Citrine Restaurant - Gateway Nashik — Restaurant in Nashik

Citrine:Ambience:Bright;cheery,lively;buzzing.Just how a coffee shop should be.They have a breakfast buffet laid-out daily;with a couple of local specalities laid-out too.We wanted to try some different breakfast dishes during our stay. Breakfast like a king; The concept of cutting chau has caught up in nashik in a big way and was pleasantely surprised to see tht here to in a crate they serve on the table in cutting chai glass tea.This has a strong flavour of ginger,cardomon powder and good old assam tea.Nice! Bihari Delicacy:Stuffed litti:Born in mumbai this is one cuisine which i feel starved for as its not readily available:Hence my level of happiness was beyond compare.Mixture for stuffing,Roasted chanadal,kalonji,ajwain,chopped greenchilliginger,garlic,onion,achar of pickle,salt very little,mustard oil 2tbsp.Dough:Wheatflour,refined oil,ajwain,salt make stiff dough.Then stuff the mixture roll into round balls and roast in tandoor,when hot dip in ghee,then it bcmes buttery soft. Aloo choka:Roasted potato,roasted redchilli,choppedonion,greenchilli,chopped coriander,gingergarlic,limejuice,salt to taste.Mix it well and half mash add mustard oil from top Bharthekachoka:Same as aloo choka only difference being whole tomatoes roasted are added.Had to go the extra length to describe;how cud i not. Bengali breakfast:This is a typical trafitional bengali breakfast.Simple yet easy on the palate. Luchi Cholar Dana:Luchi is made with plainflour;oul;warmwater kneaded into a stiff dough then deep-fried.Puffed up;ready to be devoured super-hot.The lentil is made from bengal gram.It has cinnamon stick flavour coming thru with grated ginger;pinch of tumeric,cumin,chilli.This was soft;velvety dal prepared with love. Mumbaiya Breakfast:Pavbhaji:Made with a blend of spices and mixed vegetables.Medium-spicy;this was served with multigrain pav on prior request. Northindian breakfast:Gobi Paratha:Simple yet nutritious;spicy this was packed with flavour Dine in Style: Brocolli galouti:Pureed boiled brocolli;whole spices:cardomon,maze,cloves,ginger,greenchilli,corianderleaves;pansear. Soya galouti:Boil soya then mashed;whole spices;redchillipowder,cashewpaste browned,onionpaste browned,few drops kewra essence,panseared with ghee Soyachaap:Marination curd;deghi mirchi,redchillipowder,garammasala powder,black salt,white salt,cashewpaste browned.3hours then tandoored. Paneer lifafa stuffed:Stuffing ghee garlicginger brown,redchillipowder,deghipowder,tomatoketchup.Cheese drynuts,corianderleaves,greenchilli,cardomonpowder,put in salamander and gratedamulcheese. Tandoori aloo:Boiled with turmeric salt and deep fry.Stuff with cheese crispy potato;greenchilli,coriander,cardomonpowder,raisins.Korma gravy. Soya cheese rolls:Finely grind the chaap in mixi.Stuff with cheese,coriander,curryleaves,greenchilliginger.Makhani gravy Under the helm of executive chef the team does spoil u with variety of choices;but do request on...

Waiters stand around, eerily close to your table- which takes away any expectation of privacy.

The following is not an isolated incidence- this is the second time it happened despite informing the manager about a similar experience the previous day- Our daal makhani came before the kulcha/ naan, and got cold by the time the naan came. 10 and 15 minutes in- I asked 2 waiters where our naan was but they never came back with an update- with it only coming minutes after escalating our frustrations to a manager.

We ordered a paneer and masala kulcha- we got 2 paneer kulchas and the waiters insisted one of them was a masala kulcha despite opening it up and showing they were both paneer inside. We also ordered a butter garlic naan that was inedible because of the amount of butter thrown in (literally dripping with butter).

The Western deserts are extremely subpar as well- they're clearly not made by a pastry chef and aren't "rich".

Overall- don't come here for the food- regardless of how good it is (for instance, the paneer tikka delicious); it is lowered by the subpar service which results in the rotis and rice pairings not coming with it and it resulting in the entrees...

Been to Citrine twice now, have been disappointed both the times. We tried the buffet the first time we went, the buffet had a ton of options but nearly all of them had some problem or the other. Except the desserts, the buffet is a waste. Considering this is a Taj Hotel, it was extremely poor. The second time we went there to celebrate a birthday, some of us tried the buffet again and I ordered a la carte. Lat Mai Kai and Pad Thai noodles, the chicken was undercooked and rubbery. The noodles were good but they added peanuts which was not mentioned in the menu and can cause a massive allergic reaction for many people. The seasonal mocktails were a disaster and we had to get them changed twice. Overall, we will never be visiting Citrine again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice,...