a very savory broth.

Main Course: Baked Stuffed Chicken with Spinach and Beet bordelaise We had the baked stuffed chicken as the main course which was a chicken breast covered in a fine batter with a filling of chicken. The chicken was plated on a bed of spinach. This was served with a Beet sauce which was a sweet concoction, to add a bit of sweetness to the dish. The chicken was cooked well and was really filling. The spinach was done well also and contributed to the dish. Simple and done well.

Dessert: We were not sure whether to try the Chocolate Pudding or the Gianduja Mousse. Our server recommended the later and we were also keen to try out the Chilli Ice-cream which comes along with it. We were not disappointed. The Gianduja Mousse is a chocolate hazelnut mousse which was complemented with the sweet yet spicy chilli ice-cream. The ice-cream was sweet but gave you a spicy aftertaste with each bite. A must try in my opinion. Both sweet and spicy seems to be a combination which the tasting room has mastered.

All in all, the food was delicious and filling. All the dishes arrived in a relatively short time and we also enjoyed the bread appetizers with the soup.

Ambience & Seating: As mentioned earlier, this place has some serious old school charm. The walls are painted with soothing pastel hues. The decor is victorian with glass chandeliers hanging low over the tables and soothing lighting. The plates and glasses are good earth products which are delicately beautiful and artsy. The place is large. There are high tables for couples and for larger groups, large rectangular tables where 8 - 10 can sit comfortably.

Pricing: The bill for our meal came up to around INR 2000. This seemed reasonably priced for the amount of food we ordered. You are paying for the overall experience after all. This is slightly on the steep side but I think it is well deserved.

Verdict: All in all, a great place for a quiet meal or a date. The Tasting Room was an absolute treat for our eyes and taste buds. Will...

We visited The Tasting room by DIVA for dinner and was a good experience overall. Food: We started with the small eats 'Chicken Skewers' and 'Prawn Tacos' alongside a smoothie and a Mocktail (Pineapple and Basil. The Tacos and the Mocktail were very good and the rest passable - would avoid the smoothies if we were to visit again and the skewers were relatively on the blander side. The three gains risotto for mains with grilled vegetables and the desserts (Rose and Cashew gelato / Serradurra) were very well made. The wine list was quite exhaustive though we did not try it. Service: The service was very warm, polite and courteous (as expected in a restaurant of this class) but lacked attentiveness a couple of times. One of the drink orders was missed and gelato order mixed up for a different flavour initially before we got what we had ordered. Ambience: The ambience in this restaurant (part of the Good earth store) was amazing. Beautiful lighting, the lay out, wall and ceiling decors, all created a very good setting for a lovely dinner date with yours. Highly recommend for couples looking for a quiet, classy, intimate dinner . Whilst the indoor setting was amazing, the path to the restaurant inside Raghuvanshi mall was not...

Personally the most special place in the whole of Mumbai. Have been to this place numerous times but still can’t wait to get back once more.

This place is difficult to find at first but once you do, it's a visual treat. Quaint and good soothing music. Without doubt, some of the best interiors I've seen in a restaurant in Mumbai. With chandeliers and neat seating, the place gives a very classy look.

This is a restaurant for wine lovers. Well, they only serve wines on the alcohol list. What's unique is they have wine combos and you're not committed only to buying a bottle or buying wines by the glass. The unlimited stock for 1100 is complete value for money. If that's not enough, they serve a cheeseboard as part of the combo. So there you are, this is a good place for wine lovers. The seared fillet of Basa with mashed cauliflower is an absolute winner.

Recommend it strongly if you are looking for a nice classy ambience and atmosphere! Will definitely comeback to have their...