Orange restaurant — Restaurant in Puducherry

I recently visited this restaurant located along the highway. One of the few positives I can highlight is that the location is convenient for travelers and ample parking space is available, which makes access and parking hassle-free. These two factors alone are the reason I have given 2 stars in this review.

Unfortunately, beyond that, the overall experience was extremely disappointing.

Service:

The service was shockingly poor, especially for a restaurant of this size. Despite the large seating capacity and staff presence, the attentiveness and responsiveness were severely lacking. I had to repeatedly call and follow up with the service staff just to get basic things like water, order confirmation, and billing. At one point, I felt like I was chasing them around just to get some attention. This kind of slow and careless service is completely unacceptable and ruined the dining experience for us.

Food:

When it comes to the food, there’s really nothing remarkable to say. The taste was strictly average—not bad, but not something I would come back for either. Given the pricing and the ambience, I had expected a much better culinary experience, but it failed to impress in terms of flavor, presentation, or uniqueness.

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Overall Impression:

Aside from the good location and parking facility, the entire experience fell flat. The unprofessional service and forgettable food make it difficult for me to recommend this place to others. With some serious improvements in staff training and kitchen quality, it may have potential—but for now, it’s not...

Pathetic place. They don't recieve North-Indians well. No one came to take order, even though there are 4-5 of them who can. They know Hindi and English but say they don't. We caught them red-handed. They didn't tell us while ordering they were out of veggies, their chilly babycorn tasted nothing like chilly or babycorn or what chilly babycorn should. You won't get a return auto/taxi to your hotel after ~10ish pm so pre-book. Their servicing time was pathetic- close to 1hr The order in which they served was- fried rice(it was hot that's why we could eat it, don't ask about the taste please), then chilly babycorn, then soup! And worst of all, soup was tomato-water and not soup. WON'T RECOMMEND FOR GIRLS AT ALL. It is like a shady dhaba where (mostly) local people go to get high. Also, you should know they have outdoor setting only to sit if you are not a family and they don't have even enough lighting to see what you are eating. Very shady, literally too. Check out the pics. They have fans that eaither run at 5 speed or 1, so take your jackets with you. God knows how they got their good rating because they are not even close to deserving it. Probably only drunk guys rated them while they...

I rated it 4 stars 4 years ago. Now it's time to get the stars back.

A year ago in 2024 I ordered their chicken nuggets and the very next day I got food poisoned and I was sick. I decided that I should never go back to this place again.

After a year today on 15 May 25, unfortunately my friend wanted me to take him there for my post birthday dinner.

We ordered Tandoori chicken which was not at all fresh and an absolute 0.

And their chicken noodles.... I was wondering how a freshly served bowl was cold for me.

My friend ordered malli mutton ( I have no idea) and it never reached our table and in the end we had to cancel the order.

Last but not least.... Expired beers aleays tastes like rose water. I orded a Budweiser Lager which use by date was 13.04.25 and mfg date was not really visible and printed on the disclaimer.

And yeah again there you go! My friends convinced me that could be a misprint.

And anyway most of the restos in pondy are serving expired drinks nowadays.

So better watch out as soon as you order. (I just didn't want to ruin the day and left it to go)

Over all... This place is just another local bar and not...