Viman Nagar Social — Restaurant in Pune

#FoodTasting #LongPostAlert After ruling the Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore India's most happening and cool brand opens up here in Viman Nagar, Pune....with the name of "Viman Nagar Social" on the 3rd floor of the Pune's biggest shopping destination Phoenix Market City.

"Social is a space that blends the best of the office and the café. Combining work and play, it’s an urban hangout designed to take you offline while still keeping you connected. Social is a collaborative workspace, a hub for artists and innovators." This is what they talk about their brand. And you couldn't agree more, coz the place has coolest interior decor and they have set their benchmark in everything like from service to ambiance to serving style, uniqueness, consistency in taste, innovation in the product range from drinks to food to desserts. They provide co-working space who works from home, people who freelance.

They have such a great interior decor that you can get connected to it emotionally and mentally (Why I am saying this? To understand you need to visit this place)

Now coming to the Drinks and Food:

So we had lots of dishes and everything was amazing and some food dishes are far beyond the expectations.

Let's start with the drinks:

•Classic LLIIT:- Original Classic LLIIT

•South Pacific Rim:- It's a cocktail made-up of the combination of the Bacardi Carta Blanca + Captain Morgan + Pineapple juice + Orange juice and grenadine

•Old smoke with Jim Bim:- It's a whiskey-based cocktail it contains signature + orange zest Dil plus sweet and sour mix and some smoke and yes...Jim Bim a Borbon whiskey.

•The Lantern:- It is the one of the fancy looking cocktail they have, again it's a whiskey-based cocktail which contains Dewar's White Label or JW Red Label + Smoked Orange + Marmalade and Sweet and sour. They serve it in a lantern shaped cage with some dry ice which makes it more fancier

•Pink Cream:- It's a Pinkish red colored refreshing mocktail which is made up of Strawberry Syrup + Orange Juice + Mango and Guava Juice. All refreshing!

•Khus chilli:- As it's Khus based mocktail it's obviously of Green in color and it looks so tempting, so it is made-up of Khus Syrup, Green Chilli and Soda and sprite. Though it contains green chillies it's not spicy but it balancing the taste.

Food: It started with •Purani Dilli Chaat Walk: It's a huge platter of Papadi Chaat, Dahi Bhalla, Raj Kachori, and Golgappas. ₹190/-

•Croquettish:- It is made up of Cheese corn and potato and serves with dried chilli and mango murabba. This gives you a balanced taste of every ingredient in it. ₹160/-

•Fully Loaded Nachos:- A typical Nachos topped with sour cream, salsa and lots of cheese. ₹260/-

•Tandoori Soya Chaap: Soya Chaap with a twist of tandoori. A mouth melting delicacy. ₹230/-

• Burmese Khao Suey:- Coconut based curry served with Noodles along with lots of ingredients like peanuts, dried garlic, fried noodles, lemon slices, fried dry onion, etc. ₹300/-

•Desserts:

•Chocolate Blood Bath:- The Huge combo of Chocolate cake, chocolate brownie, chocolate truffle, gooey chocolate fudge, chocolate ice cream, chocolate mousse, white and dark chocolate sauce.... literally you will die. RIP. But yes even though it contains hell lot of chocolate it's not too sweet to finish it. And yaa... there's an unsaid rule while having food especially desserts just don't think about calories and anything else just finish it. ₹210/-

•Ramesh n Suresh:- You know that Cadbury's 5 star chocolate ad which is famous for Ramesh and Suresh? Yes, so this dessert is made up with deep fried 5 star chocolate bars topped with hot chocolate fudge and served with vanilla ice cream. I found it bit sweeter side but those who love extreme sweet or five star chocolate for those it will be heaven. ₹180/-

So that's enough now, so the place is going to rule over Punekar's mind without any doubt.

They offer co-working space as mentioned above, where you can pay ₹5000/- for a month and you can redeem it for F&B while working at the place....

Viman Nagar Social is extra ordinary experience. So many things to mention , ambience , interiors, sitting, music, food, service everything is unique. Superb .

Though we visited in pick hours , reservations were managed well . Mr.Lloyd thank you for the same. You never imagine a kind of great interiors they done ,it deserves 5 stars, cheers !

FOOD -

What all I have ordered - Starters - Basil and Theme Paneer Tikka : A small grilled pan add up great taste and value for your order as it taste superb. Perfectly cooked paneer is good choice if you are paneer Lover. Loved it .

Appalam chapalam Papadum : What a fusion of all sort of papads , great suggestion again from house . Found this only dish with sufficient portion . Even taste better with red chutney and masala salad.

Main Course : Toofani Paneer : A paneer in red gravy , ok with taste . Served well presented . But not at all portioned well.

The Thai Thali : There are very few restaurants in Pune serve good Thai cuisine. The Thai Thali is super loving . They served it with green curry and Thai pickle a great experience. Loved it ❤️ surely recommanded if you want to try out something un institutional.

They also serve great variety of desserts with beautiful toppings .

AMBIENCE : Guys you rock , how can you even design this extraordinary place, no other resto bar in Pune offers such innovative sitting and vibrant ambience which can be suitable to almost every age. Couches , steps, high chairs , cabinets, individual sittings wow what all I can mention . Big fan of your innovations with interiros , lightings, space management .

Food serving ideas are even out of the box with unique presentation ideas.

SERVICE : Staff is throughout very friendly , alert , well mannered . Thank you for good service .

MUSIC : A great selection of music makes you happy and even make things very positive with every aspect. Nice selection of music.

Positives : Ambience Food well mannered staff presentations Music

Negatives : Food Portions

Overall , Viman Nagar Social is highly recommended . No best place around if you want to experience , what is it mean - Happening . Thank you so much for...

My first Social experience and a worthy one! Came here on a Sunday afternoon and people kept coming in very frequently and the place was almost always full.

The ambience struck me, it was artistic and vintage at the same time with a twist of desiness. The low light setup was perfect for making the mood peppier.

When it comes to hospitality they were very courteous and friendly but I did struggle a couple of times to get their attention when I wanted to place a new order or a glass of water. Their Epicurean dishes left me content and happy.

We tried their Killer Kebab Plate which had old school chicken tikka, Jose's jalapeño tikka, mutton seekh and paneer tikka with mint chutney and lachha onions. They served it with some bread buns and it was a plate of delight, l dont favour mutton much but i really loved the mutton seekh on this plate. Recommended

We had their ghee roast chicken which has authentic South flavours garnished with curry leaves. The only thing I missed and would have preferred is any kind of bread along, though its mentioned under the munchies category it has a heavy flavour and a bread along would have been super perfect for me.

We also tried their goan prawn curry with steamed rice for main course. The curry is coconut based and it was a scrumptious dish, the flavoured chips which was given along was seriously yum.

We had ordered two drinks one was a lime n lemon juice which honestly refreshed me a lot. It was a perfect balance of lime and sugar.The only disappointment I had was the Ferro Rocher shake, it was just too bland with more milk and less flavour of ferro rocher and even the consistency of the drink was not good and I wouldn't recommend this.

If I had a bigger appetite I would have so much wanted to try their bao and black label butter chicken and many other dishes that I was curious about. This place is heaven for desi...