Yellow Brick Road — Restaurant in New Delhi

This is happening at Yellow Brick Road, a restaurant where East and West meet. Young, old, men, women boys and girls dine together, a rare event you can witness only here. How such symphony could happen in a restaurant? This is around 80-year-old heritage property where celebrities met in the past ..now their legacy is vibrating on the dining table… Breakfast... Elevenses.. Lunch.. .High Tea..Dinner..preprandial or mid-night munching…You Go-Gaga.

This food factory has been working around the clock to cater to the guest with untagged complimentary. They address a cuisine and it is tailor-made to suit one palate …That’s all.. the romance begins..Chinese, Thai, Indian, Continental, English Arabic ...name and have.. the kitchen, under the dynamic guidelines of Executive Chef Sanjiv Chopra, is ready to pamper while Inderpal Singh Bedi manager food and beverage, a bee buzzing around every customer with his mischievous smile will ensure that your fatty wallet turns thinner. Prakash bhatt supervisor attends you with a touch of love....Creativity dominates every nook and corner of yellow brick road … the display on the wall, menu card in the form of a tabloid which not only speaks about its gastronomic menu but also present thought-provoking articles related to attitude, a portion of complementary food for thought. Wow! creative Taj hospitality crews manufacture melting food to match all ages. Enter to encounter mulligatawny soup, an ambrosia to trigger the dinning mood followed by Kurkure Idli chat, a romance food born out of marriage between North and South a holistic meal with paneer ( Cottage cheese in Punjabi style) crispy okra in Indian style, spinach and corn kernel in Delhi style .. all well to go well with whole wheat Roti( Indian read) will satiate you while non-vegetarian the list is unlimited. Final top your system with Bull’s Eye, an irresistible dessert to sing a piece of mellifluous music till you hit the bed.. Come to chat, date, dine,...

Visited the restaurant on my 50th birthday (26 Feb) with a hope of having a good time. Had my in-laws and friends in company. Unfortunately that was not the case.

The starters we ordered were masala idli and chicken tikka. After the order we waited for 15 mins then were told that the idli dish was not available. Till now we had spent 20+ mins and no one bothered to even offer water so much for famous taj hospitality. Finally we requested for the water to be provided. Chicken tikka however was good and can be tried.

Main course we ordered included grilled fish, spaghetti carbonara, pizza passionara and mutton biryani. While fish and spaghetti were good. Pizza and mutton biryani were atrocious. Mutton biryani was more like khichdi and totally bland. While the steward agreed that mutton biryani even looked bad the chef (Vishwa) insisted that was how it was different from other places. Biryani tasting and looking like khicdi and then being told that’s how taj does it. Really beats me.

Finally the service was awful . No stewards or servers were there people around waited for their dishes to arrive and this with hardly any crowd in the restaurant.

What a waste of time, money and occasion. I would have been better off visiting street side dhaba Atleast the food would have...

Taj Ambassador, Gateway is perfectly situated near Khan Market. This hotel with its coffee shop, Larry's China and the once wonderful now HORRIBLY designed bar Insomnia ( fortunately the staff and quality of food and beverages are the same ) is a convenient meeting place. Despite the pandemic, the menu is still fairly extensive.

What was heart breaking was to know that Chef Malik, with his gravelly voice, twinkling eyes, kindness and a tendency to make you things NOT on the menu was no more. He remembered what each person liked, not an easy thing with the turnover of customers. He would make FRESH upma past midnight and serve it up. His character infused the food he served. Am reminded of my great grandmother telling me that the person who gives you food and the WAY food is served matters! Chef Malik had a brain haemorrhage, not thankfully Corona. He must be in Heaven, made better with his culinary art! The owner the venerable Rajinder, who never failed to personally greet all guests is no more, victim to Corona. Rest in peace dear people. Will...